Room11s BIG question...

We have been thinking about this question: How can we protect and promote our unique culture in   our class room? This is room11s BIG question.

 

We talked about it in class altogether and went back to our desks and wrote down our ideas. Here are my ideas:

 

 

Classroom treaty: I think the rules on the treaty should have some Maori protocols / customs / rules and also some made up by the rm 11 students. E.G. Maori protocal Cutting flax on a diagonal.

 

Sign language: I think we should  learn sign language  because it is one of our languages. If we sign language and a visitor came to our classroom, they would understand what we are saying if they spoke a different language. To learn sign language we could go on websites, have a visitor to teach us and have sign language alphabet displayed on the wall. As we are learning sign language we could record us doing it and put the videos on the blog, so people could learn with us.

 

 

Maori greetings-Hongi-Powhiri: I think we should learn these two greetings Hongi and Powhiri and other Maori greetings so we can greet people in Maori. To learn we could go onto websites and read books to learn.

 

Visit different schools in groups of about 5-7 that are learning about 'Our Place': I think we should defintely go to different schools and see what they are doing and us some of their ideas. 

Learning about Maori language: I think each class could get a few Maori dictionaries.
 

 

By Evette