Rock Climbing Trip to Longbeach

Unfortunately due to the rain our trip to Longbeach has had to be cancelled for today so we will have our day out in a couple of weeks time. I will be able to confirm a new date asap.

Dylan Elise Drumming Performance

On Friday we were lucy enough to have a performance at our school assembly from a very talented and inspiring guy - Dylan Elise he is 20 years old and is a professional musician. He performed to our assembly and was amazing! A very talented guy with a clear message to students to follow and pursue their dreams. He has been drumming since he was 6year old and started getting taught by his father. Below is a video clip of him performing when he was 16! you can search his name to find out more about him and his talents

Health Topic - Rat Dissection Lesson

On Thursday afternoon as part of our studies on the human body and its systems we looked at the anatomy of rats through the dissection of them. The rat has a very similar internal organ layout to that of humans. The rat dissection was an interesting lesson and a great chance for everyone to see the real life example of the internal organs we have been studying and how they all work together to make a body function. We dissected and examined two rats witht he assistance and knowledge of Jono who works in Room 14 - he has a Degree in Anatomy so was able tclearly explain all that we were seeing during the session - Thanks Jono!

Balmacewen School Cross Country

Well the school cross country races have been and all students made a great effort. Room 13 had some noteable achievements with Jackson Miller winning the Year 7 Boys race and Georgia Walsh winning the Year 7 Girls race and Brianna Thomson coming in 4th. Well Done!

Otago Science Fair Prizewinners

Well done to the students below who received awards at the Otago Science and Technology Fair this week. There names are listed below with the award(s) they received.

• Georgia Walsh - Premier Award - Otago Science Teachers' Award of Excellence, Aurora Excellence in Energy Research award, Otago Polytechnic School of Information Technology Award


• Lucy Bell - New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Otago Regional Council, Marine Science University of Otago Awards


• James Grigg - Discovery World Award, Institute of Professional Engineers Award


• Samuel Wardhaugh - Keith Dawber Memorial Award

Generating Ideas....Samuel

Well Samuel has attracted some great interest with his Science and Technology Invention Model on power generation using wind. The above Picture and text was featured in the Otago Daily Times on Wed 18th August. Good Stuff Samuel.

Otago Science Fair

Well we have had James, Samuel, Georgia, Lucy and Lucy take their Science Fair works down to the Otago Science Fair Competition at the Otago Museum. we will have some results on their success here soon hopefully...

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www.mathletics.co.nz

Well we have been trialling the mathletics.co.nz website with Room 13 over the past 2 weeks. Children have embraced the concept and I have been impressed by the interest shown by all students, especially the ones I normally need to encourage.

I would like to implement the programme within our in class maths timetable on a regular basis, so it would be of benefit for your child to join up.

As you can appreciate, to purchase a license for all our pupils would be a significant outlay and one which we can unfortunately not bear alone. However, if we were able to obtain a contribution from a significant number of parents who felt that the program would be worthwhile, then we could proceed (we need 90% of the class). As an indication, a normal one-year subscription to this site costs a parent $99 per child. However, if we could find a sizeable number of parents willing to contribute $15 per child, then the school will be happy to invest in this initiative, until the end of January 2011.

Assembly Award Week 2 Term 3

Well done to Ben Deaker for receiving this weeks assembly award - A super effort and enthusiasm put into your maths!

Assembly Award Week 2 Term 3

Well done to Ben Deaker for receiving this weeks assembly award - A super effort and enthusiasm put into your maths!