Tag: Writing

There are nine stars in the Matariki cluster which we celebrate on June the 20th each year. Maori people remember the people in their families  who have died over the year. They also celebrate their New Year and think about what they want to get done the next year.

The stars can be seen early in the morning.

We also made our own Matariki kites which we made from brown paper bags and then we painted them. I painted my one blue and the other half was black, red and white because these are special Maori colors. 

The hardest part was when we had to weave the two pieces together. I was grumpy because I couldn’t get it going. After a bit I remembered I had to push the strips right close to each other.

Today we plaited three pieces of twine together to make the tail. Then Mrs Yumul helped me to add a feather and some fern leaves. 

I am happy with my kite and I will remember to persevere.

One day Stewart saw a tortoise walking around in the street in Greece. A gun carriage ran over the tortoise and Torty was lucky to survive. Stewart saw that her shell was injured so he took her home with him. They said that she was 100 years old and they became friends. Stewart took her to New Zealand and on the ship she was hibernating for 5 months.

Torty had so many adventures with Stewart. One time she escaped out and got lost in the sand dunes. She nearly died from no water. Stewart died and she lives with his sister, Beth.

This is my drawing of Torty.

We have been looking at marine reserves. We chose a sea creature to describe without using it’s name.

This is mine: My sea creature is a decapod crustacea which lives in between rocks.

My sea creature has ten legs and is very shy.

My sea creature can live for 72 years.

My sea creature walks forward but swims backwards.