Kia ora whānau. The staff had a great two days of learning on Monday and Tuesday, with the teachers being at TNIS for a combined PYP workshop, and the learning assistants being here at school involved in other PLD. Learning is ongoing and never-ending, and they certainly modeled being life-long learners.

We will be holding a ballot for out of zone students in October this year, for entry to school in 2022. This ballot includes out of zone siblings of students already attending Milford School. The final day to get a ballot application into school is Wednesday 28 September. The ballot will be drawn by our Police Education Officer on Wednesday 19 October.

Help the Year 6’s fundraise towards their Year 6 Graduation event by ordering a Jesters Pie for your child’s lunch on Friday 16th September.

Carol Dweck a psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University coined the terms fixed mindset and growth mindset to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and intelligence. When students believe they can get smarter, they understand that effort makes them stronger. Therefore they put in extra time and effort, and that leads to higher achievement.

The Yummy sticker promotion is set to go again for 2022, time to get crunching and collecting stickers. Last year threw us all some curved balls, but this year we are excited to be celebrating our 25th anniversary of running this promotion for schools. Everything is basically the same as previous years, sticker charts are the same and available on our website. One thing you may find, is some Hailstone Hero apple bags. We had a wild spring storm hit us in Hawkes Bay, damaging a significant amount of our apple crop with hail. Although these look funny, they still taste yummy. The official cut-out is not on these bags, but you can collect the round bar-code sticker as 10 points. These are Yummy apples but branded Hailstone Heroes and available in both New World and Pak’n Saves.

The Year 0/1 children have been focussing on the Learner Profile Attribute of being Principled. Being principled means being honest and truthful, playing fairly with others and acting sensibly even when no one is looking.

The Year 4 team played their last netball game on Monday at Netball North Harbour and displayed excellent netball skills, including teamwork and sportsmanship. The team made great strategic passes, and also defended the ball fiercely to have a convincing win over their opponents. We are so proud of the huge development the girls have all shown. I would like to thank the coach and manager for giving their time and effort to ensure the smooth-running of the team, as well as all the players and their parents for their commitment to attending the games weekly. Now that the season is over, all netball uniforms need to be washed and returned to Mrs Smith in Room 16. Thank you.

Milford School have a vibrant and busy music department. We provide not only classroom music lessons but the opportunity for children to belong to many groups. To celebrate this, we are having an evening 'Music Extravaganza Concert' to showcase and share the student's talents.

Need a safe and fun holiday programme for the kids over the school holidays? Our before and after school care team, SKIDS, are running their holiday programme filled with fun activities and trips.

Ethos has you sorted for the school holidays, running a 2-day programme, involving some of the following:

Get your children excited about Technology with these 11 awesome programmes.

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