English Language Intensive Programme at Murrays Bay Intermediate School

Sheep World!

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Photos from our trip to sheep world
12th August 2011

A pink sheep?!

Olivia and Suzy

Waiting to feed the lambs

Sunny and Nicole

Stella and the sheep dog

Moses feeding the sheep

Andy reads his book called MY FEELINGS

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Max reading his MY FEELINGS book.

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My life story

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My name is Ji Won.I'm from Korea and I have 4 family members,Mum Dad big brother and me.I drawing colouring and playing badminton,so I play badminton every day.

My dream is to be a clothes designer so sometimes I make clothes for my doll,it's hard but very fun.

I'm a bit worried my dream might be different.

I'm busy in New Zealand too but it's not boring and hard because I'm doing badminton reading and I'm learning illustrator,it's very fun.

I think every day I'm lucky because I can eat Korean food and I'm staying New Zealand with my mum and Dad,but I can't speak English so it's a bit sad.Sometimes I say I'll work on my English...but it's not easy.The last thing I don't like is we don't have a pet so I'll buy pet when I get more money,and I'm saving money for a phone too.So I'm having so much fun in New Zealand.

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Chris.Han

My name is Chris.Han and my Korea mace is Ji Hyuk han.

I'm 11 years old and my Korea age is 13 year old.

Family

My father's job is an office worker.

My mother's job is kindergarten principal.

My sister job is an intermediate student.

My job is primary school student in Korea.

My favourite colour is yellow.

My favourite subject is math and PE.I like pizza.

Language

In Korea most people speak Korean.

Clothing

Hanbok is the traditional Korean clothes.In Korea we wear the hanbok on the holiday.

In Korea

I am not busy at school.
after, school t go to the academy.
after, academy I go to the tae kwon do.

kevin story

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My name is Kevin. I come from Korea,I am11years old but in Korea I am 13years old.
I am student.

family

My family is my dad and his job is a bank worker. My mum is a bank worker too.
I have sister(15),a younger brother(4)and me.

school

I going to an Intermediate school. It is called MBIS.
Korean school is busy.
But i'm not busy because when school is finishes
I go to math academy then I go to tae kwon do.
That is all my academy finishes at 4:30 and I go home and I throw the bag and I turn on the computer
and I play computer games

food

I like spicy food like bibimbop,kimchi and you gae jang

I like N E W Z E A L A N D because,it's fresh and friendly. the people especially the teachers are nice!!!!!

by kevin room22

My life in Korea

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My name is Jack Kim, my Kiwi age is eleven,Korean age is twelve.My job is a student,I was born in Korea,I am in the New Zealand now.

My family is my father,mother,sister and me.My family are in Korea except me.You know,I'm in New Zealand.

Korean school is really really terribly boring to death,because in Korean school,we always study.Even in the P.E. time.

Korean sports are soccer,base ball,basket ball.My favorite Korean sport is soccer.

I think New Zealand is better than Korea(that's my opinion).

My life and my culture

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My name is Hayley Han My Korean name is Hyelim. I'm 13 years old. I'm come from South Korea.

Family.
My father's job is an office worker.
My mother's job is kindergarten principal and My job is intermediate student.
My brother is a primary school student in Korea. and I have a cat she is so cute.

Life In Korea.

In Korea all students are busy.
After school, I go to piano lessons.
then, I must go to the maths academy.
So, I come back to home at 10 o'clock.I'm very tired! I buy the dinner in supermarket. before I go to the maths academy. I going to bed at 10:30.
Its a day in my life.

Other things.

My favourite colour is white! My favourite subject is math or writing. But, I hate health and P.E times. I like any food But, I hate sandwiches.

Language.
In korea most people speak Korean (Hangul).

Clothing.

Hanbok is the traditional Korean clothes.
In korea we wear the Hanbok on the holidays.

Celebrations.

One celebration is New year's day.
Its name is Sinjeong. We eat rice cake soup on SinJeong. An other celebration is Chuseok. we eat songpyeon(ricecake).It is delicious. At ChuSeok Korean people play there traditional games.

Conclusion.

I hope you have learned a Little bit about my country and can go there one day.

