Cross- Country

BANG ! We were off . You could see that the girls were determine to win and earn points for their house colours.

At Point England School we have an annual event - Cross Country .

In the past 8 years I have did the Cross- Country run , but this years one was hard and tiring . I think the hardest part was the bush walk side. The thing that made it difficult for me was that I ran bare feet and the stones and rocks made my feet numb .

The year 8's ran 3.5km and the year 7's ran 3.km. It was good seeing mostly everyone participating and supporting each other .

The Marshall's did a really good job guiding and supporting us . And for Ms V for organising this for us . It was a lot of fun and a good exercise and experience.

Where in the World

The Rebels were given a number of names of rugby-playing nations of the world. These were some of the nations that are recognised by the world governing body of Rugby Union, the International Rugby Board (IRB), as member unions but did not qualify for RWC 2011.

We divided them up amongst our team. I was given the nations listed below:

I have decided to study Jamaica for our Immersion task.

This is what I found -

JAMAICA :

This is where Jamaica is located.

The capital City of Jamaica is Kingston

The population of Jamaica is 2,868,380

There is no National sport for Jamaica.

SOLOMON ISLAND

This is the Flag for Solomon Island .

This is where Solomon Island is Located

The capital city of Solomon Island is Honiara (on the island of Guadalcanal)

The population for Solomon Island is 550000 .

A lot of people in Solomon Island like to compete at the Olympics and other Commonwealth game.

Where the Heck is Ellersile ?

Different Auckland town centres have adopted Rugby teams from countries that qualified for the World Cup.

I found out information about :

The location in Auckland;

Something special about this place;

A 'potted' history of the place;

If it has it's own symbol of some sort.

(If we couldn't find a symbol we chose a picture that told more about the place).

Ellersile is the host town centre for the Fijian 2011Rugby World Cup . It is a suburb 4km from Auckland City .

Ellersile is well known for their Race Course.

By the end of the nineteenth century horse racing become the foremost industry in the district . The first race at Ellersile was held in1857 on land towards the end of Tecoma street , attended by Governor Gore Brown .

Keep your eye on the ball

We are using the nations of the 2011 Rugby World Cup as our inquiry path.

For this unit we are in one of four teams: Brumbies, Force, Rebels, Stormers.

My team is Rebels.

There will be a number of tasks for us to navigate to achieve our goal of an excellent result in this unit. There are a mixture of individual and team tasks to be completed. The main task that will show our learning in this unit will be a Hyperstudio presentation about one of the countries in the World Cup competition.

I think the Rugby World Cup will be a big DEAL to us New Zealander' s because this will be the last time that the world cup will be held here . I think that the All Blacks are going to win this because they have a really good team , and most of them a experienced. I wonder if the All Blacks are going to beat Australia ? My favorite player are Jimmy Cowan , Daniel Carter , Sonny Bill Williamas and Richie Mccaw .