Vision To value diversity and to develop curious, confident and connected learners. Intermediate Dates to Diary. School Hall Wednesday 26 September

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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 School 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 25 August 2017 Intermediate Dates to Diary Arts Festival Exhibition Mufti Day Term 3 Ends Term 4 Begins PTA General Meeting Balmoral PTA Spring Festival Wednesday 26 September, 5pm, School Hall Wednesday 26 September Friday 29 September, 3pm Monday 16 October, 8:30am Monday 30 October 7.30pm Library Saturday November 18, 2pm - 6pm Canteen Days Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Tena koutou e te whanau, he mihi nui kia koutou katoa Kia pai to mutunga wiki (Have a good weekend) Next week on Tuesday night we are holding our annual Art Exhibition. The pieces of art will be on display from 5pm Tuesday evening until Thursday afternoon. I hope many of you will join us in celebrating our creative talents at Balmoral. Malcolm Milner Principal (Te Tumuaki)

2 Staffing Changes Judith Knight will be joining our New Entrant Team from the start of Term 4. Most recently Judith has been a Head Teacher of a local kindergarten. Property The school has finally gained possession of the two pre-fabricated classrooms that were brought onto the school fields one year ago. This establishment process has been one of sheer frustration from the Board, staff and children. We can only hope that the process from this point forward is hugely improved. On the main build we still have not had any communication from the Ministry of Education on when our design meetings will restart. We await with baited breath. Balmoral Has Talent It was an exciting and entertaining event yesterday afternoon as some of Balmoral s talent was put on show at the final of Balmoral Has Talent. With contestants from both the Intermediate and the senior primary school, the competition was hot! A truly musical affair, there was dance, song, and bands and acro. We were also entertained by a video of some mean scootering skills. And the winners were 3 rd place Georgi Buckett Y5. Song, Count on Me. 2 nd place Jorja Stevens Y8. Original song, I m Too Young. 1 st place Isla Ross and Anna Hagele Y6. Jazz dance.

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4 Tēnā koutou Intermediate Whānau, Intermediate News On Wednesday of last week, Malcolm and I travelled to Tauranga to see our teams participate in the annual AIMS (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools) Games. I was impressed by the camaraderie shown by the children and their excellent sportsmanship. Their skills on and off the netball court and football fields was outstanding and their resilience when faced with a loss was highly commendable. It was fantastic to see so many parents (and grandparents) there supporting our children. Much thanks and acknowledgement must go to our teachers Michelle Murray, Joanna Douglas and Dan Allen for accompanying and managing our teams for the week. I would particularly like to thank Michelle for the wonderful work she does behind the scenes to make this event possible for our teams. Naku noa, Kate and the Intermediate Team Mufti Day Student Council News Our next mufti day is next Tuesday and we are raising money for our legacy an Apple computer that we can use to create episodes of Balmoral TV. Please bring along $2 remember, if we raise $500, Kate will wear school uniform at assembly if we raise $700, Malcolm will wear school uniform too!! Student Councillors Room 7 Shared Learning from Rooms 7 and 28 In Room 7 we have been making and creating items to sell at the Farmers market, which is on tomorrow. We voted on some ideas that we thought would be good to sell. Our main focus was on trying to be as eco-friendly as possible and recycle as much as we could. Items we upcycled were pallet wood for Whakatauki, old crayons for Crayon Art, clay coasters and animals, lemons, oranges and grapefruit from our own trees to make our own fruit juice called Grapenade and of course, Sherbet! Skills we used were co-operating in our teams, not going off task and sticking to our plan!

5 We can t wait to see how much money we make for the gardens and the Environmental group in our school.

6 Room 28 During our class nga kaihōpara. Room 28 had a go at making some cyanotypes. Cyanotype Link We used a 'Sunprint Kit', carefully following the instructions on the back, as none of us had done cyanotype prints before. Through trial and error, we discovered a lot about the process. We had to consider the time we exposed the print to the light, based on the Sun's intensity. From what we observed the best time exposure seemed to be about 4 minutes. We also found out that not leaving the paper soaking in the water but just dipping it in, worked best. The shapes that seemed to work best were, flat shapes with dark and distinct, clear outlines. There were varying degrees of success, but great learning was made through the mistakes we made. We could consider changes we would make to the process, based on our own and others experiences.

