Melville Intermediate - Activity Week 2012

On the 14th of November in Term Four I went to activity week with my friends.  The activity that we were doing was indoor rock climbing, high ropes and waterworld.   We went to the first activity which was indoor rock climbing.  When we got there we had to wait for ten minutes and then a woman named Sylvia came out and invited us inside.

When we got in she told us what to do and went climbing.  It was really fun because there was lots of climbing to do.  Then at 10:30am we went outside and looked at the Eclipse.   After we watched the Eclipse we went back inside to eat our lunch.  After we ate our lunch we had a rest and went back to the climbing spot.  A few hours later Harry picked us up and then dropped us off at the lake.

We were playing sport at the lake until it rained then it turned sunny again.  A few minutes later Harry picked us up again and we went back to school at 1:30pm.  We played some more and then when it was close to home time Mrs Wilson told us to go in her room and said "We might be going bowling and laser tag instead of high ropes". After she told us the bell rang and we all went home.

After rock climbing we went to bowling and laser tag instead of high rope because it was raining. We had 2 turns of each and we went bowling first. We went to making the teams and our first game I came 3rd and at my second game I came first and Kaea coming second. After bowling we waited until we went laser tag then the teacher told us we can go to laser tag. Before we got to play we watched a video about the rules and then we got put in teams. Before the ame started we got put into teams and I was in the blue team. When the game finished I looked at the scoreboards and I came first. I had about 4,100 points. It was really fun and after we waited we went back and played again. I was in the blue team again and after the game finished I looked at the scoreboard again I came second with 5,000 points. It was really fun and then all of us got icecream and iceblocks. We had a really fun day then Harry picked us up, went back to school, watched a movie then went home.

On the last day of our activity we went to Waterworld and when we got there we got change and then went swimming. It was really fun and when we were aloud to go at the waterslide we waited in a line and then walked up the steps then lined up.  I went on the blacktube first it was really dark and you couldn't see anything but black.  After an hour and a half the Go Bus picked us up and dropped us off at Blastakarts.

Melville Intermediate - Brents Rugby Option Recount

It was week 3 of Term 3 on the 3rd of August and it was the start of new options. I was in Rugby and lots of people were in it. There were about 50 people in it. There were some girls in it. We did the roll and got change into our P.E. gear and then we all went to the field. There was a little problem about the field because it was wet so we used the high school field. We picked the teams and started the game. I was in Mitchell’s team and my position was right wing. We started first and the game start. It was my teams kick off. I was chasing after the ball then I slipped. The grass was so slippery that I slipped on my back. I got back up and saw my team mate got a try. We won the first game and we had to play another team. It was our kick off and they caught the ball and my team mate tackled the person who caught it. We got the ball because of a knock on but then we dropped the ball and lost it. They tapped the ball and my teammate did high tackle. We had to go out and another team had to take over us. After 5 minutes nobody got a try so both teams had to go. We started with the kick and all of us chased after the ball. Someone got the ball and ran so fast he nearly got a try then someone from my team tackled him and we got the ball because the person who was running knocked it on. Then my team mate passed the ball to me and I ran it up to Joey then I got spear tackled and I lost the ball forward. They picked the ball up and passed it to Sam and he got a run away but I ran so fast I just caught up with him. They passed the ball to Vaughn and I tackled him because we can’t get them to get closer to the try line. They passed the ball to Leonard so fast got a try. The option was over and we all went to the changing sheds and then went back to our classes. I liked the option so much because we learnt new thing and I got to tackle people and got to run so fast. Rugby is a really fun sport.

By: Brent

Melville Intermediate - Hip Hop Royal Family Tour

On Thursday 17th May there was a hip hop crew called 'Royal Family' that came to our school. The show started at 9:00am. When the show started they did moves like the robot and douggie. They were going to Las Vegas to represent New Zealand at the world champs. Everyone had a fun time. People were asked to come up on stage and dance with them, Some of the performers were students from Melville Intermediate School (who had been but now went to High School). We hope that they come first in the world champs! Recount by Brent, Room Five, filming by Veronica, Room Five.

Melville Intermediate - Introducing our Music Room

We introduced the music room.  What we did was played instrument like the guituar, the keyboards and showed how to use Garageband.   This was filmed on March 14th by Brent, Levi, Joey and Ryan.