Mornings

"Get up!" Mum yelled from my bedroom doorway. I let out a long tired groan. She stormed to the end of my bomb site of a room and swished away the curtains, revealing light cascading into my room. I took refuge under my duvet, trying to blink away the colorful spots now forming on my eyes. My eyes peeked out of the shadowed duvet taking a quick glance at the time, my eyes shot wide open, it's already 8:10! I athletically leaped out of bed, slipped a pair of new track pants, a yellow t-shirt and a new pair of Nike shoes. I carefully dodged the obstacles scattered across the floor.

 I raced out the door with a flourish of pace, almost halfway down the gravel driveway, I realized I hadn't got my bag or anything.

 Scowering through the cupboards then my eyes locked onto a packet of SKOFFS, I shot my arm of like a bullet and stuffed them in my bag. I muttered to myself, "Am I forgetting anything?" my Mum glared at me expectingly "What?" I said "Cross country!" she yelled. My eyes widened, the words went over and over swirling around my frantic brain. "Oh crap," I blurted out.

Matariki designs

To celebrate Matariki,our class are working on an art project. Matariki signifies the new year for Moari people. If you loo into the night sky on a clear night around June or may you might find Matariki. My top third are 6 korus. This third represents new growth. The korus represent my famil tree. The first 2 korus are my parents and the next four are me, my brother, my sister and my fish.

 Now for the middle section. The 5 korus represent me and my family in a boat meaning we stay together. The lines represent my favorite things. The first line is my iPod, the second line is football, the third line is cricket and the fourth line is my best friend.

 Matariki is the third and final section of this panel. For this section I've chosen a Maori kowhaiwhai that you would see in a marae. This is not just a pattern, it signatures new year and new beginning. So that's my Matariki panel. I hope that you have learnt something from this and remember to set your alarm clock early to catch Matariki.