remembering

Matariki is a time to reflect on the past year. Newmarket children are used to setting short term learning goals for school and during Matariki they are encouraged to set long term life goals. The children create karere or messengers to hang their goals from as a reminder about reaching for the stars. Traditionally Maori would add their karere to their kites as part of celebration. If the karere reached a flying kite then they knew they would be successful in the coming year. One of our school goals this year is to raise awareness of the health of Tangaroa. || ||
 * **Reflecting and setting goals.**
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