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LUNARFEST 2012 COLOURING CONTEST WINNERS

2012-02-13T13:26:00.000-08:00

Madeleine Xiao, R19 (on the photo) and Masha Ivanovic, former Milford School student, have won prizes for their age groups at the ASB Lunar Festival and their work was on display at Telstra Clear Pacific Events Centre in January this year. There were hundreds of entries from primary and intermediate schools in New Zealand. Congratulations Milford School for winning TWO out of TWO prizes and thank you all students who have participated in this competition. Madeleine and Masha won ASB prize vouchers and were interviewed for World TV.

Year 6 about Milford School

2011-11-09T17:38:00.000-08:00

My name is Masha. I am 10 years old. I've been in Milford School since May 2011. I love Milford SChool because we do Waterwise every three weeks. I really like my class teacher Ms Boyd and my ESOL teacher, Mrs. S. We do all those cool things, like swimming, school trips, talent quest, sports. I am going to miss all that, but at the same time, I am looking forward to goining to TNIS.When I go to TNIS I am going to miss my teachers and cool activities and all my classmates.

My name is Polly. I came to Milford School in February 2011. I am a year 6 strudent. I love my teacher Ms Boyd and my ESOL teacher Mrs. S. I had a very good time at Milford School. I enjoy swimming, Gate Maths, Media Club and the cool activities that we have been doing. I am very excited to go to TNIS and I will miss my friends and teachers in Milford School a lot.

Year 6 Visit TNIS

2011-09-05T18:47:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, 6th of September year 6 went to visit TNIS which stands for Takapuna Normal Intermidiat School.When we arrived, the principal of TNIS came to welcome us and then sorted the groups of 15 to do the activities.The activities were: making pens, making candles, baking cookies and making and playing wood flute.I was making pens and then I thought "This is the best thing I have ever done!"Then, at the end we went to the fiction room in the library to say thank you for letting us visit and also to say bye.

Heroes at Milford School

2011-09-05T18:41:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday 6 September at 9:30 a parent from Year 2 (who is a police officer) visited room 10, 11, 13 and 14 as part of our Heroes unit.
He talked to us out on the court so we could see (and hear) the police car. He also brought two of his colleagues, dog handlers and two police dogs, Marsh and Pronto to show the children.
At 10am, the police helicopter flew over and landed on the field.
Year 2 went over for a closer look at it. Our students were listening very carefully while the police officers were talking about the Police Helicopter, its equipment and way of operating it.

It was a great visit, as our year two classes had a chance to meet their heroes and ask them lots of questions. Please visit our website for more photos http://www.milford.school.nz/category/image-galleries/our-heroes-polce-officers

Mathex at Milford School

2011-08-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

On 19th August there was Mathex competition because week 3 was a Maths Week. When it started it was noisy in the hall, because it was all year 4, 5 and 6 classes. I was in one of the teams and we did lots of maths activities. Each correct answer was worth 10 points. There were many runners running around the teams and getting the questions from the markers. The teams were solving the questions. When the competition was finished the judge checked the scores and announced the winners. The winners were Room 4(on the photo), Room 3 and Room 9.

The 2011 Chess Championship

2011-08-22T19:13:00.000-07:00

On 10th of August there was a North Shore chess championship from willow Intermediate school. Before the day we went to Mr.’s Vanes office for collecting Milford School jacket. Next day on 8.30am we drove to Wairau Intermediate School. First we helped to set it up the chess pieces. After we started first chess game, I was in yellow team. (There were three chess teams Red, Blue and Yellow.)In my first match I won and I was so happy because this was my first game. We had 5 more matches, and I won 4games and lost 2 games, I was really happy. We were in the chess final. Next day 8.30am we went to do final but sad thing was Red team wasn’t in the final. Blue teams got 24points and Yellow teams got 14 ½ points. We came second and Blue team came first and they got trophies. By Ted

