Our Castle

OUR CASTLE 

Once many moons ago our family land had many rows of vegetables and flowers and fruits and the water was at a reasonable height for us to reach our boat without getting wet.

Then one moon before I was born a servant hadn’t got his pay for the month and goddess : Alanuiasa got furious because of the king not being kind to the poor servant.

So five moons after I was born the king still hadn’t gave the servant his pay, so Alanuiasa got so furious she had to give the king actually not just the king but the whole family land had a punishment !

Every night as soon as the moon went down Alanuiasa cut some of their land of so by the 40th night there was barely a hill of even grass - (As a baby I didn’t really know what was happening so i just cried and cried).

By the time I was seven I knew what happened to our families land so i grew with what happened.

By : Jessie Baatjies

He aha Tēnei ? Jessie

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Room 11's: Matariki cloak

Room 11's Blog: Matariki cloak: This is Room 11 making our Matariki cloak because we are celebrating Matariki - the Maori New Year.

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Treasure map problem solving

This week in maths we have been doing problem solvin here is ours ! :

Matariki

MATARIKI FACTS

WHAT IS MATARIKI?

Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades.

This small group of stars rises just once a year, in mid-winter – late May or early June. For many Māori, the rising of these stars is the start of a new year.

Matariki literally means the ‘eyes of god’ or ‘little eyes’ (mata riki).

According to myth, when Ranginui, the sky father, and Papatūānuku, the earth mother, were separated by their children, the god of the winds, Tāwhirimātea, became so angry that he tore out his eyes and threw them into the heavens.

HOW LONG DO CELEBRATIONS LAST?

Celebrations for Matariki can vary from place to place and year to year.

While some celebrations can last a couple of weeks, traditionally celebrations last up to 3 days.

These three days will be the days following the new moon has risen following Matariki becoming visible.

WHAT DATE IS MATARIKI ON?

The date of Matariki varies from year to year. Generally it falls within the last few days of May or in June.

This year Matariki falls on the 18th June. Below are the dates for Matariki for the next few years.

2014 Pipiri 28 June, 2015 Pipiri 18 June

2016 Pipiri 06 June, 2017 Pipiri 25 June

2018 Pipiri 15 June, 2019 Pipiri 05 June

2020 Pipiri 22 June

HOW IS MATARIKI CELEBRATED ?

Matariki is celebrated in a variety of ways.

The important event in New Zealand is becoming more popular with schools, community organizations and local councils.

Because Matariki was the optimum time for new harvests, often plants or new trees are planted within communities.

Matariki is also seen as a perfect time to learn about the land we live on and to remember whakapapa (ancestry) who have passed from this world to the next and the legacy they left behind.

WHAT DOES MATARIKI MEAN ?

The word Matariki has two different meanings.

Both meanings refer to a tiny constellation of stars.

Mata Riki means Tiny Eyes and Mata Ariki means Eyes of God.

WHY DO WE CELEBRATE MATARIKI TODAY ?

Today Matariki means celebrating the unique place in which we live and giving respect to the land we live on.

Thea Stilton and the missing Diary

Title : Thea Stilton and the missing Diary
Author : Thea Stilton
Genre : adventure mystery

Now you get to go behind the scenes in Mouse ford academy this book is about Colette's missing diary and the new school newspaper and it is all up to them to get the diary back can they or will all of Colette's secrets be exposed to mouse ford academy what will happen in MOUSEFORD ACADEMY ?

Colette, Pamela, Paulina, Violet, Nicky 

Main stars keeping ourselves safe

Keeping Ourselves Safe link to presentation

For one of our main stars this term we had to : Create a poster or presentation showing what you learnt from our ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’ unit.

And this link takes you to my presentation ! - (it is at the top)

End of term 1 and 2 total pageviews !

 

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Commenting

To the five people that commented on my blog for my main stars thank you so much - Fried'l, Luke, Antonio, Corianna, Grandma Cynthia.

THANKS for the Effort !

Home learning.

Home learning I did all of my home learning through out the school term ! I was on team time and I made a woolen crated J it looks so cool !

this is a image from google that shows love woolen art :

 TA DA  !