Super, southern lights

Hello bloggers and welcome back to the last blog post of term 2. Term 2 has been cool but our time in our hub has been cut short due to COVID-19, but other than that it has been terrific. In the last couple of weeks on Friday, the Toroa hub has been learning about Matariki and what happens in the time frame. Matariki is celebrated around sometime around July each year. If the stars are clear and bright, it is a sign that it would be a good crop and harvesting season for the farmers planting. If the stars were hazy and closely bunched together, cold winter was about to happen and planting will then be delayed until sometime in October. 

There are multiple amazing and interesting facts about southern lights! Did you know that the meaning behind "Aurora" is the Latin word for sunrise or the Roman Goddess of dawn? An Aurora is a natural light shown in the sky, usually is a greenish colour but it sometimes is red or blue. In the southern hemisphere latitudes, the outcome and is known as the Australis(or the southern lights). Aurora is caused by the impact of actively charged pieces with particles in the high elevation of thermosphere or atmosphere. 

Yay, it's finally the last day and I'm super excited to finally go home and have a restful 2 week holiday. I loved working on this art piece because it was so fun and creative to make. the colours are vibrant and perfect for the sky. I'm pleased with how my Matariki art turned out and I hope we can do other art like this in the future. There are multiple stories and things that happen in Matariki, they are really interesting so you should read a book or a movie about it. Have you learnt about Matariki before? What are your plans for the holiday? Have a good holiday!