From the Principal
Term Three promises to be a rollercoaster of learning and fun as we enjoy new topics and activities.
Visit this articleIMPORTANT DATES:
Tuesday 14th August: ICAS maths test.
Tuesday 14th August: Room's 1 & 2 at Art Gallery.
Wednesday 15th August: School closed due to Teacher's strike action.
Thursday 16th August: EPRO 8 finals.
Thursday 16th August: Netball finals at the Edgar Centre.
Monday 20th August: Sports exchange with Columba and JMCollege.
Monday 20th August: Room's 6 & 11 at Art Gallery.
Tuesday 21st August: Music festival rehearsal.
Wednesday 22nd August: Room's 2, 5, 9, 25 at Anatomy Museum.
Wednesday 22nd August: Guest Author for writing extension group.
Thursday 23rd August: School photographs.
Thursday 23rd August: Netball Prize giving.
Tuesday 28th August: Southland Sports Exchange.
Wednesday 29th August: Room 4 at Art Gallery
Wednesday 29th August: Choir outing in afternoon.
Thursday 30th August: Otago O'Mathalon at Edgar centre.
Thursday 30th August: Netball tournament for Gold and Yellow teams.
Saturday 1st September: Tournament of Minds team in Christchurch.
Friday 14th September: Otago Cross Country.
Tues 25th & Wed 26th September: School Production at Otago Boys.
Friday 28th September: School Athletics Day.
Friday 28th September: Last day of term 3.
Contents
Year 8 Happenings
Term 3 is a personal impact extravaganza. Developing an awareness of how we impact on ourselves, others and the environment is a major focus.
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Science Fair 2018
Last Sunday the Otago Science and Technology Awards were held in the St David Theatre of the University of Otago, with a contingent of Balmacewen students there to receive their well-earned awards.
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Sculptural Exploration
The Year 8 students have explored methods of creating 3D triangular shapes using sticks, card and cardboard. Next they explored other shapes, ideas and prototyped. And finally they were onto mading their final sculptures, which they are still making.
Visit this articleWhat's hot in the kitchen with the Year 8's?
The third group of Year 8's have started their time in the Foods Room.
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The Year 7's have started their second time in the technology rooms.
Visit this articleNetball season is coming to an end
Read on to find out about the Netball Prizegiving
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Balmacewen Cross Country
On Friday the 10th of August Balmacewen Cross Country was held here at school. It was a fantastic effort from everyone involved, with excellent perseverance on display.
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Speed, excitement and drama - as the Room 7,8 and 14 Dragster race off was held.
Last Thursday we held our first ever dragster race off for our syndicate. All classes and teams gathered in the hall as we set up the race off to see which car took out the top spot as the fastest dragster in our syndicate.
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Swim the Cook Strait Challenge!
We nailed it! Today we were so proud of our students as they challenged themselves to the limit to collaborate as a class to swim across Cook Strait as part of our run NZ challenge.
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NOTICE OF STRIKE ACTION BY NZEI
Please read on for important information regarding the upcoming strike....
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Black Fern 7's Team Visit Balmac
We were very lucky to have 3 Black Fern 7's players come to school today to talk about their recent success at the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup.
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Food Focus Fitness
Term 3 is all about the human body. We have some exciting learning ahead as well some awesome educational trips away.
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Community Notices
Read on for information regarding softball, fencing, life education trust, hockey and other events.
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