On Thursday the last week of school, Rory East came to share with us what he has trained for over two years. He showed us a video on his go pro of when he was training to board drug ships and take the drugs of the people that wanted to sell them.

                                                Thankyou Rory for coming and speaking to us.
                                   

                                                By Ashleigh and Hannah

On Thursday Night last week at Broadgreen school hall we held our end of year formal. It was a great night. Everyone dressed up nicely. We had a DJ and a photo booth, we also had the canteen running and selling fizzy and lollies. Thankyou to everyone that helped make the disco happen and a big thanks to everyone that worked in the canteen.

Temeka, Tonkao, Livz and Rhys working in the canteen.

Keeley, Zoe, Brittany, Chloe, Claudia, Fiona, Greta, Ashleigh, Hannah, Eva and Bronte in the photo booth.

Congratulations to Nadia who got queen of the dance.

                           Sophie, Katey, Zara, Mikayla, Darcy, Olivia and Sarah in the photo booth.

On Monday Eva, Ashleigh, Hannah, Nadia and Bronte stayed after school till 4:45 to help Mr Hepburn cater for the Principals Morning Tea (Mr Lucic). 

Then on Tuesday the day of the morning tea Jessica came and helped us also.  We were getting all the food ready.

Hannah made the fruit sticks.

Eva and Nadia made the caramel slice.

Jessica and Mrs Winter made the club sandwiches.

Bronte and Nadia made the dip.

Bronte and Eva made and iced the cupcakes.

Ashleigh, Hannah and Mr Hepburn made the gingerbread house.

Nadia and Ashleigh decorated the gingerbread house.

Bronte and Jess made the brandy snaps.

Ashleigh and Hannah went shopping with Mr Hepburn during lunchtime to get the food on Monday.

Thankyou Mr Hepburn for picking us to help. 

We had a great time and we ate alot of free food.

                                             Bronte, Eva and Nadia with the icing for the cupcakes.

                                                 The end result of the gingerbread house.

                                             Ashleigh and Nadia with the gingerbread house.

                                               The cupcakes that Bronte and Eva made.

                                                     All of us with all of the food we made.

                                   Athletics Day! 

Last Friday we had athletics day!   The sports we competed in were high jump, long jump, discus, 60m sprints, 100m sprints and shot put.  
We started in the morning at 9:00am and went until lunch 12:00pm.  
After lunch we went to go watch the sprint finals and the people who got 3s in sprints went into the finals. The people from our class that got into the sprint finals were Sophie, Nash, Pj and Alec.  
The class and house relays were going to be on Friday but were postponed until further notice. Athletics day was great fun and we all had an awesome time! 
Can't wait until next years athletics!

By Sarah & Frazer

Homework 18th November

Hi Room 15,
Wow! We are into Week 6 already!
Don't forget we have 'Work Experience' this Wednesday and our 'Big Day Out' next Monday.

Homework:
1.  Your homework sheet to be completed and ready for marking on Friday the 1st of December.
2.  Spelling words reviewed and ready to be tested this Friday.
3.  Continue your research that we are completing in class regarding a possible career choice for you in the near future!

Enjoy the week.
Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 4th November

Hi Room 15,
I hope you all enjoyed the sunny weekend.
Well done to you all for a fantastic athletics day on Friday!
You will be given two notices today; Our Big Day Out and Work Experience.  Please discuss with your parents/caregivers at home.
We will be making nachos, garlic bread and milkshakes for the canteen this week. 

Homework:

1.  Spelling words.
2.  Homework sheet due back the 15th of November.
3.  Continue working with your 'Green Screen' projects.  Think of some interesting places or situations you may be able to plant yourself!

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn 

Frazer's Holiday Shots

800m race

On Wednesday the 23 of October, the 800m race was held at lunchtime. Sophie came 1st in the year 8 girls race. Pj came first in the year 8 boys race with Billy coming 2nd. Well done everyone who raced.
By Eva and Ashleigh

Sophie

Pj

Billy and Pj

Homework; 21st October

Hi Room 15,

Week 1 all done and dusted!  Now we are into Week 2!

Homework:
1.  Homework sheet completed and ready for marking next Friday.
2.  Spelling words reviewed as you will be tested on Friday.
3.  Spend a couple of minutes reviewing Room 5's blog and leave a comment.  Mrs Parker is on camp so she will publish your comments next week.
4.  Search and read (only 5-10 minutes) how to use a 'green screen' as we will hopefully be using one this week.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Term 4 Newsletter

Homework 14th October 2013

Hi Room 15,

I hope you all had a great time over the holidays.  I'm looking forward to catching up with you all Monday morning!

