This week we had Whaea Kim join the teina to learn about the pūrakau Matariki.
Whaea Kim tells the pūrakau while involving all of our senses. Tamariki get to hear the sounds of our Atua, smell Pohutukawa, taste things that grow under the protection of Haumiatikitiki and Rongomatane. All while they watch the story unfold in fornt of them as Whaea Kim uses props to support the story.
We had so much fun!
What have you been doing to celebrate Matariki?
Our teina have been learning about what products come from which natural resource. We were very shocked to find out how much of our everyday products come from trees.
We explored ways to cut down our use of tree to ensure that they are here for the next generation to enjoy.
One of our ideas was to create our own paper using scraps we have here in the studio.
We had so much fun making the paper and we are excited to create Matariki cards from the paper we have made.