My life and my Culture-Tal from Israel

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Introduction
My name is Tal Rabinovich and I am 11 years old . I came from Israel to New Zealand 4 months
ago and I am a student in MBIS.
My Family
I have two brothers they are 8 years old and they go to MBIS primary school.
My mum is 42 years old and she works at IBM from here to Israel and my dad is 43 years old and we works in here too.
Life in Israel
In Israel we eat Falafel it comes with and with hummus if you want,you can have salad too.we are the Jewish and we believe at the god.Israel flag is blue and white with the star of David the clothes we were in Israel are the same,T shirt and shorts.the language we speak in Israel is Hebrew.The sport we play mostly in Israel is soccer.One of the celebrations is called Hanuka another one is called passover.we go to house of worship.I really like Israel it is the best!.
Other things
I like sailing and swimming and dancing.my least favourite thing in the world is music! My favourite book is Harry Potter.
Conclusion
I hope you learn about Israel and me and I hope you enjoyed Reading it.

Korea and me - grace lee

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My name is Grace Lee. I'm from Korea. My Korea name is Banha Lee. I'm 10 years old in New Zealand. However, I'm 12 years old in Korea.

My family is 4 people. Me, my brother, and my parents. First, My brother's name is James Lee. He's Korea name is Hunha Lee. He's 13 years old in New Zealand and 15 years old in Korea. He likes pets and computer games. He has a dust allergy. Second, my mother's name is Mia Jo. She's 45 years old in New Zealand. She likes machines like Ipads of Ipod touch. Last, my father's name is Tajick Lee. He's age is same as my mother. He lives in Korea. I see him every weekend because of the computer. He likes sports like soccer and baseball.

In Korea, only 7 or 8 year old children can enter the elementary school, and only 13 year old children can finish elementary school. For example, a person who is 6 years old is very, very smart. But they can't enter the elementary school.That law has application to every schools except university.

Also, in Korea, most of students are busy. After school, they go to English academy and math academy. So they go back to their house around 9'o clock. So they always look so tired.(However, I don't go to math academy, so I don't tired.)

Other things I like are pets and cartoon(weaptoons). I love pets like dog, cat, hamster and bird! I like cartoon, too. I read cartoon and weaptoon every day, so my mom always angry with that. Also, I like spicy food and noodle very much. So I eat those foods every weekend.

I think Korea is a nice country, however I think New Zealand is nice country, too! I want study English easily in New Zealand.

-Grace(banha) Lee

My culture about me

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Introduction

HI! My name is Sally(Ji min) Park.
My NZ age is 10,and Korea age is12.
I was at Dang Seo -Elementary school student.
Now I'm Murray's Bay Intermediate school student.
I lived in Korea.
But now I am living in NZ to study for a year.

Family

My family is my mum, dad, younger brother, and grandma.
My younger brother is only 3 years old in Korea age.
He is so cute.
My grandma is cooks very well.
My father works in a company.My mum is a primary school teacher.
She is kind.
My dad is playing with me when he has a holiday or in the weekend.

Korean school

In Korean school, school finishes between 12:00~2:00.
School is fun.
There is not so much PE classes and I like NZ school more.

Korean food
In Korea, they eat rice and and Kimchi
Kimchi is very yummy for Koreans.
Kimchi is spicy food.
Rice is also good for our health.

Ending
I like nature.
So I like NZ more.
I want to live here my whole life.
Thank you for reading!
I LOVE NZ!

By Sally(Ji-Min) Park

About my life

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My name is David.Lee I was born in New Korea. I am a student now and I am in New Zealand.
But I didn't forget about Korean words. My Korean age is 13 and my New Zealand age is 11.
I can feel New Zealand is cool country.

I have a good family and they take care of me so much. So I hate them a little bit.
so my mother came to New Zealand two times and she so my Korean friend named
Daniel.Song and she went back to Korea.

I could think about my friends when I arrived in New Zealand. It was bad and suddenly I can
think about my school. School was fun but academy life is crime as!
And nothing was better than here.

I came back to Korea. I had thought about my cards with my friends. My favorite game was
a card game. And now I could play cards with my friends.
I was happy about that. How cool it was. I thought my life is going to cool way.

I was sad about time to say bye. It was the time to go back to New Zealand.
But now I am happy to make new friends. It is time for new life with new friends.
My parents will be happy. Do you know why? Because I will study as hard as I can.

