Values videos

The values of Rugby World Cup are Pride, Camaraderie, Passion, Champions, Intensity and Tradition. View the videos below to hear from six international players about what each of these values means to them.

Tradition! Former New Zealand player Jeff Wilson talks about the heritage and tradition of Rugby World Cup and how it has grown since the first Tournament in 1987.

Intensity! Todd Clever of the USA discusses the increased pressure and intensity of competing at the Rugby World Cup level.

Champions! South African captain John Smit relives that moment of victory at Rugby World Cup 2007 when he lifted the Webb Ellis Cup.

Passion! Vasily Artemyev of Russia explains the reasons why he loves the game of Rugby and his desire to compete at the highest level of the sport.

Camaraderie! Argentinan Igncio Corleto describes the sense of family and strong bond that exists within the members of the Pumas.

Pride! Selala Mapusua of Samoa talks about the pride that he and his teammates feel in playing for their national team.

Here's hoping this prediction comes true!

What is culture?

Finding Out - WALT: explore, investigate and gather new information.

We worked together in groups and researched some unique New Zealand symbols.  
We then used our new knowledge, and taught the rest of the class about what the symbol represents and why it is unique/special to New Zealand. We will be adding these to ou New Zealand Cultural Wheel on our Inquiry wall.
We have used the 'White Hat' to record our new information.

We have used our prior knowledge about culture to write our own definition.

Use the voting gadget on the side bar to vote for the best definition for 'Culture'.

Definition 1:

Culture is…

The way a group of people live and share their lives with a mixture of art, religions, laws, traditions, values, language, clothing, environments and food, that defines them from all other communities.

By Anna D, Britney, Anna F, Emma.

Definition 2:

Culture is what defines a persons, flag, values, ways, laws, traditions, society, icons and hauora.

By Cameron, Graylin, Christian, Xavier

Definition 3;

Culture is a group of people that share the same religion. Culture can be people speaking their own country/tribes language. Cultures also have their own types of texts/symbols. People also have a special flag that represents their country. Culture also includes music, art and dance.

By Hadley, Taylah, Georgia and Angela 

Definition 4;

Culture is different groups/communities that have different values which other people don’t have, and this makes them unique. 

By Liam, Miller, Joshua and Archie’s definition of culture

Definition 5;

Culture is a group of people that are the same but different from other cultures. Each culture has different talents such as, snake charming, camel riding and dancing.

By Teghan, Madi, Madeline and Dani.

Tuning in/hooking in to our Big Question, How can diverse cultures unite through shared events?