Julian ,Yun Seo and Stephan at Milford School

My time at Milford School has been really good. I’ve made two best friends - Ella and Louise. My teacher is Mrs. Fisher. She is kind and nice teacher. I went to Athletics Day at school. I did a high jump and long jump. It was fun. But it was hard too. I wasn’t good at high jump and long jump. I went to dancing club for hobby at Milford School. I went to the school disco too. I brought $10. I bought two bags of cookies and one bottle of water. I gave one bag of cookies to my sister’s friend’s brother. I bought the finger flash too. I bought the white one and gave Jae a blue one. Every Friday, juniors and seniors go to our school hall for Assembly. I like Assembly because I like to sing. I also go to ESOL. Mrs. S. is my teacher. My friends were Inmoo, YoYo, Stephan and Andrei. Tracye is Mrs. S’s helper. They helped me so much, so I wante to go to ESOL. First ESOL class was in Room 9. But we moved to another classroom which has a nice view, too. I helped her to move tables and chairs. I want to say “Thank you” to the teachers who helped me to learn English very well.

Stephan

I liked Milford School. My favourite teacher was MR. Phillips. My favourite subject was science.
My best friend was Won. I think I met good teatchers. I liked swimming in the pool and the lake. It's awesome. I had ESOL with Andei, Yo Yo Yun Seo and Innmoo. Mrs. S was my teacher. I HAD FUN.

Julian

En el colejio de milford my mejor profesora fue la sally por q siempre nos asia muchas cosas dibertidas como drama peliculas de mimos sin ablar axctuando con rap con amor con acsiones q no pueden imaginarse se pueden expresar lo q tu cientas lo q se te ocurra y cuando nos isieron aser una pelicula de acsion de de los romanos peliando contra los chinos en un desierto con las personas mas populares de el mundo.CUANDO asemos deportes ayi ai cricket t-ball.Cuando tenemos waterwise tenemos q usar cajac o aser botes con telas.Cuando llege al colegio mis amigos fueron el George el Chase el aly el Isaac el Henry y el Jack.

Cuando vine el primer dia a esol no sabia nada de ingles pero a estos meses ia puedo ablar mejor d lo q yo pensaba.hoidia tengo mi graduacion a las 11:00 de la manana y en la tarde voi a tener una disco pero solamente para los ninos de 5 basico.Cando sea navidad yo quiero tener unas ruedas para mi ripstick por q las mias estan todas rotas con ollos y con cosas nuevas para q pueda frenar mejor q antes.

Daffa

I like Milford school, and I like playing soccer at morning tea time and at lunch time and I like swimming at the school pool and I like to go to the library and I like to go to the computer suite and It's was different from Indonesian school. My teacher is Mrs. Fisher and my class is at Room 3.

Yunjung

I like Milford School because it's very different from my Korean school.Milford School had a lot of good things.It had swimming pool ,I can do waterwise,large field.Korean school had one building.Ilove Milford school.My teacher is Ms Keen and I'm Room2.

Shana

I like Milford School because it has many beautifyul placesd.It has a swimming pool ,playground, computer suite,and basketball court. Now I can do waterwise and lots of sports.In Korean school it didn't have swimming pool or basketball court. I enjoy time and I enjoy Milford School.My teacher is Mr.Anderson and I'm room1.I never forget Milford School.

A Journey Through Milford School

inter school athletics day

On Monday, 23 November, some Milford School students took part in the Interschool Athletics Competition, held at Onewa Domain. There have been some fantastic results and our team did really well. We did high jump, long jump, shot put, javelin, 100 m, 60 m and 60 m relay.

Well done Waiata Group!!! You were amazing at last week's Onepoto Cultural Festival. The audience was impressed with your lovely singing.

NEW ZEALAND CHESS CHAMPIONS

Milford School is the primary school Nationa Chess Champion thanks to the talents and hard work of Winston, William, Jonh and WIlliam Kelly and their parents as well. They won the title last week in Palmestorn North. Well done!!!

