Term 2 Week 1

Welcome back ākonga!! This term our context will be Kaitiakitanga: Guardians of our natural world

We will be collaborating with Maths  to get a deeper understanding of the different aspects of Matariki and the true meaning of the celebration that will be having its first public holiday this year on the 24th of June. 

2 of the stars within the Matariki cluster are linked to kaitiakitanga ( Guardianship, stewardship, protection, preservation of taonga) and we will be having a look at these. 

In pūtaiao ( science) we will be focusing on different aspects of kaitiakitanga and this will be around  Maramataka ( following the lunar calendar for harvesting ) seasons/day/night, plant classification ( how and when to plant ) and Rongoā medicine. 

There will also be an extension opportunity for some to help create a hangi pit for our school and in time for Matariki celebrations on the 23rd of June. More details of this will be shared during class. 

Plan for the week is as follows: 

Monday: Title page 'Tātai Arorangi', KWL chart on google classroom and research into Matariki 

Wednesday: Experiment/Activity on Matariki 

Thursday/Friday: Complete research on Matariki and submit this.