This term in the Turanga Syndicate we are holding our own Mini Olympics in the spirit of the London Olympics.
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:-)
Let get really creative on Comic Master:-)
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www.comicmaster.org.uk
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!
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
The Team: Aidan, Anton, Seamus, Alec
Table Decorating Team:
Carlos
Tomorrow Stella from Room 31 will lose her lovely locks in support of leukaemia and blood cancer. Everyone at Balmoral and her friends and family are very proud of her as this is not an easy thing to do!! Check out the link below for the full article and post a comment:-)
Despite all weather warnings and the postponement of camp by a day, the Year 7 Turanga Whanau persisted and ventured out to Stedfast Camp at Piha for what would be an adventure!!
Although we had some rain we didn't let that get our spirits down and continued on with the activities planned. Post a comment below and share your highlights from Camp 2012:-)
This term 40 students in four groups from Year 7 set off on the adventure of a life time.....To tramp up to the very top of the Pinnacles. Through bush, rivers, hills and stairs, these young warriors toughed it out to make it through. Even the story of Don Brown, "the baddest man in the whole darn town" came to life once more! The students carried all their food and cooked up a meal to keep them going. The Balmoral Habit of Persistence was key to their success. Here are some photos of the group that I tramped up with! Post a comment if you like.... but be careful what you say.....Don Brown could be watching??!!
