Room 3 at Auckland Zoo

Pet Art

"This term Room 3 have been learning about animals. We made pet portraits" - John

"We chose our own pets or we made up a pet" - Yulia

"We used a vivid for the outline and bright pastels to colour them in" - Zion

Galaxy jars for Matariki

This week we made galaxy jars because Matariki is coming up. We used cotton, coloured water and glitter. 

At home: Ask us if we can recite the 'Matariki Macarena' or the Te Reo version of 'Twinkle Twinkle'. 

Matariki will begin on 6th June this year.

How to find Matariki

Matariki is found low on the horizon in the north east of the sky. Try looking here between 5.30 a.m. and 6.30 a.m.

1. First find the pot (the bottom three stars of the pot are also called Tautoru, or Orion’s Belt). To find Puanga (Rigel) look above the pot until you see the bright star. To find Matariki, keep going.

2. To the left of the pot, find the bright orange star, Taumata-kuku (Alderbaran).

3. Follow an imaginary line from Tautoru (the bottom three stars of the pot), across to Taumata-kuku and keep going until you hit a cluster of stars.

4. That cluster is Matariki. If you have good eyes you should be able to pick out individual stars. If it looks fuzzy, look just above or just below and the stars will be clearer.

http://blog.teara.govt.nz/2008/06/05/a-beginner%E2%80%99s-guide-to-finding-matariki/ 

Onomatopoeia with animal sounds