Book Week

From Monday 20 June till Friday 25 June, it was Book Week at Milton Primary. On Monday classes got together to do some buddy reading. On another day the student leaders went around the classrooms where they are wet day monitors and read the children some stories. On Thursday, to celebrate book week, we were allowed to dress up as our favourite book character. Everyone enjoyed seeing other students’ costumes and their amazing ideas. Some of the costumes on display were Hermione Granger and Harry Potter, Tigger, Spiderman and various witches and princesses. We also had a book fair running throughout the week in the school library. There were chapter books and picture books and posters for sale to help raise money for the school library. The books are amazing and very interesting to read. 

Soccer Coaching

Last week three Footballsouth coaches came from Dunedin to take us for a soccer practice. It was the first of three weekly sessions help us learn the skills of soccer and then practise them in a game situation. The first activity we did was like a game of ripper and we had to chase each other and collect as many tags as we could. Next we practised some ball skills and learnt about the correct parts of the foot we should be using when dribbling. Finally we had time for a quick game which we all enjoyed!

Technology Challenge

The concept we are exploring this term is Environment and Sustainability. As part of this focus, the children were set a technology challenge to build a type of vehicle or a musical instrument from recycled materials and were encouraged to get parents to help out with them. The class talked about trying to use renewable sources of energy to power the vehicles and we discussed the types of everyday household items that could be used in the construction process. As you can see in the photos below, the children produced a very high standard of work and should be very proud of their efforts. Many thanks to all the parents who supported their children with these projects.

Whanau Group Activities

Each Friday afternoon straight after lunch, all of the children in the school go to their whanau groups where they learn about maori language and culture. Each whanau group has three student leaders who do much of the organisation and running of the programme. A kete of maori activities and resources has been placed in each classroom to support our learning in this area and for the last fortnight the student leaders have each selected an activity from the kete to share with the children in their group. In the pictures below you can see members of the Rata whanau group participating in some of the activities organised by their student leaders.

Ripper Rugby

When the sports activator visited the school last week she took us for a training session to help us practise the skills we need to play ripper rugby. We worked a lot with a partner practising how to rip off the tags. We learnt about how to pass a rugby ball properly and about some of the rules of ripper rugby. We enjoyed a game of bullrush where you had to run to safety without having your tags ripped off. Some of our class represented the school at the ripper rugby tournament in Balclutha on Thursday 2 June.