Matariki bill- Destiny and Alyanna

Below is some information from Destiny and Alyanna about the recent Matariki bill that was passed in Parliament.

 

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Updates

 Kia ora team! 

Term 2 has been hectic. Between sickness, sports and other school activities, we have been able to do some amazing learning. 

We have just started our new DMIC maths topic which is statistics. We have been learning about the different types of graphs and how to analyse and sort out data sets. 

For literacy, we have been focusing on persuasive texts. We read and dissected news articles that were rather persuasive and wrote responses. 

We have working on writing with topics such as "should school uniforms be compulsory". 

What we have discovered is that our class is very opinionated and ready to debate and persuade people at any time! 

We had a wonderful time celebrating Matariki here at school. We did some learning around Matariki and most of us attended our annual school 'Matatriki ball'  

We hope everyone has had a wonderful term 2 so far. I know all of here in Rm 7 are excited to have some holidays! 

Celebrating Matariki at Te Oro

Today, our class travelled to Te Oro with Room 8 to celebrate Matariki through learning about tikanga Maori, raranga and art. It was a wonderful learning experience for all the students who attended. Room 7 have been to the workshops before and they had the chance to choose another workshop yesterday. We learnt about why Matariki is celebrated and how it is celebrated. We especially appreciated the korero given by the kaumatua and Whaea Lorna about tikanga Maori. 

At the workshops, we learnt about raranga - weaving, Maori art patterns and symbols, plants, taonga and looking after the land because it looks after us. At the end of the workshops, we showed our work and shared how we made our art work. 

It was a fun time enjoyed by all of us and a great way to celebrate Matariki.