Homework:
1.  Spelling words reviewed each night as you will be tested on Friday.
2.  Diaries all dated and updated for a 'hectic' Term 4.
3.  Your goal setting sheet completed, signed and handed in by Friday.

Enjoy your week.
Malcolm Hepburn 

In week 7 Kameran,Tasman, Nash and Alec made milkshakes and smoothies for the canteen!

The flavours for the milkshakes were strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and lime. We also sold smoothies with berries.  They all had ice cream in them!

We served them in a 'largest drink in town' cup with big straws.

The milkshakes cost $2.00 and the smoothies cost $3.00!

The boys were really busy making about 75 orders during lunchtime, but they really enjoyed it and did a great job!

They were a big hit and everyone loved them and hopefully they will continue to be made for the canteen!

 By Katey and Sarah!

Homework 16th September

Hi Room 15,
I hope you all have a great week with Mrs O'Connor whilst I am on camp with Room 14, see you all Friday afternoon!

Homework:
1.  Spelling words reviewed as you will be tested on Friday.
2.  Homework sheet you were given last week to be completed by Friday.
3.  Keep your diaries up to date.

Enjoy the week.
Malcolm Hepburn

Hockey Champions!

Once again Room15 won the lunch-time game which was hockey.  It came to a penalty shoot out: Zach took the first shot and scored, then Rhys took the second shot and also scored! 

We could not do it with out everybody who

 played in the team to get us to the finals we had alot of fun playing!

Homework 26th August

Keep up the good work with your diaries, a great way to keep up to date with your very busy days at Broadgreen Intermediate. 
Hopefully we will have gymnastics this Wednesday (weather permitting!).
Our turn to run the canteen this Friday.  What will our menu be?

Homework:
1.  Spelling words.
2.  Homework sheet completed and handed in by Friday 6th August.
3.  Log on to e-ako maths, as we discussed in class. 

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 19th August

Hi Room 15,
All go this week with 3-Way Conferences Monday (1.45pm finish) and Wednesday.  Then Winter Tournament Thursday and Friday.  Also we will watch the movie 'Tomorrow When the War Began' on Wednesday as the group reading this book in class will have finished reading it.

Not much homework this week!
1.  No spelling due to Winter Tournament.
2.  Homework sheet you were given last week is now due Wednesday: also due to the Winter Tournament.
3.  Have a go with Mathletics if you wish I will give you your individual passwords on Monday.  It is free and lots of prizes to be won.

Enjoy the week.
Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 12th August 2013

Hi Room 15,
Welcome back to NZ Frazer, we can't wait to hear all about your trip to Scotland!
You all did very well with the Math-a-thon, some fantastic scores!
Very happy to see the Room 6 & 15 Inter-Class Trophy stay with us as we defeated Room 6 in an exciting game of bench ball!  Thank you Room 6 a lot of fun and played in good spirit.

Homework:
1.  Spelling words reviewed as you will be tested on Friday.
2.  Complete your new goal setting sheet and return it Friday signed.
3.  Homework sheet completed and ready for marking in TWO weeks time; the 23rd of August.
4.  Make sure you know when your 3-way conference is and note it in your diary.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 5th August

Hi Room 15,

Reports go home this Friday should be some proud parents out there!

Homework:
1.  Spelling words reviewed each night.
2.  Homework sheet completed and ready for marking on Friday.
3.  Review our BIS Maths Blog and answer the question by Wednesday to go in the draw for a free 'combo meal'.
4.  Diary in Friday, signed and up to date.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Letter From Frazer

Today we got a letter from a classmate called Frazer who is in Scotland for three weeks. He is currently in Edinburgh and is enjoying it. When he was in Amsterdam his family was able to leave the airport and they got a tour up the canals. Hope you see this Frazer and enjoy the rest of your time in Scotland.
BY PJ and Grant.

Homework 29th July

Hi Room 15,

I hope you all enjoyed the break and are all relaxed and ready for a busy and exciting Term 3!

Homework:
1.  Date and tidy up your diaries for Term 3.  Remember we only have 9 weeks.  Lots on make sure they are kept up to date and used.
2.  Spelling words reviewed and ready for testing on Friday.
3.  Review and master your Math-a-thon sheet.  Your target is 100 %!  Tested next week Thursday.  Spare copies are on our BIS Maths Blog.
4.  Make sure all newsletters and permission slips etc.. for the first week are read with your parents/caregivers at home and returned or sorted on time.

