Our Tautoru Kite...

See you tomorrow!

Kite making

In preparation for our kite flying celebration for Matariki we have been making kites in class. We have attempted a hexagonal box kite and also a kite based on traditional Maori designs. See you on Friday!

The Kite

As part of our reading this week, we read this poem:

The Kite

by Harry Behn

How bright on the blue

Is a kite when it's new!

With a dive and a dip

It snaps its tail

Then soars like a ship

With only a sail

As over tides

Of wind it rides,

Climbs to the crest

Of a gust and pulls,

Then seems to rest

As wind falls.

When string goes slack

You wind it back

And run until

A new breeze blows

And its wings fill

And up it goes!

How bright on the blue

Is a kite when it's new!

But a raggeder thing

You never will see

When it flaps on a string

In the top of a tree.

Here are some of us reading the poem:

Matariki Invitation cards

We made some beautiful Matariki cards for our celebration on Friday...we hope that you can join us!

                   
 

The kite making begins...

Today we started to make some big kites that we will fly on the beach on Friday for Matariki.

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Nau mai Haere mai ki te Whakanui o Matariki:  Welcome to our Matariki celebration

Day: Rāmere

Date: 17th Pipiri

and time:  9:30am-11:00am

Haere mai rere te manu aute ki ahau: Come and fly a kite with me

Ka waiho tatou i te tātahi:  We will be at the beach

If you are able to spend some time with us that would be great otherwise we will share some things with you when we get home. We can share some food together; please bring something to share.

From Tautoru

These are some of our own kite designs: 

Spanish Greetings and Feelings

Today we learnt about feelings and greetings. You can learn our songs: https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/matarikiwbs/spanish

Thanks Maria!

Postcard from Jude