Thursday 25 June 2015

Matariki Celebration #1

Last week the Avengers reading group wrote to Mrs Ritchie with a suggestion for next year, that Halsey Drive School should hold a Matariki celebration.

Mrs Ritchie thought that this was such a good idea she challenged the students to organise a celebration for this year! 



Follow their journey as they prepare for the first Room 5 Matariki celebration on Wednesday 1st July.

Here are the persuasive letters from the Avengers reading group.


Mrs A. Ritchie
Deputy Principal
106 Halsey Drive
Lynfield
1042

Thursday 18th June

Dear Mrs Ritchie,

I am writing to you to suggest that Halsey Drive School has a Matariki celebration next year.
Matariki is a celebration Maori have for the New Year. It is also a time to remember the past and look to the future. If we had a celebration we could learn lots about the Maori culture and the language.

One way we could celebrate Matariki is to have a hangi then we could actually learn about Maori food and maths because we would have to measure ingredients and count the money to buy the food.

The second way we could celebrate Matariki is that people in the Multi Cultural Group can learn kapa haka and perform it on the stage while everyone else is having their hangi for lunchtime. This could help us to learn more songs in Te Reo and help us with our Maori language learning.

A final way we could celebrate Matariki is having many people play tug of war to test their strength and test their teamwork. This could be a part of our fitness for the afternoon we could also learn how Maori warriors tested their strength back in the day.

As you can see from the reasons above having a Matariki celebration would be good for the school. We would learn lots about Maori culture and language and also have fun too.

Yours Sincerely,

Samarah 


Mrs A. Ritchie
Deputy Principal
106 Halsey Drive
Lynfield
1042

Thursday 18th June

Dear Mrs Ritchie,

I am writing to you to suggest that Halsey Drive School has a Matariki celebration next year.
Matariki is a celebration Maori have for the New Year. It is also a time to remember the past and look to the future. If we had a celebration we could learn lots about the Maori culture and the language.

My first idea will be people coming to carve so we can learn art and crafts and Maori traditional art. We could learn about this in inquiry.   

Another way to celebrate Matariki is to have professional kapa haka performers come in and teach the children. These children who will have learned the kapa haka can teach their mum and dad too.

Lastly people who are professionals at weaving could teach the children how to weave and be successful at it and teach their friends and family.

As you can see from the reasons above having a Matariki celebration would be good for the school. We would learn lots about Maori culture and language and also have fun too.


Yours Sincerely,

Risa 


Mrs A. Ritchie
Deputy Principal
106 Halsey Drive
Lynfield
1042

Thursday 18th June

Dear Mrs Ritchie,

I am writing to you to suggest that Halsey Drive School has a Matariki celebration next year.

Matariki is a celebration Maori have for the new year. It is also a time to remember the past and look to the future. If we had a celebration we could learn lots about the Maori culture and the language.

One way we could celebrate Matariki is by making and flying kites. We could have fun and learn about Maori art and in science we could learn how much wind does it take to blow the kite

Another way we could celebrate Matariki is playing tug of war. It could be part of fitness and develop our strength and teamwork. We could work out how many people does it take to pull the rope to the other side. It is also learning because we could learn how the Maori people built up their strength in the past.

The final way of celebrating Matariki is planting native trees. This would help the Environment and the enviro team that helps the school. Planting trees is learning because we could learn about what helps us breathe. Another way of learning is how the Maori plant vegetables and other plants.

As you can see from the reasons above having a Matariki celebration would be good for the school. We would learn lots about Maori culture and language and also have fun too.

Yours Sincerely,

Torres
  

Mrs A. Ritchie
Deputy Principal
106 Halsey Drive
Lynfield
1042

Thursday 18th June

Dear Mrs Ritchie,

I am writing to you to suggest that Halsey Drive School has a Matariki celebration next year.
Matariki is a celebration Maori have for the New Year. It is also a time to remember the past and look to the future. If we had a celebration we could learn lots about the Maori culture and the language.          

One way that the school should celebrate Matariki is by doing carving, this would help us learn about traditional Maori art and learn new skills.

Another reason that the school should celebrate Matariki is when it is lunchtime the children can learn how to cook and their parents don’t need to cook their lunch. Cooking also helps our maths, as we would have to measure ingredients.

The last reason that we should celebrate Matariki at school is that the school can plant trees like the people do in Waitangi. In the native bush if there are any dying trees we can replace them with new trees, which would improve the school environment.

As you can see from the reasons above having a Matariki celebration would be good for the school. We would learn lots about Maori culture and language and also have fun too.

Yours Sincerely,

Kevin


Mrs A. Ritchie
Deputy Principal
106 Halsey Drive
Lynfield
1042

Thursday 18th June

Dear Mrs Ritchie,

I am writing to you to suggest that Halsey Drive School has a Matariki celebration next year.
Matariki is a celebration Maori have for the New Year. It is also a time to remember the past and look to the future. If we had a celebration we could learn lots about the Maori culture and the language.

The first way we could celebrate Matariki is to weave baskets and putiputi (flower). This would help us to learn about Maori art and also maths. This is because you have to measure the strips before you begin weaving.

Another way we could make a great Matariki celebration is to cook and prepare a hangi. Cooking is fun and on the other hand we can learn capacity, measurement and volume in maths and learn new strategies.

The last and final way to celebrate Matariki is to play games like tug of war by playing that you can learn how to contribute and work in a team.

As you can see from the reasons above having a Matariki celebration would be good for the school. We would learn lots about Maori culture and language and also have fun too.

Yours Sincerely,

Nuha 

1 comment:

  1. I think your letters were a bit too persuasive Avengers. I was impressed how you used both ideas from the text and your own opinions to support your ideas. Great Work and I am looking forward to the Matariki Celebration

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