By David.Lee.
Rm 12

Seong Jin's life

2011-03-03T14:54:00.000-08:00

Introduction
My name is Seong Jin. park . I'm from Ulsan Korea.
I'm 11 year's old. In korea I'am 13 year's old.
My jod is a student and I go to MBIS.
Family
My family is my mother, father, sister and me.
My sister is 10 years old in korea. My family is from korea.
My father works in a company, My sister is a student.
Korean school
Korean school is different to New Zealand school.
In New Zealand school is one morning tea and one lunch time.
But in Korean school there is four break time and one lunch time.
In Korea we go to school at 6 year's Korean. school is close to our homes
we walk to school. we don't catch a school bus.
Other Things Like
My favourite sport is soccer. But sometimes I play baseball,
And My favorite food is Kimchi and Bulgogi. Korean history started BC 2333.
It's very old and Korea's trational clothes are Handol
End
I study in New Zealand but Korea is my home. like both places and hope you voill get to uisit Korea one day.

Second language Speech Competition

2010-12-02T15:16:00.000-08:00

WOW
We have some talented students at our school!

Sports day

2010-11-23T13:06:00.000-08:00

It was sports day last week.
It was fun because I liked high jump.
I played high jump,long jump,fox tail,did running,shotput and discus.
I ran a 200m and 400m. I was tired, I don't like running.
My lunch was an apple and spicy rice.
Lucy was a good runner but I'm not a good runner.
Many students said "The toilet's smell was terrible" and "The toilet is horrible".
Sports day was O.K!

Dana Cho Rm7 year 8

Athletics day

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Athletics day, We had 4 teams. The 4 teams names are Motutapu, Tiri Tiri, Rangitoto,and Kawau. Motutapu's color is blue. Tiri Tiri's color is Green. Rangitoto's color is yellow. Kawau's color is red. I am Motutapu. Athletics day is funny and interesting. The mornings weather was rainy and cold. But the afternoon was very hot. I did High jump, Long jump, discus, Turbo Javelin, and shot put. High jump, Long jump, Discus and shot put was easy. But Turbo Javelin was hard. Because I had never done that before. I didn't have many points. Because I couldn't do P.E. very well. We ate Morning-T and Lunch. And I did running. 100m running and 200m running. 100m running was easy but 200m running was hard. Then we finished Athletes day. Motutapu was won.

By Anna Shin
Room 22
Year 7

The Really tired Day!

2010-11-23T12:44:00.000-08:00

Hooray! Last Monday was the Athletics Day. We were all excited because we were to do sports. Everybody wore the P.E kit however somepeople wore just green clothes because we were Tiri Tiri! There were the Mini Schools called, Tiri Tiri, Rangitoto, Motutapu and Kauau. Tiri Tiri was green, Rangitoto was yellow, Motutapu was blue and Kauau was red. On Friday, our class went to Room 23 because of the Tiri Tiri song! We danced and sang. It was great!! I liked it! I thought,'It will be great. I hope Tiri Tiri will win!' Everyone was glad that we were Tiri Tiri!
Last Monday, we walked to Rangitoto School. I was a little bit tired as we walked into the school. We went to the Millenium Centre to start MBIS Olympics! We put our bags on the hill. Some students ran to the track to practice running. First of all, we just watched them, in addition we yelled to our friends,"Go,go!" It was fun to watch. The boys went to the track to run. Moreover the girls went to the field to start MBIS real Olympics!
The boys did the 100m first. There was a loud BANG, Bang! It showed us that was start now! My friends and I did the long jump, shot put, high jump and discus! I was unwell to it, it was hard because of the rain! It was really slippery. It was heavy I wasn't happy! Finally we ran the track! 100m and 200ms. When I finished I was really tired and thirsty.I was the last however I felt good because it was nice to learn more sports! Finally, it finished!!

By June Kim
Room 21
Year 7

ATHLETICS DAY!

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On Monday 15th November, year 7 students went to Rangitoto College. It was Athletics day. I did shot put firstly and secondly, I did foxtail, and many other things. Like discuss, long jump and high jump. I wasn't good at high jump. I didn't like high jump. I liked foxtail,n discuss, long jump and shot put. I really didn't like sprinting. It was a very hot day but I didn't put my sun screen on. So I had sun burn. Even though I had it in my bag!!

