Matariki (the Māori New Year) is a time for reflecting on the past and setting goals for the coming year. Students write or draw their goal on the bunting, then decorate, cut and hang. If you don't want to hang them, simply trim the flap off the top. Provided with and without lines. 2 per A4 sheet of paper. Enjoy this freebie! ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Display cards with the Maori Days of the Week. Set 1 – Māori word only Set 2 – Māori and English word. Also includes one in a larger size with all 7 words. 2 per A4 page. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun, effective art activity for your students when celebrating Diwali (The Festival of Lights). Colour, cut and place a tealight candle in the centre. Laminate if desired. Included: ♦ 4 x templates with a design ♦ 1 x blank template (students design their own pattern) Size: Approximately 16.5cm in diameter. Provided in 2 paper sizes: ♦ A4 paper ♦ Letter paper ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

High frequency Māori words. ♦ 500 words on 50 cards (10 words on each card). ♦ Each card is listed with a number. ♦ Words are written in order of frequency. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. The initial list found on TKI is 1000 words but this resource only contains the first 500 words. These cards can be used in a multitude of ways in your classroom. For example: ♦ Spelling activities (eg alphabetical order, words in sentences). ♦ Word study (eg how many syllables, how many vowels). ♦ Handwriting (The font on the cards is ‘NZ basic script’). ♦ Writing – make up a sentence/story using the words. ♦ Oral language ♦ Maths (eg if a=$1, b=$2, c=$3 etc, what is the most expensive word on the card?). ♦ Reading – read the words to a buddy (Permission has been obtained for me to use the words in this resource). ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

