Speeches

Speeches on Monday guys!!!!!!

Life Education

Hi guys!
What an awesome session it was today. Please post your comments on what interesting information you learned today so we can build up a resource of all the information.
Happy posting:-)

The London Olympics so far...

The London Olympics are well under way and there has been a lot of triumph and disappointment so far for many of the athletes.  Overall the games have been running smoothly and have been very entertaining to watch. This post is an open forum for you to write anything you like about the London Olympics so far. Obviously you need to sensible with your comments but let us know your thoughts.

Sculptris 3D Modelling

Yo!
Here is the link to download sculptris:-)
Enjoy!!
http://www.pixologic.com/sculptris/

Turanga Mini Olympics

This term in the Turanga Syndicate we are holding our own Mini Olympics in the spirit of the London Olympics.

Students have been split into two teams - The Icebreakers and The Phoenix - and have been busy designing banners, logos, tshirts and trophies.

Here are some shots of the Fantastic Room 4 in action!

Outdoor Maths

Recently we have taken maths outside the classroom to see where we would need to measure perimeter and area in real life contexts.


With our rulers and maths brains at the ready we calculated the perimeter and area of different objects in the playground.


Here are some pics of the action:-)

Comic Crazy!!!

Let get really creative on Comic Master:-)


Click here to go to straight to the action
www.comicmaster.org.uk

The Balmoral Karakia

Learning the Balmoral Karakia is an essential part of our school's history. Let's learn a bit at a time and work on the correct pronunciation. Small steps at a time people!

Karakia Te Kura o Te Roto a Rangi

Tēnei mātou te whanau
o Te Kura o Te Roto a Rangi
Here we are the community and
family of Balmoral School

Whakakahangia mātou ki te
manaaki me te tiaki i ētahi atu
Strengthen us and our ability to
respect and look after others

Whakakaūngia mātou ki ā mātou
mahi katoa kia whakapūmautia
ai ngā akoranga o tēnei rā
Help us to persist in all that we do
so that we enjoy the benefits of
our learning

Tiakina hoki tō mātou kura me
tōna taiao
Help us to work together to look
after our school community and
its environment

Tihei mauriora
Life force!

Grease Lightning!!

Over the past term we have been enjoying learning the different dance routines during our Stepz Dance classes. Our instructor taught us a variety of different dances from Latin to Hip Hop to the very popular "Grease Lightning" Although it was challenging at first to get ourselves motivated and coordinated, by the end we would be saying to ourselves "step, out, lean, out" in our sleep...Well I was:-P

Below are some photos of Room 4 in training. Post a comment and leave your thoughts about what you enjoyed about Stepz Dance this year and if you like, a message for our awesome Stepz Dance teacher:-)

What It Takes To Succeed At The Olympics

On Monday the Year 7 Syndicate was very lucky to listen to NZ Olympic swimmer, Danyon Loader speak to us about his success and all the hard work it took for him to be the "Best in the World"


He made some very meaningful comments about working hard, finding the balance between sport/education/social and is winning everything.


Post a comment about your thoughts on being the best you can be and letting that be enough. 

Balmoral Book Games

The Team: Aidan, Anton, Seamus, Alec


Table Decorating Team:


Carlos

Charlotte

Tanmayee

Lynn

Amelia

Lachlan (possibly)

Heeni

Sam

Nathan

Ngaronoa


Items that we need for the table:

White Table Cloth that has been experimented on

Models to show experiments (Sam, Callum)

Test Tubes and Beakers if possible ( Jonty)

Rockets from Science

Periodic Table (Alec)

Plasma Globe (Yonas)

Lava Lamp (Matt)

Goggles/Microscope (Charlotte)

Mirrors

Lasers

Fair play.... what is it??

When someone says to you what is fair play in sports what do you say to them?? When a football player takes a dive and fakes and injury.... or when a boxer punches below the belt.... 

Make a comment about what you think fair play is.