Thoughts About Lockdown

What an extraordinary time we are living in! Because of Covid 19 we have had to move to Alert Level 4 which means four weeks in lockdown. Using a website called Answer Garden, the children were asked to write a short answer to the question "What has your experience of lockdown been like?" They had to submit a short answer to this question which the website then displays. Here is the final result.

Athletic Sports

On Wednesday the 19^th of February it was the Milton Schools Athletics day. St Marys and Tokoiti came to participate with us. All of the events started at 9.30am and went to around 2.00pm. Lots of parents and caregivers came to cheer their children along as well as their school. These were all of the events: high jump, long jump, mini hurdles, 100 metre sprints, 200 metres, 800 metres, shot put and discus. Each child put in a one hundred and one percent effort. At the end of the day children went home with a red face and a smile with tomato sauce over it from the delicious sausage sizzle at lunchtime provided by Home and School helpers. The 800 metre run was the longest and made us puff and slow down a little bit more at the end of the race. Everyone tried their hardest and our best wishes go to the children who qualified for the South Otago sports in Balclutha. It was a great day but everyone’s bones would have been very stiff and sore the next day!!

2020

It's great to be back for what promises to be another exciting year for the students in Room 8. The children have settled into their work very quickly and our classroom routines are already well established. There will be regular updates to our class blog throughout the year including samples of the children's work and photos of the children participating in a variety of different events and activities. You are encouraged to make regular visits to the blog to check out any updates and leave a comment if you would like to.

Life Education

The Life Education bus came to Milton Primary school recently. Pip and Harold, the puppet giraffe, were teaching us about peer pressure. We learnt about the tricks that other people might use to try to get us to do things that we know are wrong.We discussed the importance of friends and that, not only is it important to have good friends, it is important for us to be a good friend to others. We were reminded of what we learnt last year about keeping our behaviour “above the line” because the things that we say and do have a large impact on our personal reputation.

We all had fun in the Life Education bus and we look forward to it returning again next year!!! J

School Concert

On the Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening of the last week of the term, Milton Primary School students performed a concert at the Toko High School hall. This year's theme was "Bedtime Stories" and each class based their item around a different story The items on the programme consisted of several high energy dance numbers, an action song, some short plays and two songs performed by MP3, the school’s band. This was enhanced by some wonderful lighting, sound effects and digital displays organised by the amazing tech crew.

At the end of the night the whole school performed two songs accompanied by the band. There was a raffle and several prizes were won. The hall was full to bursting on the Thursday night and nearly as full on the Wednesday. The concert was enjoyed by everyone. It was a wonderful afternoon on Wednesday and an even better performance on Thursday evening.

Technology Challenge

This term we are exploring the concept of change. One if the concepts we have chosen to investigate is "Disasters". The children were presented with the challenge of creating a diorama depicting the scene of a disaster, creating a model of an active volcano, or making a survival kit. They had six weeks to complete this homework task and were encouraged to enlist the support of their parents to help them. They presented their creations to the class on Friday and explained what they had made, how they had made them, and what they had learnt about the disaster they have been researching. As is always the case with these sorts of challenges, the standard of work that the children produced was extremely high. Well done everyone!

Cross Country

On 13 August, the Milton Area Schools Cross Country was held at Tokoiti School. The track was a 2km course around their school field and some neighbouring paddocks. The junior children had a much smaller track of about half a kilometre. It was a wintry day and the grounds were muddy but that’s all part of a cross country event. The Years 3, 4, 5, and 6’s who finished in the first five of their races get to go down to the South Otago champs. After their race, the children were very puffed and hot with all the effort they put in. By the time the older children finished their races they were very cold and wet! There were lots heaps of parents and family members there to watch their children. Every child should be very proud of themselves for competing so well and congratulations to those who qualified for the South Otago champs.