500 high frequency Māori words. ♦ Written in order of frequency. ♦ 10 words per page. ♦ Grouped into sets of 50 - each set has a different coloured border. The font used is ‘NZ Basic Script’. ** Please note that English translations are not included. These words are also available as word cards - 10 words on each card. These cards are also available in my TES store. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Maori New Year with this art activity – colour the koru stars. Two different templates. A fun colouring activity for New Zealand students during Matariki. Designed on A4 size paper. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of number activity sheets for use during math lessons when working on numbers 1-20. The worksheets for numbers 1-10 are slightly different from the worksheets for numbers 11-20. Worksheets 1-10 ♦ Write your name. ♦ Colour the numeral. ♦ Colour the word. ♦ Trace the numeral; write the numeral independently. ♦ Trace the word; write the word independently. ♦ Show a group by circling and colouring the stars. ♦ Show the number on the tens frame (colour the circles). ♦ Colour the correct number of fingers. ♦ Write the number that comes before / after. Worksheets 11-20 ♦ Write your name. ♦ Colour the numeral. ♦ Colour the words. ♦ Trace the numerals and words. ♦ Write the numerals and words independently. ♦ Show a group by circling and colouring the stars. ♦ Show the number on the tens frames (colour the circles). ♦ Fill in the 6 missing numbers on the number line. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A fun and creative art activity to celebrate Diwali (Deepavali), the Hindu Festival of Lights. ACTIVITY 1 Draw patterns on the hand templates using a black pen/marker/ink (there are lots of images on the internet to get inspiration). Cut out and display on a coloured background. ACTIVITY 2 Draw patterns in the hands of the boy/girl. Colour the rest of the picture. Three different templates provided (boy, girl, unisex). ACTIVITY 3 Draw patterns in the hand template and write an acrostic poem. Write your name or a fact about Diwali in the box under the handprint. INCLUDED: ♦ Teacher notes. ♦ Handprints – template. ♦ Handprints – template with border. ♦ Handprints – with coloured background (x2). ♦ Example – designs on hands with a coloured background. ♦ Example - designs on hands with a plain white background. ♦ Handprints – boy/girl/unisex. ♦ Single handprint with acrostic poem template. ♦ Single handprint (2 per page). ********************************************************************* © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A creative classroom activity for celebrating Matariki (the Māori New Year). Hiwa-i-te-rangi is one of the 9 stars in the Matariki star cluster. It is known as the ‘wishing star’. This star has a connection to our hopes, dreams and aspirations for the year ahead. The Process: 1. Draw patterns in the spaces around the star shape (use a black ball-point pen). 2. Colour. 3. Write a wish in the star. 4. Cut out around the outside black frame. 5. Display on the wall (you may like to do this so it looks like a patchwork quilt). Three different templates are provided for you to select from. Two templates have pre-drawn patterns in the boxes at the bottom, and one is blank so your students can design their own patterns. Included: ♦ Instructions ♦ Information card about Hiwa-i-te-rangi ♦ Template A – with patterns ♦ Template B – with patterns ♦ Template C - blank (draw your own patterns) Made on A4 size paper. Finished size of artwork (after cutting it out) is approx 18cm x 18cm. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this writing/art activity. Write a haiku poem on the feather template. Add colour and cut it out. Join the class feathers together to make a korowai (Māori cloak). Included: ♦ Haiku framework chart ♦ Example poem ♦ Feather template – with lines for writing ♦ Feather template – without lines Please note that information/instructions are not included for the making of the korowai. To see examples, please do an image search online (Matariki feather cloaks). The Haiku Poem: The haiku poem is a simple, 3-line poem that involves counting syllables. The framework is: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. Early finishers can use the feather template without the lines to create additional decorative feathers that can then be interspersed between the haiku feathers. Made on A4 size paper. Two feathers per sheet. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Stick puppet templates (black and white) for the story ‘The Little Red Hen. Various animals are included due to the many different versions of the story. Simply print the ones you need. Templates Include: * Hen * Cat * Rat / Mouse * Pig * Horse * Cow * Dog * Duck * Goat * Wheat seeds * Packet of seeds * Watering can and plants * Wheat * Mill * Flour * Oven * Bread * Blank template Great for story retell, oral language development, puppetry skills, imaginative play, etc. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of 9 reference cards about the stars in the Matariki cluster. Each card shows the name of the star and the area of the environment that it holds dominion over. Please note that the domains may vary between iwi. 2 reference cards per A4 sheet of paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This resource is designed to help students learn the names of the stars in the Matariki cluster and their associations (domains). Included: ♦ Matching cards - black and white ♦ Matching cards - coloured border ♦ Activity sheet - cut, match and paste ♦ Answer sheet The matching cards can be used to play 'Memory'. Place all of the cards face down and take turns at flipping two cards over. If they match, you keep the cards. If they don't match, you flip them back over. The winner is the person with the most cards at the end. Please note that the domains may vary between iwi. Designed on A4 paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A Māori alphabet letter recognition activity for NZ junior students. Print and laminate the sheets and place them together to form a ‘road’. Your students drive a toy car along the road and park at the whare that is the answer to a question you give them. And just because you’ve stopped by and read this description, you get to see that this resource includes more than just the alphabet … Included in this resource: ♦ Alphabet – lower case – all vowels on one page ♦ Alphabet – lower case - jumbled ♦ Alphabet – upper case – all vowels on one page ♦ Alphabet – upper case - jumbled ♦ Numbers – numerals 1-20 - ordered ♦ Numbers – numerals 1-20 - jumbled ♦ Numbers – words 1-10 (tahi-tekau) - ordered ♦ Numbers – words 1-10 (tahi-tekau) - jumbled ♦ Blank template (black and white) for your students to make their own ‘Drive to the whare’ activity. There are 10 whares on each page. Because the alphabet only has 15 letters, I have included the vowels with macrons so that the resource is 2 complete A4 size pages. So what it means by ‘all vowels on one page’ is that there are the 5 vowels on one side and 5 vowels with macrons on the other side of the street. The toy cars are not included in this resource. You don’t have to use cars, you could use trucks, motorbikes, horses, etc. Your students could bring a toy car from home if you don’t have any. Examples of Activities: * Drive your car to a whare where the letter _______ lives. * Drive your car to a whare where the letter that makes the ____ sound lives. * Drive your car to a whare where the letter lives that is at the start of the word ____. * Drive your car to a whare where a vowel lives. * Drive your car to a whare that has a letter that is in your name. * Drive your car to a number that is one more than ‘rima’. * Drive your car to a number that is the answer to 5+3. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

‘Clip and Flip’ cards for Māori Numbers 1-20 A fun, hands-on activity for reinforcing the knowledge and recall of numbers 1-20. Instructions: Count how many ladybirds are on the front of the card. Read the words on the right. Match the Māori word with the number of ladybirds and place a clothes peg on that word. Flip the card over to see if you are correct. Take the peg off and try again with another card. Note: The cards do not come with the answer on the back so you will need to place a mark on the reverse side of the card. Just use something like a sticker or make a mark with a coloured pencil. Do this before you laminate the cards. Included: ♦ Cards for numbers 1-20 ♦ Cards for numbers 1-20 without any text (add your own). Words used: tahi, rua, toru, whā, rima, ono, whitu, waru, iwa, tekau, tekau mā tahi, tekau mā rua, tekau mā toru, tekau mā whā, tekau mā rima, tekau mā ono, tekau mā whitu, tekau mā waru, tekau mā iwa, rua tekau. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

