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Balmacewen Intermediate School

School Newsletter: December 2021

IMPORTANT DATES:

Wednesday 8th December: Tabloid sports day at school for all students.

Thursday 9th December: School based prize giving - will be filmed and shared to parent community.

Friday 10th December: Last day for students. School finishes 3pm.

Monday 13th December: Teacher only day.

Tuesday 1st February: First day of term 1 2022 for all new and returning students to Balmacewen Intermediate School.

Contents

Message from the Principal

by Andrew Hunter

We're on the homeward stretch and focused on making the last week of the year busy and fun!

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Year 8 News

by Terry Tarapi

The Year 8 team would like to take this opportunity to thank the families and friends of our students for the support you have provided during the 2021 school year.

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Year 7 News

by Lisa Dixon

It's a wrap! Our Term Four parTicpate term came to an end with class performances and presenting of our twisted fairytales. Our end of year celebrations have started and our year 7 students are ready for a well earned break and are looking forward to stepping up as Year 8 students in 2022.

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Permission request regarding filming the school Prize giving.

by Sara Quelch

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Sport changes due to COVID traffic lights

by Sara Quelch

Update on requirements for sport due to the new traffic light system.

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Rock climbing at Long Beach

by Lisa Dixon

We were lucky this term to have our EOTC Term Four event take place. Our Year 7 students were challenged to complete a number of rock climbing courses up the rock face. Check out some of our amazing photos from the day.

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Touch

by Alex Buttery

Balmacewen has 7 teams entered at the Oval Junior Competition this term.

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2021 ODT Extra Quiz

by Sara Quelch

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Balmac's Got Talent!

by Lisa Dixon

Over the last term we have been running lunch time heats for our annual Balmac's Got Talent show.

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Year 7 Ballet

by Lisa Dixon

During Week 3 all Year 7 classes were privileged to have a Ballet lesson with Lauren, an educator/dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. This was a fantastic session to tie in with our Term Four topic - pARTicipate - with our focus on the ARTS.

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Kapahaka performance

by Andrew Hunter

A very special performance from the Balmacewen kapahaka group at Queens Gardens.

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Year 8 school email and google doc accounts closing

by Sara Quelch

As our year 8's move on to their new high schools and will no longer be students at Balmacewen Intermediate we will be deleting their school accounts.

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Year 8 Fabrics - The Home Straight

by Angela Burden

We've been on a roll designing and creating textile outcomes that we have also screen printed on! Check out some of our great work in the photos.

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Year 7 Fabrics - Softie Central

by Angela Burden

Our last two Year 7 rotations have explored hand sewing. Each student successfully learnt to sew on a button and they have designed and created their own unique Softie.

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Y8's Perfect Pies

by Alex Buttery

The Y8's have designed their perfect pie.

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Y7's Designer Biscuits

by Alex Buttery

The Y7's had to design a biscuit that was suitable for the whole family to eat.

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Year 7 Speech Finals

by Lisa Dixon

This term all our Year 7 classes completed a speech writing and presenting unit in their classrooms culminating in a Year 7 Final in Week 4.

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Beach Education Day

by Lisa Dixon

Over the summer many of our students will no doubt visit our beaches and spend time in the water. We thought it would therefore be timely to have our Year 7 students take part in a Beach Education day to learn how to keep themselves safe in the water.

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Balmacewen Tennis Success!

by Jessie Stevenson

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BALMAC Construction Boom

by Mary Brady

Both Y7 & Y8 students have been immersed in the construction of their small houses this term

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Year 8 Lit Quiz Winners - The Mockingjays Rm 5

by Gill Fisher

Library this term for year 8 was participating in a Lit Quiz, the final of which was held on Monday 15th November. Finalists from each class met for a Grand Final.

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Food bank collection - Student council

by Sara Quelch

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Year 8 stationery list for 2022

by Sara Quelch

Please find attached the stationery list for students who will be in year 8 in 2022.

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Year 7 Stationery list - 2022

by Sara Quelch

Please find attached a PDF of the stationery requirements for year 7 students for the 2022 school year.

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DISCONTINUED UNIFORM

by Sara Quelch

The old PE tops and Jackets are no longer accepted as regulation uniform. Please do not purchase these second hand as they are no longer part of our uniform. Please see images below:

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The U shop

by Sara Quelch

The U shop is our school uniform stockist. Please read on for store opening times and discounts...

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SCHOOL UNIFORM

by Sara Quelch

Read on for the details on school uniforms and where to purchase them.

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2022 SCHOOL TIMES AND DATES

by Sara Quelch

The school calendar is available on our school website. You can also check the daily notices for our students from our web page.

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Community Notices

by Sara Quelch

Please see attachments for holiday programmes and various other community notices and events

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