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This week in wānanga we have been learning about how to be better at our well being.

I had to find an activity for our class to do for 20 minutes to be active. i choose to do something that I have done in another class.

I choose to do tchoukball which I done in pe for 2 weeks. I wrote about how to play the game and what the rules are.

I found this activity fun to do because I got to relearn how to play tchoukball.

Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini

My strength is not mine alone, but as a collective

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify different ways that societies govern themselves. 
•  Monitor and evaluate our individual learning progress

Success Criteria:

We will achieve this by: 

• Identify and explain two government structures.
• Understand the different forms of governance in Māori societies.

I think this subject is going to be interesting to do.

the two types of government I know are North Korea which is a dictatorship and Constitutional republic for Russia

I think the role the government is to make sure the country is working properly and making sure we have a safe relationship with other countries

Does the government always do what is right for the people? i think most of the time the government does what is right for the people.

The past few weeks in English we have been reading a book named Abomination. I have read up to chapter 45.

For this task I worked with Cayleigh. this was one of the five task that we have done.

For The task that needs to be done for chapter 43 – 60 you have to choose one of the character in the book.

I choose Martha, She is the main character in the book.

for the task you have to choose 3 thing that the character has problems, I choose bullying, Family problems and no friends.

Here is my work

This week it is Tongan language week in my country.

It is where we learn about Tonga and their language, we had to make a slide show of a subject in Tonga. There were 40 subjects we could choose out of, the one I chose was land, such as finding out how many islands Tonga has and what the population of the main island is. I put some fun facts about Tonga on my slide show.

Here is my work.

In English the past few weeks we have been reading a book named Abomination.

So far we have got to chapter 21. today we read from chapter 19 – chapter 21, the chapter were about Scott and Martha were going shopping for Martha’s family.

The task we had to do were find 5 – 10 interesting facts about the book from chapter 1 – 13. my group found 7, with one for each chapter from 1 – 7.

Here is the work for that task-

• Task 1

Chapter 1 – Martha got chased by the bullies.

Chapter 2 – Martha doesn’t seem to know they were not trying to catch her. 

Chapter 3 – Martha’s older sister gets sent away by her father, she sends letters to her family  but her father puts them in the bin.

Chapter 4 – Scott starts to like Martha.

Chapter 5 –  Martha is happy Scott gave her attention.

Chapter 6 – Scott can’t stop thinking about Martha 

Chapter 7 – Martha goes to church to pray for 2 hours.

For task 2 we had to choose out of 4 choices the one I choose was the vocab.

It is where we had to find 10 words that we did not know out of the book from chapter 1 – 13 and find the definitions for them.

• Task 2    –    Vocab    –

Abomination – a thing that causes disgust or loathing.
Dewhurst – topographic name from Wilpshire in Lancashire probably so named from Old

Righteous -morally right or justifiable.

Pitrichted – could not find the meaning 

Seest -Second-person singular simple present form of see.

Wheelright -a person who makes or repairs wooden wheels.

Resentment -bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly.

Sabbath -a day of religious observance and abstinence from work, kept by Jewish people from Friday evening to Saturday evening, and by most Christians on Sunday.

Testament – person’s will, especially the part relating to personal property.

Threadbare – (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.

“tatty rooms with threadbare carpets”

Korfball 

equipment-

• ball
• net
• bibs

Object of the game-

-is to score more points then the other team.

How to score-

-If you want to score you have to be away from the opposition to shoot. If you are getting defended you have to pass the ball to someone else. You have to shoot into the net.

Rules-

1. The ball is played with the hands only.
2. Controlled physical contact is allowed.
3. A player can’t move with the ball in his hands.
4. A player can’t take a shot if they are being ‘defended’ 

      (When the opposition player positions themselves in between the hoop and attached within an arm’s length from 

        the attacker)

5. The court is divided into two halves, players can’t cross the halfway line. 8 players per team are on court divided over these two halves 

(4 people of each team on side, of which 2 are girls and 2 boys). 

6. Two positions are played, attack and defense. After every second goal scored both sides switch over to the other side of the court, changing their role from attacker to defender or vice versa. 

7.you can’t defend the opposite gender.

8.you play for 60 minutes, which is cut into 2 30 minute halves.

9.you can have 1 60 second break during the game.

10. You are allowed to have a substitution.

hello in english today we learnt about gloriavale which is a place in new Zealand where it a cult.

I had to answer a bunch of questions these are the answers and questions.

• What are the traditional roles of men, women and children that are shown in this community?

men go to work at the farm, and the women do the dishes and chores. For everyone in the gloriavale.

• At what age are members of Gloriavale expected to begin work?

i believe at age 9 – 14 after school hours in with their parents.

• What role does Religion play in the lives of Gloriavale members

everything they do there is about their religion, and how the roles are in the place.

• Do you think the people living in Gloriavale are happy? Why or why not

i think that some of them are if they were born into it, but if they were brought into gloriavale they would not be happy.

• Do you think the people in Gloriavale experience Human Rights? 

i would say they would not have all of them, but the only human right i know they have is the right to education.

• Would you be happy to live in a community like Gloriavale. Why or why not?

Hi today I am going to tell you what I learnt about what images should be put online.

I found out that an image with your mail box is not allowed, because it can give away where you live.

Another fact about images that you post is, in your house you should not post a picture in your bedroom or your bathroom. the reason is because it might show to some people that you are easy to target.

I found it informative to do this activity because it showed me what images i should post and what images i should not post.

Hi today I am going to tell you about my english class that I had today.

we are going to do a novel study and this is my thoughts on what i think is going to happen in the book, with only seeing the cover.

• What do you think the story will be about?

I think the story is about a boy that is trapped in a cage in someones house, and is made to be a slave.

• How do you think this story will be written? e.g First person/third person/ diary etc.

I think it is going to be written in first person, because of the cover and how the main bit is a boy in a cage.

• Why do you think the story is called Abomination?

because there might be a man who brought the boy in the cover picture and the boy hates the man.

• Where do you think the story will take place?

I would say a country that still has child slavery, such as Pakistan or Burundi.

Hi today I am going to tell you what I have done about private and personal information.

We learnt about what information we can share to the public and what information we should not share to people we don’t know.

Personal information is where you can share what sport you play but not where it is,

Private information is if you are asked when you’re  going to share you birth date instead you should just say if your and adult, or what year you are at school.

I found this cool to do because it was fun to do.