Matariki - Te Uru Gallery visit

Te Uru

As part of our Matariki Inquiry  all of Puriri visited Te Uru, an art gallery in Titirangi, to learn and make our version of a Maori taonga called  Hei Matau.



Here are some photos of Monday's visit.

When we went to Te Uru art gallery,we went into a room which had tons and tons of photograph on the walls. My favourite part of the pictures was the horse.

We had to draw a dark forest out of pipes which was made by an artist.

Everyone looked hard at the sculpture then concentrated as they drew different sorts of lines .  We tried to show dark and light tones with our pencils.

This is the lady at Te Uru Gallery showing us how to make fish hooks for Matariki. We used clay to make the fish hooks, and we carved and made our own patterns.  

Here are some hooks from the past. One special hook could even fish up the land.
We made some fish hooks, and made them from clay. We found it very
hard at some points, but in the end we found it really fun!!  

                                         This is us listening to the teacher for the next step of making our hei matau.

After the visit, the people who hadn't painted their hei matau, got to paint them at school. Everybody  got to PVA glue their hei matau on black cardboard.

                                         This is how the hei matau look once they were completed.
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Term 3 welcome

Hi Room 5,

Welcome back to school for an action packed term of learning.  I hope you have all had a great break and are rested and ready to work.

We are straight in to our Speech Presentations as the  finalists need to be decided on by Week 3.  The first lot of presenters are on Tuesday.  I hope everyone has been practising and ready to take up this challenge.  The timetable is on the homework sheet for this week but here is another copy of it for you to check when your turn is.

Speech Timetable Room 5

Tues  26th July	Wed  27th July	Thurs 28th July	Fri 29th July	Mon 1st Aug
Seb Oscar Karisa Ava Ojas Berenger	Jamie Frankie Chenelle Sybilla Damar Biba	Rhys Hana Evie F Aleeza Hamish	Jack W Catherine Evie H Alfie Jack D. Kip	Holly Jackson Eila Frances Joban

The School Art Exhibition is also happening in Week 4.  Congratulations to all of you who have completed your pastel  Room 5 Bather drawings.  I loved framing these in the holidays as I could really see how many pastel techniques you had tried to use in your work - just like Degas.  The body shapes and towels, even though they were very challenging, show lots of thought and problem solving.  Well done!

Here is a couple of finished pieces -

What are your goals for this third term in Year 4?  Start thinking about what you'd like to focus on this term in this last week of Matariki. 

Te Mata Peak by Berenger

On Saturday when I was in Hawkes bay, me (Berenger) and my friend Angus and our mothers went to Te Mata Peak.

Here is part of the legend: 

Many centuries ago when New Zealand only was inhabited by the Māori people, there was a pa with a Pakipaki chief, and he and his people were under threat of war from the coastal tribes of Waimarama.

Hinerakau, the daughter of the Pakipaki chief, would get to the leader of the Waimarama tribes, a giant called Te Mata, to fall in love with her turning his thoughts from war to peace, but she too fell in love.

The people of Heretaunga, however, hadn't forgotten about the past and their revenge, demanded that Hinerakau should make Te Mata prove his worthiness by being set seemingly impossible tasks. The last task was to bite his way through the mountain between the coast and the plains so the people could come and go with greater ease.

He died trying to prove his love and today you can still see his half accomplished work.

I think that you should go to Hawkes bay to see Te Mata.

By Berenger Iverson

P.S. Don't fall down!