Enjoy the week.
Malcolm Hepburn

Science fair

At the bis since fair we got to look at all the really cool science projects everyone was working on really hard. Some people got prizes like first second and third Harry and I got commended work. The people who got first second or third get to go to the inter schools and possibly win a prize. The science fair was really fun and we got to see tons of cool experiments made by other people. 

by Spider and Harry

On the 11th of july 2013 room 15 won the interclass basketball championship. The team was Kameran,  Nash, Sophie, olivia, Temeka, Alec and Billy. We played room 20 in the final the score was quite close at half time but in the second half we started to smash them. The starting lineup was Kameran, Nash, Billy, Sophie and Olivia.This is the second sport that we have won.

                                                       

Science with Craig

The Isel team went to the top basketball court to see Mr. Maybe's science experiment. All we could see were washing liquids and an ice box full of dry ice. He put four bits of dry ice into two cups and poured cold water into one cup and hot water into the other. A reaction started to happen and the cup with cold water had steam coming out of it. The same thing happened to the cup with hot water and then he put washing liquid into both cups and then it started to blow up all these bubbles and whenever someone touched them they evaporated into smoke. It all looked really cool.

By Grant, Kameran and Will

Homework 8th July

Hi Room 15,

Wow! Hasn't time just flown by!  Last week of Term 2!
We have some assessment this week to complete, so reports can be finalised and printed during the holidays, ready for you take home early Term 3.

Homework:
1.  Complete last weeks homework sheet, no new work this week due to last week and this week being so busy.
2.  Spelling words reviewed and ready for testing on Friday.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

RUGBY TRIALS

On Tuesday the 3rd of July we had our rugby trials for the BIS Winter Tournament Teams with Mr Swain and Mr T.
As they were playing Billy fractured his thumb by fending Kamreran but he kept playing after that there were some great tackles and great try but all up it was awesome

Interschool XC

A couple of weeks ago some students from B.I.S competed in the Inter School XC at Rabbit Island. From our class:
 -Rhys 73rd in the Year 7 boys,
 -Katie 57th in the Year 7 girls,
 -Sophie 12th in the Year 8 girls,
 -PJ 3rd,  Billy 13th and Nash 52nd in the Year 8 boys.

So now PJ, Billy and Sophie are going to Teapot Valley to compete in the Inter Regional XC. They will be racing against runners from Christchurch and Wellington.

By Pj and Billy.

Homework 1st July 2013

Hi Room 15,
We are into the 7th month!  Time is flying by; 2 weeks to the end of term!
Great work with the Science Fair Entries, you all should be very proud of your entries and efforts they look fantastic!

Homework:
1.  Spelling words reviewed each night as you will be tested on Friday.
2.  Homework sheet completed and ready for marking on Friday.
3.  Have a look at our new BIS Maths Blog.  Leave a comment (first name and room number as ID) and go in the draw for a 'free' Combo lunch this Friday.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 24th June

Hi Room 15,
I've been really impressed with your Science Fair experiments and follow up work to complete your entries.  A reminder judging is on this Friday.  We also have our class speeches being presented on Wednesday.  So a busy week; once again!

1.  Review and fine-tune your speech for Wednesday morning, which we have been working on in class.
2.  Last minute changes and amendments to your Science Fair entries for judging on Friday.
3.  Following on from maths in the class review and complete some activities on the website http://e-ako.nzmaths.co.nz/.  Make sure you have your username and password sorted out, so you can complete some of the activities in class when you have time on the computer during maths.

Good luck to our Class Basketball Team, a good start to lunchtime sports with a first up win!

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 17th June

Hi Room 15,
A busy week this week as we try to complete most of our Science Fair entries.

Homework:
1.  Speeches are to be presented next Tuesday in class, so take some time to prepare and 'fine tune' your speech which we have been working on in class.
2.  Spend 10-15 minutes each night reviewing/writing notes or organising materials for your Science Fair entry.  Remember we hope to be testing on Wednesday.
3.  If you have time have a look at some of the other BIS class blogs.

Enjoy your week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Cross Country

These are 4 runners from Isel house. They did very well and got 1st,2nd,and two 3rd's they did Isel proud Pj 1st, Billy 2nd, Alec 3rd and  Sophie 3rd awesome job. by Rhys

Netball Semi/Finals

On Tuesday the 11th of June, room 15 were in the semi finals against room 20. We won that game and we got put through to the finals vs room 6. We played really well even though it was quite tough because they are a good team. The score for Room 20 vs Room 15 was we beat them by quite alot       and the score for Room 6 vs Room 15 was 9-10 to us. Ashleigh the beast got the final goal. 

Well done guys. 

By Ashleigh, Hannah and Eva. But manly Eva because Ashleigh and Hannah were fighting about where Mt Everest is.

Hannah passing to Eva

What type of face is that Hanny?

Nash starting of the pass. 

