Dear Parents and Community

NAPLAN Last week, the Year 3 and 5 students participated in the annual National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy. I would like to congratulate the students on their efforts and achievements throughout the testing period. Book Fair Thank you to Mrs Topham for organising and running the annual Book Fair and to Mrs Jones for assisting. We had many parents and community members walk through the library doors to purchase some beautiful books. Both classes participated in a bookmark competition, which entailed each student choosing their favourite book and designing a bookmark based off it. Congratulations to the following students; Junior Room - First: Tyler Douglas , Second: Rory Seymour , Third: Keira Latham Senior Room - First: Benji Martin, Second: Aiden Georgy, Third: Molly McCuish Read Aloud in May Challenge Don’t forget about the ‘Read Aloud in May Challenge’ that is well underway. You should have registered by now and be recording your nightly reading for your chance to win. If you have misplaced your nomination form, please see your child’s classroom teacher for a new one.

Certificates of Distinction The recipients of our homework Certificates of Distinction were highlighted in our previous newsletter. Unfortunately, Heidi Seymour was absent for the photo, and was accidentally omitted from being mentioned. Congratulations to Heidi.

Lightning Carnival

Next Monday 28 May, our Year 3-6

students will be travelling to Moora to

participate in the annual Lightning

Carnival. Our students will be involved in

either football, soccer, hockey or netball

with students from St Joseph’s, Moora,

Dandaragan, Kalannie, Watheroo,

Wongan Hills and Dalwallinu. I wish all of

our students the best of luck in their

chosen sport.

Performing Arts

Next week, students from PP to Year 6

will be participating in the Performing

Arts Festival in Moora. Our students

have been busily learning a new song

and choreographing a dance, and are

excited to perform in front of a crowd. I

hope to see many parents and

community members in attendance and

know our children would love to see

some familiar faces in the crowd.

Assembly

Our first assembly for the term will be

held next Thursday, 31 May, at 8:50am.

The Senior Room will be performing

whilst the Junior Room will be

presenting their Bring and Brag. We

hope to see you there. Continued next page ...

School Report

Miling Primary School AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL

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

23 May 2018

Skipping is back at Miling Primary School! In Game Factory last week I taught the Seniors a couple of skipping games, to encourage them to practice skipping at recess and lunch. The student leaders then helped me to run some skipping practice for the Junior Room. It ran smoothly and they managed the students well. Everyone had a good time and kids were keen to show off their skipping skills.

Thinking back a little further, week 2, the Senior Room had its second attempt at Triple Threat Dodge and made significant improvements. The ‘it’ teams co-operated far better, getting in front of each other’s throws so as not to lose the ball. One team set the new record of 9 people out in 1 minute. A good reflection from this game is the importance of supporting roles. It can seem like the player with the ball is all important but if their team mates don’t support them and they don‘t think about where they are then they are likely to waste time by throwing the ball out of the court. Similarly, in life and in the classroom, it’s easy to think that only the person in the spotlight matters but by listening to and supporting that person we can learn from them and help them do a better job. The Juniors enjoyed playing Snake again and, despite good competition and plenty of excitement, they managed to look after each other fairly well; not leaving behind the tail of their snake too often.

I’ll go quiet for the next two weeks as I’ll just be supporting at the Lightning Carnival and I’m not working on the day of Performing Arts. I still look forward to attending as a spectator though!

From previous page …

School Hats We have received our new school hats and don’t they look flash! Thank you once again to Hassad Australia, Erin Martin, Janette & Brendan Pratt, Peta Thorniley & Tony White, Bruce Topham Agencies and Paul & Joss Seymour for contributing to the cost of our new hats. Thank you to Clare Douglas for her work in organising and purchasing the hats for us. Public Holiday

Don’t forget that Monday

4 June is a public holiday.

Enjoy the time off with

your children.

Kind regards

ASHLYN SIVIOUR

PRINCIPAL

PRIDE - EFFORT - PROGRESS

The purpose of a school board is to set the long term future direction of

the school, maintain effective oversight of the implementation of the

business plan and provide additional expertise to help the school achieve

the best outcomes for students. This year, the school board would like to

lift their profile in the community. To assist in this, we will shine a

spotlight on our board members throughout the year.

First up, Paul White, Miling PS School Board Chairperson!

What is your role on the board?

Chairperson, Parent Representative.

How long have you been on the board for?

Since 2015.

What made you join the board?

At the time, I had three kids at Miling PS.

What traits define you?

Good listener (Lisa talks enough for the both of us!).

What’s one thing you can’t live without?

If I don’t say my wife she will probably put rat poison in my dinner.

If you could learn anything, what would it be?

We never stop learning really, but probably need to brush up on paramedicine.

What is the best advice you have received?

Always listen to the teacher!

What do you love about Miling PS? There’s a great culture at Miling PS amongst staff, students and

parents. Students graduate from Miling PS well prepared for their secondary education.

School Board

Miling Community News

MILING COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services Held:-

2nd Sunday @ 9.30am & 4th Sunday @ 8am

Followed By Morning Tea!

ALL WELCOME !

MILING PROGRESS MEETING

MONDAY 28TH MAY - 7.30 pm - MILING PAVILION

road maps and possible townscape on display

Looking for ideas

Give us your thoughts

ALL WELCOME

Well what a week in footy tipping land. Round 8 winner with 8 correct tips was Callum Barnard ( the only one who picked 8). Round 9 winners this week were, our one and only Principal, Ashlyn with one of our young guns, Ethan Georgy. Top tipsters hanging on by a thread SO FARRRRRRRRRRR

* Shilo/Vikki H 60 * Clare/Karen/Ashlyn 58 * Ash Groves/Frazer 57 * Adam 56

Good luck and happy tipping

12 May 2018

C Grade

Miling defeated Strikers in another hot game of hockey. It was a home game and great for the kids to

have lots of supporters on the sidelines. We won 4-0.

Seniors

We started with an almost full squad which we would need for the hot weather. However 10 minutes

into the game we had lost two of our halfbacks with injuries. Thanks to Chloe Taylor as a last minute

fill in. Thankfully, both CJ and Tash returned to the field in the second half, but unfortunately we went

down 2-0.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with our home game.

19 May 2018

C Grade

This week we had our toughest challenge so far up against Robins Red. It bwas a great test for the

team and they played a great game, coming out with a 1 all draw.

Seniors

This week we celebrated a great player, teammate and Club person, Clare Douglas, who played her

200th senior game for Miling. As hard as we fought, unfortunately we couldn’t get back the early goal

scored from Strikers 2, and lost 1-0.

CONGRATULATIONS to Clare on a great hockey career so far and bring on the next 200 games!

The Miling Netball Club is holding a fundraising raffle for a hamper with

all sorts of goodies for the whole family.

Raffle tickets are available at the Post Office, or you can contact Karen

on 0448 541 100 or Janette on 0429 922 198.

$2 per ticket, or $5 for 3 tickets.

We would appreciate your support. Thanks!

TERM PLANNER – TERM 2 - 2018

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School Development

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Students Resume

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MOTHER’S DAY

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NAPLAN TESTING

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BOOKFAIR

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CARNIVAL (Yr 3-6)

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Senior Assembly

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PERFORMING

ARTS

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WATPAC

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School Board

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Junior Assembly

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