Vision To value diversity and to develop curious, confident and connected learners.

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1 Tena koutou, Malo e lelei, Kia orana, Fakalofa lahi atu, Bula vinaka, Ciao, Namaste, Al Salaam a alaykum, Ni hao, Merhaba, Konnichiwa, Hola, Annyong hasayo, Greetings Balmoral Intermediate Newsletter Te Kura o te Roto a Rangi 19 Brixton Road, Mt Eden Auckland 1024 Phone Fax office@balmoral.school.nz w w w. b a l m o r a l. s c h o o l. n z Vision To value diversity and to develop curious, confident and connected learners. Friday 7 September 2018 Intermediate Dates to Diary Dental Screening Y8 & Recalls Farmers Market PTA High Rollers Casino Night Arts Festival Exhibition PTA Festival Cards & Calendars End of Term 3 Term 4 begins PTA Nosy Neighbours Monday 10 September to 21 September Friday 21 September Saturday 22 September Tuesday 25 September 5pm Tuesday 25 September (last orders) Friday 28 September 3pm Monday 15 October Saturday 3 November Intermediate Whanau Blogs Turanga Aparangi Click here to find Year 8 camp information Canteen Days Wednesday, Thursday, Friday only Please check the calendar on our school website ( for up-to-date events and times. Tena koutou e te whanau, he mihi nui kia koutou katoa Dear Parents, Whānau and Caregivers This afternoon we have our first Farmers Market of the year. This is always a fun and busy event, which raises money for the sustainability projects that happen in school. It also provides an authentic context for Tuakana Teina activities to happen, with many of our older classes teaming up with their buddy class to make, grow, invent items for the Market. The market will take place on the middle court from 3pm onwards.

The Arts Festival Exhibition opens on Tuesday night at 5pm. All the wonderful art the children have produced will be on display and food and beverages will be available to purchase.

2 The Arts Festival Exhibition opens on Tuesday night at 5pm. All the wonderful art the children have produced will be on display and food and beverages will be available to purchase. The artwork will then stay up until Thursday lunchtime to give everyone the chance to enjoy it. Please see the PTA information further down in this newsletter about the opportunity to purchase cards, diaries and calendars that showcase your child s art. This is the last newsletter for Term 3. We wish you all a restful and relaxing holiday with your whānau and look forward to seeing you all back safely for Term 4. Kia pai to mutunga wiki (Have a good weekend) Naku noa Malcolm Milner Principal (Te Tumuaki) Pinnacles Tramp

This week, three tramps up to the Pinnacles Hut have taken place. This is an opportunity we offer to our Year 7 students each year, in order to help develop both leadership skills and independence.

4 This week, three tramps up to the Pinnacles Hut have taken place. This is an opportunity we offer to our Year 7 students each year, in order to help develop both leadership skills and independence. Our thanks to the staff who volunteer to offer our students the opportunity to experience our natural environment. Here is Anton Van Aken s report about the trip on Monday and Tuesday: On Monday the 17th we went on the Pinnacles Tramp, in the Coromandel. We drove for about 2 hours through some very windy roads to begin our trek. The first day had heaps of uphills and stairs that were carved out of rock. Some of the steps were about 2 foot high. We reached the hut at 3pm. We were happy, exhausted and very keen to take our shoes off. After a short break we climbed the rest of the way to the top of the mountain. We felt shocked by the view you could see 360 degrees for many many kilometres. That night we cooked dinner, played cards and went to sleep in the hut dorm rooms. In the morning we had our breakfast of delicious porridge and began our trek back down. This time we took the slippery Billy Goat Trail (it was raining the whole time). We had a river crossing to finish (Rose, the teacher, fell in). It was a tiring, but awesome and beautiful experience. We had lots of laughs. Balmoral Drum Lessons We are very excited to have Alistair Deverick starting this term as our new drum teacher. Alistair has a glowing musical career so far and also a ton of teaching experience too. Some highlights are: - Drummer for Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Anika Moa and Lawrence Arabia (amongst many more) - Producer and Songwriter for electro-pop group Boycrush

- Itinerant Drum Teacher at Avondale College,Green Bay High School, Sacred Heart College, Pakuranga College,James Cook High School, Epsom Girls Grammar School and Aorere College - Graduated from

v=f_hx5jnzd_y If interested in lessons for your child please contact Alistair directly on alistairdeverick@gmail.

