Te Reo, Term 4 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	They are customs(way of doing things)
Pōwhiri	Is a welcoming ceremony on the marae
Tangata whenua	When locals go to marae and are connected to it either through genealogy or by association.
Manuhiri	Visitors and guests to a marae
Tūrangawaewae	A place you feel at home and can feel safe.
Whanaungatanga	Relationship, Sense of family connection(belonging)
Manaakitanga	A care for person/s well being and health
Aroha	Means Love.This comes under respect,concern ect;

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 the marae came to place and who were the creators of it?

Treatry of Waitangi

Excellence Leadership

Since we haven't had many meeting over the past weeks I am going to do a review of my leadership at Oaklands. I have progress hugely from the start of my year to now, In all areas from interacting to different people to doing the house points itself.Some my favorites parts of the year were helping out in big events like the cross country,run bike run ect; I have also enjoyed going around to the juniors and people recognizing me as 'The house points Lady' Other then that it has been a busy year doing house points every Friday. Overall it been a pretty good year.
How I showed leadership was trying my best everything that has came my way. the CARE value I showed was Excellence because again I gave 100% effort towards everything.

Excellence Leadership

This week the leaders ran assembly so for our meeting we were handing out roles and scripts.Other then that we have had no  real meeting.Later that week on Friday Reia and I  did house points going around the school tallying points.This week I was kauri. There were a bit more points then usual most likely due to everyone getting points nearing the end of the term.after all that here are the final points
Fourth place on 1830  is  Rimu
In Third place on 2073 Kowhai
In  second place on 2171 Miro
In first place on 2343 Rata
How I showed  leadership was moving around the school quickly and i made sure not to cause to much disruption.The CARE Value I showed  respect because I made sure i was respectful to all classrooms that I went in.
In first place on 2343

Excellence Must do -Help out around the school

Today it wasn't even my day for Librarian but while the other people who were on went down to the juniors Jessica and I helped out with the bookmarks. It wasn't as popular as the day before but today we had more older kids so it was much  more easier to mange.Even though we weren't as popular we made heaps of book marks because everyone made 2 or 3 due to how many there were.Overall it was really fun helping out and making bookmarks.
How I showed leadership was stepping in for Mrs Ward.When the library was really busy and ensuring everything was done.The CARE value I showed was community because I was helping kids make the best bookmarks they could.

Excellence leadership

Today it was our leader meeting we basically went over our job descriptions reviewing what we have and haven't done.I learnt I need to focus more on my badges and be coming visible around the school.Hope fully by the end of term I should succeed in my goals.I also learnt that I am am completing most things
Last Friday Reia and I had lots of House points to due to athletics and spent nearly the whole afternoon counting and tallying the points.It was really good because everyone had there points counted which made it easier for us.
The care value I showed was excellence because I tried my very best focusing on my goals well doing my points. How I showed leadership was by being a role model to anyone who saw me:)

Excellence Librarian

Today Jessica and i was about to do reading to juniors as usual but instead miss ward decided for us to help us by doing bookmarks out the back which was surprisingly fun helping out year 1s to seniors making there book marks. we had loads of book marks there were really simple ones with basic designs and we also had more harder ones.after people had finished they put there name and room number on it to be laminated it.Overall it was really working with everyone making the bookmarks and they are all looking really good.

The care  value i showed was community by helping everyone making sure they were doing the right thing and being fair. I showed leadership by helping others and making sure they were having a good rime.

Excellence juniors must do

On Thursday  at lunch time instead of talking to my friends I went down to the juniors area very soon i found Morgan who was all dressed up for literary week she was very happy showing me her costume spinning around after talking to her for a while and then went and talked to some other kids complimented  there costumes. I could see every single kid I spoke to had put a real effort in there costumes.Overall it was really talking to everyone and seeing there costumes.
The care value I showed was community because I made sure I talked to everyone.
How I showed leadership was by being a role model to the younger kids by dressing up and being visible to them.

Excellence must do- Tech on the bus

Today it was Technology I think the bus drive went good because I was sitting next to Emma and we were only talking to each other even though Jessica was right in front of us. At technology it self we had a new rotation Mine was sewing/design we basically just went through sheets and trying to think of a problem and how to solve it Emma and I came up with when we are reading or going on our device our neck hurts from bending down and hurts our back so we are making a neck pillow. But before we can start it we ahve lots of planning to do and making of prototype. On the way home I sat with Emily and again we respected the rules of the bus.
The care value i showed was respect because I respected all the rules  and obeyed them.
The leadership trait I showed was active thinking because i made sure I followed all the rules

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:

• There are 120 seats in the house(121 if you include speaker)
• We are a democracy so everyone over 18 gets a vote/say but in some countries there is only a dictatorship so only one person gets a say.
• National( our government) didn’t gt enough votes to govern by themselves so they hd to pair up with other parties.
• Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.