Medieval Day

Monday 21st Septembers was not a regular school day for Milford School YEAR 5/6 students. They had a Medieval Feast and Banquet Day as partof their theme studies this term, when they have been learning about life, laws and activities during medieval times.
Summary of the day:
· Students and their teachers came to school dressed up like peasants, monks, friars, maidens or knights to add to the authenticity of the day
· the Argent Lords Medieval Display Troupe visited us to enhance the topic studies
· banquet resembling a medieval feast in the hall with the following menu: Cooked chicken legs, cooked sausages ,cooked potatoes, bread, fruit, water

These were placed on the tables as part of the communal feast. During the banquet, there were musical, acrobatic, joke telling and dance troop’s items.y for Milford School YEAR 5/6 students. They had a Medieval Feast and Banquet Day as part of their theme studies this term, when they have been learning about life, laws and activities during medieval times.
Summary of the day:
· Students and their teachers came to school dressed up like peasants, monks, friars, maidens or knights to add to the authenticity of the day
· the Argent Lords Medieval Display Troupe visited us to enhance the topic studies
· banquet resembling a medieval feast in the hall with the following menu: Cooked chicken legs, cooked sausages ,cooked potatoes, bread, fruit, water .
These were placed on the tables as part of the communal feast. During the banquet, there were musical, acrobatic, joke telling and dance troop’s items.

MEDIEVAL DAY

LOUD SHIRT DAY 18 September

Milford School Kids in action-wearing loud shirts and fundraising for the deaf children. Andrei (Serbia), Inmoo (Korea), Yo Yo (China) and Yun Seo (Korea) have put a lot of effort and dressed up beautifully for this annual even at our school.

Auckland Chess Champions - Milford School Students

Milford School chess team have once again proven that they are the great champions. Less than a month ago, they won the North Shore Primary Schools Chess Tornament, and last Friday,28 August 2009, they won the Auckland Primary Schools Championship, sharing the first place, and the trophy, with the Blockhouse Bay Primary School. Our team, William Zhang, Winston Yao, John Jiang, William Kelly and a reserve player, Roger Wang, will represent Milford School at the Nationals Finals in Palmerston North at the end of the term.

We are proud of our chess players. This is what the officials said about our bright stars: “And congratulations go to all the finalist teams for their efforts. It is a great achievement to make the Auckland finals by proving you are the best in your zones. All your players fought hard and showed great sportsmanship. They were a credit to your schools. “


William Zhang is travelling to Turkey to represent NZ under 8 boys at the World Youth Chess Championship in November this year.

Also Winston Yao represented NZ at the same competition last year which was held in Vietnam.

unicycle demo

A few weeks ago Campbell’s Bay school visited our school to show us how to ride unicycle.
They went on a ramp. It was exciting.
They were catching the ball and throwing the ball and they went jumping. They showed a big wheel bike and small wheel bike and tall bike. Somebody rode a tall bike. Everyone clapped. But I don’t want to do it, because I can hurt myself!

International Maths and Languages Week at Milford School

This week we are celebrating The International Maths Day and also the International Languages Day. Some of our ESOL students have brought to school maths books in many different languages. It is fun to listen to the instructions when they come from people who speak languages other than English. On the photo, you can see Daffa from Indonesia, Yo Yo from China, Julian from Chile, Yun Seo, Yun Jung and Shana from Korea with their maths books.

Students about Milford School

Are you having a great time at Milford school, everyone? My name is Hannah Kang in room 2. I was a student in Milford school for 4 weeks. Satisfying with my time at this school, I met very good teachers and friends. I met Tracye and Mrs.S at ESOL. Also, I met Ms.Keen , my class teacher. At ESOL, I learnt that there are 47million sheep in New Zealand . I was amazed. I learnt about the All Blakcs, Maoritanga, Tarawera, Opo the Dolphin, and Marae. I recognized that there is many interesting historys and stories in New Zealand. Learning these things were pleasant time for me. And, in my classroom, I met many friends, like, Emma, Dana, Charlotte, Olivia, Yun-Jung, Joyce, Hyo-Won, and Beth. They were very kind and funny. I made good memories with them. Especially, Joyce, who helped me in many homeworks and things I have to do in my class, was very kind and was good friend for me. And, Mrs. Keen, you were very important teacher for me. Thank you for taking care of me and room2. Last, but not least, to Tracye and Mrs.S, thank you very much for teaching me with your effort. Teachers and students in Milford school, have a great time in this school and thank you for giving me times and chances to experience. I had wonderful time being in here. Again, thank you to all of you. All hours, minutes, and seconds at here was beautiful. by Hannah


I came here on July 28th. I met Cindy, Shana, Natascha, Marry and Maggie. Cindy is a Korean girl , Shana too. But Cindy came back to Korea on Friday. Ah~ I’m sad. Anyway first day I went to the class and Taylor helped me. I think that Taylor is kind. And I think that Milford school is great, because there are a lot of kind children, play ground , great teachers and good views. And I will go back to Korea on Thursday this week . thanks for help me, and I got many memories here. Thank you~ Maeve

Welcome Back to Term 3

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shared Lunch for Arthur, Lucy and Gabriel

Our friends, Lucy, Arthur and Gabriel are going back to their home countries, Korea and Brazil at the end of the term. Lucy has been with us for almost two years, and Arthur and Gabriel for a year. We had shared lunches for them, to farewell them and wish them good luck. It was fun.

