Making Manu (kite making )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0MDEJTCoE

Kia ora Today me and Benjamin made a manu/kite for the matariki celebration. To do this hard work it
actually took us a long time ( about three days mostly weaving ). Also we tried not to get burned from the hot glue gun (it burns its really hot ).

 The easy part was measuring and the hard part was weaving. We used flax, wool and toetoe. To make the manu tukutuku you have to show your Tikanga and respect. Tikanga means why we do what we do, This respect me and my class have to show  is that we cut up all of the tiny parts of flax into smaller pieces. Benjamin was a great helper because help is needed

 Just incase you don't know what matariki is, it is a star there is also waiti, waita,tupu-a-nuku, tupu-a-rangi uru-a-rangi and wai-puna-rangi. They are bad because they tried to force their husbands to death.
 But that is just the story of the māoris.

 Anyway that's a whole nother page I am just talking about the celebration if you've been there you should know what happens I will name some things you will see, feasts , knuckle bones, kapa haka but as you should know about now maori people always say a karakia before they eat .

 We have not tried to fly the manu tukutuku (i do not even know if we will it's too thin).  For our celebration we had a festival in the hall , also we wrote some people that have past in the past.

 Matariki is a time to reflect our goals and then set another goal.

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I really like how you  described Ireland with descriptive words.  Maybe you should try Re-checking it a couple more times to see if it makes more sense.  Otherwise keep it up.   

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Why did you choose this. How did you collect these pieces of information.  Nice job.

Harakeke

Purpose: Inform (share our knowledge and facts)

The story about the harakeke is that the rito (baby) is in the middle and then the awhi rito (parents) are on the outside of the baby to keep the baby safe.  Also the tupuna (grandparents) are on the outside of the mum and dad.

Here is some information about harakeke.  Harakeke is also known as flax.  Flax is often found in a garden.  Before you cut the flax say a karakia.  You have to say a karakia because I think your telling the grandparents that you are about to cut them.  Don't cut the harakeke in the rain.  You must  cut the harakeke when it’s not in flower.   When you are finished cutting the flax, the left overs must be cut up small and put under the plant to help it grow.   You can`t be messy, keep the space you are working in tidy.

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Duffy books

These are my duffy books.  The first book is called Justice league vs Bizarro league. This book is about wonder woman batman and super man.  The last one is called the cat and the mouse in the haunted house by geronimo stilton.

how to weave a box

Equipment

Scissors

Ruler

Paper

Sellotape

 pen/pencil

instructions/method

1. Gather all your equipment so you're ready to start.
2. Measure ten strips of paper 1 cm And 30 centimetre long.
3. Cut strips of paper
4. place 5 strips of paper on the mat next to each other about   2 centimetres apart.
5.  Grab a strip and weave it through the strips on the mat.
6. repeat  step 5 using the   4 strips remaining.
7.  Once step 6 is  complete carefully push   the Strps  together Until they meet
8. sellotape to help the strips in place
9.  to make the sides of box fold the outside strips back over the base (to keep the sides straight fold the strips using the linen of the base as your guide) .  
10. Cut out 4 more strips that are 24 cm long and 1cm wide.
11. Take 1 strip and fold it into 4 quarters (to give it 4 corners)
12. With the same strip weave it through the sides of the box.
13. Tape each corner to keep the strip in place.
14. Repeat steps 12 and 13 with the 3 strips remaining.
15. To finish the box make sure you fold any other strips and tape it down.

Whanaungatanga Art Term 1

Izzy

Hello this is my work i have been working for the past 9 weeks.

This involves my identity, whanaungatanga and manaakitanga meanings, whanaungatanga picture,my face and my mihi.   and my age is iwa(9).whanaungatanga means a sense of belonging to a group.manaakitanga is making people feel like they belong here.

My poster at the bottom is my identity.  It shows my Mona/Mountain and my mihi.  It also shows that i live in new zealand and my language is maori.i also have a mini version of my whanaungatanga.

Venn Diagram

This is my venn diagram about two books called Born to Weave and Hauhake Harakeke.venn diagrams was invented by a man named john venn.for egsample.These two books both have flax.