The Milford Messenger

EVERY PENNY COUNTS

BY CAITLIN When you think about

the government and tax,

you may think, yawn!

However, money is a

very important issue our

country has to deal with.

Basically, the budget is

about the government,

where their money

comes from and how it

gets there. Tax, is

money we all pay either

on what we earn or what

we buy.

Adults are taxed in dif-

ferent ways. Value

Added Tax (VAT) is paid

on luxury items, like

sweets, toilet paper,

electric goods, alcohol,

cigarettes and petrol, as

well as cars. Also, lots of

the money that adults

earn from working goes

straight from their pay

packets into government

funds. This is called in-

come tax.

George Osborne is the

new Chancellor of the

Exchequer. He has to

decide how much tax the

government need to

raise this year. Yester-

day, he made the deci-

sion to raise VAT from

17.5% to 20%, which

means that you will have

to pay an extra 2.5%

when you pay for things

like gas, electricity,

clothes and luxury

foods.

You may not think that

is a lot of extra money

to pay, but, if you buy

these goods every day

and your wages are

taxed as well, many peo-

ple don‘t have enough

money to care for their

families, leaving count-

less parents unhappy and

angry. Fellow politicians

also are concerned by

this and blame the Lib-

eral Democrats.

The government have

made these changes in

the budget because our

country is in debt after

the last government be-

cause they took on loans

they now have to pay

back. Funnily enough

though, politicians are

some of the richest peo-

ple in the country, I

wonder why?

The budget was planned

by the Conservative and

Liberal Democrat Par-

ties together. They be-

lieve that the country

faces a very difficult

future unless strict cuts

are imposed now. The

Labour Party disagrees

and fears that the

budget cuts are too

harsh and that unem-

ployment will rise.

Nobody knows what the

future holds for Britain,

so keep your fingers

crossed that they‘ve

made the right decision.

George Osborne walking out of 10 Downing Street with Gladstone’s budget case

SANDTASTIC SCULPTURES! BY EMILY

T here are more

i m a g i n a t i v e

things to do

than just watching the

television all day.

In London, artist Zara

Gaze has made numerous

fantastic sculptures by

hand .

Zara works on her sculp-

tures for two to five

For an Awesome Allotment turn

to Page13

hours, sometimes until

night falls. She has

made a variety of sculp-

tures such as Halloween

pumpkins and frogs.

These fantastic sculp-

tures raise a smile on

the faces on London

commuters! They‘re not

on display for long

though, so hurry if you

want to see them! Pumpkin sand sculptures!

Index: Pages 2 & 3-World News, Page 4-Milford School News, Page 5-Meet the Team, Pages 6 & 7-Where in the World, Page 8-Devon 2010, Page 9-School Clubs, 0-News @ Milford, Page 11-Uncle

Stanley and Horoscopes, Pages 12 & 13-Nottingham in Bloom, Page 14-Jokes and Puzzles, Page 15-Modern Foreign Languages and Page 16-Sport.

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FAMILY’S COLLIE LEAPS INTO CAR AND ATTACKS BABY BY JEMMA

s even month old

baby, William

Jaundrell, was

attacked by their family

dog. The sheepdog at-

tacked the toddler when

jumping into the car and

on to his booster seat,

then nearly tore his leg

off. The dog attacked

him on the driveway of

his grandparent‘s farm

while his mum had just

popped in the house. His

mum left the house for

a matter of minutes

then when she heard

William‘s screams, she

ran outside to not know-

ing what was wrong. He

was airlifted to hospital,

where surgeons consid-

ered amputating his leg

before carrying out

emergency surgery to

save it. William‘s grand-

father commented: ‗The

dog is usually so good.

He must just have had a

moment of madness.'

West Mercia Police have

begun an investigation

WE CAN WIN THE WORLD CUP! BY JORDAN Capello: ―We should have

never been in this posi-

tion‖ England manger

Fabio Capello still be-

lieves that England are

capable of winning the

World Cup despite draw-

ing their first two

matches. Capello still

thinks they can beat

Slovenia and come home

as World Cup champions.

