Kia ora koutou katoa. What a fabulous week we are having with Our Week of Words! The guest authors we had visit, Vasanti Unka (author of books such as I am the Universe and Who stole the Rainbow?) and James Russell (Dragon Defenders series), were amazing and the students learned so much from them. The costs of having these authors come from the Activity Contribution most of you paid at the start of the year, so thank you for paying this.

Our Week of Words started off with a visit from Vasanti Unka. Vasanti is the author of Who Stole my Rainbow? along with many other titles. Our Year 1-3 children enjoyed listening to Vasasnti's story of how she became an author and illustrator. She shared key messages around the importance of imagination and that everyone can write the story that is inside them if they put their mind to it.

This week all the specialist teachers have included some activities that linked in with Book Week - this is our aim as a PYP school - to be as transdisciplinary as we can! It is amazing!

This week in STEM Club we have been manipulating different variables to launch a baking soda rocket! We used 1L bottles, tape, pencils, a cork, paper towels and vinegar. We learned that the chemical reaction created by the vinegar and baking soda inside the bottle creates a forceful stream of liquid that pushes out the cork and lifts the rocket into the air.

With last week's Gardening Club being a wet one, yesterday was the closest we could get to the shortest day of the year - the best time to plant garlic bulbs. After planting our bulbs for spring, we all helped to shake up some cream to turn it into butter, chop up the garlic and mix the two together to make garlic butter. A quick heat up of the french stick and we were able to spread our delicious butter on the warm bread and ... Mmmmm!

Year 6 STEM Year 6 have been investigating developments in technology throughout the ages and what impact these have had on humans and sustainability. Each group has presented their class with a wealth of knowledge about their area of interest with some innovative models.

This is Milford School’s second year of Garden to Table. It’s a unique and inspiring programme teaching our children how to grow and harvest produce grown in the school garden, to then be prepared and shared in the school kitchen. We are looking for someone to take over the Kitchen Specialist role from Term 3 this year. We currently run the programme with our three Year 5 classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 11.00am - 12.30pm.

The children in Year 3 enjoyed author Vassanti Unka's visit on Monday. Those who participated in her Writer's Workshop later in the day were inspired by her brainstorming and simple poem structure. Sophia was so inspired she went home and wrote her own poem. The rest of the children paired up to write cinquain poems, inspired by Our Week of Words. We hope you enjoy them.

James and Yui came to see me to share their learning in Korean and English in connection with the PYP Learner Profile attributes. The research and thinking they have done in order to bring meaning in two languages to each of the attributes, and then to use a digital platform to illustrate and share their learning has been amazing! James and Yui created an illustrated poster for each of the attributes with definitions of each attribute in both English and Korean, which will be of great use to our future parents and students coming from Korea. Thank you Yui and James, and to Mrs S!

Hip-hip-hooray! We're having a Mufti Day! To celebrate the end of our very long term, we will be having a mufti on the last day of term. So, on Friday 3rd July, wear your normal weekend clothes, and bring a gold coin to school. All money raised will go towards the new Native Garden that our Enviro Group have been designing and planning since Term 1.

Kia ora Parents of Year 6 Learners, Our enrolment application form is online, and we are currently taking 2021 applications for Year 7 learners living in our school zone. Out of zone applications will be open on 20 July.

Classes will be held at St Paul's Anglican Church on Mondays from 3:15 to 4:15pm. 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.

Sunshine Online is a great, free online resource for emergent to fluent readers. Please use the following to access:

We need your used writing instruments and oral hygiene products!

If you have any of the following heading for your recycling bin, could you please send them to the Pouaka Room instead? We are after these items for upcoming projects: Plastic bottle caps (from milk cartons, carbonated drink bottles etc) , toilet roll/kitchen towel card tubes and 2L carbonated drink bottles The students and Miss B thank you in advance!

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!

Need a safe and fun holiday programme for the kids over the upcoming school holidays? Our before and after school care team, SKIDS, are running their holiday programme filled with fun activities and trips. Contact them directly to find out more.

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