Korean Visiting Teachers at Milford School

2011-08-18T14:08:00.000-07:00

On Monday the 8th August, nine Korean primary teachers came to Milford School. They will be spending two weeks here. The purpose of their visit is so they can learn more about education in New Zealand and share their learning with their students when they get back to Korea. We hope they enjoy their visit at our school and learn a lot. The classes they are assigned to are as follows:
Y1 – Room 17 -> JungWon (Cindy) CH
Y2 – Room 11 -> YeonHee (Clare) CHUNG
Y3/4 – Room 9 -> JeHeon LEE
Y4 – Room 8 -> JuYoung (Ju) KANG
Y4 – Room 7 -> YeoJi HWANG
Y4 – Room 18 -> JeongShin YU
Y5 – Room 6 -> KyeongAh (Reina) KIM
Y6 – Room 4 -> MiKyong SHIN
ESOL -Room 22 -> Nari CHANG

GIFTED AND TALENTED INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2011-07-08T12:57:00.000-07:00

GATE DRAMA/READINGis an extension programme offered to 15 pupils in Year 1 and 2. The pupils meet once a week for and hour and forty minutes, during Term 2. They are children who are able to read at a high level and their main focus is on drama. Each week they have a new play to perform on stage. They take turns at different roles which can be director, stage hands, narrator, a character or the props organiser. The children are focusing on increasing their confidence when performing on stage, using voice projection and fluency, using the whole stage to perform on and using the drama conventions of voice, body and facial expression.

INTERNATIONAL BOOK DONATION

2011-07-08T12:52:00.000-07:00

Thank you all who donated a number of books in Korean and Japanese. Your contribution is much appreciated.
Also, thank you all the families who have brought books in many languages to be on the International Book Display during the Literacy week. Everyone enjoyed having them in the library, and those who could read in Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, Spanish,French, Italian, Hebrew, Sinhalese or Serbian were happy to read them and share them with their friends and teachers

Milford School Idol 2011 final

2011-07-05T19:40:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday, 28 June, there was a Milford School Idol Final Competition. Our 7 finalists performed songs that they have chosen in front of the audience and very critical judges. Caitlin, Alexandra, Anna, Kate, Rhiana, Claire and Laura did their best and sang their hearts out. The audience voted…. And… there is only ONE WINNER… to find out more about MILFORD SCHOOL IDOL, please come to our Friday’s Sharing Assembly at 2.00pm and you will find out who the winner is.
For those who can’t make it, please visit our website http://www.milford.school.nz/image for lots of updates. Thank you Mrs. Vane for organizing this event.

international readers in room 4

2011-05-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

One of the activities in Room 4 during the Literacy Week was multilingual reading. Grace and Eric were reading to the rest of the class in Korean, Nazuna in Japanese, Polly in Chinese, Masha in Serbian and Osuka, from Sri Lanka, was reading in Sinhalese. Room 4 were fantastic listeners and enjoyed listening to their friends read fluently and confidently in their mother tongues. Ms Boyd and Miss Perovich were asking relevant questions and made this activity fun.

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY

2011-05-04T15:28:00.000-07:00

Today is Children's day in Korea and Japan. Happy children's day to all our Korean and Japanese students. AND HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY EVERYONE !!!!!

Japan Earthquake Charity Event

2011-04-10T16:48:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, I came to school, and enjoyed the Japan Earthquake Charity Event. There was a lot of yummy Japanese food, like sushi, chicken, soup, dumplings… I bought some chicken and dumplings. Then I sat on the grass to watch the Japanese drum .It was awesome, people danced and played the drum .After it I went into the hall, there were lots of little hand made things. They were very beautiful. When I was going to go home, I saw a special shop, It was selling some T-shirts and at the fount of the T-shirt it writes “Japan”. You can colour the “Japan, too .I had a very good weekend.

Travelwise Week

2011-03-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

On Friday 25th March after lunch the Polka Dots came to Milford School, because last week was Travelwise Week. They performed about road safety. They did a show in the school hall. The show was long and funny. The whole school went to the show. We also danced along with them. It was awesome. After the show it was the end of the day. We got a Polka Dot CD. It was cool.

About Christchurch Earthquake (Korean)

2011-03-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Ted, Room 3, is one of our new Korean International students. He was very upset after the tragic earthquake in Christchurch and Japan and he wrote someting about it Korean language.