When the England play-

ers arrived at their ho-

tel in Port Elizabeth,

South Africa they had

no confidence at all. If

the team fail to beat

Slovenia in the group

stage their chance of

winning the World Cup

will be over. The forma-

tion for this match is

David James in goal,

Ashley Cole left back,

Upson and Terry at cen-

tre back and Johnson on

the right, playing mid-

field are Gerard, Lam-

pard, Barry and a change

for the team James

Milner instead of Aaron

Lennon. The strikers for

tonight are Rooney and

The dog that attacked

into the incident. The

dog was put down

shortly after the attack,

but the police did not

know until the vet

alerted them the next

day. Guy Richardson, an

expert witness for Dan-

gerous Dogs Act prose-

cution, said ‗some border

collies have got a preda-

tory instinct which

means you have got to

be careful with them. Baby William Jaundrell

Jermaine Defoe.

Also John Terry said ‗I

have made a big mistake‘

by criticising Capello

method in a press con-

ference but Capello has

not dropped him.

Terry getting a telling off

DEAR OH DEER! BY CASEY

A cute little deer

was left an or-

phan before she

was even born. Her

pregnant mother was

killed by a car, damaging

her abdomen and causing

her two unborn fawns to

come out. One of them

managed to live but un-

fortunately one died.

The RSPCA staff have

hand-reared the doe and

named the orphan deer

Bambi after the Walt

Disney cartoon charac-

ter. RSPCA inspector

Ben Strangwood who

rescued Bambi and he

took her home said: ‗I

put her in a large puppy

crate overnight and the

next day she was up and

walking around the

room.‘ He continued, ‗it

was like the scene where

Bambi is trying to walk

with its legs going in all

four directions.' The ac-

cident took place near

Turton, Greater Man-

chester and it‘s a mira-

cle that she survived.

Everyone has their fin-

gers crossed for a happy

ending.

Last year, the RSPCA

received over 3,000

calls about deer acci-

dents on the roads.

UFO? OR GOLDEN CLOUD?

BY KIERAN

A couple in Perthshire

were startled at what

they saw in the sky. At

first they thought it

could have been a flying

saucer but they didn‘t

believe in aliens! It was

actually an ordinary

Cloud or UFO?

Bambi

cloud in the sky that

had caught the sun

light. It was a beautiful

sight but scary at the

same time. Mr Wilton

said: ‗I couldn‘t believe

it. It was like I was in

an alien movie.‘ Mr Wil-

ton did some research

and believes it to be al-

tocumulus lenticularis,

which are usually found

in mountain regions be-

cause of their atmos-

phere.

WORLD NEWS

Turn to Page 4 to read about Milford News


AFGHANISTAN’S 300th VICTIM BY TAYLAH

The devastated

family of the 300th

soldier that died in

Afghanistan were so

upset when their

son, Richard

Ho l l i ng ton ,

died on

S u n d a y .

W h e n

Richards ‘s

family found

out that he

d i e d t h e y

thought their grief

would be felt by many

more soldiers‘ relatives.

He died on father‘s day,

ten days after

by being in-

jured in an ex-

plosion. He

died at Queen

Elizabeth hospi-

tal in Birming-

ham. His fa-

ther said he

would like

an explana-

tion from

the Prime

M i n i s t e r ,

David Cam-

eron, and the Defence

Minister, Dr Liam Fox as

to why our soldiers are

still there.

Brave soldier No.300 picture from The Daily Telegraph

MAYHEN WEEKEND BY TAYLAH Miss Abbey, one of our

Teaching Assistants is

getting married in July

and went on a hen night

to Malaga with two more

of our teaching assis-

tants, Mrs Dickens and

Mrs Gibson. They

checked in to East Mid-

lands Airport on 19th

June 2010, looking for-

ward to the exciting hen

weekend in Malaga.

The plane took off on

schedule and they set-

tled down to enjoy the

journey. About two

hours later passengers

remarked that they had

heard a loud BANG.

The pilot announced that

there was a problem

with the plane and they

had to make an emer-

gency landing, so they

landed in Bordeaux ,

France. When they were

taxiing along the runway

Mrs Gibson said:

‗‘Oh! Look at those fire

engines I wonder what

they are doing?‖

To which Miss Abbey

responded with, ―they

are following the plane

incase it catches fire!‖

Fortunately, all that had

happened was someone‘s

hairspray had exploded

in the hold and set off

the sensors in the cock-

pit to show that there

was a fire. Thank good-

ness it was a false alarm

but great to know that

the pilots knew just

what to do in an emer-

gency.

