Our fabulous Matariki celebration

Our fabulous Matariki celebration

What is Matariki?
Matariki is the traditional Maori new year. Matariki is based on the seven stars.  There was an old myth explaining that the stars were sisters and would only appear on the 21st on June which is Matariki.

It was Matariki on June 21st and Mrs Bailey organised our successful Matariki celebration. She organised many fun activities for the event. She had the stick games, Harakeke, Poi, string games and more! I proudly represented my class in the brain drain.

After practising our stage performance for perfection. It as time for the Matariki celebration to begin!

Once we settled in the hall Mr Horan came up and said a brief description about what Matariki is all about.

Once Mr Horan finished speaking it was time for the stage challenge.

Room 8 had to perform first. Molly and a few room 8 students sang a magnificent song about Matariki.

Next up was Room 12 to perform. Every one was eager to win that prize so we performed like there was no tomorrow! I could tell that every one was amazed by our performance.

Last but not least the least it was room 7 singing a very romantic love song that Prince Te tuhi wrote for his love. It just sounded beautiful .

After room7's performance all of the participants for the brain drain had to go to the library. Once we were all in the library I could already tell that every one was bringing the''A'' game to this challenge.

I was the leader for my group having the responsibility of answering all the questions. Many questions have gone past and it was getting really intense in the library. Room 7 was putting up a good fight but at the end we conquered the brain drain!

Going back into the hall seeing a cracked door just told me that there was a lot of drama happening when I was gone.

Sadly missing out on half of the activities we had, I could still see how intense the string games were. But Room 7 won the string games.

That was an awesome celebration seeing how much every one was enjoying the Matariki celebration that was a fantastic way to celebrate Matariki!