Dear Parents and Community

Parent Opinion Survey Just a reminder that you have until next Friday, 2nd September to complete our online parent opinion survey. So far, we have only had 3 families/parents complete the survey, so I urge you to follow the link and answer the questions to the best of your ability. It will really help towards our forward planning and school improvement and very important that you let us know which areas we are doing well in and which areas we should work on. Thank you to those who have already taken the time to complete it, your input is much appreciated. Wheatbelt Science Forum Last Thursday, 18th August, the Year 5/6’s travelled with Miss Jeffers and Mrs Dennis to Wongan Hills to attend the Wheatbelt Science Forum. The day started off with an inspiring and engaging speech made by Professor Lyn Beazley, who told us about some of the amazing work she does as well as wow us with some awesome science concepts. We then split into our groups and enjoyed three different workshops. It was a great day and opened our eyes to the variety of areas that science can contribute to and achieve. Check out our website later this week for some more information about our workshops and photos from the day. Crunch & Sip / Snack time A reminder that we are a Crunch & Sip school and therefore encourage all of our students to enjoy either fruits or vegetables during this time. We are noticing that many students are not bringing anything or are bringing in nuts and other snacks that are not appropriate. We have attached the Crunch & Sip list to this newsletter as a reminder of what students are able to bring in, plus the benefits of participating in Crunch and Sip during the day. Please also remember

that we no longer have shared fruit at recess, so students need to have a big enough snack to get them through to Crunch & Sip. Thank you for your help with this. Science Week Morning Last Friday morning, Miss Wilson and our school leaders organised a fun and interactive science morning to complete Science Week. We were able to make slime, rain clouds, milky rainbows and sherbet using all sorts of different scientific methods. We finished the morning off with a science-themed morning tea and were super impressed with our amazing parents for the creative ideas they came up with!! Check out our website later this week to see photos from the day. We will also post each science experiment so that you can try them again at home! Rob Adams Visit Next Wednesday, we will have a visit from our friends, Rob Adams and Geoff Westlake to talk to us about the Olympics and the values and skills you may need to be an athlete and try your best. We always look forward to their informative and interesting presentations. Faction Carnival Also next week, we will all be heading down to the town oval for our Faction Sports Carnival. Today, your child will come home with a permission note and information about what faction they are in. A note has also come home asking for parent help on the day. There are lots of jobs up for grabs, so please put your name down and send it back into school by this Friday. Thank you.

Kind Regards

Shannon Jeffers

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Miling Primary School, Nardy St, Miling WA 6575. Telephone 08 9654 1063 www.milingps.wa.edu.au

25 AUGUST 2016

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Tommy—Tommy has made pleasing progress in Measurement and Geometry and he

continues to try his best in all mathematical tasks in this area. He has recently

demonstrated a great understanding of finding grid coordinates using rows and

columns, as well as locating information on a street map. Keep up the great work,

Tommy.

Caleb—Caleb arrives at school everyday with a big smile, ready to learn. He is a kind

and caring student who loves working with others. He is always polite and kind to his

peers and the staff in and outside of the classroom. Caleb is a delightful and

thoughtful student who is an active member of the classroom. Well done Caleb!

Nathan— Nathan is an enthusiastic and motivated student who always strives to do

his best. He is a helpful and caring class member who is always one of the first ones

to offer to help. He has a fantastic attitude towards his school work and has shown

great improvements in all areas this year. Nathan, your great achievements in

Spelling are to be acknowledged. Well done!

Keira—Keira has contributed to our class reading groups with enthusiasm and

displayed fantastic comprehension ski lls. Keira listens carefully to the story being

told and is able to retell stories in the correct sequence. Well done Keira, keep up

the wonderful reading.

Riley W—Riley’s comprehension and listen skil ls this term have shown great

improvement. His willingness to ask for assistance when unsure of the task helps

him strive for excellence. Ri ley’s predictions when reading texts have been an

enjoyable and interesting read. Well done Riley, Keep up your wonderful attitude

towards learning.

Amelia—Amelia has made some great progress in all areas of literacy this year. In

writing, she is now independently able to form and write her own sentences that

make sense and have the correct structure. Amelia is also trying very hard with her

spelling and working on listening to the sounds in each word when she has a go at a

word she doesn't know. Well done Amelia—keep up the awesome work!

