Melville Intermediate - Nathan H's 2013 Reflections

As part of our review of 2013 students from Room Five are reuired to write a recount that features a 'First Impressions' introduction and a 'Last Impressions' conclusion.  Intermediate School in New Zealand is a Middle School that runs from Y7 to Y8 (usually 11 to 13 years).  This is Nathan H's recount of his two years at Melville Intermediate and two years in Room Five.

Last year we had a thing called activity week where students had a choice to do an activity for 3 days but you must pay. I choose film making with a couple of my friends it cost $20.00. In this activity you had to make a movie we all decided on zombies. In the end our movie failed.  

Finally all this preparation has come down to this Melville Intermediate Schools Prep 2013! Our groups name was Sizzling Hot and our main product was sausages. The following people helped contribute in our group Nathan.G, Kane, Damien, Levi and me. Over all we made the most MISMS in the school but we didn’t win anything because we were in a separate competition.  

My favourite tech from last year was Wood Work. We made bird houses the reason it is my favourite tech is because I had my friends with me they would help me if I needed help. Plus the machines were fun to use. Also I learnt a lot about different types of wood.

At the start of the year Melville Intermediate had a Syndicate Camp. The first impression I had of the camp it was a bit dirty but then I got used to it; the downside was the Burma trail wasn’t scary! My favourite experience at camp was the canoe ride down the Waikato River.

Last year we had an awesome group of activities called options. Options were like modules but you got to choose what option you were in. I choose ICT which was computer work MR. Webb was the teacher he taught us how to use widgets. Widgets are little mini game on sites I done mine about Pac man and we had a tournament to see who could get the most points I came a close 2^nd Levi came 1^st.

In the end I hope this school has as much to offer as it can because in 2 years time my little brother will be attending this school so I hope he will get the full experience of Melville Intermediate.

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.

Yesterday Melville Intermediate competed in the Waikato Inter Intermediate Volleyball Competition.   Melville had two teams in the competition a Boys and a Girls Team.   The Boys had an awesome tournament and managed to finish third.  The Girls had a spectucular effort and managed to defeat Maeroa Intermediate in the final, claiming our second Waikato Schools title of 2013.  

The Girls played against Berkley and won 32-14.  They then played against Maeroa Intermediate and beat them 29-15.   The Girls then played against Morrivnsville Intermediate and drew 26-26.   The Girls had a strong victory against Cambridge Middle School 33-15 before winning thier final game against Fairfield Intermediate 24 to 21.  In the Final the Girls played against Maeroa Intermediate again and this time it was an incredibly close game with the Girls making an excellent start before a terrific fightback by Maeroa saw the score within one point with the full time hooter.  The final point however went the way of Melville with our girls taking the final 28 to 26.   

 The Boys played up first against Berkley and lost 18 to 26.   The Boys then played against Maeroa Intermediate and beat them 22 to 15.   In the third game the Boys defeated Morrinsville Intermediate 35-18.   The Boys then defeated Te Awamutu Intermediate 32 to 15.  Melville then lost to Cambridge Middle School 22 to 26.   In the final pool game Melville played against Fairfield Intermediate and defeated them 25-20.  The last game saw Melville in the play off against Fairfield Intermediate for 3rd and 4th.  Melville were able to win this game and defeat Fairfield 30 to 29.



Hi my name is Viliame and we went down to Te Awamutu Staduim to play Inter-Intermediate Volleyball tournament.  My team and I hade fun playing but when the time go's pass we were geting  angry and it was the girl's turn to play we watched the girl's play there game and they played it well.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     This recount is written by Viliame who is from Room Five and was in the Boys team.

Melville Intermediate - 150 Word Recount Challenge

For our back to school energizer our students had 150 words to write about their holidays....

 On Thursday of the 2nd week of the school holidays, I was on a holiday program and we were going to lazar tag/ten-pin bowling. We had to meet at the Meville community house so we could catch the bus to town. We walked to the place and we went straight to ten-pin bowling. We had about 5 turns left but we had to go to lazar tag. I was on the red team and I fired 497 shots I was mostly shooting the blue teams base and I came 2nd out of 7 players. After that we came back and finished our game and I won with 107 points I was so proud so we all walked back to the bus and we all got on. On the way back, I sat at the back. It was so hot at the back and we had to let the public on first. [Chloe]

 

On the last weekend of the holidays at one pm Saturday afternoon. Me and my sister went to the movies and watched Smurf Two. In 3D at Hoyts theatres. After I bought a RC spy truck at the base. At the Warehouse for some headphones. During the movie I got a free xbox360 from my dad with his new phone he got for 49 dollars. Near the end of the movie I finished my seven drinks of lift plus exta. When it finished I found twenty dollars on the floor so I picked it up and took it to spend. Later I found my dad at the play ground with my little brother and sister on the rope tower. On the way back from the base I got some new nerf guns. But when we got home my sister lost almost all my darts with in ten minutes all so.        

Melville Intermediate - Ski Trip Recount Day Two

This recount was written by Chloe from Room Five and is about the Melville Intermediate School Ski Trip (Day Two) that took place in Week Six of Term Three.

We all woke up and we got told to get into our snow gear we were all in our snow gear we had some breakfast and I had bacon an eggs it was nice. We all brushed our teeth and we went to get our hired gear witch was our boots, pants (if need), snowboard and wrist guards and everybody had done all made it down we had to have a lesson we went for a run down the mountain we had a 2 hour lesson it was tiring we had finished our lesson and we got to go anywhere in Happy Valley.   We had some lunch it was chips, ham and chesses buns and biscuits. Then we got to go back out snowboarding we ended the day with having a last ride on the magic carpet. The magic carpet is like a little escalator but with NO steps. We went back up the chairs lifts and dropped off our hired gear and went back up the to the  top with our boots and snowboard and everyone got up the lodge we were locked out so Mr Keegan rang Jodi who was in her office so she ran down the steps and unlocked the door. We all went and ran to our rooms got dressed cause we were all wet from the snow everyone got change we hanged out for about half an hour then it was dinner time we had spaghetti bolognaise and like it we had about 10 minutes and most people played foosball and we had pudding we had fruit crumble and ice cream we all ate it we had half an hour till bed we were playing I dear you and taking pitchers and videos. Then it was time to go to bed that was the end of day 2.