Matariki – Should it be a holiday

It is nearly Matariki so at Makaraka we are doing some things around Matariki.
In our class we read a little article and some questions that you had to answer.
this is the story and my answers to it.Tap on this to see the article.

• Why is Matariki particularly important for our NZ Nation?
• Matariki the Māori New Year, is rich with tradition. explore ways that you can celebrate the Māori New Year with your family. Matariki is officially celebrated on 25 June. 
• Should we all celebrate, just those who choose to, or just Maori people?
• I think the ones who choose to and maori people collaborate, because we can do what
• How long has Matariki been celebrated for?
• June 12, 2006 - Matariki is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the ... Matariki, or Māori New Year celebrations were once popular, but stopped.

• Go back and look at your calendar/camera roll and see what you were doing on 15th June last year. Were you celebrating Matariki? Either way, make sure to book it in for this year!
• I was making Matariki DIY’s with my family. and at school we did rotations in all of the class's that was fun that day.
• Think of an awesome way Matariki could be celebrated at school?
• By doing a disco celebrating Matariki or do something with the whole school, or our class can have a sleep over at school and see the stars.
• Do you think we should have a public holiday for Matariki? If so, get out there and write a letter/give a call to your Local MP explaining why!
• No not really, this is why here is a link

Excerpt from “The Survivor”

David hill made up a story from the future and we are practising the play and going to perform it to the class, Mrs hall gave us some questions to answer and these are my answers. well we are practising the play we have to find out what this story is actually about.
here are the words for the play

Chess

On some days in our class we do chess lessons, and I am going to tell you some of the things I learnt in some of the chess lessons.
so first you need to set up your bored, to do that you need all the pieces of course then your bored,
so your bored needs to be white on the right and white is the numbers 1 and 2 and black is the numbers 7 and 8, and here is another saying put your white queen on the white square and black queen on the black square to start the game, if you move with it on the wrong square you automatically LOSE.
      
                    here is the pieces                                                    and here is the white on the right,

                  to set up your bored.                                         if you don't have numbers on your bored.

                            

    And this is going to tell you a easy checkmates. from the start for 1 of a easy checkmate you want to move your e,2 pawn and move it to e,4 to control the middle and so it can let out your bishop on f,1 out to c,4 to attack the weakest pawn, then you want to let your night out on g,1 to f,3, then casel, then you want to move your night on f,3 to e,4 then move your bishop on c,4 to attack the weakest pawn on e,7 and that is protected by the night so you can attack it for free and maybe get a checkmate if he has not moved his king anywhere.
and this is called the american cate way or the not much moves checkmate.
And by the way here are the names of the pecis and what they can do and also what they are worth.
so here are all the pesis in the game of the order of the amont.

Queen = 9 can do ↑↓↗↖↘↙←→, Rook = 5 can do←↑→↓,     
Bishop / Night = 3 Bishop can do ↖↗↘↙, Night can do L move anywhere, 
Pawn = 1 can do  only 1 space ford and attack ↖↗ they can not move backwards (kings are essentially worth an infinite number of points, because the game ends if it is lost).

Mindfulness.

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As much as I  know mindfulness is great for you and your body to get more calm and relaxation.What does mindfulness mean you may ask...Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens. ... When we practice mindfulness, our thoughts tune into what we're sensing in the present moment rather than rehashing the past or imagining the future.
when I do mindfulness with my teacher I fell in the present moment, I fell relaxed.
We do mindfulness just after lunch and at lunch I think we all are naked and tired, 
so it is the perfect time to do it.
how do you do mindfulness you may ask...
To do mindful meditation, get comfortable in a quiet place and take a few deep breaths. Focus on each breath as you breathe in and breathe out, which will help you turn your attention away from your thoughts. Don't worry if you catch yourself getting lost in your thoughts, just tune back into your breathing.