Where In The World

The Force 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:

This is what I found -



I have decided to study Singapore for our Immersion task.

This is the Singapore flag.
1.


2. The continent is Asia.

3. The capital city of Singapore is Singapore

4. The population of Singapore is 4,987,600

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sn.html 4/7/11

Where The Heck Is Parnell?

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).

Parnell is going to host Wales about the Rugby World Cup

Parnell was named after Samuel Duncan Parnell when they establishment of the eight hour day in New Zealand.

Parnell, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, dates from the European settlement of Auckland in 1841. To its west lies the Auckland Domain, to the south Newmarket, and to the north the commercial area of St Georges Bay with mainly office-space.Parnell, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, dates from the European settlement of Auckland in 1841. To its west lies the Auckland Domain, to the south Newmarket, and to the north the commercial area of St Georges Bay with mainly office-space.

Parnell is famous for it’s late night art galleries and there coffee shops art gift galleries some of there art galleries.

I accessed this information on 2/8/11 on the website Wikipedia.

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 Force
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 like rugby because it is cool to play with your friends and family.My favorite team is All Blacks because my favorite players are in that team and they are the best because they always win.