Matariki
Matariki is a public holiday in New Zealand because it is the new year for the Maori people. It happens in mid winter and this year it was on July 14 2023. The name of Matariki means the eyes of the god.
Maori celebrate new year by spending time together as a family. They also pray for others who have died. They have special food there, and they tell stories about Matariki and look forward to the future.
Matariki stars can be seen early in the morning before the sun comes up. I don’t get up that early to get to see the Matariki stars. We made Matariki stars and we had so much fun. It took us at least 3 or 4 days to try and make them. My star is above and these are our Matariki stars altogether.
My future foot print
How many competitions in different countries did you have to take part in before you won such an impressive event?

Email tips
Today Mrs Grant came and we are learning how to make a good email. So we must always be respectful, positive, using kind words while you are writing an email. 
Characterisation of Storm Boy
I am a gentle boy who everyone calls Storm Boy. I am a storm boy who is unafraid and brave. I’m always calm even though I am a child who has never been at school.
I enjoy being in nature even though wild animals like snakes are all around.
I am never lonely because the beach, the sea, the fish, birds are all my friends. I am……………….Storm Boy
Our Kia O rahi tournament
Yesterday we played Kia O rahi from after morning tea to lunch and we had to wear PE gear to not get our uniform dirty. The teams are rimu, rata, kauri, totara. I loved playing my game and I was very fast. The winning house is……………………………………….. Kauri!!! Sadly we lost but that’s OK. At least we had fun
My digital foot print.
Today we learned how make our digital foot print map and to be careful online also to not say age, adders, and full name and we had so much fun and learned so much.
Georzen Pelican
Today I did this screencast of my learning about Pelicans.
ANZAC biscuits
Last week in Room 6, we ate ANZAC BISCUITS. Mrs. Agnew bought them for us. At first, they were not eating because they were for ANZAC day. Finally, ANZAC day came and it’s time to eat the biscuits. When I ate one, it made me think that I was eating sugary donuts in Jeddah. I really missed it and now I can’t eat it any more because they have shut down the store in Jeddah.
The biscuits were round like the tyres of a car. It felt crumbly and bumpy in my mouth. Did you know? In 1915 The women used to bake these cookies to send to the soldiers during World War One.`
The 175 year Jubilee at my school and parish.
Today we celebrated the 175th Jubilee and I had to leave early because my Mom had work. On Friday we played sports with different teachers. My favourite part was the time we dug up the time capsule. We took the old items from 25 years ago.
On Sunday my family and I came back for mass. There where many people there and even three priests. I saw a little girl sitting on the platform and four men were carrying the little girl. She gave the bible to the priest. After mass we went to the hall and we sang three songs. All the parents were clapping and having fun. We did not have lunch there. I enjoyed the celebration of our school’s 175 year history.