5 - Itinerant Drum Teacher at Avondale College,Green Bay High School, Sacred Heart College, Pakuranga College,James Cook High School, Epsom Girls Grammar School and Aorere College - Graduated from Auckland University with a BMus (Jazz) Here s a video of Alistair playing with one of NZ s favourite son s, Neil Finn, joined by Pearl Jam s frontman, Eddie Vedder!! If interested in lessons for your child please contact Alistair directly on alistairdeverick@gmail.com Absenteeism Please let the office know before 9:15am if your child is going to be away from school due to sickness or travel. All un-notified absences result in a text message being sent to query the student s whereabouts. Caregivers can reply to these texts, but it reduces unnecessary work if the office doesn t have to send them in the first place. We have had a lot of unexplained absences lately, which is proving disruptive to teachers and administrators who have to chase up parents for reasons for students being away. Unexplained absences automatically change to a truant mark with the Ministry, so it is important that you let the office know as early as possible if your child is going to be absent the office can then put the correct code on the electronic roll. Intermediate News From Room 5 Room 5 Geometry Project by Rubie and Sofie For our maths project we are making 3 dimensional geometric towns out of card. We had to include a range of things such as a rectangular gym, a tetrahedron movie theatre and a post office made out of a cylinder and a cone. Even though we are still making them we can see into the future and we know they will be awesome. We had to draw the base of our town and make sure we had these specific formalities; 2 parallel roads, 2 perpendicular roads, plus include streets that had an obtuse and an acute angle. These were not as difficult to include as spacing where they were going to be placed. Here are some pictures of our projects midway through:

6 Mathex Report Recently, our Mathex teams competed in the Auckland-wide Mathex tournament. All of the teams did exceedingly well, with one of our Year 8 teams, made up of Emil, Liam, Jay and Raaga coming second overall. Congratulations to them on this very impressive feat. Here is a report from Emil and Liam: On Thursday the of 22nd August, Balmoral Intermediate sent 4 teams to the Mathex competition in the Barfoot and Thompson Arena in Kohimarama. We sent 2 Year 8 and 2 Year 7 teams. The Year 8 A team came 2nd, the Year 8 B and the Year 7 A and B teams came in the top 20. The event was high tempo and the Year 8 A team were behind many teams at early stages. However, later they managed to pull off a remarkable comeback and finished with a respectable 2nd place. The event was adrenaline packed and the teams performed well. Many recognised student and classmates from earlier years, which made the competition even more intense. The students greatly enjoyed the event and felt they did Balmoral proud. Our Mathex teams (minus 2 Felixes and 1 Vanya!)

7 This Saturday night EVERYTHING IS SET TO BE A FUN FILLED EVENING! 's not too late...don't miss your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes. Funds raised are going towards a new cover for the junior playground. A limited amount of tickets still available!

8 SAVE THE DATE FOR: Saturday 3 rd November Advertising for our Nosy Neighbours Guidebook is now open - a great opportunity to get your homes related brand in front of prospective home renovators! Please contact Anna.morton@xtra.co.nz for info Spaces are filling up very fast.

