Y7 small ball skills tournament

Small  ball skills tournament

On Friday Room 13 played in the first part of the Year 7 small balls  tournament. The second part will take place this Friday. Last Friday we are played Coney Island and won. It was a close game and both teams played well. Then we played Beehive. When Mrs Copper was explaining the rules it sounded hard but it wasn’t really, it was so fun but we lost. I would like to play it during P.E. with Room 13 . After that we played non-stop cricket with Mrs Tasi-Cordtz. It was a really close game but we lost in the end. I really liked it and I can’t wait to play five games next week. I think I have a good team and I can’t wait to play 3 bats, target, bench ball, a game we don’t know, and long ball. My team captain is Kevin my co-captain is Sarah D.

BY ELLA

Small ball skills

Year sevens know last Friday we did small ball skills tournament, Ella and I thought it was great. I am in room 13a we were with Ms Downie on the room 5 courts playing Bench Ball. It was close in the end but sadly we lost. We were happy for the other team and then went off to do our next game.

The next game was with Mr Napier. It was a target game that was fun as well. As you got closer to the end it got a bit harder. Some people struggled when they got to the end but they got there in the end. Then Mr Napier called out last ten seconds “10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 times up everyone”. We line up & waited to be let go.

We all took a breath then moved on to our next game, it was with Mr Cooke playing three bats. We started off fielding with 24b batting. In the end we got wasted 22 -108 Mr Cooke thought it was a bit embarrassing but our team didn’t mind and were happy for 24b. Three games was enough for one day and we went back to class and for morning tea.

Moring tea was a time to get some food to fill up. It did and when morning tea was over we had our energy back and went back to doing school work. 

Next time we hope we can come first in a game or a drawJ. We really like playing sports especially the tournament & can’t wait till our next game on Friday.

By Evie

Well done Holly!

This week's Year 7 assembly award went to Holly for Working well with others. She was presented this by our special guest, former Balmac student, Black Fern and New Zealand Women's Rugby Sevens player, Kelly Braizer.

Tino pai Holly!

Class iPad

Hi all. Some of you may have seen that we got a class iPad this Friday. No doubt this will be a great learning tool once we unlock its potential. I would suggest that the teacher may become the student and the student become the teacher when it comes to this new technology. Bring on the learning!

This post was the first of many from our iPad. I have included a couple of photos taken and edited using the iPad (the scruffy looking hound is Kalu and the black lab is her cousin Poppy).

Our Toitu Visit

Thanks to Mrs Quelch for the photos and the editing :-)

Writing Competition & Maths Answers

I have created a page for competitions. All the details about the Summer Story Competition are on there now.

Also Monday's Five Minute Frenzy answers have been posted in the homework page.

Brand new to cyberspace!

Hi all Did you know our very own Miss Dick is a bit of a computer wiz?

 Well if you didn't (or even if you did) you should check out her very own and brand spanking new website designed especially for you! That's right this site has been designed for students (and more specifically Balmac students).

 The school's computer routers and cabling are getting a major overhaul over the term break so (fingers crossed) when we start term 2 we will have ultrafast broadband that is... well, ultra fast!

 Click on the 'Miss Dick's Webpage' under 'USEFUL WEBSITES' to the right of the posts to check it out for yourself.

Hot off the press

Say Cheese!

Hi everyone. Just a heads up that next Wednesday April 10 we will be having a class photo. So shine your shoes, iron your collars, brush your teeth and comb that hair. If we all work hard we could look as cool as the class in this photo!