Week 11 Term 1 Award - Aaron

Well done Aaron for receiving the assembly award this week. A Fantastic effort put into your Sea Creature Creation!!

Term 1 Wrap

Well Term 1 has flown by! We have had lots of interesting things going on here and students have worked well on all tasks and challenges set to them. It has been great to see so many students getting involved in sports teams, music lessons, writing extension and other extra opportunities here at Balmacewen. I have enjoyed seeing the very creative pieces of work relating to our recent Sea Creature Creations and Octopus Homes. Term 2 will be another busy one....with 2 of our key events listed here...

Our Class Camp to Berwick in Week 4 (23rd-27th May). If you haven't received the notice that was sent home the other day with some introductory information and a slip looking for helpers - check the bottom of school bags over the holidays for remains of this notice and other notices, or alternatively you can view copies here on the blog.

Science Fair.....for many these two words will bring on some stress from the memory of the year 7 Science Fair!! Last year there were some great pieces of work for Year 7 Science Fair. This year students will be building on skills they have developed and learnt from last year's work. Over the holidays is a good time to have a think about ideas that may be of interest for students to use for their science fair work. The hardest part of the Science fair is finding an idea to investigate and use for their work. I will be giving guidance and support especially in terms of organisation and time management throughout the term to ensure everyone is on track and doesn't end up running out of time/doing an all weekend effort the week before things are due! - More info on Science Fair early next term.

I hope all students are able to enjoy some time out over the break and come back recharged for a successful Term 2.

Many thanks to everyone who has contributed to the successes of the class programme this term. I have appreciated the help that has been given on class trips this term and look forward to working with you and your Son/Daughter all again in Term 2.

Cheers

Andrew Sloan

Anna Lindsay - Southland Exchange-Water Polo Wednesday 13th April

I jumped out of the van filled with a mixture of excitement and nerves. This was it, the big game, the game we lost last year 16-0, this time round it was different, we were going to win.

We did a big Balmacewen cheer before going through the doors. We were going to just walk straight through the doors but the lady at reception stopped us and made us say hello. Some of the girls were already changed but I wasn’t so I quickly got changed and raced up the stairs. The game was due to start at 11.00am but it was only 10.30am so we had plenty of time to warm up.

Seeing as we were the first ones there we had to set everything up, we got the goals from outside and put them in the water and then we got the scoreboard out and set that up. By then it was about 10.45am so we did a bit of a stretch and then swam some lengths of the dive pool to warm up. Ben and Michael (our coaches) arrived and they took us through some drills, like shooting, passing, catching and attacking (stealing the ball off them).

Our opponents had arrived and they were doing their warm up. We got out of the pool and got ready. Caps done up tightly, (and we were also wearing two pairs of togs as they are really rough and normally pull your togs down). We had a little pep talk and then the first seven got into position. Brianna was swimming off and I was beside her as we are two of the fastest in the first seven.

The whistle blew and we were off. They were good, really good; they gave us a bit of a run for our money. The game went so fast, it felt like it was over so quickly. But as they called the final whistle boy can I tell you what an amazing feeling it was. We had won, we did it. We were all so excited, we were screaming and everything. The final score was 7-3 to us. It was so exciting. We jumped out of the pool to do our cheer, Maddie called as she has the loudest voice ever. After that we lined up and shook hands with them.

The boys were already in the water warming up so we got our towels and went up to sit on the diving boards. We watched and screamed encouragement to the boys who actually didn’t need it as they were winning by a long shot. Their total score was 13-0.

We all went and got changed and on the ride back to school we were thinking how proud we were of everyone and how good we have gotten since last year and how happy we were to have beaten those red shoed southlanders.

By Anna Lindsay.

Room 13 Class Sasa Video

Earlier this term we put together and performed our class Sasa. Below is a video of our performance.

Sea Creatures

Below are some snapshots of a few of the great "Sea Creature" and "Octopus Home" homework project creations we have had presented to the class this week - Some great efforts and creativity shown in the work produced.

Berwick Camp Newsletter 1 2011

Please find below a copy of the notice that has been sent home wiht camp dates and costs for 2011. If you are able to assist with our camp in any way please let me know asap so I can add you into the mix when planning activities. A parent helpers document is able to be downloaded on the menu to the right of this posting.
Newsletter 1 Camp 2011

Video Year 8 Group Sasa

Tomorrow, When the War Began - John Marsden

Click Here to hear the interview with the author of Tomorrow, When the War Began - John Marsden

The above link is an audio interview with the Author of our class novel - he talks a bit about the style of his writing for young people and why he has written the book the way he has.

Week 9 Assembly Award - Reuben

Well Done Reuben! You were the recipient of this weeks assembly award, received for "A good display of time management and organisation skills"
Well Done!