Mia

Mia is worthy of her Gold Bar 3! She is a wonderful student. She is a happy and caring student and fantastic to be around. If you have ever been in Mia’s class you would know she is amazing at spelling. Mia has many talents, she has represented the school in netball and dance. Mia has strong friendship bonds with all peers. She is truly a worthy recipient of her Gold bar 3. Maddi and Julia

Term 4 Week 9 Tuesday 6th December 2016

Gold Bar 3 Awards

Ella

Ella is a friendly and sympathetic fellow year 6 student. She has been a thoughtful friend since kindy. Since then she has achieved 3 academic awards in a row at presentation day, becoming prefect and many more achievements. Ella is an extremely bight student and is always willing to help others no matter who they are. Ella has no trouble making friends as she is kind-hearted and courteous. Ella is an enthusiastic learner and always looks forward to doing a math test. Ella is passionate about the environment and everything that grows, she also loves animals. Ella is definitely a worthy recipient of her Gold Bar 3 award. Charlee and Darcy

Darcy

Darcy is a hardworking, conscientious, kind hearted and creative student and peer. She is well known for her beautiful artworks and has received many awards for them. Darcy has received awards on previous presentation days including the Junior Art Award in year 4 and every year the Class Art award. She has also taken part in Artfest and won $100. Darcy is an amazing student and is definitely worthy of her Gold Bar 3. Ella and Mollie

Coco

Coco is a hardworking student who gives her best in everything she does. She is a kind and considerate friend and always gives up her time to help others in need. Coco is fantastic at writing stories and even has her own typewriter at home. She is extremely gifted at public speaking, spelling and maths. Coco was a prefect nominee. She has represented Milton PS in cross country, soccer, Southern Stars and more. Coco is worthy of her Gold Bar 3. Ella, Zahra and Sarah

MILTON PUBLIC SCHOOL THOMAS STREET (PO BOX 111) MILTON NSW 2538 PHONE: (02) 44551504 (02) 44551433 FAX: (02) 44540456 www.milton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

`WEDNESDAY

K-2 Christmas Concert

Swimming - 3/4J, 4W, 4A, 4C & 4TS THURSDAY

Parent Helpers Morning Tea

Year 2 Choir Performing at Sarah Claydon

Swimming - 3C, 3H, 3T & 3TS FRIDAY

Years 3-6 Presentation Day Assembly MONDAY

Year 6 Graduation Whole School Assembly 9:30am

Year 6 Movie Day

Senior Social TUESDAY

School Banking—Bendigo Bank

K-2 Responsible Pet Ownership

COMING EVENTS

Eurobodalla District Sport

Representative Assembly

Wednesday 14th December

K-2 Picnic

Thursday 15th December

Years 3-6 Pool Party

Thursday 15th December

Last Day of Term

Friday 16th December

Years 1-6 Return to School

Monday 30th January 2017

Recognising Our Great Students

Congratulations to the following students who received merit awards at yesterday’s K-6 assembly. Bronze: Saskya Silver: Jett, Brock, Ben, Claire, Rachel, Sarang Gold: Eliza, Lachlan, Saxon, Kai, Riley, Taylor, Emily, Bodhi, Will, Ellie Gold Bar 1: David, Sean, Chloe, Ellie Gold Bar 2: Jay, Teagan, Poppy, Paige, Phoebe, Jessica

Gold Bar 3: Coco, Darcy, Mia, Ella

Year 6 Information

Presentation Assembly Our annual Presentation Day assembly will be held this Friday 9th December in our school hall. The assembly will commence at 11:30am and will conclude at approximately 1:00pm. Our 3-6 choir, the ‘Four Amigos’, our drumming group and our school rock band ‘The Rockmelons’ will all perform. All students receiving an award on the day were given a note last Friday from their teacher. Seating will be available for parents and family members on the right hand side of the hall and behind the choir in the canteen COLA. The left hand side of the hall and the first six rows of chairs in the COLA are reserved for students and staff. Parents and friends are most welcome to join us as we celebrate our achievements for 2016. A reminder to all students that full school uniform is required, including yellow T-shirts for Year 6. Also, the canteen will be closed during recess on Presentation Day.