THUMBS UP FOR PHONES BY JAMIE Scientists believe that

mobile phones do

not cause children

to develop cancer

and that the big-

gest risk with

phones is when

people are driving.

Yesterday, scien-

tists discovered

that mobile

phones do hardly

any damage to

your ears. It is

impossible to rule

out the possibility

that cancer can

be caused by the radia-

tion from a mobile

phone.

Over 7,000 children who

were under 5 and born

near a base station were

monitored and showed

that they were no more

likely to get tumours

than other children. The

radiation from a

mobile phone is

called microwave

radiation and is

believed to be

harmful to the

human brain. Sci-

entists still sug-

gest that phones

should only be

used in an emer-

gency. The in-

crease of mobile

in the UK phones

is from 7

million in

1997 to

a huge

74 mil-

lion in

2007.

Mobile phone mast, Taken from The

Express

PAINTING OF DEAD MOTHER WINS TOP AWARD BY SERECE A painting of an artist‘s

dead 100-year-old mot-

her won Britain‘s leading

prize for portraiture

last night. Daphne Todd,

the mother‘s daughter,

spent three days in an

undertaker‘s with the

body of Annie Mary

Todd. She said that the

experience helped her

accept her mother‘s

death. She did not ex-

pect to win.

All three teachers landed safely in France

BP CALLS IN SECRET WEAPON: JOANNA LUMLEY BY OWEN BP calls in 64 year old

British actress Joanna

Lumley with her giant

straw mattress to help

with the oil spill. She

has been called to help

as she is a fan of the

straw mattress that can

soak up crude oil. The

invention will be rolled

along the Gulf of Mexico

THE MASTERPIECE HIDDEN AWAY FOR 70 YEARS

BY SERECE

S ince Paris art

dealer Ambrose

Vollard‘s death

in a car crash in 1939,

only part of his collec-

tion has been accounted

for, leaving many asking

the question what has

happened to the rest?

Many paintings are

known to have been sold

by his heirs to museums

and private collectors all

over the world and oth-

ers are in storage in the

cellars of the national

museum in Belgrade.

The first of these paint-

ings - never seen in pub-

lic before was to be sold

by Sotheby‘s last night.

The spectacularly col-

ourful canvas was

painted by artist André

Dermain 1905. The re-

maining contents of

―Vollard‘s Vault‖ are due

to be sold in Paris next

week.

to try and soak up the

oil that has covered the

beaches along the coast.

The mattress can ab-

sorb up more than 20

times its own weight.

The award winning painting, taken from The Times

MILFORD SCHOOL NEWS

Read Page 5 for Letters To The Editor!


BY JADE AND KIERAN School Council is two

children from each class

a boy and girl. There

class mates have a vote

to choose who they want

as their school council

members. When they

have been chosen their

class mates say what

they would like adding or

changing to the school,

then they have a meet-

ing to decide if we

should have what they

want.

School Council have all

ready made changes to

the school like adding a

trim trail, the hut, the

stage and the tyres. All

of the children really

benefit from School

Council because they get

to choose what they

would like to change in

the school.

School Council decided

to make the school look

a bit better by planting

new flowers ready for

Nottingham in bloom.

They planted them all

over the school and it

made a big to the school.

BY SAM AND BRYN Femi-sapiens are a new

type of technology. They

are female robots that

you write a control pro-

gram for so that they

can dance!

The children in Class 9

and 10 designed and

made dresses for the

Femisapiens by using a

variety of different

types of materials like

silk, cotton also net. We

also worked on

developing our sewing

skills as many of the

dresses used decorative

sequins and ribbon.

After designing and

making the dresses we

went to the e-Learning

Centre to create our

very own ‗Strictly Come

Dancing‘ style videos.

Most of the children

from Class 10 thought

that it was ‗very cool!‘

The School Council for Milford School 2010

Filming the Femisapiens

Attendo in action!