New Students at Milford School

2011-02-21T16:58:00.000-08:00

This week we would like to introduce new people in one of the groups in ESOL Department. Rosa (Japan), Arnold (India) and Luke (Korea) have been good friends to Max (Austria) and Saga (Sweden). Both Max and Saga like Milford School but think English is a way harder to learn than German and Swedish. They have settled well and are looking forward to new learning experiences.

WELCOME TO ESOL 2011

2011-02-20T13:18:00.000-08:00

Welcome back everyone! We are all so excited about our new 2011 schoo,year. Mrs. Monica Min is our new staff member at ESOL Department and she will be working as a Language Learning Assistant. She has worked as a teacher in Korea for 15 years and has published two books for Korean education market. Mrs. Min has Masters Degree in Education from the University of Birmingham and has vast knowledge and experience that she is happy to share with us.
Mrs. Min loves being at Milford School and helping children learn and achieve highly,
Mrs. Min loves watching movies, reading magazines and relaxing. She is willing to help all our Korean parents with translation re school notices, newsletters, trips etc. She will be working on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.

Students about Milford School

2010-12-13T13:34:00.000-08:00

Min Jae, 8

I have been at Milford School since February 2010. I go to Room 8 and my teacher's name is Miss Clark. I have many friends in my class. I love Milford School because my teacher and my esol teacher help me a lot to learn English better. I am going back to Korea in a few days time. I will miss my friends and my teacher. I would like to come back to Milford school again.

Yun Seo, 11

I am an international student in Milford School. I like my teacher Ms
Keen and my ESOL teacher, Mrs S. When I go to Takapuna Intermeadiate School, I will miss my friends and the other teachers who helped me a lot. But I will miss Esol the most, because I learned many many things and improved my English skills at ESOL. Also, when I go back to Korea, I am going to miss New Zealand and I will never forget it!

Christmas Festival of Song - Junior School

2010-12-06T17:19:00.000-08:00

Sho, Mitchell and Louis were in a school orchestra playing at our traditional Christmas Festival of Song.

Athletics Day

2010-11-30T17:22:00.000-08:00

Year 5/6 Athletis Day

Don't miss out on this funny video

2010-11-29T17:53:00.000-08:00

Term 4

2010-11-29T14:13:00.000-08:00

Term 3 and 4 at Milford School on PhotoPeach

International Refugee week

2010-06-22T18:54:00.000-07:00

This week is International refugee week. Our ESOL group made this poster for the refugees. We were learning about the refugees and about what it feels to be a refugee. Our friend Yun-seo Read 2 books about refugees and the one book is about a refugee from North Korea to South korea. We all enjoyed to listen the story. Our freind Andrei said " It's sad to leave their own countries but It's better than dying." We hope that our poster is a way of expressing support to all the refugees around the world. We also hope that the number of refugees decreases in the years to come.

Multicultural club - sushi making lesson

2010-05-25T16:47:00.001-07:00

Y1 ZOO Trip

2010-05-19T17:03:00.000-07:00

Say, Phoenix, Co and Christine went to the Zoo last Friday. This is what they wrote about their trip in their ESOL class:
I saw a spider monkey. It was brown. It was on the monkey bar. It fell down. I saw a lion. The lion was eating. I saw a rhino. It was big. I saw I hippo. It was brown.

CHILDREN'S DAY IN KOREA

2010-05-03T19:51:00.001-07:00

The 5th of May is Children’s Day in Korea. Korean children get presents from their parents. Children’s Day is a holiday in Korea. On that day, most children go to theme parks or have picnic or go to shopping centres and get presents. Happy Children’s Day to all the children.
This is what the founder of Children’s Day, Pang Chong Hwan, said:
“Children are the future of our nation. Children who grow up with ridicule and contempt from others will become people who disrespect others, while children who grow up with respect from others will become people who respect others in turn.”

CHILDREN'

2010-05-03T19:50:00.000-07:00

Book Week at Milford School

2010-05-03T16:36:00.001-07:00

One of the Book Week activities at Milford School is the Pavement Art. We have been very unlucky wwith tghe rain, so had to do it in the School Hall. Nikita, Y1 and Christine Y1 are the proud illustrators of those beautiful pieces of art.