By.So Young Lee
Year 7
Room 33

A sad day!

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It was very boring but the good thing is we didn't do study.
We did high jump ,long jump ,shot put, fox tail and something else .
We did lot of sports, it was a very fun day.
In Korea we have some sports day but it a little bit boring
I did run 100metres and I was 3rd .
I'm popular so my Friends said yeah go Luna yeah
but sad thing was I'm a junior.
I want to be an intermediate.
The bad thing is I did high jump and I fell on the bar so I hurt my beautiful awesome leg but it was a very fun day.

By beautiful cute awesome Luna Kim
Room 44
Year 7

Athletics

2010-11-21T14:39:00.000-08:00

On Monday we went to Rangitoto college field for athletics day.
There were Kawau,Rangitoto,Motutapu and Tiri Tiri mini schools.
I was in Motutapu mini school.
We did shot put,discus,relay,high jump,sprinting,long jump and fox tail.
I didn't do the relay but I wanted to do it.
The foxtail was fun because when I threw it It went to the sprint track.
So the children laughed.
The weather was terrible.
It was very cold also it was raining!!
But we didn't study so that was great!~
We enjoy the Athletics day and spend good time.

By Julia lee
Year 7
Room 25

Athletics Day

2010-11-21T14:27:00.000-08:00

On Monday, the year 7 students went to the millennium centre at Rangitoto college.
There were so many students waiting for other people.
Our class went to the Mototapu mini school place.
There was Rangitoto, Mototapu, Kawau and TiriTiri mini schools.
We did high jump,relay,sprints,discus,100m sprinting,200m,400m,1500m,shot put,and fox tail.
The weather was really bad that i wouldn't felt my hands!!!
But at the afternoon, the weather was very good!!!
So, i had a good day and i hope that all year 7's could be good at Athletics!!!

By JIYU LEE
Year 7
Room 24

Athletics Day

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Our Local Beach

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

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This is what you will need to make these delicious cookies!

These cookies were made by Ichiro Room 22 and Stephen Room 11

Choc Chip Cookies

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees

125g soft butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

2 tablespoons golden syrup

2 tablespoons of choc chips

1 1/2 cups flour1 tablespoon vanilla essence

Cream butter and sugar until pale.

Add lightly whisked egg, golden syrup and vanilla
Lightly mix the flour and choc chips in.

With floured hands, make small balls and place onto baking paper.

Squash down with a floured fork.

Bake at 180 degrees for 10 - 15 minutes until pale.

They will crisp up when cold but still taste delicious warm if you can’t wait.

Our Guests - GIRLS

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Guests at the festival - BOYS

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Playing games during Chuseok/Moon Festival

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Students leaving us...

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Long term student Charlie on the right with some short term buddies - we hope you enjoyed your stay at MBIS!

Dong Eun and buddy

The famous Jim from Room 22 - they will miss you!!!

Lily, Angelica and Sally

Delicious food eaten at our Chuseok and Moon Festival

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Korean girls fan dance

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Beautiful images from Chuseok/Moon Festival

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Term 4 New Students

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Welcome to the 9 new students who have arrived from Korea and China. Its been lovely getting to know you! We hope you have settled in well to your homestays and new classrooms.
If there is anything you need, questions answered or help with anything PLEASE come and see us in the International house or send us an email...

Ms Vanessa Opera
vanessa.opera@mbi.school.nz

Ms Lee Braithwaite
lee.braithwaite@mbi.school.nz

Mrs Jung Hee Kwon
Jung-Heekwon@mbi.school.nz

We hope you enjoyed the welcome packs you were given and spend some time looking over the book about New Zealand, sending the MBIS cards home to your families, reading the Term newsletter and using the MBIS bag.

Its great to have you at MBIS.

International News Issue 1 September

2010-09-09T18:49:00.000-07:00

Every ELIP/International student was given the latest copy of our Newsletter.
If you don't have it come down to the International House and ask!
Miss Opera

Chuseok and Harvest Moon Festival Term 3

2010-09-09T14:09:00.000-07:00

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Spring is here at last and we hope you have managed to get through winter without catching some of the nasty flu bugs.

