Matariki Whanau Morning
Matariki Whanau Morning Over the last few weeks we have been learning about Matariki and preparing for a special morning with our families. We read and wrote stories about Matariki, did art, set goals, and made kites. Last Friday the day we had been waiting for finally arrived! We were very excited. We started our morning by showing our folk dancing to our guests in the gym. They were very impressed with our dancing and we had a lot of fun inviting them to join us for the last dance. There were a lot of smiles! Then we took our guests back to our classrooms and showed them our learning. We each wrote a wish for Matariki on a ribbon and attached it as a tail to our kites. We had offered our guests old fashioned lemonade to drink and star-shaped biscuits that we had decorated for the occasion. It was a very special morning. Thank you to all those who attended - it meant a lot to the children to have their guests come and shar