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Melville Intermediate - Inter Intermediate Drama 2013

The 2013 Waikato Inter Intermediate Drama Day took place this year at Berkley Middle School.  Students from throughout the Waikato were involved in the day in a variety of activities.

This recount is written by Claudia from Room Twelve.

Drama Day

On the 6^th of November 8 students went on a trip out to Berkley Normal Middle School for a drama day where we did many activities such as Dance and Story line.

We learnt many new things that day, we learnt that if you are in a group and someone gives an idea to try always be positive about it and give it a go cause you never no what might or might not work, thus also lifting the vibe to that of a happy vibe.

When It came to dance it was very hard and extremely fast, with a lot of complicated moves and watching the dance teacher and some of the students move made dance very daunting but it was also very fun and very funny with the dance teachers odd exercises.

We made many new friends from the schools that also participated in drama day and the other schools brought a lot of talent and confidence but most of them were friendly and warm, people that 

Melville will never forget.

We had a great day at drama day and it was an unforgettable experience, we gained knowledge, confidence and talent was shown, I know that what we learned was important and it will stay with us for life.

The video is of one of the workshops from the event and features a number of Melville Intermediate School students.  This was recorded by Mrs Bleakin during the day and edited by Damien, Josh and Drustan from Room Five.

MIS - Inter Intermediate Drama 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - PrEP Preparation in Sixty Seconds

Sixty Seconds of PrEP Previews for 2013! from myles webb on Vimeo.
Tomorrow is our 2013 PrEP Market Day - two hours of selling, stalls and excitment as the students from Melville Intermediate School running thier business that they have spent nearly a term (ten weeks of school time) preparing for this event.  Josh and Manish decided to tour the classrooms in prepearation - and decided to do the video in sixty seconds.

Melville Intermediate - Students talk about Market Day 2013

This Thursday at Melville Intermediate School from 3:30pm to 5:30pm our students are holding their annual PrEP Market Day.  Students have been working since early last term to prepare products for sale during this time.  As part of the build up to this major school event we will be publishing work this week that highlights the lead up and the event itself.  Today Josh and Manish from Room Five went around the School and spoke to students about their businesses that they are running on Thursday afternoon.   Filmed around school on Monday 21st October 2013.
PrEP 2013 - Business Preview from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Art Technology 2013

In Art for Technology we are doing 'Fantastic Creatures'.   First before we did anything we had to draw a part mural from 'Where the Wild Things Are'.   Once we had done that we had to make and design out own creature that was 'Fantastic' and they had to made from recycling materials mainly bottles.   An example is that some people have made some dinosaurs and I have made a sea monster.  We had to paper mache them once we had the design so that the model was strong.   The photographs that we took from Art Tech are by Owen and Josh and show the design process.

Art Tech 2013 - slideshows

Melville Intermediate - Waikato Symphonic Band @ MIS

This is the theme to 'Mission: Impossible' as performed at Melville Intermediate School on Thursday 29th of August by the Waikato Schools Symphonic Band.  Filmed by Chloe from Room Five and edited by Josh from Room Five.
Symponic Band - Mission Impossible from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Waikato Schools Symphonic Band

On the 29th of August a band named Waikato Schools Symphonic band practises at our school hall every Thursday after school made a performance of a few songs before they went on a big tour around New Zealand. The first song they played was Born this way by Lady Gaga they didnt tell us but im pretty sure most of us figured it out. They also played Mission Impossible, Firework by Katie Perry, and some others i've never herd of before. It was an amazing performance and we hope they go well on their tour.
Born This Way - WSSB 29/8/13 @ MIS from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Selwyn House: Class Modelling

Selwyn House Collaboration - slideshow

Melville Intermediate - League Vs. Crawshaw School

On Wednesday 10th of July the Melville Boys Rugby League team travelled to Te Awamutu to compete in the Waikato Inter-Intermediate Boys Rugby League competition.   The teams first game was against Crawshaw School.  It was a great start for Melville who were able to come away from the game with a 24-0 win, setting them up very positively for the rest of the tournament.  The action here was filmed by Cody and edited by  Nathan H and Josh from Room Five.
Int Intermediate League Vs. Crawshaw from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Matariki Summary by Owen and Josh

Matariki is a constellation of seven stars that represent the Maori New Year which takes place in late May or early June. It occurs just prior to sunrise. In tradition Matariki was a season to celebrate and prepare for the New Year coming. 

