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Me mātai whakamuri, kia anga whakamua
To shape New Zealand’s future, let’s start with the past
Hook
Hook
Mrs Peck wrote to us today to welcome us back to School for 2023. Those of us who have been in Poutama before will know that Mrs Peck writes to us at the start of each term and lets us know what she would like us to do for our term's Inquiry.
Mrs Peck told us in her letter that she has reorganised Ngā Mātāpono. She said that we will need to unpack the new indicators because there are quite a few changes.
The other thing she has challenged us to do is to compare Ngā Mātāpono with the Treaty of Waitangi document to work out if there are any similarities. She would like us to try and incorporate some of the Treaty in our rules when we make our Class Treaty. That way we will be sure we are upholding the Treaty of Waitangi at Riverdale School.
It's an important job to do but Mrs Peck knows we are the PERFECT team to do it!
Wonder
Wonder
The FIRST thing we needed to do was to take some time to think about what we already know, what we need to know and how we can find out the answer.
explore - Ngā mātāpono
explore - Ngā mātāpono
With Mrs Lunn we are taking a look at the revised Ngā Mātāpono. First, we will look at CREATIVE. This is one of the indicators that used to be on our old Ngā Mātāpono. We watched a video on what Creative is. Then we made a TIP Chart for each of the indicators to try and figure out what we can do to PROVE that we can do these indicators so we can earn some pins in that area.
Here are the indicators, broken down for each of the Ngā Mātāpono beliefs. We unpacked each of the indicators so we have a shared understanding about what they each mean.
explore - te whiringa wha
explore - te whiringa wha
He aha te "Te Whiringa Wha"? What is the Whiringa Wha? What do you already know about it? We are going to create a fortune teller with our new learning. You will be able to share this with your whānau.
What Whiringa do you belong in? Take a look...
Which Whiringa?
Today we looked at Superheros and their Whiringa. Then Mrs Whitta asked us which Whiringa would the following characteristics fit in:
Decision Maker
Tohunga: Mason "he has the knowledge and does the research"
Ariki: Semi Ariki is the boss and the leader
Liam L - what Ariki says goes
Peacemaker
Mangotoa: Theo "Mangotoa make sure everyone follows the rules which help keep the peace."
Aronui: Kate "Aronui make peace because they are kind and caring and resolve fights"
Pā Harakeke
We took a haerenga - journey throughout our māra, we looked at the newly planted Pā Harakeke as well as our Pōhutakawa rakau.
Our harakeke were planted in fours and when I asked the ākonga why they were in groups of 4 this is what they said:
whānau
4 Whiringa
4 walls of our houses
Ae, he tika tatou! You are all correct!
Explore - te tiriti o waitangi
Explore - te tiriti o waitangi
Earlier in the month, we all had a day off school to celebrate Waitangi day. To build up our knowledge of our national day and the stories behind it, we have been checking out some cool videos, reading some articles, and listening to a special visitor who came to Poutama.
We discussed what we had learned, and identified some key information that we had learned about the treaty and the people of the time. We also considered how different people had different perspectives about what the treaty meant and this still contributes to disagreements even today. We hope these lessons will help us create our own treaty in Poutama later in the term.
reflect
reflect
After finishing our round of Explore, we decided to stop and Reflect. We wanted to see what we NOW know about the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Whiringāwha AND Ngā Mātāpono.
We used a Venn Diagram graphic organiser to help us think critically and decide what similarities and differences they each have.
The teachers were impressed with how we were able to work collaboratively to record our thinking.
Explore
Explore
We realised we had a few extra things to find out. With Mrs Lunn we looked at the different perspectives of the stakeholders involved in the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
We discussed who ACTUALLY had all the power. We had to think critically from each of the different perspectives. Have a read and see if you agree with us...
reflect
reflect
act
act
Now is our chance to ACT. We worked in groups to demonstrate our understanding. Check out our amazing work. We are so proud of ourselves!
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