It rises in mid-winter – late May or early June.
For many Māori, it signals the start of a new year. Matariki literally means the 'eyes of god' (mata ariki) or 'little eyes' (mata riki).
Other countries have different names for Pleiades. Can you find out what they are?
We created a Matariki cloak with the help of our buddy classes. Here they are!
Hi my name is Tharindu and I am from May road school. Wow did you guys did this drawings? Its really cool. Can you teach me how to make this. I look forward for more posts.
ReplyDeleteHi there,my name is Meleane and I am a student in room 15 at May Road School.I really like How you have been making things and telling us facts about Matariki.This reminded me of the time when we made some of those Cloak like yours.I really enjoyed looking through all of this lovely story about Matariki. If you would like to see my learning then here is my blog.mrsmeleanem.blogspot.co.nz
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Hi there, my name is Tulei and I am a student in room 15 at May Road School. I really like how you used different kind of colours to make these incredible Matariki cloak. It made me think of when we made a Matariki cloak in 2012. If you would like to see my learning, my blog is http://mrstuleit. blogspot.co.nz.
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