Matariki

We are celebrating Matariki in Room 5.

Here we are learning about the stars of Matariki.

The Matariki Stars song is here: Matariki Waiata

We have been reading the book called Matariki Breakfast.  We thought about what could be in the pot for breakfast.  Some ideas were porridge, butter chicken, soup and chop suey.  We decided to make our own Matariki breakfast of soup and bread.

Grating the carrots!

Chopping the onions - watch out for crying eyes!

Dicing the potatoes

Grating the vegetables

A yummy soup we made.

We were also very lucky to try on the very special Hamilton East School korowai, that hangs in Room 7, which was the first school house built way back in 1872.

We have also been learning a new song Te Aroha, to sing for Matariki, and to practice our te reo, as well as New Zealand sign language.

Strike Percussion

We had a group of percussionists come to our school to perform for us, and to workshop with us.
They were amazing and we had so much fun playing drums!

Reuben the Road Safety Bear

Today Reuben came to visit us with a very important road safety message:

STOP, LOOK, LISTEN AND LINK.

Reuben wears bright colours so he can be seen.

Linking arms and holding hands when we cross the road.