Ashley—AUSSIE OF THE MONTH

Ashley demonstrates many of the values

recognised by this award and displays

them throughout the school day. He is

always a great friend to others,

offering support and encouraging fair

play. He has great manners and will often

hold the door open or do things for

others for others without being asked or

expecting something in return.

He is always willing to participate

positively and encourages others to do

the same . Congratulations Ashley.

Massive congratulations go to Davinia Lefroy who will be

representing Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Davinia will be

Rowing in the LTA Mixed Coxed Fours.

Davinia completed her Primary education here at Miling Primary

School. We are so proud of her and wish her and the whole

Australian team ...

GOOD LUCK

Wil’s Words …

It’s always great to see the Bring and Brag at assembly. There is so much I miss during the days I’m not

there. The staff and students produce so much exci�ng work.

Recently, in my �me with students and in classes I have seen teachers using our school values to help

students change their behaviour. Students have really bought in to them and seem to understand the

inherent goodness or perseverance, co-opera�on, kindness and tolerance. Teachers are having valuable

conversa�ons with students about them and students are learning to apply them. As a result I’ve

recently decided to begin trying to use this same school wide language in my values instruc�on with

students.

In the Senior Room we are s�ll talking about bravery and par�cipa�on but I am trying to �e

perseverance in more. We’ve been looking for examples of bravery in the media and in our families and

will begin thinking about how we can be brave and persevere with the challenges that come our way.

I didn’t have so much �me with the Junior Room but we will con�nue to think about how to work

together and communicate in a considerate way this week.

Thanks again for your support,

Wil

MILING COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services Held:-

2nd Sunday @ 9am

4th Sunday @ 8am

Followed By Morning Tea!

ALL WELCOME !

Community Calendar Dates

AUGUST

25/8 Ladies golf

27/8 Men’s Golf Hockey Grandfinal

29/8 Silver spoon playoffs golf

30/8 Jubilee 4's playoff golf

31/8 Ladies Countryweek golf

SEPTEMBER

1/9 Ladies Countryweek golf YELLOW BIN Ladies golf

2/9 Ladies Countryweek golf

3/9 Men’s golf

8/9 Ladies golf

9/9 Hockey Wind-up 7pm

10/9 Men’s golf

15/9 YELLOW BIN Ladies golf

16/9 Netball windup

17/9 Men’s golf Moora Show

23/9 Closing day golf

29/9 YELLOW BIN

Footy Tipping

Latest news on the footy �pping.

R 19 ANNALEIS ( SORRY NOT THE ONLY ONE TO GET NINE )

R 20 VIK JONES ( THE ONLY ONE TO GET 8 TIPS )

R 21 LUCILLE ( LUCKY GUESSING ON THE POINTS )

R 22 PHIL ( WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GET NINE --- CARLTON -- PHIL REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

We did no�ce one staunch Carlton supporter did not pick them SHAME

With one round to go it is anybody's game.

1st so far Vikki JONES 70

2ND VIKKI H/TOM/CLARE 67

3RD COLIN/PHIL/LUCILLE

Also finals �pping is on again.

IS $5 FOR THE FINALS OK OR SHOULD WE PUT IT UP TO $10?

HAPPY TIPPING

Fundraiser for Lara Harrington’s Hockey Club.

Any queries please contact Vikki Harrington.

TERM PLANNER – TERM 3 - 2016

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ONE

July 18

School Develop-

ment Day

19

School Develop-

ment Day

20

Students

resume

Early Close

2:30pm

21 22

TWO

25

Police visit

Kindy Kids

26 27

NEWSLETTER

Early Close

2:30pm

28

School Banking

29

National

Tree Day

Eneabba

X Country

THREE

August 1 2 3

Early Close

2:30pm

4 5

Scitech

FOUR

8 9

School Board

Meeting

10

NEWSLETTER

Early Close

2:30pm

11 12

FIVE

Week

15 16

Assembly 8:45am

P&C meeting

17

Early Close

2:30pm

18 19

SIX

22 23 24

NEWSLETTER

Early Close

2:30pm

25

School Banking

26

SEVEN

29 30 31

Rob Adams

Early Close

2:30pm

September 1 2

Faction Athletics

Miling

EIGHT

5 6

School Board

Meeting

7

NEWSLETTER

Early Close

2:30pm

8 9

NINE

12 13

Assembly 8:45am

P&C meeting

14

Early Close

2:30pm

15 16

Inter School

Athletics

TEN

19 20 21

NEWSLETTER

Early Close

2:30pm

22

School Banking

23