Kia ora! One of the things that I love the most about being the Principal of our school is seeing the joy on the faces of our students as they are involved in the things they love. It can be sport, music, learning, or something else altogether, but this morning it was music. The school orchestra played to an audience, our students, and all the hard work they have put into practising, shone through. The joy on their faces was very evident and all of us in the audience really enjoyed listening to them. They even had a guest conductor this morning – me!! That was a real privilege and I love that they asked me to do that. Our school orchestra has come together through the talent of our music teacher who shares, with these groups, her passion for music and her commitment to high standards. Thank you Eugenie Middleton!

Congratulations to Grace Cameron, Ruby Dorreen, Noah Singleton and Sean Crampsie for being voted in as leaders of the Student Council. This is a group of Year 5 and 6 students who are working towards making Milford School the very best it can be.

In Week 11 of this term, we will be celebrating all things literacy during Our Week of Words. Throughout the week, there will be various activities the children will be able to take part in, including visits from guest authors. During the author visits, the children will be able to gain valuable insights into what it means to be an author, and how authors work to engage their readers. Guest authors include Vasanti Unka for Year 0-3 and James Russell for Years 4-6. These are well known authors who we think will really inspire the children.

Last week Room 6 really enjoyed their Garden to Table sessions! The gardeners were able to harvest lots of yummy vegetables that were turned into dips as well as being chopped and wrapped up in rice paper rolls.

In classroom music we have been learning to play waiata on the ukulele.

Last week in STEM, Year 4 students worked in groups to build the tallest tower they could using only spaghetti and marshmallows! There was a huge demonstration of the Learner Profile attributes from the students: being reflective in their design process, demonstrating knowledge of stable structures, inquiring into different building methods and being effective communicators to work within their teams. Our tallest tower clocked an impressive 62cm, a formidable effort! Here are some photos of our engineers hard at work.

Mischa Moreton & Carter Howarth (two of our year 6 students) have decided to arrange a collection from Milford School for the Give A Kid A Blanket charity. New and unused blankets + pyjamas can either be dropped off before school at either school entrance next Thursday, or at the hall next Friday before school starts.

The music groups at Milford School are now well underway and are sounding amazing! We can't wait to have an audience at some point and after this week's announcement, we are getting closer. Here is a little video of the gorgeous APPA choir who are performing a round of row row row your boat and Frere Jacques in the hall. This was a couple of weeks ago, when we were spaced 1 metre apart - today will be back to normal!

We will be having a 2nd Hand Uniform Sale on Friday, 26 June at 2.45pm Find us outside the junior block, opposite the Courts.

All children are invited to come along for a free non obligatory trial of our Dance Sing Act Classes! We look forward to creating some normality for your child through the magic of dance and drama! Come along for a free trial of our awesome Pform.nz classes! DANCE SING ACT in your school! Classes running on Tuesday evenings!

We are a group of year 12 students attending Westlake Girls High School and as part of a school assessment and the "young enterprise scheme", we have formed a business group named FlickIT. Our mission is to produce an innovative, decorative lightbulb that will bring joy and comfort to your child’s life. We wish to spark imagination and creativity in a kiwi kid's room by making the environment aesthetically pleasing and fun to be in. Our product comes in various colours, blues, greens, pink/red and even rainbow! If you're interested, please email flickit.yes@gmail.com - Thanks, the FlickIT team.

You may recall Commonwealth Games athlete Liam Stone come in and teach us about his sport - Diving. Diving is now back up and running and offering free trial lessons. Students have the opportunity to try this fun, unique sport that promotes athletic and mental development as well as deep water confidence.

Catalogues were sent home last week, BUT if you didn’t get one don’t despair please check with your classroom teacher.

myKindo app is now available for iPhone and Android phones. If you like the flexibility of ordering anywhere, anytime then go ahead and download the app!

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