Red Puppy Day

2010-03-25T14:29:00.001-07:00

Well done everybody, so far we have raised $544 to help train the puppies to be guide dogs. A special congratulations to Room 1 who raised the most on our Wear Red Day - $53.60, fantastic Room 1

HAPPY RACE RELATIONS DAY - 21 MARCH

2010-03-18T18:18:00.001-07:00

Sunday, 21 March is a Race Relations Day. Here, at Milford School, every day is a Race Relations celebration, as we have a number of students coming from many different parts of the world. We have children from Korea, China, Japan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Serbia, Italy, Spain, France, the UK Iran, Iraq, the USA, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Ukraine, Russia, Tonga, Samoa, South Africa, Egypt… you name it.

At Milford School, we appreciate cultural diversity and are aware that the culture we grow up with, teaches us the appropriate behaviour for certain situations and enables us to interpret the behaviour of others who came from another cultural background. We have a group of Year 6 students who attend Multicultural Club every Tuesday lunchtime where they learn about other countries and from this year are learning how ho prepare food from the other parts of the world.

The Drumming Show

2010-03-08T13:40:00.000-08:00

There was a drumming show at our school on Tuesday. It was in the hall. All the children went to see it. A very talented musicisn, called Dylan played the drums for us. He used drum sticks, a cow bell, brush sticks, cymbals and a prickle drum. It was very loud and he played nice songs. There was a big screen where we could see his hands and feet in action. It was awesome.

Hina Matsuri

2010-03-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

March 3rd is Japanese Girl's Day called hina-matsuri (Japanese doll festival.) It's a celebration for Japanese girls. Nazuna has celebrated Girl's Day and has brought treats to share with her friends at school today.

Welcome to ESOL 2010

2010-02-24T12:43:00.000-08:00

Hello, welcome to ESOL. What you see is the class called ESOL. ESOL is an English learning class. We are the students of the ESOL class. ESOL students came from countries like Korea, Japan, China, Serbia, Chile, Venezuela, India, New Caledonia, South Africa, Samoa, Tonga, Iraq, Philippines, Spain, and Indonesia. Some kids come to ESOL class more often than others. It all depends on how much English they need to learn.

Julian ,Yun Seo and Stephan at Milford School

2009-12-03T13:20:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-26T13:22:00.001-08:00

inter school athletics day

2009-11-26T12:58:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-11-26T12:52:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-02T15:33:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-21T20:02:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-21T19:20:00.000-07:00

LOUD SHIRT DAY 18 September

2009-09-17T16:12:00.001-07:00

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

2009-09-17T15:27:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-07T19:43:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-17T19:17:00.001-07:00

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

2009-08-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-20T19:05:00.000-07:00

gio

2009-07-01T19:53:00.000-07:00

shared Lunch for Arthur, Lucy and Gabriel

2009-07-01T19:42:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-04T16:39:00.001-07:00

Birds in Danger

2009-05-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

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

2009-05-18T16:27:00.001-07:00

Christian the Lion

2009-05-14T18:45:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-08T18:23:00.001-07:00

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

2009-04-01T13:53:00.001-07:00

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

2009-03-22T18:58:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-12T18:10:00.000-07:00

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

SOCCER COACHING

2009-03-04T18:06:00.000-08:00

Rangitoto Island

2009-03-02T17:14:00.000-08:00

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

2009-03-01T14:45:00.000-08:00

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.

2009-02-28T01:00:00.001-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2008-12-16T13:31:00.000-08:00

Xmas Singing in Korean and Chinese

2008-12-10T14:36:00.000-08:00

Yesterday a lot of Korean and Chinese kids were singing Christmas songs in Korean and Chinese at the school Christmas Festival of Song. Some of them were playing instruments. It was amazing. The audience have sent lots of positive feedback.

Gabriel at Music School Cocert - Milford School Hall

2008-12-08T17:24:00.000-08:00

Gabriel was playing keyboard in front of the whole school today. Well done!

