Day: June 25, 2025

Matariki Stars

LI: Identify Matariki as the Māori New Year and explain its cultural importance.

For this task I found out about the Matariki New Year and all about the 9 stars. Matariki is a time to celebrate the lunar new year and to spend time with family, make stronger bonds with eachother, Honnor our ancestors that have walked before us, and to look forward  into the futrue. Something I found interesting was that Matriki disappears in may and early june due to the sun because it can get to close which blocks our view of the 9 stars. It then reappears in late june or early july making it easier to see the star clusters.

Whakaari – White Island

LI: To discuss the impact of volcanoes on the environment and human communities.

My  challenge was to research the impact of a specific volcanic eruption in Aotearoa. We could choose from Mt Tarawera or Whakaari.We found out about wharaari white island and researched about its recent eruptions. I found this task interesting because whakaari white island had a eruption that was so fatal to the people on the island.

Cinquain Poem

I have been exploring cinquain poems and all about there meanings. A cinquain poem has 5 lines, each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun for example Grey table the table is a noun and the adjective is grey. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions of a movment. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.  We used our poem to show our understanding of volcanoes. Something I found interesting about this was that this was a very challenging task and learnt to use more sientific words.