Christmas Festival of Song

Christmas festival of song 2011 was a great hit! The Juniors sang beautifully on the 6^th and the Seniors on the 7^th.  First the kids sang all the traditional Christmas carols (One Child, When a Child is born etc.) and then sang more fun songs (Kiwi Jingle Bells, Grandma got run over by a reindeer etc.) In between there were bible readings and children playing music.

The Stu Duval show

On Thursday 28^th October, Stu Duval (a famous New Zealand artist and actor) came to our school to put on a show. He told us his very own made up Christmas story called Jingle Bull. He also showed us how he learned to draw at school. He taught us one very important thing- S, 2 dots, a prickle and a line. His show was very entertaining and funny. Rhiana Merota described the show as “cool and interesting”. Janice Lim said the show was “creative and funny”.

Milford's Got Talent!

Over the next few weeks at Milford School is having its yearly Milford’s Got Talent! The event consists of a few categories; Instrumental, (Group and solo) Variety, Singing, (Group and solo) and Dance. The competition began with the auditions for instruments, followed by Variety, Dance and then Singing. When all the auditions are over a 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd for each category and the winners will go through to the grand final where an overall winner will be decided. Janice Lim said, “I think the performers are very talented people”.

Friends.com Drama Performance

On Thursday the 18^th August two people from Friends.com came to put on a show for the Year 5/6’s. The show was about how to be safe on the internet and not to text bully. The show featured four characters; Emma, the new girl, Hannah, a bully, Dylan, a ‘loser’ who has a fake facebook account and Mike, a popular person. We learnt that it is against the law to have a facebook account if you are underage or not if that is not your real identity, never let anyone use your phone, even if you know them really well and much more. Everybody learned a lot and had a lot of fun!

Senior Netball

Senior Netball is Netball for the Year 5 & 6 students. Year 5 student’s play on Mondays and the teams range from Teams 3 – 6. The Year 6 students play on Wednesdays and range from Teams 1 - 2. The Year 6 netballers are still in their grading games to see which teams they will play against on the Netball Field day. After the Field Day on July 6^th the teams will face off against teams in their grade.

Good Luck Milford School Netball Teams!

The ICAS Competitions

The ICAS competitions are competitions that year 4, 5 and 6 students can enter, they are graded with: participation, credit, distinction or a high distinction. The subjects that the students can enter are Computer, Maths, Science, Writing, Spelling and English. Each competition has questions of basic and deeper knowledge of the category. When finished the competition is sent off to Australia and is marked by computers then is sent back with a certificate stating what grade the student has achieved. 

Bush Skills At Camp Carey Park

By Elizabeth

Book Fair

The book fair is an event that is on for a week at Milford School during Literacy Week. The Book Fair is in the Library and students can buy books there. The students can also buy posters. With every purchase the student will receive a free bookmark to go with their book. There are many books to choose from such as Justin Bieber books, Royal family Diaries, Art and Crafts books, and many more. Janice from Room1 said, “I like doing the book fair every year because it gives me a chance to read books that I haven’t ever read before." Kate from Room 1 said, “I think it’s great because it gives an opportunity to buy cool books and posters and get awesome bookmarks”.  Milford School students have really enjoyed Literacy Week and the book fair.