Another Prize Winner at Milford School

2008-12-08T17:12:00.001-08:00

On 3rd of December 2008 , I went to Korean Embassy which was in the city. This was a competition, writing about South Korea and North Korea wishing to be together and be one country because they were split up because of the war. More than 400 people came and wrote poems about this. Out of all the people who came to compete, I came third and I got a trophy, two books about New Zealand and Korean History and a book of all the poems of people who entered the competition. I also got a $100 voucher. It was very fun and exciting because this was my first experience to compete in writing.

Tracye's birthday

2008-12-01T16:46:00.000-08:00

Trayce is our Teacher Aide. Today is her birthday. We sang her a birthday song in Korean. Happy Birthday, Tracye.

gabriel's space speech

2008-11-27T18:59:00.001-08:00

ABC song

2008-11-23T18:08:00.000-08:00

cultural celebrations

2008-11-16T21:02:00.001-08:00

Year 2 are studying about festivals and celebrations in different countries. Room 11 had a great day on Friday.Ambria Britt, Na Ra Lee, Gloria You, Yini Choi and Dion Heslop are wearing HANBOK, a traditional Korean dress.A group of Korean parents also came and made this cultural sharing even more special.

Pepero Day - 11th November

2008-11-10T16:57:00.000-08:00

Today is Pepero Day in Korea. Pepero is a snack that looks like long thin sticks with a chocolate coating. It is celebrated on 11 November, because the sticks look like four number 1111. They are very yummy. When we go to school on that day, we put Peperos on our friends' desks.

Shared Lunch for Ella Park and David Park

2008-11-03T13:18:00.000-08:00

On Friday 24th of October, our friends David and Ella, went to back to Korea. Before they went back to Korea, we had a shared lunch. There were many kinds of food and people to celebrate them and Ms. Hopkirk gave them the certificates and presents.

Trick or Treat in Milford!

2008-11-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

On Friday the 31st October, we had Halloween. That day was spooky and scary day. There were many knocks on the door followed by "Trick or treat!"and we gave children many lollies. I saw many friends from school and many spooky costumes.

Amy Kim - Westpac competition top prize winner

2008-09-11T16:28:00.000-07:00

Journey Through Milford School

2008-09-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

second disco of the year

2008-08-26T19:08:00.000-07:00

On Friday 22nd August, we had the disco party at the school hall. Lots of people came to the disco. We bought food and glue-sticks. Boys got hats and girls got hair bands. Girls wore skirts, dresses, t-shirts, jeans and necklaces. Boys wore hats, shirts, jeans and ordinary pants. Balloons were falling down and lots of boys popped the balloons. The girls danced with balloons especially girls danced a lot.

Cluster Share August 2008

2008-08-21T12:07:00.001-07:00

Book Character Parade

2008-08-08T05:05:00.000-07:00

July 28th to August 1st was a literature week. Milford School students got many events connected with the literature. We had a story teller. He came to our school and he told about many interesting stories. We had a book fair. Many Milford School students brought their money, and bought lots of books. On 30th of July, the N.Z author John Parker came to our school and read us about his lots of stories and on 1st of August we got a Book Parade! Many students wore a lot of different, beautiful costumes in fairy tales. Cinderella, Unicorn, Snow white, Harry Potter… We saw and wore many interesting costumes. We spent nice time in the literature week!!!

Author's Visit

2008-07-29T16:48:00.000-07:00

This morning John Parker came to oour school. He is a famous NZ writer. He writes stories for children. He has published more than one hundred fiction and non fiction books for children. We liked the stories he read to us.

More Champions

2008-06-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

North Harbour Rhythmic Gymnastics Certificate of Achievement for the best performance of routine has been awarded to Jessica Oh, R7, and her two team members. The competition was very exciting and Jessica was feeling very nervous, but at the end she left the North Shore Events Centre happily. Well done, Jessica!

