Your mission is to create a resource that you can take home and share with your families to help celebrate Matariki.
You will have 3 weeks to complete this challenge.
Do you accept the challenge?
Your first mission is to:
Complete a Brainstorm sheet. What do you know already about Matariki? What would you like to find out? What resources will you need to support you to achieve your mission?
Your second mission is to:
Choose one of the seven stars of Matariki and learn all you can about it's meaning.
The third part of your mission is to:
Decide on what you want to make to share with your family for Matariki. You need to include some of the knowledge that you have learnt about the star/stars of Matariki
Flax Fish
Create a Dance inspired by Waiti
Draw your life as a timeline
Learn how to weave with flax
Research the water cycle
Write a poem
Create your own soundscape
Research a native manu
Write a song
Write the instructions for, or make a bird feeder
Matariki Flax Kite
Manu Matariki Kite
Te Papa Matariki Kites
Weaving a Flax Star
Simple Flax Star
Paper Stars
Make a Kowhauwhai pattern
Research the Pohutukawa tree
Create a family tree on Canva
Research when to plant Kumara
Create a guide to cook a hangi