Matariki is the Maori name for the cluster of stars known as Pleiades. It signals the beginning of the Maori New Year. It is a time for remembering our past and looking forward to what the future brings.
At Bream Bay Kindergarten we celebrate Matariki with several events, culminating with our hangi.
We started our Matariki celebrations this week with a scrumptuious cooked breakfast of bacon and egg muffins. Thank you to the whanau who were able to celebrate Matariki breakfast with us. It was wonderful to have whanau stay to share kai with the tamariki and teachers.
We started with waiata and mihi mo te kai.
Time to eat!!
Our next Matariki event is a whanau coffee morning on Wednesday 21st June at 8:15am. This is another opportunity to connect with other whanau, tamariki, and teachers. We'd love to see you there.
Matariki is also a time of giving and thinking of others. If you have any clothing that you no longer need, please consider gifting it to the sharing table for our other children or families to take. You in turn may find something there of use to you and your family. It's about creating a community of sharers.
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