Matariki and The Shortest Day

Matariki and the Shortest Day.

To acknowledge Matariki, the shortest day of the year AND our school wide Big Idea of "Windows to the Past, Pathways to the Future" we planted garlic. Molly's Dad, Mr Meek, came to guide us through this. It was great getting to spend some time with Mr Meek. Do you know he can speak six languages? And he knows all about gardening. He told us that garlic is traditionally planted around the shortest day of the year and harvested around the longest day of the year. As we planted the cloves we thought back to how our ancestors would have planted garlic the same way. We thought forward to six months from now when we plan to harvest the garlic. Taylor and Hannah said a Karakia Timatanga to support the garlic in its growth. We had a beautiful morning in our school garden, Te Ara Hauora, The path of Well-Being.