Kia ora koutou katoa. You are amazing!! We sold an incredible number of books at the Book Fair last week, just over $8000 worth. This means that our Library has an extra $2800 of vouchers coming its way. Our Librarian uses these vouchers to purchase books for the Library, and that’s a lot of books. So again, thank you!!

At the end of each Term, our wonderful Crest Cleaners, award a class that have repeatedly left their classroom the tidiest at the end of each day, with a pizza lunch.

Our wonderful students learning English have continued to amaze and motivate us with their wonderful learning around the Learner Profile attributes! Angela in Year 6 has made Attribute posters in English and in other languages, and has received a glowing recommendation from Mrs S about her excelling in the attributes of being Caring and a Communicator. Well done Angela, you are definitely developing these great attributes in your approach to life and learning!

Thank you to all the teams who participated in the Literature Quiz this year. The results were very close. Well done. You all demonstrated a wide knowledge of Literature.

Today we got mandarins from the mandarin tree. They were delicious. After we ate our delicious mandarins, we planted some flowers. Those flowers will be beautiful when they grow.

To celebrate Matariki, the Year 3 children enjoyed a rotation of activities throughout the day on Tuesday. In Room 21, with Miss Armstrong, we created beautiful silhouettes of the matariki night sky, being careful to show all 9 stars of Matariki, not just 7 as we've previously thought. In Room 20, with Miss Patching, we expressed our creativity, making stunning celebration kites using all kinds of materials. We even got to test them out. Some were a little heavier than others, weighed down by our fabulous collage materials. In Room 19, with Mrs von Collas, we learned how to make a pinch pot, using clay. These will dry over the holidays and get fired in a kiln after the holidays. We can't wait to get them back so we can paint them and show them to our families.

The Milford Primary Student Action team meets every Thursday afternoon with Within School Lead teacher Mrs Snowball and Across School Lead teacher Mrs Barrance. The purpose of the Student Action Team is to follow an inquiry model to investigate ways to improve specific aspects of our school for all students by following a design thinking process. The members of the Student Action Team are four Year 6 students, Boston Quiding, Harry Smith, Grace Cameron, and Hannah Ritchie.

Matariki is the Māori name for a star constellation that rises up into the southern skies in mid-winter. This signals an important time in the New Zealand calendar - the Māori New Year. Matariki is seen as a time to reflect on the year past and look to the future as a time for growth and change.

It's a Monster Scooter and this is something that scared me to try! But I tried it anyway and loved it! Do you want something to challenge you during the school holidays? Do you dare to be a RISK-TAKER?

Over the holiday break, it might be a great time to reinforce safety on the roads for your child if they walk, ride or scooter to school. We want all our students to be safe citizens, and know the rules of the road and how to stay safe when getting to and from school. Please read the information below and click on the link provided by NZTA.

Year 5 would like to say a very big thank you to a special group of people who have made Garden to Table possible for us this term! Firstly, to Alicia and Nic, our garden and kitchen specialists who plan and run our sessions each week. We have really enjoyed getting muddy in the garden, weaving flax flowers and harvesting kumara, pumpkins and much more. We have become a lot more confident using the sharp knives and have created some delicious dishes including warming winter curries.

This week was our last of the term for Conservation Club. Here is a shot of our Kiwi guardians doing the annual NZ Garden Bird Survey this week with our nature journals that we made earlier this term. We selected the field as our survey location and found a comfortable spot to look and listen for birds for one hour. Then, we recorded the highest number of each species observed, and submitted our results. The NZ Garden Bird Survey is vital because it tells us about the health of our environment. The annual survey is the country's longest running citizen science project.

This is Milford School’s second year of Garden to Table. It’s a unique and inspiring programme teaching our children how to grow and harvest produce grown in the school garden, to then be prepared and shared in the school kitchen. We are looking for someone to take over the Kitchen Specialist role from Term 3 this year. We currently run the programme with our three Year 5 classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 11.00am - 12.30pm.

Please see the links below to some upcoming support group meetings.

A FULL DAY OF DRAMA, DANCE, SINGING AND MORE!

Classes will be held at St Paul's Anglican Church on Mondays from 3:15 to 4:15pm. Students registered will gather outside Room 14 by 3pm where our teachers will take them to the church for the classes. Parents will pick them up from the church after their session. See link below to enrol.

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Need a safe and fun holiday programme for the kids over the upcoming school holidays? Our before and after school care team, SKIDS, are running their holiday programme filled with fun activities and trips. Contact them directly to find out more.

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