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Keep up to date with the latest news and events from Balmacewen.
This week the Year 8 usual programme was put on hold while we celebrated the Olympics with a sports themed week and alternative programme. Students were split into four groups named after local Olympians - Loader, Shanks, Bond and Williams and students rotated around four workshops for the day throughout the week.
Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2016
First it was just a tiny speck. Barely there. Alone in the vast blackness that was space. Slowly, meandering, it ventures closer, pulsing, vibrating with wild, burning energy...........
Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2016
All Year 7 classes visited some amazing spaces last week to learn about the body. Read Maia and Shima's account of the trip
Posted: Wednesday August 17, 2016
The season has ended! Congratulations to every single player who represented Balmac so well throughout the last two terms.
Posted: Tuesday August 16, 2016
The onset of Term 3 in the Fabrics room, signals the start of the Softie extravaganza!
Posted: Tuesday August 16, 2016
Year 8 students have been busy creating a variety of projects in the first three weeks of term 3.
Posted: Tuesday August 16, 2016
Olympic swimmer Jonathan Duncan came to talk to year 8 students as part of our Olympic Immersion Week.
Posted: Tuesday August 16, 2016
Our year 8 students have been visiting different High Schools around Dunedin. Check out what some of our year 8 girls got up to at Otago Girls High School.
Posted: Monday August 15, 2016
Well done to Jordan, Evaluna and Keira for getting Bronze medals in the Otago Regional Aerobics Competition.
Posted: Monday August 15, 2016
Balmacewen Intermediate students achieved highly at this year's Otago Science and Technology Fair with 19 students receiving awards including 2 of the 5 Premier awards: Best in Fair and General Excellence
Posted: Sunday August 14, 2016
This week we were lucky enough to sample some of our fabulous facilities we have here in Dunedin.
Posted: Friday August 12, 2016
Check out a glimpse of our trip last week to the Otago University PE School, Forsyth Barr Stadium, Unipol and the Anatomy museum.
Posted: Thursday August 11, 2016
Rooms 9, 11 and 25 decided to share our collective knowledge of coding to work together.
Posted: Thursday August 11, 2016
On Tuesday Rooms 1 and 9 had a great day out, enjoying many new experiences.
Posted: Thursday August 11, 2016
With the return of classes to their normal blocks, the Library and Learning Centre are combining to add a Makerspace to our school.
Posted: Tuesday August 9, 2016
Weather permitting, the Balmacewen Intermediate Cross Country will be held at school on Friday 12th August. It will take place between 1.15pm and 2.45pm.
Posted: Tuesday August 9, 2016
It has been a busy few weeks in Room 14. It is that time of the Year that our Year 8 students have been out and about on High School open day visits thinking about choices and decisions for next year. In class we have started working on our Term Three integrated topic - IMPACT with our focus on the Olympics.
Posted: Tuesday August 9, 2016
Don't forget to come along to our open evening tomorrow night at 6pm in our school hall. We will have a large group of students and all of our staff available to answer your questions and show you our school.
Posted: Monday August 8, 2016