Auckland Transport ran a very successful Play Streets afternoon on Wednesday this week, blocking off Otakau Road from 2.00-4.00pm so cars couldn’t enter or exit the street. The children and parents who came through after school were really excited to use the chalk on the road, ride over the ramps and through the obstacles as well as devour a sausage! They will do this again next Wednesday afternoon, feel free to come this way home.

A huge thank you to all of the families who kindly sent in a gift for our Age Concern North Shore Christmas Appeal this year. You have supported some of our most vulnerable and lonely community members with kindness and generosity! We appreciate your contributions, and the cards made by our wonderful children will be hugely loved by the recipients of the gift baskets.

This year, Room 4 have been hard at work on our 2019 Pollinator Project. After we were gifted with our swan plant (which Daisy named Richard) in Term 2, we grew it nice and tall and planted it in the space outside of our classroom. In recent weeks, we have had many Monarch butterflies come and visit our plant to lay eggs. It didn’t take long for 13 caterpillars to grow big and chunky thanks to Richard’s abundant leaves!

Last Friday, teachers Michelle Clark, Ellen von Collas and representatives of our Enviro Group: Esther Choi, Sean Crampsie, David Geertsema, Mia Noll, Amy Sao, Beth Thomson and Gus White, attended the 2019 Enviro Award Ceremony, following our successful Green-Gold Reflection in March this year.

The Hive children have been caring for their environment. On Tuesday we put on some gloves, grabbed our buckets and set off collecting rubbish around our school. We were surprised at how much we found! Luckily, thanks to us, this rubbish will no longer end up in the lake or sea. We have saved some sea creatures from eating this rubbish. We hope people will now think carefully where to put their rubbish from now on.

As we are nearing the end of Waterwise for 2019, we would like to express our thanks to all the parents who volunteer their time to ensure that this programme continues to play an important role in the learning of our Year 5 & 6 students at Milford.

We are trying to find out who the tallest teacher is at Milford School. Olivia came up with the question when she saw Mrs Vader and Ms Baker standing next to each other in the playground. She asked "who is the tallest of Mrs Vader and Ms Baker?" she found out it was Mrs Vader. Then Olivia wondered who was the tallest teacher at Milford School?

Please check the lost property boxes located outside of the office, if you suspect your child has lost an item of clothing. While we try to return any named items, we are unable to match items to a child if they are not named clearly, or the names have not been changed when bought second hand.

The Year 6 students, as part of their inquiry unit, have been busy creating products to sell at their Market Day on the 12th December. Classes from the rest of the school will visit the market (school hall) from 11 - 12.20 to purchase these amazing creations. NZ currency is transferred into Market Day Vouchers prior to this event.

Come along and enjoy an evening of Christmas cheer with your family and the school community. The Children have been practicing hard and can't wait to share their Christmas songs with you all.

This school holiday programme is the perfect way for your child to spend the last few days before Christmas. Each day has been carefully planned so that the children are engaged in a variety of creative activities throughout the day. The course is multi-leveled so is perfect for primary aged children.

Love ice cream? Please hold on to your empty 2 litre ice-cream tubs over the summer break and bring them to Mrs von Collas in Room 19 so they can be re-used for our new Enviro recycling initiative. T-shirts too small? Please send t-shirts that no longer fit to Room 19 also, so they can be repurposed. Many thanks.

On the 4th and 11th of December, from 2pm until 4pm, Auckland Transport will be trialing a Play Street event on Otakau Road, as part of their Safe School Streets Pilot. During these times, there will be no vehicle access to Otakau Road for parent's to collect their children. You will need to park elsewhere and walk to school to fetch your children.

Next year we will be holding a school fair. Mark this date on your calendar now. More information will be coming out in the new year.

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Looking for something for the kids to do these coming holidays? See below for programmes to keep the kids entertained.

You may recall Auckland Diving’s Olympic coaches coming to our school and teaching us about diving. Following some renovations at Glenfield and brand new diving boards at WestWave, both pools are re-open. Auckland Diving invites you to come for your FREE LESSON by booking at www.aucklanddiving.co.nz.

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