‘Clip and Flip’ cards for 11 Māori colours. A fun, hands-on activity for reinforcing the knowledge and recall of the names of colours. Instructions: Look at the colour splodge on the front of the card. Read the words on the right. Decide which one of the Māori words is the correct one for that colour and place a clothes peg on that word. Flip the card over to see if you are correct. Take the peg off and try again with another card. Note: The cards do not come with the answer on the back so you will need to place a mark on the reverse side of the card. Just use something like a sticker or make a mark with a coloured pencil. Do this before you laminate the cards. Included: ♦ Cards for 11 colours ♦ Cards for 11 colours without any text (add your own). Words used: Red – whero White – mā Orange – karaka Purple – poroporo Brown – parauri Green – kākāriki Blue – kikorangi / kahurangi Black – pango / mangu Grey – kiwikiwi Pink – māwhero Yellow – kowhai If these are not the words you want then just write your own on the blank templates. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A set of six activity sheets for using with junior students after reading the following book: TITLE: Daniel’s Matariki Feast AUTHOR: Rebecca Beyer and Linley Wellington ILLUSTRATOR: Christine Ross Included: ♦ Draw what you’d like to have for a Matariki feast. ♦ Draw what you’d like to grow in the vegetable garden. ♦ Colour, trace and write the word ‘Matariki’. Fill in the letter boxes and connect the letters with a line. Draw a picture that shows how you’d like to celebrate Matariki. ♦ Printing practice – trace the words: ‘Matariki is a good time to start something new. I would like to …’ then draw a picture to show your answer. ♦ Design a new cover for the book. ♦ Word graph. Circle and count the words, record on the block graph and write the number underneath. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

Celebrate the Māori New Year with this fun foldable. Matariki is a time to reflect on the year that has passed, and to set new goals for the year ahead. Colour the star and the background. Write in the middle piece. Cut around the outside and make 4 folds. There are 6 different options for the reflection / goal setting piece in the middle. The wording is listed below: Option 1: When I think about the last year, I feel proud because … A goal I have for the coming year is ... Option 2: A goal I have for the coming year is ... Something I can do to help me achieve this is ... Option 3: Three goals I have for the coming year are ... Option 4: This is a picture of my goal. Option 5: Words that describe the year that has just passed: Option 6: The best thing about the year that has just passed was: Approximately 12 cm in diameter when folded. Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

A ‘Fun with a Ruler’ art project for your students to complete on St Patrick’s Day. There are 2 different templates to choose from. This project involves your students ruling straight lines between 2 dots on a template. When they have finished drawing all of the lines they can give their artwork some colour. There is space at the bottom of each template for a writing task that you may wish to set (eg ‘If I found a pot of gold I would …’). If you don’t want this, simply cut the artwork out when finished. Included: ♦ Shamrock with pot of gold. ♦ Shamrock without pot of gold. ♦ Shamrock – draw your own stem, without pot of gold. ♦ Practise template. ♦ Example of the completed design. ♦ Instructions. The templates are provided in both black and light grey dots. Level of Difficulty: Your students need to be able to use a ruler to draw straight lines between 2 points. The designs can look more complicated than they actually are. Concentration is required, but the actual process is not difficult. Instructions: Simple, clear, easy-to-follow instructions are provided. One instruction per page (image and a sentence). Display the instructions via a data projector if you have access to one. Otherwise print and enlarge them and/or demonstrate on an enlarged template. Practise Tempate: A practise template is included for your students to practise ruling the pattern before you give them the actual template. Equipment: You need a ruler and a pen (black or green works best for this project). Something to colour with (eg coloured pencils, watercolours, felt tip markers, chalk pastels, dye, etc) Keywords: string art, math, geometry, patterns, Ireland, Irish, luck. © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources

This resource contains black/white and coloured taniwha heads that can be used in a number of ways. For example: masks for drama, art projects and wall displays. A handy resource when studying Māori myths and legends. Included: ♦ black/white taniwha for students to colour and personalise. A variety of templates are included (same design but certain features are included/excluded). ♦ coloured taniwha heads x10 ♦ coloured taniwha heads and upper body x10 Designed on A4 size paper. ********************************************************************** © Suzanne Welch Teaching Resources