Prefects 2017 Announced

Congratulations to the newly elected prefects for 2017. After a thorough process of nominations, election speeches and voting it is with great pleasure that we announce the prefects for 2017 will be: Holly, Phoebe, Ruby, Nazar, Cooper and Kyan from these 6 prefects 2 captains will be selected based on votes. These students will now have the opportunity to be part of the school leadership team for 2017. Well done to all students and congratulations to our new prefects. We look forward to the announcement of the 2017 captains at the Presentation assembly on Friday.

Outgoing Leaders Applauded

We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to the outgoing captains and prefects who have been a most amazing group of young leaders. They have performed any task asked of them with enthusiasm and 100% commitment. They have been exemplary role models for our younger students in their presentation, behaviour and attitudes. They have represented our school to the best of their ability and have set themselves a high standard in all tasks. Congratulations to our 2016 school captains; Archie and Julia and to our 2016 school prefects; David, Ella, Ethan and Poppy on an outstanding year. Good luck in all future endeavours!

Day One Next Year

Before school on Monday 30th January students in years 1 and 2 (2016) will place their bags outside the hall in the canteen COLA and stay in the silver seat area until assembly. Students in years 3-6 (2016) will place their bags in the Upper COLA and stay in the COLA or quadrangle until assembly. We will start with a whole school assembly in the hall with all children years 1-6 sitting in their 2016 places. After assembly, students will collect their bags and break off in year groups listed below: Year 1 - to silver seats area Year 2 - to Canteen COLA Year 3 - to Bus Shelter Year 4 - to Grassy area at the top Quad (or Library if inclement weather) Year 5 - to Eastern end of COLA Year 6 - to Western end of COLA Please note we do not form 2017 classes this first week of school to allow for enrolment numbers to settle.

Year 6 Graduation

Our annual Year 6 graduation assembly will take place on Monday 12th December in the school hall at 9.30am. ‘The Rockmelons’ and ‘Four Amigos’ will perform and all Year 6 students will receive a graduation certificate. The captains and prefects for 2017 will run this assembly. At the conclusion of the assembly Year 6 students will remain behind in the Canteen COLA for photos before progressing on to our movie day.

Farewell Year 6 Social

As is tradition, Year 5 will host the Year 6 graduation social next Monday evening, 12th December, in the School Hall. We thank Woolworths for their generous donation of a Graduation cake. DJ Matt Brown is again booked for the night and will bring along his photo-booth. We thank the P&C for their generous offer to pay for the cost of the Photo-booth again this year. We remind students that this is a social and not a formal, and appropriate clothing should be worn. Girls have been asked not to wear strapless dresses or heels. Flat shoes are much better for dancing. We hope that students “have the time of their lives”!

Christmas Concert

Our exciting K-2 Christmas Concert will be happening tomorrow Wednesday 7th December. We welcome all

parents and friends to enjoy our interpretation of an Aussie Christmas. Matinee performance 11:30am. Evening Performance 6:00pm sharp. All children are asked to arrive at school at 5:30pm. Kindergarten students will need to go to KC’s class room. Year 1 students will need to go to KO’s class room and Year 2 students will need to go to 2BE’s class room. Parents will be able to collect their children from these rooms after the performance.

Helpers’ Morning Tea

A special morning tea for our parent helpers, volunteers, scripture teachers, canteen helpers and reading tutors will be held on Thursday 8

th December. This is a

wonderful opportunity for the staff at Milton Public School to show their appreciation and to personally thank each and every one of the fabulous volunteers who give their time to support our school and for their outstanding contribution to the learning of our students.

Choirs Performing at Christmas

Carols

This year, as per tradition, the 1-2 Choir and the 3-6 Choir will perform at the annual Milton Christmas Carols. They will be held at the Village Green on Wednesday the 14th of December. A note will be sent home today with all the details.

Stop Work Meeting Thursday 8th

December

This Thursday there is a Stop Work Meeting for teachers in public schools across NSW. This is an opportunity for all teachers to hear an explanation of the terms of settlement for a new salaries and conditions award as well as find out more about future campaigns, particularly in regard to the increase in workload. The New South Wales Teachers' Federation (teachers, principals and executive who work in public schools) do not want this to be an inconvenience and so minimal supervision will be provided on Thursday morning. We anticipate lessons commencing Thursday shortly after 9:30am. Please send your child to school as normal.