A lot of the produce of the preparation was given to the god of food Rongo. 

The constellation was important for navigating and timing the seasons. Matariki has an English name: Pleiades star cluster.

The constellation Matariki has seven sisters their names are: Electra, Maia, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Asterope and Merope.

Matariki is featured often you just don’t notice it for instance does anyone know the Subaru logo, well it has seven stars and those stars are the one (seven) and only Matariki stars. There are many paintings of them in museums (and even more not so great attempts).

Melville Intermediate - Selwyn House and Christchurch Quiz

Melville Intermediate - Revoultion Dance Crew Show May 10th

On the 10th of May 2013 Melville Intermediate were very lucky to have a performance from the Revoultion Dance Crew.  Our students loved the show which included a variety of singing, dancing and performance with a strong anti-bullying message.   These are some of the highlights from the show filmed by Kayla and Nichola and edited b Levi and Josh from Room Five.
Revolution Songs from Assembly 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.
Currently at the moment for literacy were looking at interviews and also speaking and presenting.  At the conclusion of the show Nichola spoke to some of the members of the group who had just performed.  We weren't sure that they would agree to be interview and it was an opportunity that just presented itself, having said that Nichola did a fantastic job.   Both these videos were filmed on Friday 10th of May and edited this week.
Nichola Interviews Revoultion from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Food Technology 14th May

On Tuesday Josh and I made some scones and our teacher Mr Webb brought the film camera so we can film the Video and here it is..... [Chloe].

This is a video created by Room Five students during Food Technology with Mrs Brown in the Food Tech.  Melville Intermediate students have Food Technology once a week from 11:30am to 12:50pm working with a specialist teacher on a specialised program.
Food Tech Scones May 14th 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - Josh's Term One Overview

We did heaps of display work this term. So much that we are running out of wall! Camp was busy it was fun and we did so many activities. As for tests my favourite subjects are reading and spelling Mr Webb said that my spelling test had the best result in the classJ.  The Asttle tests were nerve wracking. The Fonterra science road show was cool as, they did so many things that I never thought possible. They had a Hovercraft! And a skeleton “riding a bike” the skeletons feet were attached to the pedals and there was a pole connecting the skeletons bike to another bike that someone rides and when it is powered it powers the skeletons bike. Somehow they managed to make air go through a brick. For tech I had woodwork and I finished my box first. But Owen was nowhere near finishing on the second to last day but he finished in a nick of time with my help. My second tech is food but I only had one lesson yet. For modules I have had P.E. twice once with Whaea Lyndon and once with Mr Willis. I have done inquiry once and I am now doing food module as well as tech! I have been learning to make videos and upload them on the class blog. That is pretty much this term. I can’t wait for term 2!!!

Melville Intermediate - Fonterra Science Roadshow Bones

Skeleton - Fonterra Science Road Show 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

The skeleton riding the bike is actually attached to a bike next to it which someone rides and it makes the skeletons bike move. The skeletons feet are attached to the pedals so the skeleton is moving in the same motion as the person powering it. It is really cool the first time i saw it i went closer because I could not see the person powering it and I though it was creepy.

Melville Intermediate - Fonterra Science Roadshow

Yesterday Melville Intermediate were lucky enough to host the Fonterra Science Roadshow.  This was a wonderful event for the students who attended, and we had Josh from Room Five present with a camera to record some of the events and the amazing activities and experiements that the students were involved in.  One of the activities was the students chance to ride a hovercraft, which Josh filmed on Monday 15th April 2013 in the Melville Intermediate School Hall.

Hovercraft - Fonterra Science Road Show 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

The hovercraft looked really cool and had this blue tarpish thing underneath it. It had scooter handlebars and its engine was a modified leafblover attached through a tube to power it. It was high compressed air filling insde the tarpish bottom which made it float.

Melville Intermediate - Leo Club Car Wash

On Tuesday the 9th of April 2013 Our school Leo Club did a carwash to fundraise some money. We washed seven cars at $5 a car so we made $35!!! We did it at lunch time and I thought it was a really good idea because everyone enjoyed washing the cars and it was for a good cause because all the money goes for food for the SPCA (The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Here are some pictures of how much fun we had.

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