Year 6 about Milford School

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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.