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.