BY JADE AND CAITLIN Attendo is a fun and ex-

citing time for Milford

pupils, on a Friday as-

sembly. Cleverly con-

jured up by Mrs Rowe,

this award ceremony is

designed to help in-

crease the attendance

of pupils at our school.

Each week a new

‗Attendo‘ is chosen out

of the teachers sitting

at the sides of the in-

fant hall. They are

dressed up in a special

cape and they have a

surprise ridiculous hat

to wear.

The teacher has to pull

out the name of a child

in each class‘s bag, and

then, the lucky winner is

awarded a pen and cer-

tificate to keep and take

home.

―I think that there is an

improvement in our

schools attendance and

it should carry on be-

cause since the ‗Great

Attendo‘ has started

the attendance at school

has reached fantastic

percentages of 96%.

Which is amazing as the

average attendance is

95.5%!‖ commented Mr

Magner.

As an extra school

treat, if our percentage

is over the average, we

have an extra ten min-

utes play lunch time.

―When you win, it is a

delightful feeling stand-

ing at the front with

your prize and holding up

the attendance for your

class,‖ said a pupil when

she won the attendance

prize for her class.

GOING STRICTLY COME ROBOT DANCING THE SCHOOL COUNCIL

ATTENDO—ATTEND TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE

NEWS IN BRIEF

STREET GANGSTERS AT NINE YEARS OLD

Children as young as nine year old

are joining gangs even they know it

has a chance that they could be sto-

len or even worse death. It isn’t good

joining gangster gangs especially

when there strangers. Experts believe

its because there being bullied.

OSPREY DRAMA Over 230,000 people have watched

ospreys live from a Scottish Wildlife

Trust webcam.The ospreys mother

appears to be confused about feeding

her chicks. People watching her are

concerned that she is going to fly

away and abandon her babies.

MEET THE TEAM

Turn to Page 6 - 7 to see ‗Where is the Milford Messenger?‘


Caseyleigh

Journalist

Caitlin

Journalist

Connor

Journalist

Chloe

Scanner

Emma

Technical Editor Emily

Sub Editor

Shaynea

Page 10 Editor

Hana

Journalist Jade

Journalist Jamie

Journalist

Marc

Scanner

Kaitland

Page 8 Editor

Kieran

Page 16 Editor

Tayla

Page 9 Editor

Bryn

Page 14 Editor

INTRODUCING THE 2010 NEWSDAY TEAM Teachers and students from Year 6 THE EDITOR’S COLUMN

BY OWEN

W elcome to

the Mil-

f o r d

Messen-

ger! I‘m not a sporty

person but very good at

my literacy and spelling,

I usually get 20 out of

20! Does that make me a

geek? Not at all! I am

not that bad at Nu-

meracy either! I also

love to play video games

on my games console and

computer. Here are my

top three games:

Super Smash Bros

Brawl

ThrillVille

Movie Studios

Now on to a subject that

needs to be discussed -

the BP oil leak in Amer-

ica. I think what has

happened on Gulf on

Mexico is horrendous

and is going to have a

lasting impact on the en-

vironment. It annoys me

is that everybody wor-

ries about the environ-

ment but nobody seems

to do anything about it.

One more thing, it gets

on my nerves when peo-

ple talk about carbon

footprints, have you

seen how many cars and

planes are going up at

the minute? People

should look for alterna-

tives e.g. car sharing,

public transport or even

cycling which has the

added bonus of exercise!

These have been my

views on the subject,

thank you for reading

my article.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BY CLASS 10 Dear Editor,

I am writing to complain

about our homework.

The children at Milford

Primary School should

have the right to choose

if they want to do home-

work or not in their

spare time.

Some children don‘t

think the teachers real-

ise how clever some chil-

dren are without any

homework. I think we

shouldn‘t have it because

we do lot at school so

why do we have to do it

at home.

Yours sincerely,

Emma

Dear Editor,

I am writing to you to

tell you how unhappy I

am about my local park

because it has just been

newly modernised, but

people keep vandalising

it.

I am very upset with it

because I want to play

on the swings but I

never can as they have

also damaged the equip-

ment. I think this is a

bad thing and I think

the people who are doing

this shouldn‘t be allowed

to come on the park.

Could you help me this?

