Room 11 - 2010!
Hi, you are visiting the Blog page for Room 11 at Balmacewen Intermediate School for 2010. On this site you will have access to all the class information, up and coming events, and class highlights! Feel free to comment or become a follower!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Fun in the Sun, Term 4!
Term 4 has many events planned and with our term topic being ‘Communication’, there will be a lot of opportunities for the children to excel. We have begun our class ‘Amazing Race’ and I am already pleased to see the children working well as a team, and I look forward to the wicked work the Teams will produce.
The weather is starting to improve which is fabulous as we have our School Athletics Day planned for Wednesday 20th October, and then if the children qualify, North Zone and Otago Athletics Days to follow.
Well all the best and let’s brace ourselves for our final term of 2010!
Ka kite Mr Napier
Monday, August 2, 2010
Term 3 Underway!
Well done to all the Room 11 students who have made representative teams recently and for those who have been asked to help on our Balmacewen School Open Night, you will represent us well. Keep posted for when we have our Assembly and good luck to students competing in the Southland Sports Exchange and Sports Finals!
Kiaora Mr Napier
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
May Round Up
We also had an awesome visit to the Orokanui Eco-sanctuary which was a great experience, especially considering how lucky we are to have it located so close to us here in Dunedin. The Children took some fantastic photos, and learnt a lot about the unique wild life. The Science Fair Projects and coming along well and I very much look forward to the Children presenting them to each other and the school in the next couple of weeks!
Keep Cool and Stay Warm!
Mr Billy Napier
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Term 2
We are straight into it this Term with our Discovery focus incorporating our Science and Technology Fair. This can be a daunting project for some students, but with some good time management and a 'getting stuck in' attitude, it will be good fun. We will be conducting our own Kitchen Chemistry experiments in class, which are great for modeling the ASPIRE process. Stay tuned for photos (hopefully not of us making a scientific mess).
Keep Cool till after School
Mr Napier
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Week Eight and Camp Waihola
Well hello everyone,I hope you have all recovered from a massive week 7 and our fabulous Camp. Well done to all the Students and Parents involved, it was a huge success! You all bonded great as a class and it was awesome to see some students really challenging themselves. Have so many highlights and am looking forward to seeing all the photos that you may have.
Just the two short weeks left of this term with much to accomplish still, so lets keep up the hard work and lets get ready for a wicked Term Two in Room 11!
Kiaora Mr Napier
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Week 5
Keep it up Room 11, you are all doing great!
Kiaora Mr Napier
Monday, March 1, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Swimming 2010
Regards Mr Napier
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Week one and two!
Kiaora Mr Napier
Monday, February 1, 2010
Kiaora and welcome to Room 11, here at Balmacewen Intermediate. I hope you have had a great holiday break.
My full name is Billy Napier and this is my 2nd full year teaching at Balmacewen. However I have spent a lot of time here teaching in the past, which has made me really enjoy working at this school.
I know that we will have a great year in 2010 because I will be working hard to plan interesting and exciting activities for you. I hope to make sure that you have a classroom environment that is not only fun but a place you want to be in. I have very high expectations in all aspects of our classroom. This means I expect you to do your best at all times, to keep up to date with all class leaning and home-tasks, and most importantly to develop the maturity and social skills to respect yourself, others and the class environment.
You will have lots of opportunities to join some sports teams and take part in cultural activities like choir, music and the Kapa Haka group. Make the most of these activities as they are a great way to get to know other people from other classes and are heaps of fun. Ask me if there is anything in particular that you want to join. Many students are often too shy to join up and wished they had. So don’t miss out.
Term 1 is going to be a very busy term, for example we have swimming beginning soon and we will be heading to Waihola for a three day camp on Monday 15th March! A letter regarding cost, times and an indication of parent help will be sent home within the next day or two. We also have a school “Meet the Teacher” night on Wednesday 10th February. This gives parents the opportunity to meet me and the view our classroom.
By now you will have had a wee look around the school, and have started to make some new friends. Remember that if you are having any problems don’t hesitate to come and see me as, I understand it can be a little overwhelming! I look forward to getting to know you all better over the rest of the term and to having an awesome year in Room 11.
Mr Napier