Celebrating Matariki

We had a great time celebrating Matariki by flying our kites on the beach with our families.

Spanish

This week we recapped on what we have learnt so far in our Spanish lessons. We learnt colours, numbers, feelings and greetings. You can learn the songs: 
https://sites.google.com/a/worserbay.school.nz/matarikiwbs/spanish

Let's Go Fly A Kite

We have made our own kites to fly. We have been designing kites that have members of our family on them. We went outside to see how they fly...

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!