Discover our comprehensive suite of Matariki teaching resources, specifically designed to help you introduce and explore the significance of the Māori New Year. Our engaging activities seamlessly integrate learning across reading, writing, and social studies.
The purpose of the Matariki Stations Activities is to explore concepts and themes of Matariki, the Māori New Year, through an engaging and collaborative format. This activity is set up as a great introduction to Matariki. It is a tool to get your students reading, writing, interacting, using tech tools, creating, and working together….
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on Matariki, a public holiday marking the Māori New Year in New Zealand. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: The text emphasises the following phoneme-to-grapheme correspondences: /or/ phoneme represented by or /ar/ phoneme represented by ar ‘er’ grapheme…
Highlight important moments and people from New Zealand’s history with our New Zealand history scavenger hunt puzzle bundle! This features scavenger hunt puzzles based on THREE topic areas: The Treaty of Waitangi and Waitangi Day, Anzac Day and Matariki. Students read the provided fact cards and use reading comprehension strategies to complete their interactive puzzles….
Our New Zealand Junior Activities Bundle covers the fascinating topics of Waitangi Day and the Treaty of Waitangi, Anzac Day, Matariki, and Kiwiana. Each pack features a range of practical resources to explain these great topics in a Junior School context: Shared Reading Resource Print and Go Activity Sheets Vocabulary Wall Cards Our New Zealand…
Learn about Matariki and the Māori New Year with this easy-to-use reading and literacy pack. In this set of Matariki Reading Comprehension and Literacy Activities pack, pitched at Year 2 learners, students will learn what Matariki is, and how, when, and why it is celebrated. This resource is provided in both print and digital form…
Explore the cultural significance and ties to the natural world of the nine stars of Matariki (te iwa o Matariki). Our set of reading and literacy activities provides two options for you: whole-class teaching slides and printable worksheets for small-group or independent use. These activities work for Year 5-8 learners and align with the Science…
Learn about Matariki and the Māori New Year with this easy-to-use reading and literacy pack. In this set of Matariki Reading Comprehension and Literacy Activities pack, pitched at Year 3 learners, students will learn what Matariki is, and how, when, and why it is celebrated. This resource is provided in both print and digital form…
Learn about Matariki and the Māori New Year with this easy-to-use reading and literacy pack. In this set of Matariki Reading Comprehension and Literacy Activities pack, pitched at Year 4 learners, students will learn what Matariki is, and how, when, and why it is celebrated. This resource is provided in both print and digital form…
Check out our reading response activities for the New Zealand Junior Journal 67. Our NZ Junior Journal 67 Activities and Lesson Plans pack has everything you need to dive into the story and articles within this publication. A paper-based and digital option are included, so you can use this in the way that suits you…
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