Friday, June 25, 2010

Science Fair Awards


Well done to everyone who completed their Science Fair inquiry work. A lot of effort goes into these. We have had the judging and awards were given out at a special assembly today. Well done to the people named below form room 13
Prize Winners
  • Georgia Walsh
  • James Grigg
  • Samuel wardhaugh
  • Lucy Bell
  • Beau Jarvis Child

Highly Commended

  • Ella Anderson-Cahill
  • Christine Wierda
  • Bruno Willis

Cetificates of Achievement

  • Mike Porteous
  • Brianna Thomson

"Freshman Shield" Challenge!!!


On the 24th of June room 13 challenged Room 5 for the “Freshman Shield”. Room 5 have had the shield for the whole year so far and heaps of classrooms have challenged them for it and failed. We set up a match of stop ball soccer against Room 5 so we could have a shot at getting the shield for the first time this year. We all met on the turf and the game was on. The scores were close for the first two innings but then Room 13 sped ahead with the scores ending at 24 -18 to room 13! We would like to thank Room 5 for being such a good team to play and congratulations to Room 13 for they are now the new holders of the “Freshman Shield”. Well done Room 13.

Georgia Walsh

Room 13 Science Fair Work

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Year 7 Hangi - Friday 18th June


As part of our Year 7 unit this term we are learning about and participating in Matariki celebrations.

On Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, all of the students will be participating in a range of Matariki inspired activities such as flax weaving, Maori art, visiting the museum and observatory.
To conclude our Matariki celebrations we will be having a hangi lunch. This will take place this Friday 18th June. The ‘kai’ group will be in charge of preparing the hangi with the assistance of Mr Herden and a few other senior teachers in the school.

Every year 7 student is invited to bring a lunch pack to school on Thursday morning. This will need to include a frozen piece of meat, for example a chop or a chicken drumstick. The pack should also include two vegetables like potato, kumera, yams, corn on the cob or pumpkin. This pack needs to be wrapped thoroughly in tinfoil with your child’s name and room number on it.

Our kai group will collect the lunch packs on Thursday morning and they will check all of the parcels have been wrapped and labelled correctly and then pack them into crates ready to go in the hangi early on Friday morning.

We would also appreciate any donations of old newspapers or magazines for our art and Te Rakau groups. These can be brought along to school and i will distribute them to the appropriate people. Thank you.

Farewell Kaja...!!



Friday was Kaja's last day here at Balmacewen, we had a shared lunch for her on Thursday to say farewell to her. All the best for your return to Norway!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Week 7 Assembly Award - James


This week's assembly award went to James for a super effort in Maths and some great problem solving strategies. Great work James keep it up!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Mar & Dax in Mar's Tomb - written by James Grigg


Legend has it the the great warrior Mar and his furry friend Dax built Haven City but during the process Mar was crushed by concrete, so the builders made him a tomb.
In the south port of Haven City his tomb stands in front of the deadly Barron Praxis’s Palace which stands at 200 metres high.
“The legend is fake.” Everyone in Haven City does not believe the legend except for Mar’s farther, Damous. There is also a kid called Jak who also believes it and wants to find out if it’s true or not. The next day Jak went to the tomb and climbed up it hoping no Krimzon Guards saw him. When he got to the top he found a way in. He went down an elevator into Mar’s Tomb and when he got to the bottom a huge door with the Light and Dark Eco symbols opened. When he got in and went down some stairs he saw a man praying. Jak went to ask what was wrong. He said “My name is Damous, Mar’s farther!” Jak looked surprised and carried on thou. “What’s your name?” “I’m Jak.” “Where are you going?” “To find Mar’s Tomb!” “Ok!”
Jak carried on and then he walked into a room then all the doors closed, then a giant snake fell from the roof. Jak turned into Dark Jak which uses Dark Eco and fought the snake. 10 mins had been then out of no where Dark Bomb! He killed the snake then an ottsle named Dax fell from the roof. “You killed my snake!” “And you are?” “An ottsle that used to be a human but now a furry mess who has a headache and my name is Dax, OK!” “What’s an ottsle?” asked Jak. “Weasel and an ottsle combined.” “Well I gotta go.” “Hey wait how did you kill him?” “If I tell you will you be quiet?” “Yes.” “I used my Dark Eco powers, OK!” “What?” said Dax. “I said shhhh!” “Ok.” “Follow me.” Jak and Dax leave the place and bump into Damous. “Hi Jak and ummm furry mess.” “See I hate my life!” said Dax. “ Hey Damous, I have a question, what did Mar look like?” “Ummm I’ll show you.” They all looked at the picture. Hey that looks like you Jak!” said Dax Then out of no where BOOM! A robot controlled by Barron Praxis lands behind Damous and shoots him! Damous says 5 last words. “Find my son for me.” Then dies. “Bye farther.” Said Jak “Jak lets kill that robot and Praxis!” Jak turns into Dark Jak and Dax runs and hides. Jak then turns into Giant Dark Jak then somehow grows wings like Light Jak. “Time for Dark Bomb!” “Jak NO!!!” “Why?” “The place will collapse!” “Right.” Jak punches left, then right, then an uppercut. Praxis is down, then Dark Strike that blows the robot up and kills Praxis! “That’s for killing my farther.” “Nice Jak.” “Don’t call me that call me by my real name, Mar!” “OK.”
2 weeks later Mar is the leader of Haven City again.
“Mar can I use your jet board?” “No.” “Please?” “No.” “Pleeeaase?” “NO!” “I’m using it anyway!” “DAAXXTTTEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Tim Tam Slam Photos...

Some action shots of our recent Tim Tam Slam's

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Lucy Bell - The day that it rained Jellybeans


Verse 1

The day that it rained jellybeans, no one will ever forget,
How they pinged and panged on the buildings,
Brightening up the sky with their rainbow colours,
The day that it rained jellybeans, no one will ever forget.

Verse 2
The day that it rained jellybeans, no one will ever forget,
How the children danced around in delight,
And gathered as much as they could carry,
But the roar of them all falling grew so deafening,
That everybody ran inside,
The day that it rained jellybeans, no one will ever forget.

Verse 3
The day that it rained jellybeans, no one will ever forget,
Watch how this dying granddad smiles a smile so fragile,
Watch how his weak hand closes over one of these precious pieces,
How he smiles so sweetly and closes his eyes,
Into an everlasting sleep,
How he will dream about the day it rained jellybeans,

A truly bizarre day indeed.

Georgia Walsh - National Young Leaders Day


On Monday the 31st of May I went to the NYLD ( National young leaders day). It was so much fun. There were so many great leaders. the first person that came and talked to us was Justin Vaughan who is a cricket player that trained as a doctor but got rung up one day out of the blue and go t asked if he would fill in for a injured player in the black caps from then on he played for there team. He encouraged us to take every chance you get because you won’t regret it. Our second speaker was Mark Inglis who told us his amazing story of how he lost both of his legs and that he still climbs he just tries that little bit harder. Throughout the day we had great advice from James Blake, Nick Tuitasi, Alison Shanks, Matt Gibb and Rob Harley. I filled in my whole booklet with advice from the start of the day till the finish. The hosts were really cool they were Charlie off “What Now”, Alice Gallager and Whitney Pa’u because they got us all involved. In the end we all had a great time and I hope that maybe I can go back next year. This link takes you to the NYLD website for more detail on the day I attended http://nyldnz.org/

Georgia Walsh