Matariki

This week for Maori we learned a Matariki song. Matariki is Maori new year. Matariki begins on the 15th of June. We sang the Matariki song with Whai Odie a few times then Whai Odie handed out Maori word searches. I had to look at each row to circle the Maori words. I managed to find all of them. Once we'd finished the word searches we had to write the Maori song at the back of the word search papers. When it is the last Wednesday of the term we are going to celebrate Matariki. We are going to sing songs about Matariki, have a  sausage sizzle and share together at assembly. Today I had a lot of fun doing the Maori word search and learning the Matariki song. The Matariki song goes like Waiti, Waita, Waipunarangi, Tupuanuku, Tupuarangi, Ururangi e, Koinei nga tamariki o Matariki, Nga whetu e piatata i te rangi (x2).