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 focused 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	Tikanga means Culture or "the way we do things" so it would be like us explaining stuff to a reliever so they know what we do in the classroom.
Pōwhiri	Is a ceremony involving speeches, dancing and singing to welcome important people.
Tangata whenua	used to describe the Maori that were originally here first.
Manuhiri	A visitor to Maori marae.
Tūrangawaewae	is a place where people feel connected and powerful.
Whanaungatanga	it can mean that you are in the process of meeting new people.
Manaakitanga	is translated to "hospitality" and is used for inspiring people.
Aroha	a love for something/someone.

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……... how important do the people they are welcoming have to be?

Assessment Task

Link To Assessment Task

A. $60 with 30% off is $42, $72 with 40% off is $43.20... In that case the first problem is the cheapest.
B. $120 with 30% off is $84, $96 with 20% off is $76.80...In that case the second problem is the cheapest.
C. $48 with 30% off is $33.60, $68 with 45% off is $37.40... In that case the first problem is the cheapest.
D.  $86 with 30% off is $60.20, $64 with 25% off is $48...In that case the second problem is the cheapest.

A. If you bought one of each of the items what is the cheapest amount of money that you could spend?

$200.40

    B. If you bought one of each of the items what is the most amount of money you could spend?

$224.80

     

    C. How much would you save if you bought all the cheapest items in the stores?
                                                                           $200.40

Excellence Blog Post #20 Drum lesson - Can Do

This week at my Drum lessons we were talking about getting new types of drum sets for the students and every week we just keep cleaning and tidying up the song that I have been learning for one and a half terms.

The leadership quality that I showed at my Drum lessons was goal focused because even though I am finished the song I am still improving on it and tidying it up.

I showed leadership by using what I already know to make the song better and even consulting about adding things in.

Excellence Blog Post #19 Peer Mediation - Can do

This week on my Peer Mediation duty my partner and I walked around to junior area first and talked to some of the kids that we new from hanging out with then in the school's buddy programme where we help the year ones and two's. Then we went around to entire field and there were no problems which was good.

The leadership quality that I showed on my Peer Mediation duty was Community because I had conversations with lots of the smaller kids that I new from other events.

I showed leadership on my duty by still doing my duty even though nothing was really happening.

Gallipoli

Emily and Sasha's Compare and Contrast Map

These are a few things that I have learn't...

• That ANZAC day is really sad compared to the Turkish "celebration day"
• We had the war to see who could take the land.
• In the process of war we made new countries.

This is something I want to find out...

• How the Turkish celebrate on their "day"

Treaty Of Waitangi

These are a few things that I found interesting...

• There are only 2 real copies of the treaty.
• The treaty has 3 main parts named "articles".
• The treaty was written in English then translated to Maori.

What I would like to find out...

• How many fights and battles that they had during their "disagreement".

R.5, Reserch The modern justice system and compare it wth the ancient one

R9. Create a movie/digital presentation of how the Oaklands CARE values are used by students at our school.

C.9, Create An Edible Garden

NZ Parliment

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 in NZ parliament are:

• That John Key sits in the Fourth seat in the first row in the left side of the chamber.
• Ruth Dyson is a representative of the Labour party.
• Gerry Brownlee is the leader of the house.

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

Excellence Blog Post #18 Drum Lessons - Can Do

This week at my Drum Lessons my teacher and I discussed about the new song but we couldn't listen to it yet since we both didn't have our devices on us, do next week we r going to listen to the song and she if it is good enough for me to work towards.

The leadership quality that I showed at my Drum lessons was Active Thinking by asking about a song by myself and not waiting to be told.

I showed leadership at my Drum lesson by helping out my teachers by not making him pick the song.

Excellence Blog Post #17 Peer Mediation - Can Do

This week on my Peer Mediation duty we had quite a large problem involving  three year 3's that have been in a fight for almost the whole year and this is what the fight was about... there were two children against one child that has wanted to be friends with them for ages and the other two didn't like her so they kept and kept telling her that they didn't like her but she kept "annoying" them.

The leadership quality that I showed on my Peer Mediation duty was respect because I was being patient with the children even though one kept yelling for some reason.

I showed leadership on my duty by when the child started yelling all we did was tell her that it wasn't her turn instead if yelling back.