BBPS Middle Team Blog

Science Week Celebration.

2011-06-02T00:52:00.000-07:00

The Middle School celebrated Science week with a day rotating among the middle school classes learning everything from making 'goo' to eating lava rocks from erupting volcanoes, electrical circuitry and magnetism! In Room 17, with Mrs Howie, we learned that magnets have a North and South pole. We also learned that opposite poles attract and like poles repel. That means they either like each other, or they don't!

The Middle School Visits Motuihe Island

2011-03-12T00:00:00.000-08:00

On a gloriously sunny day, the Middle School travelled from Half Moon Bay to Motuihe Island. A large number of parents assisted teachers in supervising the students. Children participated in cooperative games, swimming, sketching, beach exploration and walking to lookout points. Class activities before and after the trip reflected and built on the experiences gained on this trip.

The Middle School Swimming Sports

2011-03-11T23:51:00.000-08:00

Our Middle School classes held their Swimming Sports in March. Students chose to enter a range of events, including freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke lengths, and flutterboard and underwater races. Whanau points were awarded for participation in all races. The sports concluded with class relays.

Our new class is officially blessed and opened:

2010-12-17T00:55:00.000-08:00

Here are some photos taken at our recent classroom ribbon cutting and opening ceremony.
It was a fun night for families with games and activities run by SKIDS, barbecues and food stalls run by parents and students.
We had a formal and official Maori powhiri welcome and blessing of the building. Please enjoy these photos.

Opening of the New Classroom

2010-12-17T00:49:00.000-08:00

Gymnastics

2010-11-18T22:58:00.000-08:00

Go and check out the movies attached under 'Gymnastics' on the school website.
Here we are with our certificates from the interschool competitions.

Born to Sing

2010-11-18T22:47:00.000-08:00

We are entertaining at Assembly. We are singing some of the Christmas carols that we are going to sing at a retirement home later this month. Born to Sing is a fun choir that meets at lunchtimes and anyone who loves to sing is allowed to join.

Room 11 construct flying machines.

2010-10-20T16:45:00.000-07:00

Macka and his creation.

LEARNING ABOUT FLIGHT

2010-06-29T02:00:00.000-07:00

During Term 2 the Middle School has been learning about how things fly. At the beginning of the term we had a visit from an expert. We saw many model planes and went down to the bottom field to watch one fly.

2010-06-28T01:17:00.000-07:00

BOOKWEEK
To start our Bookweek we had a visit from the Storylines drama group. This year's presentation was called "Jungle Bungle." Four of the finalists from the NZ Post book awards were featured in this show.

2010-03-10T18:30:00.000-08:00

Wednesday March 10 was a brilliantly fine day for the trip to Rangitoto Island. As part of the "We Belong Here" topic students are looking at their local environment.

2010-03-09T21:00:00.000-08:00

Middle School students enjoyed our chess lesson last Friday. We learned the names of the chess pieces and the way that each chess piece can move. We had fun having a game with a partner.

2010-03-09T18:30:00.000-08:00

The Middle School held its swimming sports today. There were races for everyone: freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke lengths of the pool (20m,) kickboard widths, underwater races and running races. The interclass relay was a highlight.

Welcome Back after a lovely summer break.

2010-01-25T18:27:00.000-08:00

All entries above this point have been made in 2010.
Watch this space for updates once the school year is underway...

Circus Splendida - Term Two

2009-10-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

Hey Heidy Ho! We finished the show!

We are very, very proud of our very first Middle School Production: Circus Splendida. The show was of a very high standard, and the children rose to the many challenges of staging a production, including overcoming nerves and sickness!

A production cannot happen without lots of behind-the-scenes hard work from all involved. We would especially like to thank the wonderful parents who gave up considerably amounts of time and energy to design and make costumes, sets, props, and help in a multitude of other ways.

Book Character Parade - Term Two

2009-10-20T17:42:00.000-07:00

The Book Character Parade in Term Two was a great success. The children enjoyed dressing up as one of their favourite book characters, and the parade was an exciting experience.

Treaty Signing

2009-02-19T10:40:00.001-08:00

On Wednesday 18th February the Middle School had great pleasure sharing their classroom treaty. All children then took part in signing their classroom treaty.