For the next 2 weeks the ELIP groups will be participating in a learning theme based around Chuseok (Korean), Moon Festival (Chinese). The children from these cultures will share experiences and knowledge and will be regarded as the ‘experts’ in this area. Students from other cultures will share one of their special celebrations.

On Thursday 23rd September the ELIP department are having our own Chuseok/Moon Festival celebrations at school. We would like the children to share their experiences with us by bringing hanbok to wear at school if possible and some traditional Korean/Chinese food to share. Each ELIP child will write an invitation to a classmate from a different culture inviting them to the ELIP rooms to learn more about this special festival. If you have any Chuseok games/pictures/posters/recipes your child could bring it would add to the experience.

If you would like to come along to school to celebrate this occasion with your child on Thursday 23rd September, you are most welcome. We look forward to seeing you in the MAC (music and arts center). Groups will be allocated Block 2 (10.50am-12.15pm) or Block 3 (1.20pm-2.50pm). The Korean dance group will perform their dances as a finale. Your child will advise you which Block to attend closer to the time. If you are not sure where to go, just go to the office and a student will bring you down.

Other events coming up for our ELIP students are the annual Christmas party at Ms Braithwaite’s farm in Whenuapai (parents and caregivers most welcome) in late November and our cultural assembly in December. We will give you more details about these events closer to the time.

Looking forward to seeing you,
Kind regards

Lee Braithwaite /Vanessa Opera/Jung Hee Kwon/Francie Champion

ELIP – Chuseok/Harvest Moon Festival

Please let us know if you are able to come on Thursday 23rd September by circling the appropriate statement

I would like to/ am unable to attend the Chuseok/Moon Festival celebration at school on 23rd September 2010

Childs Name ________________________________________________________Room_____

Signed________________________________Parent/Caregiver/Guardian

What did you do in the weekend???

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2010-07-27T18:53:00.000-07:00

Students today! 28/7/10

They were researching different types of eggs and describing them!
We read an online story called "Whose Eggs are These?" from the reading A-Z website!
Well done guys - you found some really interesting eggs and described them well!
Miss Opera

2010-07-21T20:21:00.000-07:00

Students working hard !

The view from our classroom - Monday 19th July!

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ELIP groups, times and teachers!
Please remember and be on time with your pencil case, dictionary and books.

Wetas (Opera)
Block 3 Monday
Block 3 Wednesday

Su Jeong Lee (Ruby)
Hyun Ji Do (judy)
Do Hyun Jeon (Eric)
Jun Hyun Lee
Jong Seong Lee
Woo Hyeok Jang
Matt Kiseok Kwon
Yu Bin Lim

Kiwis (Opera/Kwon)
Session 1 Mon-Fri
Block 2 Thursday

Ichiro Tanaka
Stephen Lee
Jae Il Han
Min Jun In
Ji Hyuk Han (Chris)
Seong Uk Yang (Soul)
Seong Wan lee (David)
Justin Won

Possums (Opera/Kwon)
Session 2 Mon-Fri
Block 3 Thursday

Yu Chen Pan (Gary)
Hye Lim Han (Haley)
Jung Min lee (Olivia)
Jun Yun Liang (Jessica)
Harry Kim (Yeoung Je)
Seung Joo Kim
Yu Ri Haeng (Lynn)
Min Jeong Kim
Sally Sol Bin Hwang

Kakapo (Opera)
Block 2 Tues
Block 2 Fri

Han Ul Moon
Soo Young Lee
Ye Jin Choi (Jinny)
Hyun Seung Lee
Lisa lim (Seo Hyun)
(Owen) Seung Jun Lee
Hye Rim An (Jenny)
Ho Baek (Jim)

Keas (Opera)
Block 2 Monday
Block 2 Wed

So Young Lee
Chae Won Kim (Luna)
Sung Hyun Shin (Ruby)
Seung Hyun Lee (Nicole)
Seungmin Lee (julia)
Ji Soo Park (Alice)
Ji Yu Lee
Ge Yang Jennifer
Soo Woon Lee Jessica
Lily Yu Kim

Wetas (Opera)
Block 3 Monday
Block 3 Wednesday

Su Jeong Lee (Ruby)
Hyun Ji Do (judy)
Do Hyun Jeon (Eric)
Jun Hyun Lee
Jong Seong Lee
Woo Hyeok Jang
Matt Kiseok Kwon
Yu Bin Lim

