Leadership area blogpost #1 (Merit)

                                      Leader Meeting

Today at the leader's meeting we got our job descriptions for our role. Each position has different objectives on the job description.  One of the things on my job description was to do a house activity each term. I showed Respect by looking and listen to the teacher.

Leadership blogpost #1 (Merit)

                                        Gardening Club 

At gardening club we had to move wine barrels that had plants inside back to where they were before the holidays. Last year we had moved them behind the classrooms. I showed Community because I helped a teacher by moving the plants back, I also showed excellence by getting the job done quick.

Home Learning Challenge #1 (Merit)

This evening I completed one of the active thinking home learning challenges, I created 2 cards. The first card was a birthday card. To make the  bunting I used real bunting and cut off the bottom and then stuck them to the card with glue. Then I wrote Happy Birthday with pens. As my mum's birthday is coming up I am planning on giving the birthday card to her. She will really like the card as she loves silver.

NZ Identity Treaty of waitangi

Link to the modeling book 
The treaty of waitangi compare and contrased map 
I found the aboriginal part really interesting because i have only learnt about the treaty of waitangi. I also liked learning more about the treaty.
I still want to learn more about there culture.

Te Reo, Term 4 2016.

This term we have been learning all about the Marae. We have learned that…….

• The Marae is an important focal point for the community.
• The Marea is a place where tradition and customs can be carried out.
• The Marae is a place where people can express their values with dignity.
• There are many kawa ( protocols) that prevail on the marae.
• Marae kawa (protocols) can differ between maraes and iwi.

We have focussed on some key concepts when doing this learning.

These are listed and explained in the table below.

Concept	Definition - give the meaning of these concepts in your own words.
Tikanga	There own way of doing things
Pōwhiri	Its a welcoming ceremony
Tangata whenua	people who are connected to the marae
Manuhiri	people who visit the marae
Tūrangawaewae	Rights to the marae
Whanaungatanga	family connections
Manaakitanga	caring for people on the marae and elders
Aroha	Love  and respect.

See this video for an explanation of the roles and responsibilities of people on a marae.

Something I would like to learn more about the marae is……...powhiri

WALT apply the techniques of improvisation to a range of different scenarios.

improvisation TECHNIQUES that I have used successfully are standing in the middle of the stage

Improvisation TECHNIQUES that I would like to have more practice at

The thing that I enjoyed most about this unit of learning was when the person before you told you what to do and you did it because people chose some cool stuff for you to do.

The thing that I found most challenging during this unit of learning was at the start doing stuff on the computer because I didn't under stand then.

NZ Identity WW1