News

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

 

Hockey - development opportunities

Please read on for information regarding Otago hockey development programmes.

Posted: Sunday July 4, 2021

Enrolments open

Enrolments for the 2022 school year are now open. Please go to https://www.balmacewen.school.nz/about-us/enrolment/

Posted: Thursday July 1, 2021

Balmacewen Intermediate open evening.

We warmly welcome all interested families and friends to our school open evening on Wednesday 11th August at 6pm. Meet in the school hall please.

Posted: Wednesday June 30, 2021

Year 7 News

It has been a very busy Term for our Year 7 students - this newsletter contains a number of articles about some of the fantastic work and activities we have been involved in.

Posted: Tuesday June 29, 2021

Year 7 Lit Quiz

Over the last term in our weekly Library sessions, Gill our librarian has been running a Lit Quiz Challenge for all classes.

Posted: Tuesday June 29, 2021

Year 7 Marae Trip

Last week as part of our Matariki celebrations the Year 7 classes had the opportunity to be welcomed onto our local Arai Te Uru Marae. This was a unique experience for many with an offical powhiri welcome. As part of our preparation each class also took part on an online Te Reo challenge.

Posted: Tuesday June 29, 2021

Year 7 Star Gazing

Over the last few weeks the Year 7 students and staff had the opportunity to go to the Observatory for a session with Amadeo....

Posted: Tuesday June 29, 2021

Science Show Success!

In Week 7 the Year 7 Students presented their final presentation of their science show to their audiences. We had Year 3 and 4 students from some of our local cluster schools come to watch our perfronmances.

Posted: Tuesday June 29, 2021

10am start this morning

Good morning families, we have a 10am start at school this morning (29th June)

Posted: Monday June 28, 2021

Mid term reports and parent/teacher interviews

Mid term reports will be sent home to parents and caregivers on Friday 2nd July. Following these we have parent/teacher interviews scheduled from Monday 5th July to Wednesday 7th July. Please book an interview using the details below...

Posted: Monday June 21, 2021

Kai for Octacan

This year we would like to support the Presbyterian Support Octacan food bank appeal in the spirit of winter giving and as part of Matariki - a time of giving and celebrating.

Posted: Thursday June 10, 2021

Australian Maths Competition (AMC)

If you would like to register your child for this competition please see details below...

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Please read on for notices from our community including marching have a go, speech and drama classes,

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

Cardboard Construction

Students design and create a cardboard dwelling with a limited colour palette. Having a limited colour palette helps them use a variety of materials. We focus on two of our Balmac Super Skills: Problem Solve & Persevere and being an Independent Learner.

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

Year 8's in the kitchen

The Year 8's have been busy learning new skills and playing with flavours before planning their pies.

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

Year 8 News

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

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

YEAR 7 WRITING

Our Year 7 writing focus for the first few weeks has been on Moment in Time writing extending work from Term One into now writing by putting themselves in the shoes of someone else - an ANZAC soldier. Here are a few of our diary entries...

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

Fabrics - We Care

We have been invited to help support The Neonatal Trust by sewing small scent hearts out of cotton. These special fabric hearts are given, as part of a care package, to parents with a premature baby in a neonatal unit.

Posted: Thursday May 27, 2021

Year 7 News

We have had a very busy start to our term in classrooms and with winter sport getting underway. Classes have been working on ANZAC writing, reading and ART, as well as starting our planning for our Term Two PBL - Hooked on Science. Read on to find out more and check out some of our work in this Newsletter.

Posted: Wednesday May 26, 2021