News

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

 

Pizza day - Friday

We have two sports teams heading to the AIMS games in Tauranga in September. To raise money for this trip they are selling pizza slices.. See image for more info.

Posted: Sunday June 26, 2022

School Council Update

Term 2 has been a busy and productive term for the School Council.

Posted: Sunday June 26, 2022

Late notice for 10am start

Morena... Apologies for the late notice.. We were notified of 10 am start today due to icy conditions. We had notified on our facebook page. If your children are already here we have teachers here who can supervise. Please take care getting to school today.

Posted: Tuesday June 21, 2022

Mid term reports and parent/teacher interviews.

Mid term reports will be sent home to parents and caregivers on Friday 1st July. Following these we have parent/teacher interviews scheduled from Monday 4th July to Thursday 7th July. Please book an interview using the details below... Bookings close midday Saturday 2nd July.

Posted: Monday June 20, 2022

Warm up Wednesday

The student council has organised a 'Warm up Wednesday' for this Wednesday 22nd June. Milo and sausages will be available. Read on for more information.....

Posted: Sunday June 19, 2022

ICAS Assessments 2022

ICAS assessments are on the horizon.

Posted: Wednesday June 15, 2022

CLASS PHOTOS POSTPONED.

Due to a large number of student absences, the class photos scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday 14th June) will no longer be going ahead as planned. They will be postponed to a later date. Thank you for your understanding

Posted: Monday June 13, 2022

Octacan 2022

Octacan 2022 will take place on Thursday 23rd June from 7:30am - 2pm.

Posted: Wednesday June 1, 2022

Whānau Hui

Karanga mai, karanga mai, Nau mai, Haere mai! We would like to invite you and your whānau to our Whānau Hui.

Posted: Sunday May 29, 2022

Message from the Principal

As you will see in this newsletter, we have been very busy, with class programmes in full swing and winter sports underway.

Posted: Sunday May 29, 2022

YEAR 7 VISION SCREENING

Please read on for more information...

Posted: Thursday May 26, 2022

Year 8 News

A very warm welcome to our Year 8 Whanau and friends.

Posted: Thursday May 26, 2022

Australian Maths Competition (AMC)

Your child has the opportunity to sit the Australian Maths Competition (AMC) on Thursday 4 August. This the competition has be running for 40 years and covers more than 30 countries.

Posted: Thursday May 26, 2022

Community Notices

Please find attached PDF's and notices from our community

Posted: Thursday May 26, 2022

Year 8 Fabrics - Aprons with a Screen Print

Our brief was to design and create a double sided apron incorporating at least one screen print. Students also make decisions about their fabric choices and extra features, such as a pocket.

Posted: Wednesday May 25, 2022

Year 8 Fabrics

Our Year 8 classes are busy making design decisions for their aprons.

Posted: Wednesday May 25, 2022

Year 8's in the kitchen

The Year 8's have been rediscovering their skills in food technology.

Posted: Tuesday May 24, 2022

Rooms 3, 4 and 26 Boomerang Video.

Kindness is one of our school values. During our Pink shirt day week activities we planned and filmed our Boomerang video.

Posted: Tuesday May 24, 2022

Year 7 Aquarium Trip

Over the last two weeks the Year 7 students went to the Otago Marine Centre at Portobello. This was a fantastic trip to ignite our unit on the Living World.

Posted: Tuesday May 24, 2022

Year 7 ANZAC Writing

As part of our ANZAC unit, classes were working on moment in time memoir writing in the form of a diary entry from Gallipoli. Here are some samples of writing from our Year 7 students and some of the collage Artwork that was completed also.

Posted: Tuesday May 24, 2022