Friday 25 November 2016

Treaty of waitangi - NZ Identity

Something I found interesting was that The Aboriginals were treated very unfairly.
3 articals
Modeling book

I would like to find out more about the aboriginals

Tuesday 22 November 2016

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
the right way of doing things 
Pōwhiri
the welcome onto the marae 
Tangata whenua
the people that are associated with the marae
Manuhiri
Visitors on the marae 
TÅ«rangawaewae
your home base that gives you rights and obligations 
Whanaungatanga
your relationship with the marae 
Manaakitanga
looking out for each other
Aroha
love,respect,concern and hospitality 

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 I would like to go on a marae


Thursday 3 November 2016

Student Council-Leadership Excellence.

On Wednesday I had student council,at the start Mrs Trotter wasn't their so Hannah started it by doing the roll Then we talked about what will happen with the school in the future and what is going to be in the classes. Then we talked about what we can have e.g a Tech block or Drinking fountains next to the field.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed Leadership by controlling the meeting.

Kapahaka-Exellence

Today we didn't have any of our normal teachers there, We started by singing our school song and practicing the actions. Then we moved on to another song where everyone had to step forward the Year 4's in the front kept messing up so we had to keep repeating it until they got it right. Then Kapahaka ended so the Year 8 boys stayed and kept learning the long rakau.

Care Values:Respect
I showed leadership by not getting annoyed with the year 4's

Student council-Leadership Exellence

Today I had student council, About two minutes before I found out I was running student council today.When we got their I got Mrs martin to tell me and Dylan what to talk about. Then we went to the hall foyer and started.We started by talking about the learner dispositions and asking if they knew what they meant then we asked if the wanted any extra activity's at school.

Care Values:Active Thinking
I showed Leadership by sharing my ideas with the group

Kauri Team Events

Today we had the teachers vs year 7/8 basketball players play each other
In netball. We stood next to the court and the year 7/8 B team played the 
teachers first.  We started to cheer on the teachers and the teachers won the game. 
So we decided to cheer for the students in the next game when the year 7/8 A
team played and at the end of that the teachers won again.

Care Values:Respect
 I showed leadership by not being silly when cheering on the teams.

Kapahaka-Excellence badge

Today at kapahaka we started by singing The school song then we started to practice our transitions between the different songs, we did that for a while Then The Year 8 boys started to practice the Long rakau We went over the things that we already knew and we caught some others up then we started to try be in time with each other. After that we had to go back inside and keep practising our transitions, Then the bell rang and we had to leave.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed leadership by having the right attitude during practice.

STUDENT COUNCIL

This week at Student Council we needed to record down our homework from last week which was to ask your class what they want the school to look like in the future. After we did that we discussed what is acutely realistic and then the bell rang so we all left.

Care Values:Community
I showed leadership by sharing my ideas with the group

Student council-exellence badge

Today I had Student council we started off by doing the roll then we started to talk about a mufti day for plunket we decided the date and if we want a theme then we talked about what we did last week then we went back to class and Asked about the learner dispositions,The mufti day and what they want from the student council.

Care Values:Respect
I showed Leadership by making sure that the meeting ran smoothly

KAPAHAKA-Excellence

Today I had Kapahaka we started by singing the school song and then the Haka after that we
tried a new lay out for one of the songs and the year 8 boys got to have a go at using a long rakau.
after the bell went the Year 8's stayed behind so the girls could learn how to do long poi and the boys to learn how to do long rakau.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed Leadership by listening to the teachers advice

Kapahaka- Excellence badge

Today I had kapahaka,We started school song then we went through our transitions then we practiced
pa mai and we went through the actions and we kept going for a while then we went into our songs for the cultural festival we practiced that for a while and then we left.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed Leadership by helping people get in their positions

Excellence-Kapahaka

Today we had Kapahaka my friends Jack,Fletcher,Teiken and I went to go and get the poi and the long rakau then we went to the hall to start practice. When we got there we joined the line and started singing pa Mai after that we started  to sing our rotation for cultural fest. When we weren't putting enough effort into it we got bribed with leaving early if we put more effort in to it, then we got to leave.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed Leadership by Putting in max effort.

Student council-exellence badge

Today at student council we started by doing the roll, Their was no teachers there so it was just Hannah and I there to run it. We started by talking about the homework that got given out It was to go back to their class and ask them about what they want in classes in the future and it could be anything people suggested an aquarium  we went through most of the ideas including the crazy ones then we talked about the strikes after that we were done so we told everyone that they could leave.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed Leadership by running the meeting by ourselves

Kapahaka - excellence badge

This week in kapahaka we had a longer practice because we have the cultural festival in a couple of weeks. We started by going through our routine then we kept practicing and practicing and practicing.  then we did some practiced our poi and the long rakau then the haka after that the bell rang so we got to go.


CARE Value: Excellence
I showed leadership by helping people with their actions

Student council - Excellence badge

Today for student council I came late because I was doing some maths when I got there we talked about when the next mufti day will be and if it will be themed or not, then we decided that it will be themed and it will either be your favourite superhero or favourite sports person, we told everyone to go back to class and ask the class what they would prefer.

Care Values:Respect
I showed Leadership by making sure the meeting ran smoothly

Kapahaka- excellence badge

Today for Kapahaka we started by singing the school song and one of our new songs then we re learnt the actions then we moved on to a different song and learnt the new start to one of other
songs we were doing that for a while then we got to leave.

Care Values:Community
I showed Leadership by listening to the teacher when they were talking

Kapahaka excellence badge

Today for Kapahaka we started by messing around then we sat in our lines after that we
got told that we have new lines, we spent 10 minutes  getting our new lines we went up on stage
to practice what we are doing for the gala then we got to leave.

Care Values:Excellence
I showed leadership by helping get people into their lines

Student Council -excellence

Me and Hannah met with Mrs Trotter to talk about What we are going to talk about at student council.
We talked about getting the results in for the mufti day in a couple of weeks, we decided that we we would dress up as athletes then we talked about what we are going to do for the end of the year.

Care Values:Community
I showed leadership by listening to different ideas

Student council-excellence badge

This week for student council I was late because I was doing some maths when I got their
we started to talk about what we could do to improve the behaviour at student council like talking over people and being to loud, then we talked about a 3 strike rule so if you get three strikes then you get told to leave after that we decided we would have a talking piece so who ever has that is the person who is talking.


CARE Values:Active Thinking
I showed leadership by sharing my ideas.

Student Council-Exellence badge

Today I had student council We had a visitor from plunket that came to talk about what plunket is and what we are doing for the mufti day on Friday  Then we talked about what we are going to for the mufti day.
she then asked us if we had any questions about plunket then we got to leave.

CARE Values:Active Thinking
I showed Leadership by sharing my ideas.