Term 4 Week 7 Tuesday 27th November 2018 Recognising Our Great Students Congratulations to the following students who received merit awards at yesterday’s K-6 Assembly: Bronze: Brody, Gabby, Braxton, Nicholas, Hermione, Makynli Silver: Jasper, Jemima, Torah, Willis, Cody, Joey, Jonah, Grace, William, Jye Gold: Lillian Gold Bar 1: Luca Gold Bar 2: Amali, Emily, Lilly, Grace, Shari, Beau, Sophie K-2 Christmas Concert The K-2 Christmas Concert performances will be held on Wednesday 12th December. There will be a matinee performance at 12pm and an evening performance at 6pm located in the school hall. Students will need to be at both sessions. This year, the Year 2 students will be performing a play along with each class performing dances. There will be a full dress rehearsal on Tuesday 11th of December for the 3-6 classes. Students will need to have their costumes/ clothes organised and brought into school by Monday 10th December. Teachers will be sending home a note this week with information regarding costume/clothing requirements. Please look out for these notes. Year 2 parents will be able to access reserved seating at the front of the hall. If you would like to access this, please return the slip at the end of the newsletter along with which performance you require this for and the number of seats required, so that we can reserve your seating. If you have any further inquiries, please contact Mel Blondinau at school or the front office. We look forward to your attendance! Library Stocktake This week will be the last week of borrowing books from the library for all students. This will allow two weeks for all books to be returned to the school library for a stocktake. Please look high and low for any books that may have been lost over the last few years. All returns would be greatly appreciated. Notices will be sent out to students with overdue books in the coming weeks. Thank you for your cooperation. Stephen Grant Teacher Librarian Milton Public School Thomas Street (PO Box 111) Milton NSW 2538 Phone: (02) 44551504 (02) 44551433 Fax: (02) 44540456 www.milton-p.schools.nsw.gov.au WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY Swimming Session—4A, 4C, 4T Tennis session (makeup lesson) - 1/2J, 1S THURSDAY Swimming Session—3C, 3D, 3E, 3H, 4/5M Tennis sessions (make up lesson) - 2RB, 4A FRIDAY MONDAY K-6 Assembly Swimming Session—6C, 6D, 6W, 6R Ulladulla High School Year 7, 2019 Parent Information evening TUESDAY School Banking—Bendigo Bank Last SRE/Ethics sessions for 2018 Swimming session—5J, 5R, 5T, 4/5Y, 3-6S Year 6 Orientation excursion to Ulladulla High School Carols on the Green—4:30pm COMING EVENTS School Leader Speeches & Voting 9:40am Wednesday 5th December Thank you Morning Tea for School Volunteers 11:00am Tuesday 11th December Senior Social / Year 6 Farewell 6:30—9:00pm Tuesday 11th December Sports Award Assembly 9:40am Wednesday 12th December K-2 Christmas Concert Wednesday 12th December Gold Awardees Morning Tea Wednesday 12th December 3-6 Presentation Day 11:30am Friday 14th December
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Term 4 Week 7 Tuesday 27th November 2018
Recognising Our Great Students Congratulations to the following students who received merit awards at yesterday’s K-6 Assembly: Bronze: Brody, Gabby, Braxton, Nicholas,
Jonah, Grace, William, Jye Gold: Lillian Gold Bar 1: Luca Gold Bar 2: Amali, Emily, Lilly, Grace, Shari, Beau,
Sophie
K-2 Christmas Concert The K-2 Christmas Concert performances will be held on Wednesday 12th December. There will be a matinee performance at 12pm and an evening performance at 6pm located in the school hall. Students will need to be at both sessions. This year, the Year 2 students will be performing a play along with each class performing dances. There will be a full dress rehearsal on Tuesday 11th of December for the 3-6 classes. Students will need to have their costumes/clothes organised and brought into school by Monday 10th December. Teachers will be sending home a note this week with information regarding costume/clothing requirements. Please look out for these notes. Year 2 parents will be able to access reserved seating at the front of the hall. If you would like to access this, please return the slip at the end of the newsletter along with which performance you require this for and the number of seats required, so that we can reserve your seating. If you have any further inquiries, please contact Mel Blondinau at school or the front office. We look forward to your attendance!
