World War One

Treaty of Waitangi

Elections Writing

WALT: Write an effective argument for our chosen political party.

What is the best party to vote for?. I think it is the Maori Party is the best party to vote for personally. Here are three policies I am going to vote for from the Maori Party. The first policies I am voting for is to aim to end homelessness by 2020.

Aim to end homelessness by 2020. They want to get people off the streets and they want to give people more jobs as a builder and if there is people on the streets with kids they can give them a good life. Also people can live a normal life in a house and have shelter for their kids also water,food and clothes. Lastly people don’t ask you for money on the streets and so there is more space to put stuff like statues. Another policy is Halve power bills for households with rheumatic fever.

Halve power bills for households with rheumatic fever. The Maori party wants to halve the power bills for the families that are going thru a tough time in their life. Because they have to pay things to help the person with rheumatic fever. Also they can save their money to get a healthier home so the kids and parents don't get sick. As well as halving  power bills for households with rheumatic fever, Strengthening tenants’ rights is also a great policy.

Strengthening tenant's’ rights. Firstly the people that live in the house can do stuff to the house that may help it get better. Second people can put stuff in the house and outside that could make the house better but they can ask. Lastly they can remove stuff from the house without asking and build sheds if they won’t. My next paragraph is about how getting rid of national standard spreadsheet is bad.

Abolish National Standards. If they do this kids won't be able to know what they need to achieve in their learning. This will not be good because the parents will not be able to see there kids are doing and achieving. The kids might be doing stuff that is way too easy because they can't see what they are doing and they standard. Now i'm going to wrap up all my points in the conclusion.

That’s the political party I'm voting for is Maori party all the way. I have voted for these policies Aim to end homelessness by 2020 Halve power bills for households with rheumatic fever Strengthen tenants’ rights. Would you really want labour running the country.

My next steps are:to use more commas and semicolon

Koru Games Reflection

Koru Games Reflection

In the Koru Games the sport I competed in was Volleyball

Our team won all expect one and came second

I found the experience to be good because i made new friends and got to know people better

In terms of working with Individuals and Groups; my solo level is Relational because I can work well as a team and be positive

For Teamwork; my solo level is Relational because my can help each other and can motivate others.

Individuals and groups	I need help to work in a group (with teachers or other students	I can work in a group with my friends.	I can work in a group with anyone in my  year level or team	I can respond positively to the needs of others	I can reflect on how well I work with the group and seek feedback on how I can improve
Teamwork	I need help to interact with others. I need help to participate in a team.	I can interact with others one to one. I can participate in a team.	I can interact with others in a small group. I can participate and take responsibility in a team.	I can participate and take responsibility in a team and explain my choices in terms of team outcomes.	I can participate in creating healthy teams by taking responsibility and critical action.

Reading - Evaluate Texts

In reading we have been learning to know all the things to look for in a text they are persuade, inform and entertain

Here is a link to our online modelling book

We have been evaluating texts against the following four criteria:

1. Readability
2. Accuracy
3. Relevance
4. Quality of language/ information.

These documents show evidence of my learning during this unit:

1st

Music Term 2

For Music this term, three things I learnt were:

1.Some of the New Zealand and World artist that I had never heard about

2.I learnt how to write a rap

3.How to rap the Mother Nature rap

Something I found challenging was doing the Mother nature rap in front of everyone

SLC

Careers Education C.V. Writing

In CAREERS EDUCATION we have been learning to write a skills based Curriculum Vitae.

A skills based C.V. focuses more on the skills that we have,  rather than our work history.

Here is a link to our online Modelling Book that shows the process we have followed.

Three things that I have learned about writing a Curriculum Vitae are:

1. I learnt that you need to be detailed

2. I learnt that you need to be particular with your spaces, size of text ect

3. I learnt that you need to have capital letters at the start and at peoples names or they will not read it

Here is a link to my Skills based Curriculum Vitae.C.V

Visual Language

Visual Art

Games with minimal or no equipment.

In PE we have been participating in a variety of games that require little or no equipment.

Below is the Matrix which shows our progression in this unit of learning.

The table below shows my understanding of games with minimal or no equipment.

(Fill this table in, in as much detail as possible. )

Examples of Games that need minimal or no equipment.	What equipment would we usually need to play these games.	Why do we play games with minimal or no equipment?
Invisable touch Zombie tag Toilet tag battleships	cones bibs people space	If your school has know equipment or not much. If you have know time to setup.

My Strengths.  

Some things that I have done well during this unit of learning are not getting tagged in games because i run

My Next Steps.

Some things I could improve on when playing games with minimal or no equipment are Do more team work Because i dont help people

My Writing

In writing I have been learning to:

• use all basic punctuation independently
• attempt more complex punctuation (eg semicolons, colons, parentheses)

I have been especially focussing on using parentheses and commas. I have highlighted these in green where I have used them as well as other punctuation that I changed because it was used incorrectly. Here is a piece of my writing that shows this.

What is leadership ?

Leadership is a skill of being able to motivate people/teams to work towards a goal.There is 6 leadership traits they are Intergrity, motivational, Trustworthy, Resilient, goal focused and Active thinking.My leadership role for 2017 is pals.I play games.There are three main traits to being a good pal.

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:

• John Key sits on the 4th seat on the right
• The Speaker is the Boss
• National sits on the right side of the speaker

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

Compare and contrast

Treaty Of Waitangi

Treaty Slide

Compare and Contrast

I found That The maori swapped land for weapons like the musket.

Why Maori were Killing each other and other people

Anzac Day

W.A.L.T What did you learn? What was challenging?

Answer and explanation

The first sweatshirt is cheaper than the second one because 30% of 60 is 42 and 40% off 72 dollars is 43.20. The first sweatshirt is 1.20 cheaper than the second one.

Task 1 Task 2 Task 3

Te Reo, Term 4 2016.

This term we have been learning all about the Marae. We have learned that The Marae

• 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 correct procedure, Custom, way of doing things
Pōwhiri	Welcoming ceremony
Tangata whenua	Local people who are connected to the Marae.
Manuhiri	Visitors to the Marae
Tūrangawaewae	Gives you a home base
Whanaungatanga	Sence of family connection
Manaakitanga	Care for persons well being
Aroha	Means LOVE.

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 people live on a marae

Water Filter

I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury

In this project I was working with James and Mel and we decided to create a Water filter

Here is a link what we made.Water filter

In this project we decided that our success criteria were: Produces good water , reusable , Its strong , Its portable

Overall our project met/do not meet this criteria because...it did not clean the water

CARE: My progress so far.

CARE: My progress so far

The CARE award that I am working towards is:  Active Thinking

The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is: Excellence         because: because I have the most ticks on it

The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is:  Respect            because: I have to respect school property.

To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing/showing these leadership traits: PALS

On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level: Multistructural            because: I need reminded sometimes

Prestructural	Unistructural	Multistructural	Relational	Extended Abstract
I am not aware of the CARE values yet.	I know what the CARE values mean. I need help to use them.	I can use the CARE values. I need reminding to use them.	I can use the CARE values independently.	I can use the CARE values independently. I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.

For reading I have been learning about adverbial clauses. I have found this learning hard because i had no idea what it was

In this activity (link to adverbial clause activity), I had to find the adverbial clause.