7 AIMS Girls Football On Sunday, 10 September the girls Balmoral football team went down to Mount Manganui for The Anchor AIMS Games At seven o clock, later that day, The AIMS Games was officially opened with an awesome opening ceremony. There was great entertainment and some inspirational speakers from Olympians. Sports News Day one kicked off with an intense first game against tough competition Baradene. Tied 2 all. The next two games we won, 6-0 and a whopping The following day we won all of our matches except one with a draw, continuing our winning streak. Wednesday was the last of the pool games. It started off with a win then it went down-hill. A rugby match with Saint Peter's Cambridge and a close battle with ANI, losing 1-0. Our great efforts got the team into the top 16. Then we played St Mary's and had a nail biting game losing 2-1, a disappointing loss. That loss meant we were drawn against St Peter s again. With another rough match losing 3-2 with great goals from Natalie and Isla and some solid defending from Hannah, Madi and Harriet. The last day had arrived and we were playing one game against home team Mount Maunganui for 15th and 16th place. We had cracker of a game, winning 3-1 with a steady and solid game putting us in 15th position. Go Balmoral!!! Special thanks to Michael Brook for coaching us all so well, Joanna Douglas for managing the team and for some great parking skills. Lastly thanks to Joanne Oliver for organizing the fundraising and transport. Hannah and Natalie Brook Boys Football AIMS was a very great experience to be away from home with your friends all week playing a sport you love. There were over 10,000 athletes competing in lots of different sports, one of the sports was even for the para division. We really recommend trying out for a team because you never know what greatness you can get out of it. We came 12 out of 59 schools. We played well as a team and scored

8 some amazing goals! Teddy was top goal scorer, he scored 13 goals in 10 games and the overall fair play award went to Theo Middleton. Keith was a great coach throughout the training and the tournament, thanks! Lenny Anderson and Theo Bus Netball On Sunday,10 September our netball team drove down to Tauranga for the AIMS Games tournament for the week. Our team of 10 was made up of four Year 7s - Josie, Hannah, Lucca and Setai, and six Year 8s - Zoe(C), Melani, Arius, Cassius, Elyse, and Hamako. Our coach was Karen Moore and our manager was Michelle Murray. In our Pool games we played 7 games, winning 6 of these, making A Grade for top 32 teams. We were all so happy and excited to play in this grade!! After that, we had to keep playing hard to win and compete for our placing We played 13 games total and placed 24th out of 128 teams in the AIMS netball competition. We thought that the whole competition was a good experience for us, playing 3 games a day. Our 3 toughest games were against Whakatane (24-11), Berkley (21-21) and Northcross (29-20). We stayed at Baygold Lodge, around half an hour drive away from the courts. Thanks to all our parents who supported us at AIMS. Elyse Neill and Hamako Kawaguchi. Yachting Sam Scott was the only member of the yachting from Balmoral School this year. Overall, there were very tough, windy conditions out on the Tauranga Port this year with many abandoned sailors and two races called off. A tough 3 days in the office for all concerned. Great fun, great learning and Sam was very proud to represent Balmoral again. He came in 26th overall out of a total of 96 sailors - and placed 11th in the Yr 8 boys! Well done to all the competitors from the school, I think it was another great AIMS for Balmoral, and an awesome experience for all those involved.

9 Balmoral Swim Team 2ND place in the Auckland Swimming Association (ASA) League Intermediate School Division On Saturday 16th, the Balmoral swim team competed in the final of the Auckland Swimming Associations Intermediate Swim League for This competition consists of five rounds held on Saturdays with sprints and team relays covering all strokes. The points accumulate each week from the placings achieved. Our team did the school proud finishing in 2nd place overall behind Ponsonby Intermediate with Kowhai Intermediate in 3rd place. This was an improvement on our 3rd place result in the term 2 competition. Our team of enthusiastic, positive and determined swimmers who put in their best effort to each and every race they swam were: Yr 7 Girls Madison Hales, Amelia Laing, Anna McGowan, Lexi O Connor, Cassia Reinsfield, Blaire Wishart (yr5) Yr 7 Boys Fred Allen, Sebastian Taku Yr8 Girls Sarah Brink, Hanna Brook, Natalie Brook, Lara Grozev, Lucy Hocquard, Caitlyn Mossman, Ava Paynter Yr8 Boys Toby Fernandez, Sam Taylor-Sinclair, Callum Wishart Lara Grozev Music Exams On Monday 28th August 2017, N.Z.Modern School Of Music, held its Practical Exams for Piano. Congratulations to Grace Hagele from Room 6 - on achieving Honours in her initial grade exam.

10 PTA News Arts Festival next week It s our annual arts extravaganza next week don t miss the chance to check out the kids amazing creativity. There ll be heaps of food and beverage options on offer. Eftpos will only be available in the school office, so please bring cash (smaller demoninations preferred).

