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Flying Kites
At BestStart Marchwiel we are in the thick of celebrating Matariki as a centre. One of the ways that we have chosen to recognize Matariki is by flying kites! We started off this adventure by reading 'Seven kites of Matariki' which a story about seven sisters who's kites transform into the seven stars that we see in the sky at this time of year. After reading this book together we set off down our street to the local park to fly some kites that a teacher had made, as well as some kites from the shop. It was such a glorious time of experimenting about how to manipulate the kites to make them fly. We cheered each other on to run really fast and celebrated together when the kites soared behind the children as they speed across the squelching ground. (A little bit of winter never puts us off enjoying time outside!)