Definitions

This is a slideshow about the the definitions to some words.

English Work

This year for English we have been learning about Critical Literacy. For this topic we have been learning how to question things instead of believing everything we have been told. During this process we have watched some videos and played some games to learn more about Critical Literacy. This is one of the games.Critical Literacy Game. This game is useful for this topic and it's quite fun to play.

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Passion Projects

Today we have been working on our Passion Projects, Tamani, Tyler and I were making the posters to hand out to family's while William, Brielle and Ian were making forms or something. Our Passion Project is sports for family's.

I have learnt/done so far is how to make poster.

We have started our work and we are going good.

Passion Projects

This week we have been working on Passion Projects, I am in the Community Sports group. My group and I are working on Sports fundraising.  This is what we have.

• Basketball tournament donates a can of food and gives the can of food to charity.   
• Basketball tournament donates clothes that are too big or small for you.
• Basketball tournament donates money to play the tournament. $1.50 to enter
• Do a sprint to donate stuff to your favourite charity.

S.W.O.T. Analysis

Strengths We are donating to the homeless We are doing sports we enjoy Playing along with the community People will get healthy	Weaknesses Easily distracted - Try not to get distracted and commit to our work We don’t do much work  - Do more work We leave work at the last minute -Try to commit to our work and finish it
Opportunities Building the confidence To make a difference Connect with different people Practice your favourite sports Have fun	Threats Dangerous People - Ask a teacher to supervise us Stray dogs - Run or Bad weathers - Check the Weather No equipment - Tell someone to bring the equipment No money- We don't need money.

Find It- Marae Visit

Ngati Moki Marae

Here is a list of expectations that you should follow.

• Sit on the floor instead of a table
• Take off your shoes in the whare
• To make it tidy, eat outside the whare
• Laying down on a mattress is better than standing or jumping
• Be responsible for your belongings and keep your area tidy
• Respect the elders
• Walk around people to try avoiding walking over their legs
• If someone asks to save a seat, give it to someone else
• Wash your hands after you leave a cemetery
• Say grace before eating
• Instead of passing food over someone’s head, stand up and give it to the person
• When your in the whare walk

The proper name for whare is called wharenui, people just say whare for short.

A powhiri is a welcoming ceremony where people talk, dance, sing and at the end they're is a hongi.

Commitment

This Term (Term 4) we have focusing on commitment. 
The question is ... what does commitment mean to me

•  Sticking to something instead of giving up.
• Being loyal
• Finish the work and not letting your team down.
• If you go to school then you should be on time, not late and listen to your teacher
• It sounds like saying nice words or something like we can do it next time or we're nearly done. 
• Encourage your teammates
• Persuade someone to commit to a team and not change every year.