Hockey Tournament

A frosty morning greeted all of the brave students who were participating in the annual hockey tournament on 6 July. It was held on the second last day of term two. St Mary’s, Tokoiti, Waihola and Clutha Valley came over to challenge Milton Primary School.  It was really cold and slippery at the start but that didn’t stop us. M.P.S had six teams entered but only one team made it into the semis. Some children got hurt in the games (mostly from slipping on the ice), but they kept playing and we all had to work together to get goals and try to stop the other team from scoring. In the end St Mary’s Gold and M.P.S Green were in the final for first and second place. M.P.S Green were the champions and St Mary’s Gold came second. We loved having the students from the high school reffing us. It was a long and hard day but we all thought it was definitely a lot of fun!

Life Education

The Life Education bus came to Milton Primary school recently. Pip and Harold, the puppet giraffe, were teaching us about what cigarettes, medicines, drugs and alcohol can do to our bodies. Pip taught us about how smoking can damage our bodies and to say “no” if someone asks you if you want a cigarette. Then Pip taught us how all medicines are drugs but not all drugs are medicines, which means that some drugs are not good for you. Other drugs like medicines can be ok as long as they are prescribed by a doctor. The next thing we learnt about was that alcohol doesn’t just effect the brain when you have too much of it. It affects the whole body like the heart and the liver. We learnt a lot about the human body and how it gets affected by different types of drugs. We all had fun in the Life Education bus and we look forward to it returning again next year!!! J