Yours sincerely,

Emily

Dear Editor,

I am writing to you to

complain about the lack

of youth clubs in Clifton.

There is only one youth

club in Clifton and it is

on Green Lane so if peo-

ple lived on the other

side of the estate it will

be really hard to make it

on time. I think they

should build one on the

abandoned petrol station

on Farnborough Road

next to the Winning

Post. If they build a new

one there it will be much

easier for people who

live near there to get to

the youth club on time.

Yours sincerely

Jamie

Dear Editor,

I am writing to tell you

how cross I am about

rubbish lying around on

the floor. It is disgust-

ing that people throw

rubbish on the floor.

Yours sincerely

Mike

Kieran

Journalist

Serece

Journalist

Jordan

Journalist

Owen

Editor

Ryan

Page 15 Editor

Shannon

Page 4 Editor

Taylah

Journalist

Connor

Journalist

Jemma

Journalist

Samantha

Page 6+7 Editor

Morgan

Page 11 Editor

Miss Evans

Teacher

Mrs Rowe

T.A.

MILFORD MESSENGER TRAVELS THE WORLD

More on Page 7


This year is our 7th year of writing The Milford Messenger

and distributing it to children, parents, governors and

friends. We know that every copy of the Messenger is read

by at least 5 people and that children look forward to every

issue.

Last year‘s paper has travelled the world. Here are some

photos of The Milford messenger from different parts of

the globe.

I wonder where this year’s issue of the Messenger

will travel to?

THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

The Imperial War Museum

is a museum to commemo-

rate wars and great bat-

tles that have taken place

over the years. The impe-

rial war museum is in Lon-

don.

LITTLE SNORING

Little Snoring is a village

and a civil parish in the

English county of Norfolk.

The village is 4.7 miles east

-north-east of the town of

facnham19.8 miles west-

south-west of Cromer and

118 miles north-north-east

of London. ,

Here is Kai with the

Milford Messenger at

Stamford Bridge the

home of Chelsea

football club. Stam-

ford Bridge is in cen-

tral London and is

close to the River.

Thames It has a ca-

pacity to hold 42,005

people.

STAMFORD BRIDGE

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Trinidad an island is in the

Carribean and therefore

it‘s much hotter than Eng-

land! In Trinidad there are

hundreds of boats and

when you‘re at the docks

you can see all of the is-

lands around you. It‘s a

beautiful view you can get

a tan in minutes! Also if

you‘re fishing you would

catch a fish in minutes.

ANGLE OF THE NORTH

The Angel of the North

was created by an artist

called Antony Gormley

who was born in 1950. The

Angel of the North could

be seen by 90,000 drivers

a day on the A1, that‘s

more than one person a

second.

WHERE WILL YOU TAKE THE MESSENGER THIS YEAR?

More on Page 6


NOTTINGHAN ICE ARENA

At the Nottingham Ice

Arena, Janet is learning to

Ice dance. The Notting-

ham Ice Arena is located

in England, just east of

the city centre, they host

ice skating and ice hockey.

Torvill and Christopher

Dean first trained there!

TORREMOLINOS

Torremolinos is located

immediately to the West

of the city of Malga, which

is in Spain.

A poor fishing village be-

fore the growth in tourism

beginning in the late

1950s. It is popular with

British holiday makers.

JAYNE TORVILL

This photo was taken at

Milford Primary School

when Jayne Torvill vis-

ited us whilst filming for

ITV. She is a world fa-

mous ice dancer who

used to go to our school

as a child. How exciting

is that?

TERRY WOGAN

Lucky Mrs Rowe! She met

famous Sir Terry Wogan,

host of ‗Wogan‘s Perfect

Recall‘. during the break

from filming at Pinewood

Studios near Slough, Buck-

inghamshire.

DEVON 2010


DIDN’T WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME THE WEEK WE WENT TO DEVON.. BY CASEY AND THOMAS

O n the 7th of June

2010, 28 Year 6

children went on a trip

to The Beacon Centre in

Lynton, Devon after all

their hard work for

their Key Stage 2 SATs.

We all had to be at

school for 7:15 a.m. on

Monday morning so a lot

of us were very sleepy!

