Weaving our own kete

The shared book that Mrs Field read in our first week back was called The Woven Flax Kete by Angie Belcher. It told the story of Rawiri who went on camp in the Whirinaki Forest. He took the old woven flax kete, given to him by his Nana.

She told him he could put treasures in it but Rawiri was not sure they could fit in there.

As he went on his tramp and sleepover, he found qualities like leadership, guidance, care, trust, patience, encouragement and co-operation slipped in to the kete. The other children in the class saw Rawiri show such qualities.

We practised weaving paper and made our own kete with a piece of paua, a feather and a string handle. We showed some of the qualities that Rawiri had by helping others as well as resilience and perseverance. Here are some of the stages we went through to make our kete.