The Treaty of Huia 1

We have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi and have formulated our own class treaty. Just as the chiefs and Captain Hobson discussed the important issues which needed to be included, so also did we discuss what was important for us to get along together peacefully in our classroom. This is the treaty that we all decided upon:

We, the members of Huia 1, 2011, agree:

- to respect each other, the staff and our community

- to be loyal to our school

- to lead proudly

- to set and achieve goals for now and the future

- to have fun

- to treat people the way you want to be treated

- to work hard

- to have a positive attitude

- to make cool choices

Students line up to sign our treaty.
Some wanted to be the last to sign so they could put their name at the very top - as Kawiti did when he wrote his name above Hone Heke's.

After signing the class treaty, class members shook hands with "Captain William Hobson" and received a gift of a lolly - unlike the Maori chiefs who signed and received a gift of tobacco...

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Sewing Update:

The year 8s are making a pair of boxer shorts each. Last week we learned to pin the pattern pieces to the material, making sure we had each piece laid correctly on the grain of the fabric.

Then we cut each pattern piece out carefully.

Each pair of boxer shorts has four pattern pieces - two front and two back pieces.