11 PTA gifts a massive $55,000! The PTA is handing over a cheque for $55,000 to Bamoral School this week. The massive sum has been raised through events held so far this year including our triathlon, the comedy night, quiz night and our chocolate fundraiser. We re thrilled to be able to donate so much to the school at this point in the year, with our Spring Festival still to come. The $55,000 will be spent on: Library books Musical equipment Robotics gear Equipment for caretakers and a tidy up of the school Developmental play material Chrome books A defibrillator. A huge thanks to all parents, caregivers and teachers who ve supported our PTA events. We couldn t do it without you! Special General Meeting A Special General Meeting is to be held on Monday October 30 at 7.30pm in the school library to vote on proposed changes to the Balmoral School PTA Constitution. Any parent, caregiver, teacher or interested adult associated with the school is welcome to attend and vote. For information on the proposed changes please contact treasurerbalmoralpta@gmail.com We look forward to seeing you there.

12 The Balmoral Spring Festival needs you! The Balmoral Spring Festival is coming: Saturday November 18, 2pm 6pm. But a festival doesn t happen by itself! We re planning in the background now. Can you help? Check out what we need below: We need your clothes, toys, sports gear Have a clear out in the school holidays and bag up your good quality used: Women's clothing Hand bags Shoes and belts Children's clothing Toys and puzzles (No soft toys or broken items) Sports gear, including bikes and scooters This year we re having a special pre-sale evening for our school families and teachers, so lock in Thursday November 16 to secure some of the better quality items. If you have items you would like to donate but have nowhere to store them, contact Deb Campbell (deb.tonyc@gmail.com) and we can arrange to store them for you. We need your Lucky Dip items Please donate any small items suitable for the Lucky Dip stall: Unopened nail varnishes Necklaces and bracelets New or unused toys Small presents. Drop them off at Room 30. We need knitters Shire 5 are keen for knitters to whip up some cleaning cloths! Contact Lou Garbett if you can help with this or have a craft item you would like to donate for sale. (louisegarbetto@gmail.com) We need beads Room 15 are looking for beads of any shape, size or colour. Please drop off yours in the bins provided in Room 15.

13 We need bottles We will be collecting for the Lucky Bottle store in Term 4. So please keep aside unused bottles of oil, marinades, wine, shampoo, moisturiser, beauty products, bubble bath, anything in a bottle! We need fruit, veges, jams and chutneys Our always popular Farmers Market will be looking to sell your fresh produce so keep watering those veges and fruit trees. And if you are keen to make jams and chutneys, they have lots of jars available for you to fill. We need gazebos We also need some gazebos, ezy-ups or marquees (ideally minimum size 6 x 3 or larger). If you have one at home we can use for the day can you please let us know. We promise it will be treated with respect! We need silent auction prizes We are looking for contacts in the school who might be able to help with an item or service for the Silent Auction. Can you help with securing any of the following: Hotel or travel for a luxury getaway Gym or Fitness classes A Bach Cool homeware items Beauty and/or hair products and services Vouchers for a nice restaurant Food items from a quality food store A signed picture, jersey, ball, bat, shirt, glove, cap from a high-profile athlete. If you can offer anything or provide a contact for us to follow up please let Anna Morton know (anna.morton@xtra.co.nz) Look out for our special Spring Festival Newsletter coming home at the end of this term. It will have loads of tips on how you can support this awesome event.

14 Community News House for Rent at 31 King Edward Street, Mt Eden. Renovated 4 bedroom, 2-bathroom family home with internal access garage on north facing section in the Balmoral School zone. $1200 per week. Available from 1st October 2017, please contact Karen Kilgour

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17 Spring is in the air and the school holidays are looming so it s time to get your car serviced. Did you know it runs more economically & is better for the environment when you do this? For all your WOF s, vehicle servicing & maintenance. See your local team. PH: Dominion Rd, Mt Eden (Behind g.a.s petrol station. Entrance on Paice Ave)

18 The Phoenix Soccer Centre is running a variety of programmes in the community. We have holiday programs coming up and we would love to see you there! Our main goal at the Phoenix Soccer Centre programmes is to provide young boys and girls aged between 5-12 years old with a fantastic and positive experience, in a soccer environment, that not only keeps them active but challenges their imagination and basic development skills. WPSS Phoenix Soccer Centre Term 3 Holiday Program Auckland - Bill McKinley Park, Panmure WEEK 1: Monday 2nd October - Thursday 5th October, 9:00am - 12:00pm year old boys and girls Auckland - Auckland Normal Intermediate, Epsom WEEK 2: Monday 9th October - Thursday 12th October, 9:00am - 12:00pm.5-12 year old boys and girls North Shore - Allen Hill Stadium, Devonport WEEK 1: Monday 2nd October - Thursday 5th October, 9:00am - 12:00pm year old boys and girls North Shore - Greville Reserve, Forrest Hill WEEK 2: Monday 9th October - Thursday 12th October, 9:00am - 12:00pm.5-12 year old boys and girls Cost - $150 - includes free WPSS training T Shirt for first time registrations. To register visit

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