Tuis (Braithwaite)
Block 1 Tue
Block 1 Thurs

Elijah Briones (EJ)
Chi Ann Wong (Patricia)
Nikita
Patricia
Fran
Bo Hyun Kim (Flora)
Chang Ho Choi (Mike)
Tae Min Lee (Kevin)
Dong Eon Lee

2010-07-18T16:52:00.001-07:00

Mini School Spirit Fun Day

11:15am Monday July 19, 2010Tomorrow - Tuesday 22nd July, all students to come to school in their Mini School Colours. Sporting and Academic events throughout the day. Photos, Chants, Tug o'war, fun relay and more ...Kawau - RED Motutapu - BLUE Tiritiri - GREEN Rangitoto - YELLOW

School newsletter featuring US!

2010-06-30T19:57:00.000-07:00

Check it out!!!

Newsletter no. 10
2:45pm Thursday July 1, 2010
Newsletter no. 9 is published. Visit http://www.mbi.school.nz/newsletters.htm to read it online.MBI has got talent, Elip Peer Support, Speech Competition, Mid-winter Christmas, Wizard Champs, Squash, Hockey, Science Fair, Mathex, International Students and more ...

Our amazing classroom!

2010-06-29T20:25:00.000-07:00

Hard working students!

The boys enjoying the view from our classroom.

The girls outside on the balcony.

Rangitoto Island is what we see everyday whilst at school! We are very lucky...

The view earlier on in the day - the weather changes so quickly in Auckland!
Photo taken today 30th June 2010

Students working hard! Check out our amazing view...
Photo taken today 30th June 2010

Speech Competition Winners

2010-06-24T19:03:00.000-07:00

FIRST PLACE - ( Tae Min Lee) (Kevin)

SECOND PLACE - Ho Baek (Jim)

THIRD EQUAL - Han Ul Moon and Qi Li (Karen)

"What a group of talented students"

Mid Winter Christmas Party MBIS

2010-06-24T18:59:00.001-07:00

Day Talent MBIS June 11th 2010

2010-06-10T20:29:00.000-07:00

Miss Opera went rock climbing for the day! (Day Talent)

What a great day and what wonderful climbers we have at MBIS.

Check it out!

Extreme Edge Rock Climbing in Panmure, Auckland, is an indoor climbing for all ages and abilities. All hire gear available. On your first visit you will receive a safety lesson with one of their very patient instructors. Your climbing pass covers you for the whole day!

40 Morrin Road,PanmureAuckland,(09) 574 5677

Science Science Science

2010-06-09T20:01:00.001-07:00

The winning paper plane - what is the secret Yeoung Je?

Mrs Kwon explaining in 4 different languages - fantastic work Mrs. Kwon! Lynn and Hayley thinking about the science experiement they are about to do. Thanks for your hard work today girls!

Mrs Kwon working with Seung Joo in the science lab. Mrs Kwon is a fantastic help in the classroom, she can translate Korean, Mandarin as well as Japanese. VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!

Jessica in the classroom doing a follow-up activity about floating and sinking on the smartboard.

Today many ELL (English Language Learners) learnt all about the "Scientific Method".

The new words we looked at were...

Aim
Prediction or Guess
Method
Results
Conclusion

We did a variety of experiments and wrote them up following the scientific method.
The experiments were - floating and sinking, adding salt to make something that initially sinks - float and paper plane design.
One group even got the chance to work in the school science lab.
We also discovered STEVE SPANGLER - a really cool scientist who posts some exciting experiments on YouTube.
Check him out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdmnDPX5o0A

This is a selection of his experiments!

Jennifer and Jessica thinking about their predictions!
Gary and Ichiro making a prediction about floating and sinking.

Min Jun and Ichiro adding salt to the water to make the object float.

Kids Voice - word on the street!

2010-06-08T19:49:00.000-07:00

Whats good at MBIS? Interviewed by Jenny

Elani interviewed by Jenny about her favourite book New Moon

Chanel interviewed by Jiyu

David interviewed by Jiyu about MBIS

Alysha interviewed by Jiyu about MBIS

About Korea - Oral Language

2010-06-08T18:53:00.001-07:00

Hear all about our students and where they come from!

