Wananga Reflection

This week at school I have done many things. Such as I have studied after school for all of my subjects which I rarely do. This week I have also done and started some assessment for some of my subjects. On Wednesday morning, it was the first day of our internal Math assessment and it was nerve-wracking and my hands were too cold and my mind was blank and nothing was coming into my brain. Fortunately, on Thursday, Mrs Buenaventura gives us a chance to continue the assessment we started on Wednesday. The internals Math assessment was worth four credits.  Today I have done an end of chapter review test in Science and I think I didn't do well as I didn't get to study yesterday because I was too tired to understand what I am reading. The only internal assessment I am worried about is the creative writing for English. I'm kinda struggling as I sometimes run out of ideas to write but I know I can finish it.

 

The reason why I am so tired yesterday was that the school held an Athletics event. Yesterday's Athletic Day was fun and the Riroriro house won the event. There are three houses; Mohua, Riroriro and Tieke and I am in Mohua. I was wearing yellow since that is my Kahui colour. The event I did was high jump, long jump, shot-put and 60m sprint. 

Wananga Reflection

This past few days in Wananga we have only done a few things as our Wananga teacher wasn't here for most days. We have set 2 Academic and 1 Personal Goal in My Mahi. Then we have also done the weekly quiz created by Mr Mitchell. When our teacher was here we have played the Geoguessr.

Treaty of Waitangi

 What do you know about the Treaty of Waitangi?

Many years have passed and Waitangi became a holiday that is now many people are commemorating. Waitangi Day is mostly for Maori people to reflect on the treaty. 

The treaty was signed on 6th of February 1840. It was signed by over 500 chiefs all around New Zealand. Although many chiefs agree with the treaty, there are also some Maori chiefs that refuse to sign the treaty as they believe that they're gonna lose their power and authority towards their land, people and mana. The treaty is about between two culture and two languages agreement in which are the Maori people and Europeans. The treaty is mostly about Europeans being able to stay and having authority over New Zealand. It was also about an agreement about British people protecting Maori people but the Maori translation is not accurate and has different meanings.  

The two culture had a huge conflict as they have a misunderstanding of words and the words are not accurately translated from English to Maori. This creates a huge problem between them as the English people meant to use the word 'Sovereignty' but when it translates, it becomes 'Governorship' in Maori.

Source: Waitangi Day

Source 2: Waitangi Day