RSPCA Fundraiser

The Student Council would like to thank everyone who enthusiastically participated in the RSPCA fundraiser. The costumes, soft toys and pet photos were amazing! The Student Council judges had a difficult task on the day as Milton Public School students and staff all oozed with originality and cuteness. Our school is able to donate $645 to this worthy cause thanks to your generosity.

NSW PSSA Cricket State

Carnival

Congratulations to Drew and Lachlan who competed for the South Coast Cricket Team at the NSW State Titles in Sydney. The South Coast won all four of their matches and defeated McKillop in the final to claim victory and be

announced state champions for 2016. Both boys produced fine efforts and have topped off an outstanding year of cricket. Well done.

PSSA Cricket Knockout

Congratulations to the Milton Public School Boy’s Cricket team in reaching the semi-final of the NSW PSSA State Knockout Competition. Milton travelled to Lighthouse Oval last Tuesday to compete in the quarter finals against Camden South Public School. Milton won the toss and elected to bat against a well drilled and confident side who won the competition last year. Milton got off to a quick start with Lachlan and Drew finding the middle of the bat and the boundary on many occasions. They were well supported by the rest of the batsmen and managed a total of 142 after their 25 overs. A confident Milton bowled and fielded well, however, Camden South were 80 runs after 12 overs without the loss of a wicket. Milton dug deep and the secret weapon, Isaac came on to bowl and made the vital breakthrough with a fine display of spin bowling. Some great catching and excellent fielding saw wickets continue to fall with Milton winning the game in the final over. Camden South managed an excellent score of 137 runs. Milton finally made it to the semi-finals and will give their all in Maitland. The sportsmanship from the players and positive encouragement from the Milton parents was a delight to witness. Thank you to all the parents for scoring and providing transport all year. Editors Note: Well done to super coach, Mr Grant for all the coaching, managing and support through the year.

Eurobodalla District Sport

Representative Assembly

On Wednesday 14th at 9:30am we will be holding an

assembly 9:30am in the school hall to present certificates to all students that represented Eurobodalla District in sport. Parents are welcome to attend.

The GIVING Tree

In the front office we have a Christmas GIVING Tree on display. Over the next few days we encourage you and your children to contribute with non-perishable food items and new toys (that may be wrapped indicating the gender and age of the present) for local people in need. All donations will be given to the SALVOS. Each person that donates will be given a card to hang on the Christmas tree with your family's name. These cards may be decorated and then hung with pride, knowing that your children and family has helped someone in need at Christmas. It is a time for appreciation of what we have and a time for giving, so please give generously. Share in the joy of Christmas and encourage your children to help others.

Canteen Reducing Stock for

End of Year

Please be advised that as we get closer to the end of the year, the canteen will be reducing stock levels to minimise waste. It would be appreciated if parents could list an alternative when placing lunch orders in

the event that your first request is no longer available. Thank you once again to all the wonderful volunteers who have helped in the canteen this year and we hope to see you and many more new volunteers next year.

COMMUNITY NEWS

The following articles have been submitted for inclusion in our parent newsletter and are not part of Milton Public School curriculum.

Poetry Speaking Competition

A poetry speaking comp will be held for primary school children at the Milton show on Sat 4

th March

2017 at 9.30 am contact John Davis 44552013 or show ground office Cash prizes to 3

rd Ribbons to 6

th

and every performer will receive a book prize.

This week’s special at the canteen

Frozen ‘Twisted’ Yoghurt

Tubs $2.50

(watermelon/mango, raspberry/coconut

strawberry/vanillabean)

Available lunchtime

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wednesday 7/12 Cheryl Schultz Sharon Gilson Josi Refalo Tiare Holmes Thursday 8/12 Deb Valentine Sharon Chappell Friday 9/12 Anette Walton Jannine Fleming Sharon Gilson Monday 12/12 Sharon Gilson Deb Valentine Tuesday 13/12 Belinda Heather Nikki Fletcher Wednesday 14/12 Tammy Whyte Michelle Pinfield Sharon Gilson

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