Dong Eon speaking about Korea!

Funny stuff!!!

2010-06-08T17:25:00.000-07:00

Funny conversations with Ruby, Ji Won, Kevin, Nicole, Mike and Jun Hyun about what animal you would choose to be!

Invitation to the ELIP Speech Competition

2010-06-07T19:54:00.000-07:00

You are invited to listen to the top 10 speakers from the English language Intensive Programme.

English Language Learners reading and recording using the FLIPSHARE cameras

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Jong reading "Winter Vacation" during the English language Intensive Programme.

Yeoung Je reading 'Josh gets glasses" from the reading a-z website.

Eric reading a book about CHOCOLATE from the reading a-z website

Ichiro reading 'Who Who Who" from the reading a-z website

Hayley reading "Birthday Party"

Jennifer reading "A Dog For Sally"

Jessica reading " Going Away"

Jaeil reading 'This is a Bird" from the reading A-Z website

Pictures of our wonderful students 2010

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Making Scones

During ELI lessons the students wrote recipes for scones, discussed the ingredients as well as the utensils (things we needed to make them).

Then the fun started and the students followed their own recipes and and made delicious scones.

We ate them with butter, jam and cream - mmmmmmm

Here is the recipe so you can make at home... (picture above)

Ingredients

3 cups plain flour
6 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
75 g butter
1-1 1/2 cup milk
extra milk

Directions

1Sift flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
2Cut butter in until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3Add milk and mix quickly with a knife to a soft dough.
4Knead a few times.
5Lightly dust an oven tray with flour.
6Press scone dough out onto this.
7Cut into 12 even-sized pieces.
8Leave a 2 cm space between scones.
9Brush tops with milk.
10Bake at 220C for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/Edmonds-Scones-98142

2010 Peer Support Students

The following students have been selected to represent the student community both Chinese and Korean.

They are responsible for public speaking, attending school council meetings, following through on school inititives and helping translate with other students or for written documents.

We are VERY proud of them!!!

Term one - We visitied Auckland city for an International Welcome at the Auckland Town Hall. The students experienced a traditional Maori welcome, saw many cultural performances and were surprised to get given a goodie bag at the end of the presentation.

Afterwards we walked had lunch in Albert park, next to Auckland university, walked down Queen street and caught the ferry boat to Devonport.

What a fantastic day!

Hopefully we will get another opportunity in 2011.

Oral Language

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Gary reading a story from the reading a-z website.

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Miss Opera - Working hard!!!

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Mrs Braithwaite giving an International student one of the "welcome pack" goodie bags. It contained books on NZ, kiwi stationary and a few edible treats for the students - DELICIOUS!!!

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During Term 2 2010 we had a vist from a Kiwi that has been in a bird shelter!

For many students and teachers, it was the first time they had experienced touching a Kiwi!

What an amazing experience!

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Check out our school website!!!

http://www.mbi.school.nz/index.htm

Speeches

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Currently our students are participating in class and ELIP class, speech competitions.

For the students in the ELIP, its a daunting task to speak in front of their peers in their second language.

In class we have been working on identifying what makes GREAT oral language and have been using the Flipshare videos to capture, share and critique their work.

The students have done all the filming themselves.

In class we will view the files and give each student feedback both positive and things to work on. From here the students will organise their own individual speech (the one they used in class is ok) and present it during ELIP class.

The teachers will choose the top 10 best speakers to perform in the finals at the end of the term.
Watch this space!!!

2010-06-04T01:32:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the English Language Intensive Programme at Murrays Bay Intermediate School.

We are a busy Intermediate school on Aucklands North Shore, we have about 1000 students, 45 of them being International Students from mainly Korea and China.

The English Language Intensive Programme services students who are studying in English although it's their second language.We teach the students in small groups 2-5 times per week.

Their are 2 main teachers - myself - Vanessa Opera who works five days per week and Lee Braithwaite who works three days per week. We are very luckly to also have Jung Hee Kwon who is multilingual and speaks English, Korean, Chinese and some Japanese. She works two days per week.

The aim of this BLOG is to share the students work and showcase events held by the ELIP department to the world.

We welcome your feedback, especially our parents and caregivers - the students love to recieve positive comments! Its very motivational...