Matariki is the beginning of the Maori New Year and seen by a constellation in the sky.
It is said that if you can see the 7 stars clearly it will be a fine year. If they are hard to see and close together it will be a cold year ahead.
To celebrate Room 14 and 15 listened to Matariki by Melanie Drewery. We then went into the hall and sat at different tables. Now we were going to be baking kumara in the oven using our piece of procedure writing that we were all given.
Here we all are working on our literacy and maths to do with Matariki in our new classroom.
First we had to wash our hands.
Then we picked a kumara from this pile.
We then had to wash our kumara under the water to make sure there was no dirt or germs on it.
After that we had to stab our kumara 4 times on each side with the fork. This was tricky as the kumara was really hard! Look at Jenayas's face!
Then we got a piece of tinfoil and had to wrap it around the kumara tightly so there was no parts of the kumara showing.
Once that was done we wrote our names on our kumara so we knew who's was who's and gave them to Mr Dawes.
Mr Dawes put them in the oven for us to cook. We then waited half an hour to check on them.
The oven got pretty full with 60 kumaras!
After 30 minutes Mr Dawes pulled the Kumara's out and we had to squeeze them to see if they were ready. If they were soft and squishy it meant they were good for us to eat.
Here is Trinity telling us about her kumara after half an hour in the oven.
All of the kumaras needed an extra 15 minutes to cook. Once they were done they were put on plates to cool down so we could eat them all.
After computers we came back to a very nice smelling classroom and kumara's that had called down. 3 plates full!
Here is what our kumara looked like after it had been cooked. Nice and fluffy.
All of us enjoying our Kumara at second lunch!
We had a great time learning about Matariki and baking kumara!
i have learnt that on the sixth of June it is Matariki
ReplyDeleteIt was like a fun experiment. The kumara was hot when I got to eat it. :P
ReplyDeleteyesterday I learnt that you need to preheat the oven to 190 dergres celesius
ReplyDeleteBTW it was super yummy
I was so Fun.We mad Kumera for Matiriki Celebration
ReplyDeleteWe mad it with room 14 too
yesterday i learned about 7 stars of matariki
ReplyDeleteThe Kumara tasted yum, i kind of liked the lesson
ReplyDeleteit was so yum
DeleteI learned that at the middle of June Matariki come up
ReplyDeleteI learned heaps about matariki thanks to the teachers.I also loved the kumara.
ReplyDeletei loved lerning other story's about matariki
ReplyDeletethe kumara was really good and that Maori new year was on monday and it is really special to them and us
ReplyDeleteI learnt that Kumaras are delicious and they are really easy to cook!
ReplyDeletei loved lerning other story's about matariki
ReplyDeleteI learnt that kumara has a very special place in Matariki
ReplyDeletethat was cool what I learnt about was reading the book and knowing that the mum was one of the star and the other stars were her 6 daughters
ReplyDeleteI learnt that the kumaras are delicious and they are really easy to cook!
ReplyDeletewow I learnt so much about the matariki it was so fun and I love the kumara and i love the lesson hope we do it again
ReplyDeletethat was good i failt like i need morr i learnt that they
ReplyDeletesalerbrat materck is eating kumer
wow yum that was yum and some was yuk
ReplyDeleteI learned that when the matriki stars are apart, it means that it will be a really great year
ReplyDeleteWe decided to make kumara because on Matariki they have a feast and sometimes they have kumara
ReplyDeleteI also learnt that Matariki is when the 7 stars appear.
ReplyDeleteI leaned about the 3 myths about Matariki the waka in the sky, Tane mauta thorwing the star in the sky, and how the 7 stars are the 7 cheifs eyes in the sky.
ReplyDeleteI learned about the 7 stars and I learned about how to cook the kumara yum yum!
ReplyDeleteWow! That was really fun and it was a great experience of Matariki and it was really fun making that yummy kumara and eating it at second lunch it was the best experience for me about Matariki!
ReplyDeleteWow! That was really fun and it was a great experience of Matariki and it was really fun making that yummy kumara and eating it at second lunch it was the best experience for me about Matariki!
ReplyDeleteI learned that Matariki was the Maori new year
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