On Friday, July 14th, New Zealand celebrated it’s first public holiday for Matariki. We were still on holiday but when we came back last Monday we did some learning about Matariki. One thing we did which I enjoyed was making Matariki stars. It was hard at first but I had help from Mrs Agnew. She helped me with the spokes and the wool. In the end I was able to do it by myself and I changed to a second colour and added more pointy spokes to the star to make it colourful.
I learned that Matariki is Maori New Year and a time when families come together to think about those people who have died and also to plan for the year ahead.