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

This term we have been learning about Parliament. We have looked at the difference between government and parliament, NZ parliament, who is in government, how our government works and we compared democracy to dictatorship.

Three things that I learned are NZ parliament are:

• John sits on the fourth seat
• The leader of the house sits on the fifth 
• John has been sent out before for talking over the speaker

Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.

Koru Games

The activity I did was Football.

Two highlights from  Koru Games
Being part of the team because they made every game fun no matter the outcome.
Not having to do school work because its nice to do something different.

I am proud of getting two goals because getting goals is good.

Next year I would change sport because football is fun but change is good.

I can recognise and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

I can recognise and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

In this unit I have been learning about:

• The parts of speech.
• The types of nouns.
• The types of sentences.

In this unit, the first few activities i found challenging because i was just learning

Something new I learnt was what grammatical constructions even are.