Term 4 Week 8 Tuesday 29th November 2016

Captains / Prefects Speeches 2016

Good luck to our 2017 Captain and Prefect nominees who will present speeches Thursday at 9.30am in the school hall. Parents are welcome to join us at this special assembly. Following the speeches, students in years 3-6 will be voting in the library to elect Captains and Prefects for 2017. Any one of the nominees would make a fantastic school captain or prefect and we wish them all the best of luck as they speak about the strengths they could bring to the role.

Thank You Morning Tea for Helpers

A special morning tea for our parent helpers, volunteers, scripture teachers, canteen helpers and reading tutors will be held on Thursday 8

th December. This is a

wonderful opportunity for the staff at Milton Public School to show their appreciation and to personally thank each and every one of the fabulous volunteers who give their time to support our school and for their outstanding contribution to the learning of our students.

Christmas Concert

The dress rehearsal for this year’s K-2 Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday 6th December. Please send your costumes with your child to change into on this day. Our exciting K-2 Christmas Concert will be performed on Wednesday 7th December. Matinee performance 11:30am. Evening Performance 6:00pm sharp. All children are asked to arrive at school at 5:30pm. Kindergarten students will need to go to KC’s class room. Year 1 students will need to go to KO’s class room and Year 2 students will need to go to 2BE’s class room. Parents will be able to collect their children from these rooms after the performance.

Home Readers

Could all Home Readers be returned by this Friday 2nd December.

RSPCA Fundraiser

On Friday of week 8 the Student Council will be running a fundraiser for the RSPCA. Children are encouraged to dress up as their favourite animal or are allowed to wear mufti to school. Children are also encouraged to bring a photo of their pet or a plush toy on the day. Costumes, pet photos or plush toys will be judged for originality and cuteness factor and a small prize will be awarded to one student in each class. We are also looking for the most loved plush toy in K-2 and in 3-6. Please bring a gold coin donation but if you care strongly for the RSPCA feel free to donate more. Please note only photos and plush toys are allowed to be brought to school. NO LIVE PETS PLEASE.

THOMAS STREET MILTON NSW 2538 (PO BOX 111) PHONE: (02) 44551504 (02) 44551433 FAX: (02) 44540456 www.milton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

WEDNESDAY

Swimming - 3/4J, 4W, 4A, 4C & 4TS

Year 6 to 7 Ulladulla High School Orientation session THURSDAY

Prefect Speeches and Voting

Swimming - 3C, 3H, 3T & 3TS FRIDAY

RSPCA fundraising and Dress Up Day MONDAY

K-6 Assembly—Sporting Awards and Olympiad Trophies

Swimming - 6B, 6D, 6T & 6R TUESDAY

School Banking—Bendigo Bank

Swimming - 5H, 5M & 5R

Gold Awardees Morning Tea

COMING EVENTS

K-2 Christmas Concert

Wednesday 7th December

Thank You Morning Tea

Thursday 8th December 11:00am

Year 2 Choir Performance

Thursday 8th December

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

Monday 12th December

Year 6 Movie Excursion

Monday 12th December

Senior Social

Monday 12th December

K-2 Picnic

3-6 Pool Parties

Thursday 15th December

Power FM comes to Milton

What a wonderful morning. Thank you to all the students and parents who came to join in the Power FM breakfast at Milton Public School last Thursday. Thank you to all our helpers. A big thank you to Anita for coordinating the event.

Poetry

This year, Mrs Allen asked 4A to learn "Clancy of the Overflow.” This was great, because "Clancy of the Overflow" is Lucas' grandfather's favourite poem. Lucas, together with 4A, learned it, and together 4A won the Verse Speaking for Primary Schools at the Nowra Eisteddfod. Lucas then starting "touring" the poem, and performed it at the Milton Show (2nd place to a boy in year 7), the poetry open mike during ArtFest, at multiple family gatherings and again at the poetry competition held at St Mary's school in September. Lucas competed against 20 students from kindergarten to year six, both local and from all over the south coast. He won first place for his recital of the poem, but also won first place for his performance of the poem - earning him $60 and a trophy and this certificate. Well done Lucas and Thank you Ms Allen for encouraging the love of poetry.

Robotics

The Milton Droids (Adrian, Michael, Taj and Isaac) competed in Wollongong at the First Lego League Tournament. The boys competed in three rounds where they had to design, make and program a robot to push a buttons, feed animals and many more tasks. In the robot game section they needed the robot to push just one more millimetre and the team may have been off to nationals. Well done boys.

