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	They have a specific order of doing things.
Pōwhiri	It is a ceremony to welcome the guests that are visiting the Marae.
Tangata whenua	It is like the ancestors that were on a Marae.
Manuhiri	It is the visitors that are on the Marae.
Tūrangawaewae	The rights to stand on a Marae.
Whanaungatanga	The family members that are connected to a Marae.
Manaakitanga	Caring for the elders.
Aroha	The love and giving for others.

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 often are there visitors that come on the Marae.

Maths Assessment

WALT: Find Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Maths Assessment Task 
Maths Assessment Task Answers
Problem Solving Activity
Maths IXL Screenshots
Something I learnt in this maths goal was to use multiplication to solve percentages.
Something I found challenging in this maths goal was the Use Multiplication and Division to estimate and solve fractions because estimating is more challenging then putting the actual answer in.

NZ Identity Treaty Of Waitangi

3 Things I Found Interesting:

1. That the treaty is still used today
2. Their are multiples of copies for the Treaty Of Waitangi.
3. Our treaty is between the British Crown and the Maori.

What if you don't sign the treaty and you don't follow it?

NZ Identity World War 1

NZ Identity Parliament

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:

• That the prime minister sits in the fourth seat to the speaker on the right side.(John Key)
• NZ is a democracy meaning that we all get a say.
• The person that sits on the fifth seat to the right of the speaker is the leader of the house.(Jerry Brownlee)

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

Librarian Distinction #4

On Monday the first day of term 4, I had my librarian duty on at lunch. When I first went in the library I saw a lot of books that needed to be returned and put away. Firstly I put all the books back that was on the returned shelf, then I started returning the books that needed to be returned and put away. Once I finally finished putting the books away I went on and started issuing other peoples books. It was kinda loud in the library and not the best for this duty but it got quite at some stage. There were mostly picture books and senior fictions to put away and not that much junior fictions. After it was time to pack up I saw a lot of books on the ground and also some cushions and pieces of papers aswell. The library duty wasn't as enjoyable but I still got some books through.

I showed community by helping put away leftover cushions and books and grabbed pieces of papers and dumped them in the bin. There were a lot of rubbish and books lying around so before I went out I just picked them up. It wasn't a lot of fun but I still did it.

I showed leadership by turning up to my duty on time even though I couldn't be bothered to turn up because being a librarian needs responsibility and I had to deal with it even though I didn't want to turn up to my duty.

I was being a role model by showing up to my duty and doing it with pride and not mucking around talking to my friends a lot. I knew I had to focus and do what I was supposed to be doing instead of playing around with my friends and being off-tasked.

Koru Games Reflection

The sport I was evolved in was Volleyball.

My two highlights of the Koru Games was meeting new people because we got to play a friendly with other people form different schools and I meet a friend called Macy. My other highlight was getting the ball over the net when it was coming back to us.

I was most proud of my serves because I could serve the ball over the net and only missed a few.

Next year I want to get better at that same sport and improve more on my serves and try make it for team 1.