Te Tiriti o Waitangi 2019

Our Treaty Learning

To start 2019, in Te Rōpū Whakamanawa, we reviewed what we know about The Treaty of Waitangi.  We looked at what a treaty is, what the main parts of the Treaty of Waitangi are, the history around the time of signing and what it means for us today.  

We then created our own class treaty and display this on our wall.  As the term went on, I though about how it sits on the wall but that's all we were doing with it.  I then added the reading of our treaty into our daily class programme.  When the roll is called in the mornings, a student will choose and read three points from out treaty which we repeat and discuss.  We can relate this to the Treaty of Waitangi and whatever value you are looking at for that week.

• Understand and acknowledge the histories, heritages, languages and cultures of partners to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.