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 Marae 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	Tradition
Pōwhiri	Welcoming
Tangata whenua	The people of the land
Manuhiri	The visitors
Tūrangawaewae	Place to stand/Place where i belong
Whanaungatanga	A sense of family belonging
Manaakitanga	care
Aroha	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………

The feeling of being in a marae.

Water ways writing term 3

Walt:write an info report about the water cycle.

The hydraulic cycle, rather known as the water cycle is an on going cycle that happens everywhere;even now that cycle is happening.Through land,sea and atmosphere water changes form countless times(liquid,solid and gas).The processes that water goes through are evaporation,condensation,precipitation and runoff/groundwater.

Firstly, evaporation and condensation both are similar, but they have a slight difference.Evaporation is a process where a liquid turns into a gas.This happens because the water is heated up ,which causes water vapor.This means the amount of water vapor increases on hot days.To be more specific the heat breaks up the liquid molecules, so it forms into a gas.Another name for water vapor is humidity.The process of condensation is when all the vapor rises and transforms into a cloud.But, if that was all the steps to the water cycle we wouldn't have the clean water we have now.

Extend powers term 4 maths

WALT:Extend powers to include integers and fractions.

I found the assessment task hard but easy.And I learnt a lot about exponents.

Assessment task

maths

Treaty of Waitangi term 4

Activity

Activity

Compare and contrast

A few sentences we found interesting:

That the Maori agreement was different to the British.

There were 200 copies of the treaty.

Maths compounding interest

WALT:I can apply everyday compounding rates.

The things i learnt while doing this activity are how apply everyday compounding rates and a little bit about how to use logarithms.

Here are 2 links one for my assesment task and the other one is a random activity.

Assesment task

Other thing

CARE blog post template

CARE: My progress so far

The CARE award that I am working towards is: Bronze

The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is:   Excellence        because: I've just been working harder on that area and I have more ticks in that area.

The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is:  Respect            because:I just don't have many ticks

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

On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level: In between relational and extended abstract.            because:I'm following and showing the care values but still I don't think I'm 100% there.

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.

War-term 4