On Tuesday, Ms Udy read us a story called the Tree House Treaty. It is a story about how two groups of children make a set of rules to fix any arguments that happen in the tree house that they made.
We decided that our classroom was a little bit like the tree house in the story. We thought that maybe our classroom needs some rules too so we can all be safe and happy at school. Each whanau class got together and brainstormed all our ideas of rules that we could come up. There was a LOT of rules.
We came back together and shared our thinking with the other kids. Some of the kids noticed that some of the rules we came up were very similar. We decided to condense our list of rules down to 5 rules that cover pretty much everything we do.
Our rules are:
- Be respectful of people and our environment
- Use your manners
- Be kind and caring
- Be a self manager
- Be Brave! Keep trying! You can do it!
We wondered how we could make our rules special to us. We came up with the idea of making a korowai. Mrs Ruawai showed us the korowai that Mrs Peck wears for special occasions. Each child has coloured in a feather. Every feature is different and unique, just like us! Mrs Lunn has begun to put the feathers together to make it into a korowai. We are going to put the rules on the tāniko - the woven panel that holds the features together. It'll be almost like we are wrapped up in the rules that will keep us safe and happy at school.
We can't wait until our korowai is finished!
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