LUNARFEST 2012 COLOURING CONTEST WINNERS

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

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