Matariki Celebration at P.B.S

Today P.B.S held a special Matariki celebration and also gathered families and friends. At the Matariki ceremony there were also the kindergarten kids who are next to our school. We celebrated Matariki by sharing cultural group items, performances such as the drumming group, and also food which we had delicous sausages. First every one were singing our waiata song we always sing at assembly which is He Hone Rei. This was a really enjoyable song to sing with families and friends. After that the Kapa Haka group performed their items and also managed to do the Haka. It was really great to see how everyone was really confident and representing their culture. Everyone was shocked of how Joseph (Haka Leader) started the Haka off. Soon after the Kapa Haka's performance we had the drumming group who were outstanding. It was really good to see how each of them were on the same beat. I think the drumming group did a great job because they'd only practice today for 1 hour. Soon we had the Ukulele group performing the song Lean on me by Bill Withers. This was a really amazing song which everyone was singing to. Our last group performance was the Pasifika group. In my perspectives I think this was my best performance I've seen today because of the dances and also the drumming. At the end we enjoyed sausages. I would like to say a bit thank you to Mrs Whaia Odie who planned to celebrate this ceremony and also to other teachers and students who help set up the celebration. 

Information Poster about Matariki

L.I - Researching about Matariki

This week LS2 and LS1 are working collaboratively learning about the history of Matariki. We were in small groups of 4 and was to explore the history of Matariki. I have worked collaboratively with Julian and Chris, Alayah, and Farzanan who were from LS1. First we watched a video about what Matariki is and the how they celebrate it. We gathered all information we heard from the video and learnt a lot of information such as; Before Maori people had calender's they observed time using real life events such as following the plants, flowers or the movement of the stars in the sky. At the end we made an information poster writing down all facts we collected on our piece of paper. Matariki is a important mark of the Maori New year and it's time to remember the past and plan for the future. It is a great event where families and friends come together and enjoy their time embracing Matariki and also cultural groups.