Melville Intermediate - Waikato River Cartoons

This is Liam's first attempt (and our classes first attempt) at using Pixton to produce a comic about our Term Three Topic - the Waikato River. From start to finish completed this morning in class.

Melville Intermediate - Cross Country Recount

On Wednesday 5th August 2009 we went from our class to do the Cross Country. The Year 7 Girls were going first and everyone thought that India would win the race. The track was to go around the field then go to the High School then you go past the turf and then you go onto the Carter field and you will come around to the playground and then do it all again. At the start India was coming first but on the second lap Annalise was coming first by around 100 meters and she couldn't be caught. Then it was the Y7 Boys turn. I was a little bit scared and I thought that I was going to come about 20th. We did some warm up first and then Mr Day said ready steady go! and I was running my fastest. I was happy because I was coming third at the start but then it died down a bit on the Carter Field so I was coming seventh but when I saw Scott behind me I picked the pace up, so did Scott. Behind him was a big pack. Scott had ended up passing me so I had come 8th, so I was very proud of myself. Raukawa, Room 8, Melville Intermediate School.

Melville Intermediate - Waikato River Slideshow

We are studying the Waikato River this term for our unit of work. This is Liams slideshow on the topic:

Liams Waikato River Slideshow

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Melville Intermediate - Inter-Intermediate Music

Footage from last weeks Inter-Intermediate Music Day. On Monday the Waikato Intermediates had a co-operation day where the schools all met together to share and learn. These are some of the highlights from the day filmed by Mr Bell Melville Intermediate Schools Music Teacher.

Melville Intermediate - Waikato River Slideshow

This is Leighs Slideshow created in Powerpoint about the Waikato River.

Waikato Rive Slideshow

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Melville Intermeidiate - Stanley Ave School Performance

On Friday the Melville Intermediate School CPA and Hip Hop groups travelled to Te Aroha to perform for Stanley Avenue School on Friday 7th August. This was the Hip Hop groups first actual performance in front of an audience - would it all pay off? Would the students hard work come through in the performance? Judge for yourself - Bradyn and Prashant were there to record the event. Filmed on location on Friday 7th August.

Melville Intermediate - Learn to Speak Hindi 1

In this lesson you will learn how to count from one to ten in Hindi. The numbers that you are listening for, and will come up on the screen are as follows:
1 - ak
2 - du
3 - ten
4 - char
5 - panch
6 - che
7 - sat
8 - ath
9 - nu
10 - das
There are also three phrases that you need to be listening carefully for:
Namaste - Hello, Where are you from? - Kaha se aya hai tum? and finally How are you? - Kay se hai tum?

Melville Intermediate - Rock Group

On Friday after weeks of practise the Rock Band got to perform on stage for the Inter-Intermediate competition. Kiola is writing a report about the event and this video footage was filmed by Mr Bell! This was filmed on Friday 31st July at the Gateway Centre in Victoria Street, Hamilton. The competition was the official Intermediate Schools Battle of the Bands - Pulse 09. Kiola the bands lead singer wrote this about the performance:
"I was shy and nervous when we were at the back of the stage and getting ready to go on next. When our band was going on stage we looked at each other and then we knew we had to get on into it. After that we had a drink because it was so hot! It was fun after all!"

Melville Intermediate - Cross Country 2009

Melville Intermediate - Hip Hop Rerhearsals 2

Our Hip Hop group are at Te Aroha on Friday for a special performance. This will be the first time that they have performed after all their practice and they are excited and nervous at the thought of performing infront of a crowd. While we have students who are in the group we will also have a film crew there to record the groups show, and also the CPA who are performing as well!

This piece of work was created by students from another school. We're using it as an example to students of how they can display work that is relevant. If you are in Room 8 and you watch this video carefully you will be able to see some 'famous faces' in the piece of work... keep your eyes peeled...

Melville Intermediate - Restyle 2009

Melville Intermediate - Melville High School Kapahaka

This Friday we had what was one of the highlights of the year. Melville High Schools Kapahaka group, to celebrate winning their regional High School Competition performed at Melville Intermediate School on Friday 31st of July. This show was simply amazing and as a teacher watching it, I was thrilled for the students from our school and the students from the High School. There were so many highlights one of which was when the CPA group were invited on stage to perform an action song near the end. This is some of the highlights from the show.




Destyn from Room 8 wrote about his experience as being a member of this group...
To be in Kapa Haka is so hard but cool too. I think that we are the bomb. We are like a family. We train three times a week. We learn a tune, and the actions to make it awesome fun. For the Kapahaka I have hada great time. My Aunty likes me to be in it and Kapahaka is so really good and it gets everybody moving. If you want to know anymore about Kapahaka just ask Destyn!

The regional competition Mana Ariki, we came first. It was mean as and also very cool. The points that we tried to get were 200, but the points we actually got were 199. It was cool that we came first in the competition because I was sitting down, the Kapahaka heard that we won and we were so happy.

Melville Intermediate - Maori Language Week

Don't forget that although Maori Language Week has finished at school you can continue to check out the Room 1 and Room 2 Digital Maori Classroom Blogs. They are available by clicking here. Our students in Room 8 are very excited to have other classrooms at Melville Intermediate School networking and having material released. We would also recommend if you haven't visited Room 12 to have a look at Room 12 DeClaires site from Dunedin, New Zealand. You can click on that link here and Mr Webb will be reviewing the site in future.

Melville Intermediate - Maori Language Week

Once again we're proud to make available footage of our Cultural Performing Arts Group (CPA) with a special performance for Maori Language week. As you will know if your a regular visitor to this site they are performing in Australia later during the year in term four. For Maori Language Week they performing this footage for our site as part of their rehearsals.