Kia ora koutou katoa. I hope you all enjoyed the Easter weekend and were able to spend time with family and friends. I know I did! The Scholastic Book Fair was delivered yesterday and is now set up in Room 4 and open for business. Please come in before or after school from today through to Wednesday. It will also be open right through the Parent/Teacher meeting afternoon on Wednesday (from 12.30 – 7.00pm). The profits from any books you buy come straight to the school and are used by our Librarian to purchase new books for the Library. Over the past few years this book fair has been really successful and last year we earned $2800 for our Library. Please do come and buy those holiday books for your children to read!

It is very noticeable that many of our students who cross Shakespeare Road using the pedestrian crossing trust the green man with their lives! They tend to hear the crossing signal, see the green man, and just head straight out into the road. Please take the time to teach your children that they still need to check that cars have stopped before they walk! A green man is no guarantee of safety to our most precious children. Teach children to stop, check and then walk.

Thursday, 15th of April 6:30-7:30pm

In Garden to Table room 5 have been learning knife and chopping skills. In their first session then created pesto using kale and silver beef. They also created a salsa using tomatoes and herbs all grown in our very own Milford garden.

Each week we think about the PYP Learner Profile Attributes. This week we have talked about being knowledgeable. We can be knowledgeable in lots of ways. We have lots of knowledgeable students in Year One. Here are six of the children we have celebrated this week. Well done Cavallo, Shannon, Cooper, Dasha, Lauren and Sathika.

These wonderfully Caring and and Reflective Year 2 students came to see me with their writing, all about the issue of plastic bags in the ocean and how they affect sea life. All of these students are learning English as a new language and are doing so well with their reading and writing! Daniel, Jain, Martin and Aishia are developing many of the attributes of the Learner Profile.

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!

Tap into your child’s potential by encouraging their creativity with Bricks 4 Kidz® Holiday Programme, a fresh and fun way for kids aged 5-12 to spend their school holiday! Students will show off their engineering skills, problem solving, creativity and imagination, explore the world of Science, Engineering and Architecture using STEM principles. Your only limitation is your imagination!

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.

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

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