Term One Inquiry
Me mātai whakamuri, kia anga whakamua
To shape New Zealand’s future, let’s start with the past
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 can be sure we are up holding 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
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.
Creative
Aronui
Self Manager
Mangotoa
Excellence
Tohunga
Leadership
Ariki
EXPLORE
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.
Let's have a chat about what each of these indicators could mean:
CREATIVE:
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Inclusive
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Caring
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Risk Taker
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Problem Solver
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Resourceful
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Flexible
SELF MANAGER:
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Motivated
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Determined
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Structured
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Resilient
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Independent
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Constant
EXCELLENCE:
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Numerate & Literate
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Critical Thinker
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Digitally Capable
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Resilient
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Environmental Aware
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Kiatiakitanga
LEADERSHIP:
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Effective Communicator
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Interactive
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Active Listener
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Collaborative
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Articulate
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Decisive
We had a go at unpacking ALL of the different Indicators. This will help us get a better understanding of what each Belief means and what we can do to earn pins.
Here are the indicators, broken down for each of the Ngā Mātāpono beliefs...
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?
Titiro, he "Fortune Teller" enei!
Look at the fortune tellers! We were very proud of these fact tellers.
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."
AronuiKate "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:
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whānau
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4 Whiringa
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4 walls of our houses
Ae, he tika tatou! You are all correct!
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Pōhutakawa Rakau
We visited our Pōhutakawa Rakau, this is our rememberence tree. Buried with this tree are our messages to our loved ones that have passed. We wrote these notes on Matariki last year. Our Whānau group talked about how this tree represents all of our loved ones.
Explore -
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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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
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
With Mrs Lunn we looked at the Treaty of Waitangi from the different perspectives of the people involved: The Tangata Whenua, the European settlers and the Crown. There is a real skill at thinking from another perspective. It involves us thinking critically.
REFLECT
We collaborated to come up with the success criteria for our task. We are going to share our learning and we needed to work out what the criteria is so we can work towards achieving it!
Check it out!