9 BALMORAL SCHOOL ARTS FESTIVAL Turn your child s Balmoral School Arts Festival artwork into cards and calendars! Tuesday 25 th September 5-7pm School Hall ALL ART DONE OVER THE 3 DAY ARTS FESTIVAL WILL BE ON DISPLAY. FOOD & DRINK AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! (PLEASE BRING SMALL NOTES OR GOLD COINS) Great mementoes and Christmas gift ideas turn your child s artwork from Arts Festival into cards, calendars or diaries and support the school! A proportion of each product ordered will go straight to the PTA. Please return completed form with cash or cheque payment to the PTA box in the office or pay online with your child s name and room number as reference: A/C Name: Balmoral PTA, A/C Number: We must have all of the information requested below to be able to process the order. STUDENTS NAME: ROOM: PARENTS NAME: PHONE: Description of artwork: (e.g. graffiti, plaster sculpture etc) PRODUCT PRICE Quantity ordered TOTAL $ Calendar $14 Diary $18 Greeting Cards (pack of 8) $15 TOTAL $ Please note: Owing to the nature of the artwork available, the cards, calendars and diaries will be produced using a PHOTO (taken by a professional photographer) of the artwork. It will not be a scanned image. Some artwork may not be suitable. LAST DAY TO ORDER: 25 SEPTEMBER, THE NIGHT OF ARTS FESTIVAL!.

10 Community Notices TAPAC is taking enrolments now for its Term 4 Performing Arts Programmes! The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC) runs almost 40 performing arts classes for children and teens Classes include drama and acting, singing, circus, hip hop, contemporary, jazz and ballet, musical theatre, acting for screen, speech and drama and more All of TAPAC s programmes are taught by practicing industry professionals No experience is required and there s something to suit all abilities and ages There are easy transport links to TAPAC s purpose-built facility in Western Springs and there s plenty of free parking for drop-off and pick-up. Enrol now at: or call us on Pukekohe Raceway KIDS OBSTACLE DUATHLON Tuesday 25 th September 2018 Duathlon - Run, Bike & Obstacle Course Run Compete individually or in 2-person team Year 3 8 students Enter online:

Cornwall Cricket Club - Holiday Clinics (October 1st-12th) The popular Player Sports Cornwall Cricket Club Holiday Clinics are returning this October!

11 Cornwall Cricket Club - Holiday Clinics (October 1st-12th) The popular Player Sports Cornwall Cricket Club Holiday Clinics are returning this October! Cornwall have offerings suitable for boys and girls from year 1-8. To guarantee your spot please register before September 28th. You can find more information through: Website: scott@cornwallcricket.co.nz".

12 YMCA OSCAR Holiday Programme Enrolments are now LIVE! Join us for the YMCA Mt Albert, October Holiday Programme. Starting on the 1st of October and going through till October 12th, register online or jump onto for a Holiday Programme timetable. Offering 3 programmes, 5-10 years in-house or excursion and years in and out. Also check out the Gymnastics and Basketball Sports Skills Courses on the 8th & 11th October. We also offer before and after care, to meet your convenience, hope to see you there!

These school holidays, Animates are partnering with the Kids Safe with Dogs Charitable Trust to bring their local community free sessions educating children on dog safety and the correct way to

Specially trained Animates staff will run the sessions and will guide children through real life scenarios, teaching the correct etiquette on how to behave around their own dog, and dogs they see on

15 These school holidays, Animates are partnering with the Kids Safe with Dogs Charitable Trust to bring their local community free sessions educating children on dog safety and the correct way to interact with dogs. Animates stores nationwide will be hosting the sessions on Thursday 4 th and 11 th of October at 11am and 2pm each session will run for roughly 45 minutes. Specially trained Animates staff will run the sessions and will guide children through real life scenarios, teaching the correct etiquette on how to behave around their own dog, and dogs they see on the street. Workshop session times: Thursday 4 th October at 11am and 2pm Thursday 11 th October at 11am and 2pm Bookings for the sessions aren t required, however, it s recommended you arrive early. Visit animates.co.nz/events for more information.

Vision To value diversity and to develop curious, confident and connected learners. Primary Dates to Diary. Friday 30 March to Tuesday 3 April

Vision To value diversity and to develop curious, confident and connected learners. Primary Dates to Diary. Friday 30 March to Tuesday 3 April Tena koutou, Malo e lelei, Kia orana, Fakalofa lahi atu, Bula vinaka, Ciao, Namaste, Al Salaam a alaykum, Ni hao, Merhaba, Konnichiwa, Hola, Annyong hasayo, Greetings Balmoral School Newsletter Te Kura