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Some info for home

Hi all

Just a quick heads up that tomorrow we will be heading out of school for the afternoon to watch the Otago Girls' High School Production. Buses will have everyone back to school but 3pm.

Also a notice with information about Balmacewen's Athletics Day has now been added to the 'Key Dates' tab of this blog.

Enjoy the last week of term everyone :-)

Here are a few pics of the action that took place at the Edgar Centre on Friday. Thanks to the Sports Institute for hosting us and running all the skills and drills.

Celebrating Creativity Y7 Assembly

Last Friday Room 13 organised and ran the Year 7 Assembly. The theme was 'Celebrating Creativity'.

During the assembly we shared some of Room 13's ideas on creativity (what it might look, sound and feel like). We also shared some famous quotes on creativity. We showed our creative 3D fruit bowl artwork which we started during our trip to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery and finished in class (thanks for lending all the materials Miss Brady). Magnus shared his very well thought out speech on the importance of creativity in schools. We also had Kelvin show off his short story book and illustrations and heard Sarah d play Michael Jackson's Thriller on the clarinet. As the assembly was only 25 minutes long we didn't have time to share all of the other creative masterpieces that Room 13 have been working on. I guess that's what the blog is for!

Well done to the presenters - Blake and Helena - and everyone else who shared their work. Tino pai Room 13 (we are getting pretty good at this assembly stuff).

Anyone with ideas?

If anyone is keen on taking the lead in this let me know. (Mr Cooke)

AB's comp

ATTENTION ALL WRITERS!

Beyond this Story

This national writing competition is now open to all New Zealand students in years 7 and 8.


You are to write a story based on a historic event or person (preferably with a NZ connection).



Your entry must be no more than 750 words and must be received by 
5pm 16th November 2013.

Conditions of Entry

Well done!

Well done Room 13 marathon runners!

Good luck marathon runners!

Good luck to all of you completing the kid's marathon on Sunday morning. Well done to those of you who have been putting in the hard yards during PE and fitness over the last several weeks.

Takahe - post-reading activity

Hi Takahe

1. Synthesising your new learning - Create a list of 10 things that Balmacewen children could do after school in order to reduce their screen time.

2. Watch these two clips then (in your reading book) summarise your opinion and new learning about the issues of screen time, using the internet, the importance of activity and exercise.

Follow the links below to see the clips.
Techno toddlers
Thinking offline

Enjoy!