MOTAT

2008-06-16T19:48:00.000-07:00

On 11th of June all year 6 classes went to MOTAT to learn how transport has changed in the last 100 years. There were also hands on activities, some about transport in olden days, and something like a treasure hunt and my favourite activity -Voyager 1.
Everybody enjoyed going to MOTAT.

science roadshow

2008-06-12T22:20:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday year5 and year6 students went to Westlake Boys’ High School for a ‘Science Road Show’. We saw many interesting things. It was a show about science, and we played on many funny, different machines such as a floor piano, glow stones, hot air balloon, wind cave and mystery box. That was a funny and full of surprises show. We want to go there again!! That was so great show!

school disco

2008-05-26T19:18:00.000-07:00

Last Friday night, all Milford School students came to school disco. Music, light, dance and some souvenirs were there. Year 1-3 came to disco at 5:30-6:50 year 4-6 came to disco at 7:00- 8:30. We wore the shiny special clothes, beautiful shoes and shiny bags. At 7:00, almost all students (year4-6) came to the disco and gave the tickets to their parents, and come in to hall. I came to the disco with Chae-won, Ho-yun, Hyo-won, Ho-yun’s older sister Sae ran, Chae-won’s neighbour Yue-na, and Jessica. We danced, sang, ate and had fun. We had a dance competition and Chae Won won it so the DJ gave her a present, a cute red hat that she is wearing on the picture.

Chess Champion

2008-05-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

We are so proud of our friend, Pasindu,second from the left, who has won all the medals you can see on the photos. He has won a few chess championships in Sri Lanka, where he came from in November last year.

Alfie, the guide dog

2008-04-02T18:02:00.000-07:00

Alfie, a nine month old puppy, came to Milford School today. He is training to be a guide dog. He will help blind people when he is older. He is a good dog. He wears a red coat when he works. Alfie is very big. He eats a lot of food. He likes walking on the beach. He likes swimming, too.

Happy Easter Holidays

2008-03-21T00:06:00.000-07:00

Have a safe and relaxing Easter break. See you at school on Wednesday.

2008-03-15T20:24:00.000-07:00

Julie and Amy about Milford School

2008-03-03T15:11:00.000-08:00

On my first day it was fun because I found many new friends. We played together. I like Milford School. Last week we went to Carey Camp. I did many activities and many games. I had fun. First, I couldn't speak English and I was a little bit sad, but now I am very, very happy at Milfordf School. Julie

On my first day I was excited because this school has so many sports. I went to school camp last week. It was so exciting. I did lots of activities. I love this school. Amy

Our first impressions of Milford School

2008-03-02T16:46:00.001-08:00

When I first came to Milford School, I felt nervous. I was also excited because the school activities are not the same as in my school in Korea. I like the food, too. In New Zealand, we can bring our own lunch or we can have a lunch order.

On my first day, I was happy because the school is very nice.I was happy because the school is very nice. I have many friends now. Chae Won

My first day at Milford School

2008-03-02T15:22:00.000-08:00

At first, I was nervous because I did not know anybody. I was lonely, too because I can't speak English well. I was excited because I played soccer with my friends.

2008

2008-02-22T19:41:00.000-08:00

to ESOL 2008. We hope you all had a happy and relaxing holiday. We are all looking forward to learning more English and making lots of friends. If you visit our blog in the next few weeks, you will be able to share some of the stuff we learn in Room 9. Tell us what you think.

Soft Toys

2007-12-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

We did some great work and Miss Hopkirk gave us a soft toy each to keep for the day. We are so proud.

Concert

2007-11-27T12:37:00.000-08:00

Our students, Sei Yeon, Y3, and Jenny ,Y5,(on the photo) played the violin at the School Hall yesterday. The concert was amazing. Milford School students have once again demonstrated the talents and the results of hard work throughout the year.

Different Stages of Writing a Book report

2007-11-26T17:43:00.000-08:00

We have been learning how to write a book report. Our group did it throughout term 4. We have done different activities e.g. K-W-L Chart, Matilda picture, Character Grading, Word Find, Summary writing, Discussion, Proverbs, On-line comprehensions and etc. We will be watching the movie soon. We have made the Matilda Book Marks, too. We studied about Metaphors, Personification and Similes in Matilda. We were listening to the book CD and read it together. We have enjoyed reading the book and doing the activities. We are proud to put this on the blog.
By Harry and Kevin

Matilda book report

2007-11-26T17:37:00.000-08:00

This book report has beeen written by Y6 ESOL students at Milford School, who have been going to an English speaking school for less than a year.

