First day of school 2020!

We had a great first day of school in 2020.

We got to know each other a bit, played a few games and learnt about the Treaty of Waitangi.

We read this book with our friends next to us. Some of us took notes as we went along to record new ideas - awesome!

Miss Ashley led us through a discussion comparing our prior knowledge to what we read.

Room 8’s prior knowledge

• 6th Feb 18 something?
• Both Europeans (Pakeha) and Maori signed the Treaty
• 448 or 500 people signed it
• There was different copies = people weren’t happy
• 9 copies originally, 1 or 2 are left now.
• Written by Maori.
• They needed the treaty because of the war?
• 3 principles - p, p and p??

After reading we made notes -

• 52 Maori chiefs signed it.
• The treaty was written in English, then translated into Te Reo Maori by Henry Williams and his son Edward. This was in ONE NIGHT. 
• Hone Heke 
• James Buzby 
• 3 principles - protection, partnership and participation. 
• Two versions - English and Te Reo Maori. Major differences include sovereignty/kawanatanga (who is governing the country),  who would own the land, and whether Maoris had the same rights as British citizen

We also made a timeline on the board of what happened when, just using keywords.

Next we made a chain, only having to remember one line each. You had to add on from what the person before you had said, so the ideas are all in order and tell the story of the Treaty.

Here is our chain -

Leave us a comment below with one thing you learnt about the Treaty of Waitangi!