Once
upon a time where the seven sisters lived, they zigzagged around the sun. They
annoyed the red and blue star. Their dad and mum were angry and sad. Dad said,
“They need a new job.” Dad called the biggest sister to get her sisters to
start the new year.
By
Elli from room 12, year 2
In
the sky where the stars lived there were seven sisters of Matariki. They went
to the sun and they zigzagged and buzzed all over the place. The blue star
said, “They are so annoying!” and the red star said, “Settle down! Settle down!
Settle down!” Then their mum and dad had an idea. Then the seven sisters became
the sign for a new year.
By
Nara from 11, year 2
Up in pitch black space with millions of
stars were seven sisters who were zigzagging around all the time. Wainui and
Tangotango were the parents of them. The seven stars’ names were Matariki,
Waiiti, Waita, Ururangi, Tuan-a-rangi and Tupu-a-nuka.
“Come, let’s play!” one of the sisters
said. They went around the other stars calling out, “You can’t catch me!
Lalalala!” which annoyed the other stars. After hours of play they settled
down, but not for long.
After a bit the seven sisters started to
play hide and seek and tag. Ruaranga was moaning and raising his eyebrows. He
shouted at them, “Stop playing your crazy games! You are annoying the others.”
Takurua had a purple face and shouted,
“Stop pushing me!”
Suddenly Waita crashed into Puaranga. Puaranga
had a yellow face and did not look happy.
Wainui was just about to call the seven
sisters, when she heard that complaint. When Tangotanga came, he had a red face
and said, “I can’t bear these complaints about our daughters.” Wainui’s lips
were closed really tight and her eyes were cast down.
“What are we going to do?” said Tangotango.
For a while they were both thinking of a
way to stop their daughters annoying the others. They were both embarrassed
about their daughters. Then Tangotango had an idea. “Let’s make our daughters
the sign of the new year!”
“Great idea” replied Wainui. They called
their oldest daughter, Matariki, to get the other sisters. Wainui was happy,
because they had a solution.
By Sophie, year 5
One night in our amazing galaxy seven little
star sisters speedily zoomed around the area. They were like non stop, speeding
Flashes. Through day and night the girls kept zigzagging and zooming with no
worry about speed, time, other stars or crashing into each other.
Every morning Puanga, the rd star, spilled
his very hot Starbucks on himself, because the sisters always bumped into him.
“Why dod they do this? I literally have
more than twenty-five purple blisters on my face and my chest and it burns a
lot!” Puanga yelled to all the other stars around the milky way.
“Settle down, you … you … you noisy
children!” Takurua, the blue star, tried to yell as loud as possible, but he
was unable to. He was too tired.
The other stars were wondering where the
parents of the cheeky little stars were.
“Oh, my goodness”, said Wainui, “What are
our daughters doing? I know that our daughters can behave much better than how
they are behaving right now.” Both parents felt worried and embarrassed.
“Wainui, we need a plan. A plan to make
them stop behaving like this.” …
“Ah, I know! Maybe they could be a sign for
the Maori new year?”
“That sounds perfect!” said Wainui. “But
where are our children?” she wondered.
“MATARIKI, COME HERE, PLEASE!” shouted
Tangotango. “Could you gather your younger sisters and tell them about their
new responsibilities?” Wainui asked.
Matariki told her sisters about their new
responsibility and they put themselves into their new positions. So Matariki,
the sign for the new year, was formed.
By Katya, year 5
Once
upon a time there lived 7 sisters in the sky. They were entertaining and they
zigzagged around. Then there was a problem. They were annoying the Red Star and
the Blue Star. “You are annoying!” said Red Star. “Settle down!” said Blue
Star. The parents looked at the blue star and the red star. They were annoyed.
“They need an important job. They can be the sign for the new year.” Dad called
the biggest sister and she called the little sisters.
By
Vika from room 14, year 2
