Matariki Reflection Post

Matariki is a celebration time of the year where the harvest from seasons is plentiful and the before coming of Winter. Matariki has a cluster of about 9 stars in total including the parents and the children. It is also important for the Maori Culture as this is their way of restarting their Maori calendar. Matariki was used to determine the harvests each year dictating if it was good enough to harvest just before Winter. Matariki lasts about 3 days and is celebrated both in North Island and South Island in New Zealand. It could be perceived as the Maori New Year. It has some significant influence in agriculture in relevance to the Maori culture. 

Disclaimer: This is my understanding of what is Matariki.

Reflection Post: Week 5

For my reflection post this week I will be stating about a new programme where I and my year level cohort [year 11] are put in this session called 'Mates and Dates' In order to accomplish much more relationships with friends or romantic partners.

For the first session that I was part of. To me personally, it was alright despite the kind of topic that was given to us to answer, but they do tell about the things the do matter in relationships either it be for friends or partners.

Reflection Week 5 Term 2

 For every Friday in Wananga, the class has to do a reflection time to reflect on what they have done during the week. For my reflection, I choose to reflect on my school work and my progress in NCEA Level 1

I am doing just fine in my studies, but sometimes I do struggle to comprehend the knowledge of what my teachers are trying to pass on to me. I struggle to understand some subjects like Maths and DVC. But I don't plan on giving up but showing some resilience and push on and do the best I can do even if it is not much. Learning is such a valuable life lesson to be taught to everyone growing up.

Goal In School

 In ESOL, My class had a discussion about gaining credits for NCEA Level and how to achieve those goals. For mine, I choose to say that I would be grateful every day so that I lessen the stress I get every day in school in my studies. Learning to be grateful in all things either it be small or big is beneficial to me personally as it helps soothes me and calms me down in general. Reminding myself every day of the good things that happened to me is a good practice for me to counter stress.