We have started finding out about Matariki by looking at the star Tupuanuku.
We found out the 'tupu' means to grow and 'nuku' is from the word Papatuānuku - it is the star associated with food grown from the ground.
We have been reading about how Matariki signifies the start of Winter and it meant that people had to make sure food was harvested and stored to last the cold months.
We learned about what a pataka was - many of us had seen one at the Hamilton Gardens before!
We have done some foam printing star art and folded some paper pataka.
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