Kia ora koutou katoa. What a term it has been! As we finish up Term 3 and start our school holidays, I have been reflecting on the disruptions we have had due to Level 3 lockdowns, but more importantly the great learning that has occurred. Our classrooms have been buzzing with excited children learning, collaborating and communicating with each other.

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.

Wow, what an amazing demonstration of Year 6 student learning we have had over the last few weeks, culminating in the fantastic Exhibition on Thursday afternoon! We are so proud of our open-minded, risk-taking, principled and knowledgeable Inquirers! They collaborated and communicated to present their findings and to decide on an Action to assist in addressing the issues in our world.

Milford students were invited to decorate native bird templates which will be used to decorate the Shore City entrance way. Pop down in the school holidays and check out their amazing work. A big thank you to the students who came during their lunch breaks to colour in these birds. They all look amazing and we can't wait to see them on display.

This week is a Chinese Language Week. Global Citizens Club members have celebrated it and discussed different aspects of Chinese Language. We are so lucky to have many bilingual students at our school, who can read, write and speak in at least two languages. It was very interesting listening to the contributions they made about their heritage language. We talked about Mandarin written language features, script, symbols and much more.

In classroom music this week we have been celebrating Chinese language week and also New Zealand Sign Language week. Music is a very accessible way for children to actively learn new languages, and here is a list of songs that the children have been learning in class, but can now also access at home. These include songs from Maori language week too.

Year 3 have enjoyed taking part in some activities associated with Chinese Language Week and New Zealand Sign Language Week. Click on the links below to watch Year 3 singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Chinese and sign the National Anthem. They did such a good job!

What a great turn out we had of bikes and scooters for our Walking and wheels day. Sam and Matt, from Auckland Transport, spoke to our children about riding bikes and scooters safely, which included safely crossing the road and being aware of sneaky driveways. The children enjoyed their sessions and will hopefully remember the road safety rules when walking, cycling and scooting to school or in the holidays.

Many Congratulations to Maxine S, Room 15, who is the proud owner of a brand new scooter! ( Thank you to Jodie Yeoman for donating this cool scooter to Travelwise). The runners up for the Junior school draw were Vivian Peng, Room 8, and Joaquin M, Room 14.(not pictured)

It took a while to get there, thanks to all the disruptions this year, but we finally got to celebrate 100 days in Room 8. We each brought in 100 items that we could count out in groups of 2's, 5's, 10's, 20's and other combinations to work out our total of 100 strategies.

Wow! What a Terrific Tuesday we had this week in Year 3. With awesome science experiments in all three Year 3 classes, it was difficult to decide which was our favourite experiment. The oobleck in Room 21 was certainly a big hit. The coffee filter flowers in Room 20 were really beautiful. In Room 19 the highlight was probably the fizzy sherbet (hygiene practices were monitored).

We finally got there - 100 days at school. Yay! The Hive children reflected on what they think they will be doing when they reach 100 years old. Here are some of their ideas:

This week, our second Milford School team have been busy planning, designing, building and compiling reports for their EPro8 entry. “Camelia” the camel has been admired by many a student this week in the Pouaka Room and has been submitted with the hope that she will make it to the semi-finals. Please cross your fingers for us!

Over the last term we have been running a Milford's Got Talent competition. We certainly do have so much talent at Milford School and we were thrilled to see and hear children who performed in gymnastics, a magical show, dances, instrumental and singing. The competition was held over lunchtimes and there were student judges who commented on each performance.

Do you have any spare or unwanted pots for planting, rolling around in the shed at home? Please bring them in (any shape or size!) to donate to gardening club and STEM for Term 4. Send them to the Pouaka Room on return to school for collection. Many thanks!

We will be holding a ballot for out of zone students in October this year, for entry to school in 2021. 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 14 October. The ballot will be drawn by our Police Education Officer on Wednesday 21 October.

Milford Primary School is selling Entertainment Digital Memberships as part of this year’s fundraising initiative and we would love your support.

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

Many thanks to all those families who have already entered the Shore to Shore Fun Run and Walk. So far we have about 50 entries - quite a long way from our goal of over 200. Remember the school will get sports equipment for every person who enters. The more people who enter through Milford School, the more equipment we stand to earn. Can you get whole families together for the event?? Uncles, aunties, cousins, friends, grandparents, friends of friends. The more the merrier! Registrations are now open on the North Harbour Sport website. See the link below.

Classes will be held at St Paul's Anglican Church on Mondays from 3:15 to 4:45pm for yrs 0-4 and 3:15 to 4:15pm for yrs 4-6. 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.

Get your kids excited about technology with these 13 awesome holiday programmes, or after school lessons either classroom sessions or virtual sessions.

Tap into your child’s potential by encouraging their creativity with Bricks 4 Kidz® Holiday Programme, a fresh and fun way for kids aged 5-12 to spend their school holiday! Students will show off their engineering skills, problem solving, creativity and imagination, explore the world of Science, Engineering and Architecture using STEM principles. Your only limitation is your imagination!

Elephant Wresteler Restaurant in Takapuna are running their, quickly becoming famous, Family Quiz again during the school holidays. They will have Family Quiz’s on both Wednesday September 30th & Wednesday October 7th. Registration from 5:45pm with a strict 6pm Start. Some great family prizes up for grabs.

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