Rhythmics Gymnastics

Congratulations to Yini Choi (North Harbour Gymnastics)of Room 18 for coming third at the Counties Manukau Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition held on June 20/21 2009. Well done, Yini for winning the third place among so many competitors.

Book Character Parade

Birds in Danger

The bird rescue lady came to our school on Tuesday. Her name is Sylvia Durrant. She looks after sick or injured birds. She helps them. She brought penguins, a sparrow and a morepork. She had a parrot, too. His name is Max. It was interesting listening to Sylvia.

Nazuna at the disco

Christian the Lion

Everyone’s been talking about Christian the Lion, last year’s most-visited (44 mil) YouTube film clip. The extraordinary footage captures the remarkable and highly moving reunion of two men and their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free's George Adamson, who would introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
Room 8's Sam Nicholson (on the photo with Lucy Ohj) is one of the three winners in Random House’s poster competition where primary and intermediate schools from around the country were invited to make a poster inspired by Christian the lion’s remarkable and true story. Thanks to Sam, he and his Room 8 classmates were some of the first people to get their hands on a copy of Christian the Lion:The true story of a lion’s search for a home.
Sam has won 30 copies of the book for his class, and Random House has also asked bookstores throughout the country to display his poster to promote the new book.

Rhythm Interactive

Eun ji
On Tuesday, year one, two and three went to the hall to learn how to play the drums. Two people were on the stage. They showed us how to do the drums. I was next to Nara and Craig. We had to copy the people at the stage.

Gio
We went to the school hall with year 1,2 and 3 and there were two people on the stage. They had the drums on the chairs. Then they did some tricks. It was fun.

Julia
On Tuesday all the juniors went to the hall because there was a show. There were two people on the stage that we had to follow. It was very loud.

Craig
In the school hall there were juniors. They were doing the drums because they were practising the drums. It was very funny, we could make the noises.

Brendon
On Tuesday, year one and two and also three went to a show in the hall. We sat in the chairs. We played the drums. It was fine.

Calix

On Tuesday we were in the hall. We were sitting on the chairs with visitors on the stage playing drums.

Coco the puppy

Coco, a five month old puppy,came to our school on Monday. Coco is training to be a guide dog. When she wears a red coat, it means that she is training and we should not pat her. Her favourite toy is a flower pot. She loves to walk and swim on Milford beach.
You can't really see her, because she is sooooo black. She has a shiny and soft fur. She is cute. This Friday, all the Milford School children will be wearing red shirts, and bring a gold coin donation to help training guide dogs and blind people.

Doctor's visit

Mr. Brick, who is a surgeon, came to our school to teach us more about a human body, because our topic is all about human body, for example: digestion, nutrition and healthy food. First, when Mr. Brick came to the hall, he told us that healthy food is very good for us and there are some good fats that are needed for our brain. Next, he showed us a life or how he became a surgeon. It was a sort of spooky or scary for me when he showed us a picture of a bone.
Then he told us some things that he needs when he operates on people, for example, goggles, a hat to cover your hair, a mask and gloves. He told us about some other things, but I can not remember them.
Miss Garnett, my teacher, had to choose one person to go on the stage and, she chose me. I don’t know why.
So I went up on the stage. They had to operate on me. Well, it was a fake operation. It was a sort of fun. It felt weird, very weird. At the end of the show, everybody clapped, and of my friends cried, because she was worried about me. It was fun.

we are the world

Here we are, the Milford School students, coming from Japan, Korea, China, Thailand and Chile.

SOCCER COACHING

Rangitoto Island

Last week we went to Rangitoto Island. We got into the ferry. I was at the top of the ferry. When we got to the wharf, I got out and we walked and walked. Sometimes we rested. First we went to the Kidney Fern Glen. I saw some little plants and we saw big trees. Then we came back and we walked again. There were parent helpers, teachers and the principal. It was dangerous. It took almost two hours to get to the summit. I was tired and I was thirsty. When I got to the summit, I was proud to me. There was a beautiful view. When we were eating lunch there were so many bees there. So the boys were screaming. I was scared, too. When we came down, I was hungry, tired and we had to wait for one hour. I was bored. When the ferry came to Rangitoto, I was happy, because I can rest at home. When I got into at home I lay down. It was a fun but tiring day.

EOTC WEEK

Last week I went to the Millennium Centre.
We played water polo.
It was great. I like swimming and playing in the water.
My dad came as a parent helper.
We also did rock-climbing.
I got up to the very top. It was not hard for me.