Kia ora koutou katoa. Today is the last day of Term 1 and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your children for these next two weeks. I do want to acknowledge all the time and effort the staff have put in and I sincerely thank them for this. Working with children is rewarding but also very exhausting at times, and I know the teachers, especially, will be using this holiday time to recharge ready for a new term of learning. School reopens on Monday 3 May.

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

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.

These last few weeks in Year 5 STEM sessions we have been designing a new concept for a fidget toy using the Engineering Design Process. Check out this awesome creation from Jessie who had some SUPER creative ideas and took the initiative to build a prototype at home!

Milford Swimmers have had a range of opportunities to shine over the last few weeks. We had our school swimming trials in the pool a few weeks ago and from those timed races we selected a team of swimmers to represent us at the following events. Pupuke Cluster Swimming was held at Takapuna Primary School on Thursday 1st April - each child took part in all races (25m Freestyle, Breaststroke and Backstroke) then there was the excitement of the relay race to finish the competition - which Milford School won with half a length to spare!

"How the World Works" has been unpacked in Year 3 ESOL classes this term. Children have enjoyed experimenting, interpreting and responding to visual texts as well as sharing their learning. They have been amazing Risk-Takers, stepping out of their comfort zone and reading out loud Simple Machines and Magnetic Magnets to the class.

Midway through the term, Milford School Enviro Group were approached to take part in a project culminating in an exciting event at Smales Farm over the school holidays. Our task was to decorate two bird boxes for their “Hide and Tweet” trail and write an imaginary character description of their two inhabitants - Karen the Kereru & Rawiri the Kingfisher.

This is our egg dropping eggsperiment inspired by the movie ‘Up' , for how the world works. For this eggsperiment we had to have the resources to help us build the egg house. All the resources were important. We also had to think carefully about the weight at the bottom. The balloons helped slow down the egg house when it dropped. The final product was eggcellent and we learned so much about the science behind it! See the video below.

Our annual visit to Carey Park Camp was in Week 8, luckily COVID stayed away and camp went ahead. Camp was an amazing experience for the students who got to challenge themselves by participating in a range of excellent activities like archery, trolley carts, the flying fox and raft building to name a few. The burma trial triggered a wide range of emotions and reactions; fear, laughter, screaming, giggling, excitement and once completed...relief! (thanks to the Dads/goblins for the strange noises they created).

Recently in Wellbeing club some of the Year 5's who attended in Year 3 & 4 have now become Wellbeing club leaders. This week the leaders rolled some yoga dice and we practised some relaxing yoga moves. Some of us almost fell asleep when we did "shavasana" at the end. We are ready for the holidays! Next term new members can join.

We have part of a Year 5/6 Tackle Rugby team with some really keen players for the upcoming Rippa Rugby/Tackle Rugby festivals/tournaments. We still require another 5 players to confirm this team into the tournament.

Get ready for a bit of competitive family fun with our Family Quiz Night, taking place these school holidays! We've compiled a bunch of kid-friendly questions that the whole family can enjoy - it's a win-win with you getting to visit your favourite local, and the kids getting in some general knowledge fun, dinner and some great prizes up for grabs.

Kenzy, R9 is one of Milford School students who celebrates Ramadan. She has shared a Lantern Making activity in her ESOL class. We are grateful to have students from many countries in the world and to be able to share celebrations and festivals in our classes. We wish all our students and their families a Happy Ramadan.

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 Tuesday 21 September. The ballot will be drawn by our Police Education Officer on Wednesday 20 October.

For end of Term 1/Term 2 we are collecting the following for STEM. You can drop these off to Miss Brown in the Pouaka Room (next to music and R7) anytime - old CDs (just the discs themselves please) - cardboard tubes (toilet paper, kitchen towel etc) - clean, empty 1.5L plastic bottles (fizzy drink only) Thank you in advance!

Get your children excited about Technology with these 13 awesome holiday programmes, or after school lessons (either classroom sessions or virtual sessions).

This is a modern approach to tennis training. Forget standing around waiting for your turn to hit a forehand. Think dynamic sessions catered for all abilities. We want to encourage children to play tennis throughout their lives and be active too. So if your child is aged 3-16+ why not give it a try?

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