Kia ora whānau. Our Year 6 students who are going to TNIS next year spent a morning there this week. They were very excited to take part in activities and meet some of our ex-students. The photo above and those below are from the day. We are very fortunate to have such a great intermediate school that our students can feed into. Continuing their IB journey is so beneficial to the development of their approaches to learning and in setting them up with the skills they need to be lifelong learners.

We will be having nother non-uniform day next Friday 2 December and this time it will be Christmas Themed. Children can wear their home clothes to school with a bit of Christmas flare and bring a gold coin donation which will go towards the final push to raise funds for the Y3-4 playground which is set to be installed at the end of November. We have been able to raise over $700 at each of our previous non-uniform days for which we are very grateful. Lets see if we can make this one the biggest yet!

Don't forget you can still buy tickets for the FOMS raffle hampers everyday before or after school from the office. $5 each or 5 for $20. Please help support this great fundraising drive as FOMS works to get the last $5000 needed for the new playground. Raffles will be drawn at the Festival of Song event on 9 December.

Help the Year 6’s fundraise towards their Year 6 Graduation event by ordering a lemonade ice block as part of your child’s morning tea on Friday 18th November. Each ice block will cost $2 with $1.50 from each ice block sold going towards the fundraising effort. Please order via www.mykindo.co.nz . Orders close at 11 am on Thursday 1st December. Ice blocks are gluten free and may contain traces of milk.

Catalogues were sent home this week, BUT if you didn’t get one don’t despair - please check with your classroom teacher or the office to get your copy. Orders need to be placed by Wednesday 30 November.

Once again we are offering pool keys to our school families, for use of the school pool over the summer. The cost will be $170 plus a refundable bond of $30, once the key is returned ($200 altogether)

This year, after not being able to participate in 2021 due to lockdown, we are happy to announce we will again be supporting the Age Concern North Shore organisation to collect gifts and Christmas messages of kindness and recognition to the elderly community of the North Shore. Many of our elderly in the community do not have relatives or friends able to be with them each Christmas day, so with the gifts we collect, Age Concern provides a small gift hamper for many of these lovely people. Please help us and donate an item to our collection!

9 Lives Orphange do an amazing job of caring for and rehabilitating injured, sick and scared cats and kittens, and to re-home these once stray and abandoned animals into loving forever homes. With 252 cats and kittens in foster already, and with kitten season already in full swing, they desperately need donations of food, litter and other items. There is a box in the school office if anyone would like to donate to this very worthy charity.

The Cheese Wheel is a cheese subscription service based in Wellington. They have kindly donated a cheese box for one of our FOMS raffle hampers and they have also given the school community a special offer of 20% of your first cheesebox using the code TCW22MILFORD. See above flyer for more information. The Cheese Wheel is a cheese subscription service based in Wellington.

Tessa, Melanie, Rachel and Yikun popped up to share their new vocabulary with me this week and it was lovely to see these keen learners so excited to share their work. With Mrs S in the ESOL group, the children have been exploring life cycles and they shared the life cycle of apples with me. Each could name each part of the cycle, from seeds to seedlings to trees with buds, blossoms and fruit. Fantastic learning!

The Learner Profile Attribute that we have been focusing on this week is Caring. Being a caring learner means that we care about people, plants and the earth. We look after ourselves, others and the environment. We also look after our things and take care of school equipment. The students who received certificates this week are; Leo and Zoe in Room 4, Maddi and Justin in Room 18, Eilidh and Tessan in Room 14, Harlow and Louie in Room 13, George and Summer in Room 15, Emma and Luca in Room 16, and Mariam and Toby in Room 17. Congratulations to these deserved learners.

On Tuesday the Year 2 and 3s came together for a morning of running, jumping and throwing. We were very lucky with the weather, managing to complete the events in some sun before the rain came!

How lucky were we with the weather on Tuesday morning for our Year 2 and Year 3 Athletics morning. Thank you to the parents who came to support us. We enjoyed throwing shot put, javelin, running the long distance, running sprints and jumping hurdles.

We were so lucky this Thursday to have a sunny lunchtime. There were lots of jobs to do in the garden, we were so busy! The peas were not having much success by the nets, so the children weeded and cleared the area to prepare for sweet corn. We planted some cherry tomatoes in the garden bed and cut back the flowers to allow for more light. There was a hole in the strawberry patch netting, so Niko very patiently used some strings to sew the hole back together. We also used magnifying glasses and a microscope to look at the 'rust' that has been spotted on the garlic leaves. In the end, we all took home a wedge of cabbage.

This term Our Year three students have been inquiring into a new unit- HOW THE WORLD WORKS. Their central idea is: A range of jobs and services are needed for society to function successfully. Room 20 and 21 ESOL children have looked at the variety of jobs and have decided to explore advertising jobs. They have designed mini books where they advertised apples. They have had lots of fun doing it!

Every year the Milford School students sing Christmas songs on the field while the parents sit on picnic rugs, drink and eat and enjoy the children singing. It is a highlight of the year and we haven't been able to do this concert for a couple of years, so the children are very excited to have it back! It is a wonderful opportunity to get to know people in the school community and to celebrate the wonderful year. Children wear red, white or green clothing. They start arriving with you at 5pm. The singing starts at 5.30 pm. Each year group will be performing, so put it in your diary!

Head Held High holiday programmes are full of fun, learning and creativity for students aged Year 1 to Year 5. The programmes are taught by the same professional, enthusiastic and caring teachers who teach our speech and drama lessons across Auckland during the school terms, and they pack the day with speech and drama games and activities that kids love.

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.

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.

Guitar and Ukulele Lessons are available at school next year, with Dave Gatman from Musiqhub. If you would like more information or register your interest for lessons in Term 1 2023, please contact Dave on 021 2221456 or dave.gatman@musiqhub.co.nz

Shelley Bryce is once again running her Tennis Holiday programme from the Milford Tennis Club on Dodson Avenue these coming school holidays.

School Holiday Program and after school classes.

Get your children excited about Technology with these 12 awesome holiday programmes.

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