Emily passing off the back line

Teamwork guys

Eva trying to block

Yay, we won the finals vs room 6

Good work guys

group photo

Homework 10th June

Hi Room 15,

Well done everyone for a great effort in the cross country; Room 15- PJ-1st, Billy-2nd, Alec-3rd and Sophie-3rd.  We also have a lot of runners who made the Inter-Schools Relay and Cross Country Teams.  Isel House won the Cross Country House Competition and we are now leading the school overall- Yahoo!

Homework:
1.  Refer to the guide sheet glued in your homework book to review, research and decide upon some options for your Science Fair Investigation.  Any questions just ask me.

No other homework this week as we really need to sort out our entries.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Homework 4th June

Hi Room 15,

I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.
Looking forward to our school cross country on Friday- Go ISEL!

Homework:

1.  Complete your homework sheet which will be marked on Friday.
2.  Spelling words reviewed each night.
3.  Ask someone from home to leave a comment on our blog.
4.  Leave a comment on our canteen blog, so you can go in the draw for a free Juicie on Friday.  We will be running the canteen on Friday.

Enjoy your week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Term 2 Class Newsletter

Vortex Rings

At assembly on Friday, Mr. Maybe showed us vortex rings made from a bucket/trash bin.

The way it worked was you tightly fit a shower curtain over the lid end of the bin, and cut a hole on the bottom of the bin. Then you get a smoke machine and fill up the inside of the bin with smoke. Then what you did was whack the shower curtain on the bin and a small ring of smoke would pop out and go flying off!

Room 15 got the honor of making one of the bins so we got to use it first! Some people put cups on their heads and the people holding the bins knocked them off. It  looked so awesome and everyone had a great time using them. (except the people who didn't use them!)

Harri 

Homework 27th May

Hi Room 15,

Good luck to all of you involved in Stage Challenge, it will be a fantastic experience.

Homework this week:
1.  Complete your homework set in your homework book, to be handed in Friday.
2.  Spelling words reviewed each night and ready for testing Friday.
3.  Complete your last 'Typing Tutor' lesson and then 'Go for Gold'.
4.  Have a look at Room 14's new blog and leave a comment.

Enjoy the week.

Malcolm Hepburn  

B.I.S 2013 Stage Challenge 

Schools from all around the Nelson region are coming together to perform at the Trafalgar Centre on the 27th of May this Monday and Broadgreen will be performing.

Alot of people from Broadgreen are in Stage Challenge so they have the opportunity to perform in front of hundreds of people which is scary but also exciting.

Room 15 has alot of people away because of stage challenge those involved are Billy, Pirran, Rhys,  Will, Ashleigh, Eva, Hannah, Livs and Katie. The Stage challenge people have been working really hard in these past couple of months and I'm sure people won't be disappointed when they perform at the Trafalgar Centre on Monday.

The whole school has seen Stage Challenge and we all loved it and thought it was awesome.

So let's all wish them luck when they perform tonight and hope that they do the best they can.

By Grant.W

Pictures By Alec and Sarah.

Room15 Art

 This is some of Room 15's art. 

We did hot and cold paintings using red and blue colours. 

We blended blue and red with black and white colours.  Then we cut the paper in half and on one half we cut out triangles or circles and glued them on the other half, contrasting them (trying not to get black with black and red with red).

 The pastel art we did with the six pictures and three colours.  We drew the six pictures and then coloured them in using four different colours for the back ground and they ended out looking  excellent. 

Then we did monster names which is with our names.  We doubled them beside each other and then we decided where the eyes mouth and nose would go.  Next we drew them in and coloured the rest of the  letters  using only three colours.  Then you colour the background in one solid colour.

We think they look really cool.

By Frazer,Sophie,Pingo. 

Homework 20th May

Hi Room 15,
Keep up the good work, you are all working well in class constantly striving to produce your best work.

Homework:
1.  Complete your homework set in your homework book, to be handed in Friday.
2.  Review your spelling words.
3.  Leave a comment on the School Canteen Blog; once Temeka, Sophie and Sarah have updated it.
4.  Have a look at some of Steve Spangler's youtube videos. Leave us a comment if you want to recommend one for others to watch?  Steve Spangler Ellen 2007 and 2008 are a good start! 

Enjoy your week.

Malcolm Hepburn

Room 15 Movie Night

Last night in Room 15 we had a movie night.

Some people got couches and, pillows and bean bags from other rooms to sit on. We watched Jumanji which is a magical board that comes to life. At 5 o'clock we stopped to eat our fish'n'chips from Two Little Fish Takaways, they very kindly delivered them!  We then watched the rest of the movie and cleaned up afterwards and went home.
It was a lot of fun and we hope to have another one!

By Eva , PJ 

Some boys moving a couch from Room 17

Everyone watching the movie

Those fish'n' chips look good!

Pingo, Katey and Livz being 'weirdos'!