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Balmacewen Intermediate School

School Newsletter March 2016

Important Dates:

Fri 24th March - Good Friday - school closed.

Mon 28th March - Easter Monday - school closed.

Tuesday 29th March - Easter Tuesday - school closed.

Mon 4th April - Yr 8 girls HPV vaccination.

Thursday 7th April - Southland Summer Sports Exchange.

Mon 4th - Fri 8th April - Rm 13 at Berwick camp.

Mon 11th - Fri 15th April - Rm 4 at Berwick camp.

Fri 15th April - Last day of term 1.

Mon 2nd May - First day of term 2.

Mon 2nd-Fri 6th May - Room 8 at Berwick camp.

Contents

Term One nearly done!

by Andrew Hunter

Time flies when you're having fun. It's amazing to think that there are just over two weeks to go until the end of term.

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Board of Trustees 

by Andrew Hunter

With Board of Trustee elections approaching we farewell three departing board members.

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Year 8 Update

by Terry Tarapi

Read on to find out the latest Year 8 news at Balmacewen Intermediate.

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Balmacewen Swimming Sports 

by Lauren Roney

On the 4th March our school swimming sports were held at Moana Pool.  There were some excellent results and it was great to see the whole school participating.

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The first lot of Conceptual Houses are built and up.

by Mary Brady

Year 8 Art students have been working hard on designing conceptual houses and creating them.  They have many elements: design, surfacing, painting, clay and drawing.

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Social Media 

by Sara Quelch

How much do you know about social media? Do you know about social media platforms such as snap chat, whats app, viber, facebook, instagram? Are your children using them?

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Term 1 and Year 8

by Penny Riley

Students have been busy making a range of projects on the sewing machine and are now learning about screen printing.

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Year 7 Cushion Factory

by Penny Riley

The first group of Year 7 students in 2016 have completed their first project in the Fabrics room.

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What's hot in the Kitchen?

by Alex Buttery

The groups have now changed over and  are now cooking up a storm in the Foods Room.

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Summer Readers with their bags of books and goodies.

Welcome to the Library

by Gill Fisher

As a result of a very successful Summer Reading Programme we have celebrated by gifting books to some of those who participated.  We had a full quota of 52 students sign up.

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A Camp Reflection

by Lauren Roney

by Flynn Garbutt

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Alison Shanks - Olympic Ambassador

by Andrew Hunter

World champion cyclist Alison Shanks visits Balmacewen Intermediate.

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Berwick Camp

by Luke Herden

What a week of excitement, fun, and team building at Berwick Camp for Room 24

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Painted Cats, Big Letters and Peacocks

by Mary Brady

WOW!! The first group of Year 7 Artists have finished their painting projects.  

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What's hot in the kitchen with the Y7's?

by Alex Buttery

Group A  have finished their first block in Foods technology  and are hopefully wowing with their cooking at home!

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What's hot in the kitchen with the Y8's?

by Alex Buttery

We have been working towards creating our own pies.  

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Time travel by Shima Jack

by Beth Downie

Read Shima's excellent recount about our visit to Toitu and the Chinese Gardens.

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Jacob blasts 142 in T20 match

by Andrew Hunter

A brilliant innings by the skipper!

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Creative Writing

by Deb Tasi-Cordtz

Following our trip to Toitu and the Chinese Gardens earlier in the week, we decided to use the pictures we had taken as imaginative story starters.

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Chatbus - Safari Dunedin Event.

by Sara Quelch

On Saturday 9 April, ChatBus is holding our Safari Dunedin event. 

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MINERS BASKETBALL

by Sara Quelch

Basketball Otago is excited to offer a new basketball development program for Terms 2 and 3. 

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Diggers Basketball

by Sara Quelch

Basketball Otago is happy to announced The Diggers Holiday Basketball Camp 18-21 April from 8.30am to Noon at the Edgar Centre.

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Football South: Dunedin Junior Club contacts.

by Sara Quelch

Is your child interested in joining a football club this year?

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