Thursday 26 March 2015

Fabric Tech

We are learning to use the sewing machine with straight and zig-zag stitch to produce an item of CRAZY patchwork.





Friday 13 March 2015

Skills4Life

Thank to Manuel and his team for teaching us more about "Attack " today. We leant that COMMUNICATION is they key to working together as a team.





Sunday 8 March 2015

The Story of W(h)aitara

whai (to follow) tara (the dart) – Whaitara
The name of Whaitara (commonly spelled as Waitara) town is said to come from the story of Whare Matangi, the estranged son of local Ariki (chief) Ngārue, and his quest to be reunited with his father.  Whare Matangi was given a  dart (tara) imbued with magic that his mother foretold would lead him to his father. His first four throws landed elsewhere but on the fifth throw, the tara struck Ngārue’s house at the mouth of a river, thereafter known as Te Whai-tara-nui-a-Ngārue (follow the dart of Ngārue).