News

Keep up to date with the latest news and events from Balmacewen. 

 

Y8 Pies

It may have taken a while from planning to creation but the Y8 pies were finally made.

Posted: Sunday April 10, 2022

Te waka and plastic

The years 8 students have been exploring maori waka use and construction. The year 7 students have been making picture frames and exploring maori design concepts with their key rings.

Posted: Sunday April 10, 2022

Year 7's in the kitchen

The second group of food technologists have made it into the kitchen and have begun their day of cooking.

Posted: Sunday April 10, 2022

Waterpolo

Posted: Wednesday April 6, 2022

CAMLAB Challenge #1

Term 1 kicked off our 2022 series of camlab challenges. Camlab challenges test students abilities to problem solve and collaborate.

Posted: Wednesday April 6, 2022

Room 2

Life in Room 2 over the past few weeks

Posted: Monday April 4, 2022

Winter sports registration

It's time to register for winter sports. Please find the link to the registration form and all of the information below...

Posted: Friday March 25, 2022

R 26's Tūrangawaewae Art inspired by NZ artist Nigel Brown

Like all the other Year 7 Classes, Room 26 have been working on a mini art PBL where we explored & developed ideas, learnt about composition, colour, tone & how to use oil pastels effectively. We used the art of New Zealander, Nigel Brown to inspire us. The parts we found most challenging to do were composition and tone.

Posted: Thursday March 24, 2022

Balmac Covid Update

Like many schools we are managing some covid enforced changes.

Posted: Thursday March 17, 2022

Community Notices:

Please see community notices attached:

Posted: Friday March 11, 2022

HPV notice reminder.

Year 8 Students/Parents

Posted: Friday March 11, 2022

Scape and Bird

Year 8 art students have been creating exciting paintings inspired by scapes and birds that are meaningful to them.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Home learning due to COVID 19 isolation.

If your child is having to isolate due to covid 19 we have some online options available for their learning needs.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Gratitiude and optimism

School is as busy and enjoyable as always thanks to the great attitude of our staff and students!

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Year 8 News

We extend a very warm welcome to our Year 8 Whanau.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Touch

We have 7 teams playing at the Kensington Oval at the Metro Junior Competition this term.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Year 8 Fabrics

The Fabrics room has been a productive one! One group has completed their first outcome in Fabrics - The Bag. The other 2 classes are Screen Printing onto Aprons and they are getting very close to finishing.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Cooking with the Year 8's

The year 8's have been working through a variety of recipes in preparation for making their own pies.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Year 7 Fabrics

Cushions are designed to add comfort and decorate a space. Our first rotation of Year 7 students are well on the way to completing their first outcome in Technology.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022

Y7's are in the kitchen

A great start to year in Food Technology.

Posted: Thursday March 10, 2022