Australasian Problem Solving and

Maths Olympiad (APSMO)

This year we have had a team of 30 Year 5 and Year 6 students participating in the APSMO. The Olympiad was conducted as a series of 5 Problem Solving rounds spread over Terms 2 and 3, each month. Students competed with some excellent results, with 13 of our students achieving in the top 30% of all participants. Congratulations to all our Olympiad competitors. Trophies will be handed out at next Monday’s K-6 Assembly.

Premiers Reading Challenge

Congratulations to all students who participated in the Premiers Reading Challenge this year. A special congratulations to those who achieved the Gold Award.

3-6 Presentation Assembly

Our annual year 3-6 Presentation Day assembly will be held Friday 9th December in our school hall. The assembly will commence at 11:30am and will conclude at approximately 1:00pm. There will be detailed information in next week’s newsletter.

The GIVING Tree

In the front office we have a Christmas GIVING Tree on display. Over the next few weeks we encourage you and your children to contribute with non-perishable food items and new toys (that may be wrapped indicating the gender and age of the present) for local people in need. All donations will be given to the SALVOS. Each person that donates will be given a card to hang on the Christmas tree with your family's name. These cards may be decorated and then hung with pride, knowing that your children and family has helped someone in need at Christmas. Please give generously.

Returning to School in 2017

Students in Years 1-6 in 2017 will return to school on Monday 30th January 2017. Before school, students in years 1 and 2 (2017) will place their bags outside the hall in the canteen COLA and stay in the silver seat area until assembly. Students in years 3-6 (2017) will place their bags in the Upper COLA and stay in the COLA or quadrangle until assembly. We will start with a whole school assembly in the hall with all children years 1-6 sitting in their 2016 places. After assembly, students will collect their bags and break off in year groups listed below:

Year 1 - to Silver Seats area

Year 2 - to Canteen COLA

Year 3 - to Bus Shelter

Year 4 - to Grassy area at the top Quad (or Library if inclement weather)

Year 5 - to Eastern end of COLA

Year 6 - to Western end of COLA These groupings will be for the first week of term only. Students will spend time with each of the teachers for that grade. Please note we do not form 2017 classes this first week of school to allow for enrolment numbers to settle.

Canteen Reducing Stock for End of

Year

Please be advised that as we get closer to the end of the year, the canteen will be reducing stock levels to minimise waste. It would be appreciated if parents could list an alternative when placing lunch orders in the event that your first request is no longer available. Thank you once again to all the wonderful volunteers who have helped in the canteen this year and we hope to see you and many more new volunteers next year.

Koori Art Expressions Exhibition

Congratulations to Darcy, Ella, Archie, Sean, Riley and Annalise who competed in the Koori Art Expressions competition. Their installation artwork ‘Songlines by the Sea’ was selected to be displayed in the Koori Art Expressions Exhibition at the Australian Maritime Museum. A great achievement!

This week’s special at the canteen

Fruit Salad Tubs

$2.00

Available recess and lunch

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wednesday 30/11 Tammy Whyte Michelle Pinfield Sharon Gilson Thursday 1/12 Jo Turner Deb Valentine Friday 2/12 Jannine Fleming Anete Walton Monday 5/12 Sharon Gilson Deb Valentine Tuesday 22/11 Lloyd McDonald Belinda Heather Wednesday 23/11 Josi Refalo Sharon Gilson

Cheryl Schultz Tiare Holmes

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Self Defence & Martial Arts Classes 2016

Classes available at Sakura Bana Budo are: Junior Aikido-this class also involves: Karate, Sumo and Judo Self defence for girls and women Jodo-Japanese Stick Fighting and Tai Chi For enquiries please call Sensei Mick 0439278756 or go to www.martialartsulladulla.com.au

Nia blends martial arts, dance arts &

healing arts into a powerful, music filled, physical workout. Milton (Tues 10am) Ulladulla (Thurs5.30pm) Kioloa (Thurs 8.30am) Sanct Pt (Fri 9am) ALL WELCOME

Nia Black Belt Practitioner Noël Boycott 0402058899 www.niaaustralia.com.au

COMMUNITY NEWS

The following articles have been submitted for inclusion in our parent newsletter and are not part of Milton Public School curriculum.

Poetry Speaking Competition

A poetry speaking comp will be held for primary school children at the Milton show on Sat 4th March 2017 at 9.30 am

contact John Davis 44552013 or show ground office Cash prizes to 3rd

Ribbons to 6th and every performer will re-

ceive a book prize.