Matilda is a genius girl, who reads lots of books. She teaches herself how to read and longs to read books.She has a brother, Michael and mean, dishonest parents.Matilda’s father, Mr Wormwood, sells the second-hand cars illegally, and Matilda doesn’t like it.As her parents get mean to her, she decides to punish them. She borrows a parrot (Choppy) from her friend, Fred, to scare her parents. Finally, Matilda’s parents asked her to go to school.She went to the school with the worst headmistress ever. While Miss Trunchbull, the headmistress, treats children as stupid dogs, Matilda meets the kindest teacher, Miss Honey. Miss Honey wants to know how much Matilda knows about basic multiplication. When Matilda says she knows all of it, Miss Honey is surprised. Miss Honey asks Miss Trunchbull if Matilda could move her to higher grade, but Miss Trunchbull refuses. After that, Miss Honey brings some hard books for Matilda to read while the others are learning multiplications. A few weeks later, when Miss Trunchbull comes to her class to teach them, Matilda sees Miss Trunchbull treating class badly and she makes her first miracle by making newt jump on to Miss Trunchbull.
Miss Trunchbull thinks Matilda put a newt in her jug, and keeps being mean to her. When Miss Honey tells Matilda that Miss Trunchbull is her aunt, Matilda comes with a plan to scare Miss Trunchbull away. Matilda asks Miss Honey about Miss Honey’s dad and Miss Trunchbull’s name. Matilda practises her plan again and again with her eyes. When Matilda is used to her power, Miss Trunchbull came to Matilda’s class to check them.
When Miss Trunchbull punishes Matilda’s friend, Matilda uses her power to write a message to Miss Trunchbull, pretending to be Magnus, Miss Honey’s father and Miss Trunchbull gets scared and runs away. Miss Honey gets her father’s house. By that time, Matilda’s parents get sued and try to run away to Spain, and Matilda gets adopted to Miss Honey. And they lived happily ever after.
By Grace and Steve

Keeping ourselves safe

2007-11-14T15:09:00.000-08:00

Today a policeman came to Room 13. He wanted to tell us how to be safe when we cross the road. We practised how to cross the road and how to press the button on the traffic lights. I felt special because I got to go into the police car and pressed the sirene. Did you hear the noise?

Making Korean Fans

2007-11-14T12:49:00.000-08:00

My mum came to Room 12 yesterday to teach us how to draw and paint on the Korean fan. My mum is an artist. Room 12 people enjoyed it. It wa s really fun. Miss Hopkirk was impressed with our work.

Korean Puppet Show

2007-11-11T15:16:00.000-08:00

On Thursday, 8 November, the whole school went to the school hall for a Korean Puppet Show. There were five puppetiers and seven different puppets. They told us about each character. We liked all of them, because it was awesome and amazing. We all giggled, because the first time it was really funny. We knew they had practised hard. The costumes were beautiful.

The real show will be at Bruce Mason Centre.

school trip

2007-11-04T12:42:00.000-08:00

We went on a boat trip. The boat was called The Tiger Cat.
Its speed was very fast. So I got sea sick. First we had a photo on the steps. But the sun was on everybody’s face. We saw the Sun Princess. Its sister was the Sea Princess. I remembered that The Sun Princess can go to England.
The boat was huge and beautiful. A thousand people could go in it! We went under the Harbour Bridge. First The Tiger Cat went slow then it went fast. I went outside and inside, out, in ,out, in, out. Then it was time to go to school.

Multicultural Club

2007-10-18T16:57:00.000-07:00

At Milford School every Friday lunchtime at 12.40 we go to room 9 for a special Multicultural Club. Around 14 of the same people come every week to learn about different countries & their languages. Some of the countries we have learnt about are Mexico & Korea. We have learnt some of the basic words from their countries such as hello & holla etc.

Near the end of term three, a lady from Taiwan came and cooked some food from Taiwan. It was yummy!

Some of the rescores we use in multicultural club include books, computers & talking to people from the specific country.
We put together posters with translation pictures, facts & more. We are proud of our work that we did this year & hope to learn about many more countries.

loud shirt day

2007-09-20T19:06:00.000-07:00

Today is the Loud Shirt Day. Everyone was wearing bright shirts to suport the deaf children. The teachers were wearing bright shirts,too.