Library Stocktake This week will be the last week of borrowing books from the library for all students. This will allow two weeks for all books to be returned to the school library for a stocktake. Please look high and low for any books that may have been lost over the last few years. All returns would be greatly appreciated. Notices will be sent out to students with overdue books in the coming weeks. Thank you for your cooperation. Stephen Grant Teacher Librarian
Milton Public School Thomas Street (PO Box 111) Milton NSW 2538 Phone: (02) 44551504 (02) 44551433 Fax: (02) 44540456
Tennis sessions (make up lesson) - 2RB, 4A FRIDAY MONDAY
K-6 Assembly
Swimming Session—6C, 6D, 6W, 6R
Ulladulla High School Year 7, 2019 Parent Information evening
TUESDAY
School Banking—Bendigo Bank
Last SRE/Ethics sessions for 2018
Swimming session—5J, 5R, 5T, 4/5Y, 3-6S
Year 6 Orientation excursion to Ulladulla High School
Carols on the Green—4:30pm
COMING EVENTS
School Leader Speeches & Voting 9:40am Wednesday 5th December
Thank you Morning Tea for School
Volunteers 11:00am Tuesday 11th December
Senior Social / Year 6 Farewell
6:30—9:00pm Tuesday 11th December
Sports Award Assembly 9:40am Wednesday 12th December
K-2 Christmas Concert Wednesday 12th December
Gold Awardees Morning Tea
Wednesday 12th December
3-6 Presentation Day 11:30am Friday 14th December
War on Waste (WOW) The committee met Sunday and the following students were elected unanimously as SUPERSTARS! Mia: You are in Year One and you did your job every day of the week! Superstar! Ruby: You plunged your hand into the recycling tub that was unfortunately awash with slightly off chocolate milk, juice, at least 200 jacaranda flowers and some recycling. Superstar! MPS students please note: All recycling containers must be empty and have no lids or straws. Ellouise: Thanks for spending your lunch times designing a great powerpoint. Superstar! Jonah: Thanks for your amazing initiative! Designed, printed and laminated brilliant posters. Superstar! This week's wonderful warriors are : Staffroom: Ethan, Frida, Annabelle, Emily, Annie-Maree and Saige. Compost: Reef, April, Sophie, Ava, Bo, Suvi, Lilla, Taylor, Eden, Evie, Belle and Meg. Recycling: Montana, Sarah, Tilly, Ruby, Zoe, Grace, Tilly and Grace. Soft Plastic: Maya, Megan, Isabella, Mia, Charlie, Siearne, Kynan, Charlise and Lila. Thank you wonderful warriors. Have a great week! Work co-operatively and let's win this war!
Bus Pass Applications All students in Years K-5 who currently receive free travel to school will automatically be issued with a bus pass at the beginning of next year if they are still eligible. Students in years K-2 are entitled to free travel from any locations. Students in Years 3-6 are eligible for free travel if they reside more than 1.6km in a straight line or more than 2.3km walking distance from the school. If you have moved or you would like your child to start catching the bus to or from school, you will need to complete an online application. Please log on to the school student transport site for forms and information regarding the scheme at https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts
Carols By Candlelight The 1/2 Choir and 3-6 Choir have been invited to perform at this year's Carols By Candlelight in Milton on Tuesday the 4th of December at Village Green. The Carols commence at 4:30pm and conclude at 6:30pm. A note will be sent home this week with all the relevant information. If your child is able to attend, please return the note at your earliest convenience. Students who are attending need to meet Ms Elenius and Mr Rutherford at 4:20pm at the Village Green. All other MPS students and families are invited to Carols. There is a rumour that Santa may arrive around 5:00pm! See you there!
Ulladulla High School Year 7, 2019 – Parent Information Evening A parent information evening and school tour will be held at Ulladulla High School on Monday 3
rd December at 6:00pm
in the Multi-Purpose Centre. Book packs for 2019 will be available on this evening at a cost of $47.00 (including calculator). Payment by cash, cheque or EFTPOS.
Lions Club Junior Public Speaking The Lions Club of Ulladulla Milton organised a Junior Public Speaking Contest Final which was held at the Dunn Lewis Centre last Wednesday night. Schools from Milton Public School, Ulladulla Public School and St.Mary’s Milton participated in this event, which was a first for the Lions Club in New South Wales. Stage 2 were first up with Keoni and Grace delivering their speeches on ‘My Secret Life as a Super Hero’. They showed no nerves and were extremely entertaining. Adrian and Lucas then presented their speeches in Stage 3 titled ‘I have a Dream’ with fantastic expression, clarity, eye contact and passion. Congratulations to Keoni, who won the Stage 2 competition and Lucas for winning Stage 3.
Robotics We did it! Robo Magic made it to Nationals. There were forty teams last Saturday at the state tournament and 20 teams were picked to go to the National Competition at Macquarie UNI Sydney on 7-8th December. Your coaches, school and parents are so proud of our Robo Magic team. Best of luck but most importantly ‘Enjoy the ride and have fun fun fun!’
COMMUNITY NEWS The following articles have been submitted for inclusion in our parent newsletter and are not part of Milton Public School curriculum.
Lost Red runners—good quality lost on the school oval or near the carpark. If found, please return to the school office.
Stellar Performing Arts Summer Holiday
Workshop - Dinosaur Safari!
Date: Tuesday 22nd + Wednesday 23rd January 2019 Time: 9am - 3pm (free before and after care available) Location: Milton Public School Hall Join us this Summer for our Dinosaur Safari drama workshop at Milton Public! At Stellar Performing Arts Academy we provide a fun, safe and stimulating environment to boost your child’s confidence and enrich their self esteem. In our two day Dinosaur Safari holiday workshop, students will learn fun new skills through improvisation, mini scripts, creative costumes, craft, movement, voice, outdoor play and lots more! The benefits of this unique program extends far beyond the performance space, ultimately equipping your child with essential life skills, helping them to be more creative and confident. At the end of workshop the children will give a short 10 minute performance showcasing what they have learnt over the course of the program. This will take place at 3pm on the second day in the Milton Public School Hall. We invite all family and friends to come along and see the show! The workshop runs from 9am - 3pm with free before and after care available upon enrolment. To register your child or for more information please head to www.stellarperformingarts.com, or contact Brooke on 0439 718 828. Places are limited so be sure to get in quick! We hope you can join us for a rawwwwesome time!
