Last day of 2014...

What a wonderful year it has been with you all, Room 5!  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Christmas movies

What a fantastic job everyone has done putting together short Christmas movies.  The brief was to create a short film on the theme of Christmas with multiple camera angles and strong characters.  I reckon you've all succeeded brilliantly!  Merry Christmas one and all!

Life is a Highway

Life is a Highway (Balmoral Lyrics) – Tom Cochrane/Rascall Flats

https://drive.google.com/a/balmoral.school.nz/file/d/0B-JXPcldmqP3aW1wSWptaDgxQjA/view?usp=sharing

Send Jo an email if you'd like access to the backing track and don't have it yet (all teachers have access)

Verse 1:
Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind

There's a world beyond every darkened door
With possibilities galore
Where the brave are free and thinkers soar
Come ride with us to the distant shore

We won't hesitate
To run through that open gate
There’s not much left of today, yeah

CHORUS:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
I’m gonna drive it all life long

Verse 2:
Balmoral School is the best in town
It's in our blood, just look around
We thank you now and we’ll thank you again
Our parents, teachers and all of our friends

Arts and sport to those cold camp nights
Rich Task fun to tech highlights
Knock us down get back up again
We’re ready for what’s round that bend.

There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Tell 'em we're survivors

CHORUS:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
I’m gonna drive it all life long

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
I’m gonna drive it all life long

Transition:
So many memories between you and I
Our future’s ahead of us and now
We look it in the eye

[Instrumental]

CHORUS:
Year 7s:
Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
Year 8s:
If you’re going my way
I’m gonna drive it all life long

EVERYONE!:
Life is a highway
I wanna to ride it all night long
If you’re going my way
I’m gonna drive it all life long

OK Go

At the end of today, we watched some very very clever music videos by the band OK Go.  They never use any computer trickery - quite hard to believe at times!

In case you'd like to enjoy them again (oh, and I've added another one for you animal lovers out there):

Needing/Getting (with the car) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c
The Writing's on the Wall (the one inside) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m86ae_e_ptU
I Won't Let You Down (with the umbrellas) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZB_rGFyeU
White Knuckles (with the animals) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHlJODYBLKs

Enjoy!

Classmates in Year 8

Hello hello Room 5!

We Year 7 teachers are starting to put together your Year 8 class groups for next year.
This is your chance to let me know which other students you would really like to be in a class with.  I can't promise that you will get any of your choices, but we do our best to take them into consideration.

SO:

• If you are not already, log in to your Balmoral School Google account.
• Click on the link below to go to a new page where you can tell me the names of 2 or 3 current Year 7 students (any classroom) that you would ideally like to be in a class with next year.

IMPORTANT TO KNOW:

• Do this by yourself.  
• You only get to do this once, email me if you have any problems - joannao@balmoral.school.nz.
• Only I will see your answers; they will not be shared with any other students.
• You need to do this by midnight on Wednesday 29th October.

The link: http://goo.gl/forms/RNcwwoh6fs

Seeing beyond...

The Giver is going to do a test to see how Jonas is starting to 'see beyond', but what might that mean?  What is this 'seeing beyond' thing, do you think?

Dance Sport Round 1

We had our first session of Dance Sport today and you guys ROCKED it!  Great to see everyone giving it a go, focusing on learning the new moves and listening to our lovely instructor, Anitra.



What did you think?  Favourite dance so far?