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Balmacewen Intermediate School

School Newsletter July 2016

Upcoming Events:

Mon 25th July - 1st day of term 3

Mon 25th - Wed 27th July - Parent Interviews

Wed 27th July- Southland Sports Exchange

Tues 9th - Thurs 11th Aug - Yr 7 Anatomy Museum visits

Wed 10th August - Balmacewen Int Open Night

Fri 12th August - School Cross Country

Contents

Message from the Principal

by Andrew Hunter

Term 2 has been very busy and successful. I hope everyone enjoys a well earned rest over the holiday break.

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Year 8 News

by Terry Tarapi

Term 2 Wrap!

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Parent Interviews

by Sara Quelch

Your child will be bringing their mid-term report home on Friday 8th July (the last day of this term.) As a follow up to this we invite you to have a 10 min interview with your child’s teacher. This will be an opportunity for you to discuss your child’s mid-term report in more detail with their classroom teacher.  

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2017 Open Night and Enrolments.  

by Sara Quelch

Is your son or daughter interested in attending Balmacewen Intermediate School as a year 7 student in 2017? 

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Science and Technology Fair

by Rowan Cooke

Congratulations to all students for another successful Science and Technology Fair

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Balmacewen's Kidscon 2016.

by Sara Quelch

A great day for all involved.

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Great Success at Robocup Junior

by Sara Quelch

On Saturday the 25th of June there was a competition held at Elim Church called Robocup Junior.

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Hard Materials Term 2 Round up.

by Mark Henderson

A gallery of finished projects.

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Y7 Painted Peacock and Cats

by Mary Brady

The last five weeks has seen the Year 7 students in Art learning about painting: techniques, brush control, colour and tone. They have also worked on developing ideas and how artists often add something unexpected to their work.  Scroll though the photo gallery below and see what they have achieved.

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Quality Artists' Houses yet again

by Mary Brady

Many Year 8 students have really excelled this term in art. They have created dynamic Artists' Houses.

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Term 2, Year 8 Students & Fabrics

by Penny Riley

It has been a fantastic term in Fabrics for Year 8 students with many different  projects undertaken and completed.

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Year 7 Cushions

by Penny Riley

The last rotation of technology has been completed for Year 7s and we have another fantastic array of designer cushions made and ready to be taken home.

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Students from all of the intermediate schools perform together at the concert in the afternoon

Choral workshop

by Kathryn Fitzgerald

Balmacewen hosted a choral workshop recently with the other local intermediate schools.

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Scrabble Tournament

by Mary Brady

An exciting day of Scrabble was played out at the Dunedin Public Library on Monday 4th July.

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John McGlashan and Columba College Exchange

by Lauren Roney

We had a great day with the McGlashan/Columba Exchange today.  Thank you to all the parents who came along to support the teams!  

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Netball at Balmac

by Deb Tasi-Cordtz

What a great start to the season all of our teams have had.  We have 11 teams competing in the Thursday night competition and all are doing so with determination and focus.

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What's Cooking with the Year 8's?

by Alex Buttery

Term 2 has seen another 3 classes complete their time in the Food Technology Room.

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What's hot in the Kitchen with the Year 7's?

by Alex Buttery

The final group have finished their time in the kitchen for the first rotation.

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Hatch Holiday Options

by Sara Quelch

We have two 2-for-1 deals available for each of the following school holiday classes at Hatch...first in, first served... 

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Basketball Holiday Programmes and After school sessions

by Sara Quelch

Please see blow: Information regarding Otago Basketball sessions for term time and holidays

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School holiday programmes

by Sara Quelch

See below for school holiday programme options:

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