The Treaty Of Waitangi

 What I already know about Waitangi day - 

On the 6th of February chiefs from all over met to sign a treaty of peace between new Zealand and the British crown in 1840. To this day we celebrate the treaty by making it a public holiday for everyone in New Zealand. 

What I now know - 

Waitangi day commemorates the day when the first Maori chiefs signed the treaty between the Maori and the British crown, the treaty being written in both Maori and English. The British arrived in 1830 Although most British migrants arrived in New Zealand in the late 1830s, Already they had plans for extensive settlement. Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson had the task of securing British sovereignty over New Zealand. The settlement was written over a few days and Missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward were in charge of translating the treaty into Maori. The Maori spent a day debating the document and then the first signature was signed on the 6th of February by Hōne Heke followed by another 39 chiefs. By September another 500 chiefs had signed the copies of the treaty that had been sent around new Zealand. Later the colonial office in England declared that the treaty would apply to everyone whether or not their chiefs had signed the treaty or not. British sovereignty over the country was proclaimed on 21 May 1840. 

The Treaty is a broad statement of principles on which the British and Māori made a political compact to found a nation-state and build a government in New Zealand. Although Henry Williams's son Edward translated the English draft into Māori overnight on 4 February a few errors occurred with the translation, most significantly, the word ‘sovereignty’ was translated as ‘kawanatanga’ (governance). This created a lot of issues as the British believed that they had total control over the country whereas the Maori had signed to governance, and still believed that they had control over their lands and people. Different understandings of the Treaty have long been the subject of debate. Now the 6th of February is recognized as New Zealand's national day and marks the most important event in New Zealand history and is a public holiday. 

Goverment Source - 

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/the-treaty-in-brief

Another source 

https://www.waitangi.org.nz/whats-on/waitangi-day/

Water Safety!

 Next week we are going on 3 exciting eotc days to celebrate the end of the year and the hard work we have put in. Over the three days, we will be going to Jellie Park, Adrenalin Forest, Christchurch city. To be prepared for these fun days we are doing a task around that specific place, I choose to do a task around jellie park. Jellie Park is an awesome place but it can also be dangerous, that is why I created a poster with rules around water safety! 

My Strengths!

Today as part of our wananga activities we had to look at our strengths. Our task was to color in the blocks that each had a different strength inside with a description of what it means to have that strength. The strengths included Love, Perseverance, Prudence, Social Intelligence, Teamwork, Zest, Love of learning, Perspective, Self Regulation, Spiritually, Appreciation of beauty, Creativity, Fairness, Gratitude, Hope, Humour, Kindness, Bravery, Curiosity, Forgiveness, Honesty, Humility, Judgment, and Leadership. Out of all of those strengths we had to choose five, My five strengths were bravery, curiosity, Humility, Love of learning, and self-regulation. After choosing all of the five strengths we had to create a poster explaining what strengths we choose and a description of each of the strengths. For the final activity, I chose to create my poster on Piktochart which is a great tool for creating presentations and posters! Here is what I created.

A-Z Learning Ready Words

We have been learning about positive behavior towards learning. We were asked to write 24 words for each letter in the alphabet that reflect words that help us work independently at Hornby High.

A-Z Word List -

A- Achievement 

B- Behaviour 

C- Commitment 

D- Determined 

E- Enthusiastic 

F- Focus 

G- Graceful 

H- Helpful 

I- Intellegent 

J- Justify 

K- Kindness 

L- Learn 

M- Mindfull

N- Nigotiate 

O- Optimistic 

P- Patience 

Q- Quiet 

R- Respectful 

S- Support 

T- Talented 

U- Understand 

V- Valiant 

W- Welcoming 

X- Xenial 

Y- Yeild 

Z- Zany