We set off at approxi-

mately 7.30 a.m. waving

goodbye to our parents

as we drove out of the

school gates. We finally

made it to The Beacon

Centre after around 5-6

boring hours in the bus!

Our dormitories weren‘t

ready yet, so we went to

the sports hall for some

circle activities and

went on an exciting walk

around the Beacon -

when it started to rain!

Eventually, when our

rooms were ready we

took our suitcases up-

stairs and unpacked our

clothes. Dinner was deli-

cious! We could go up to

the canteen and choose

which food we wanted,

first night it was sweet

and sour chicken with

noodles and peppers.

After spending some

free time with our

friends in the dorms, it

was time for bed. We

were so excited we

couldn‘t sleep! However,

when we did, our dreams

were full of thoughts

about what we would do

tomorrow.

Over the duration of the

week we did lots of fun

activities – including

crate stack, orienteer-

ing, climbing, adventure/

assault course, drama

and dance and a long

coastal walk into the vil-

lages of Lynton and Lyn-

mouth. We got split init

three groups and the

Year 6 outside the Beacon Centre.

first group was with

Miss Evans the second

group was with Mr Mag-

ner and finally the third

group was with Miss

Federtchschayk. It was

a really exciting trip and

we learnt to face our

fears.

E-SAFETY ICT AWARD WINNERS

BY CONNOR AND OWEN

O n the 15th of

March 2010, Mr

Shah and Mrs

Rowe took a selection of

five Year 6 children to

receive an award for an

e-safety cartoon strip

which they had made in

2009. Those lucky chil-

dren were Connor, Owen,

Emily and Kaitland.

When we arrived at the

North e-Learning Centre

we were treated like ce-

lebrities with juice and

biscuits! When every

school was ready to pro-

ceed with the awards,

we all went into a room

with a big board with all

our work on. Milford got

a front row seat with a

great view of everyone‘s

work. We all congratu-

lated everyone for their

amazing work. The other

schools included: Dove-

cote, Whitegate, Mid-

dlebrook and Glapton.

The work was created to

help raise awareness of

online safety for chil-

dren. The awards in-

cluded an iPod touch and

iPod nano, along with a

certificate that is now

displayed in the infant

hall. We truly enjoyed it.

DEVON ACTIVITES BY MORGAN Crate Stack: A tower of crates is

built high into the air, it

can hold four people,

each protected by

safety ropes, and is

stacked higher and

higher until you lose

your balance and are

left swinging, suspended

20ft in the air.

Orienteering: Orienteering involves

you navigating your way

through the 280 acre

estate with a map,

checking off the points

as you go along.

Adventure Course: Whilst doing the adven-

ture course, you can

shuffle your way

through the logs and

tunnels, climb up the

treacherous cargo net,

balance your way along

the wire, swing across

the ditch and jump over

the wall to get to the

finish. You can also try

this whilst carrying a

cup of water!

Indoor Climbing: The children (and staff!)

can climb up 60 square

meters of realistic rock

face in the dining hall.

This wall was designed

to give a challenge to all

levels of climbers!

Zip Wire: Go across the valley on a

130m long zip wire that

is 50m high! You go from

one end to one end in

thirty seconds. An amaz-

ing experience and the

children‘s favourite!

Our award winners

Turn to Page 9 to see the after school clubs

SCHOOL CLUBS PAGE

Go to page 11 to find out what we do at cooking club.


EDUCATE AT EDUSKATE BY SAM AND TAYLAH Eduskate is a program

for Year 5 children to

learn ice-skating and

computer skills at the

Nottingham Ice Arena.

Some children from our

school went to the ice

arena for about 10

weeks – it was fab! The

person that ran the

group was called Cath

Cosslett and we also she

had another leader as

well she was called

Sarah Forster. The very

first week we had a tour

around the ice arena and

we had a sneak peak in

the Panthers changing

rooms.

We also went into the

Girls Aloud make up

room and apparently

they had a fight in

there! Katherine said

they made holes in the

wall and lots more dam-

age. We had a look at

the ice rink - it is abso-

lutely massive! There

was a stage as well

where famous people

perform on the stage

like Girls Aloud, West

Life, JLS, Rihanna and

lots more super stars.

Whilst we were there

we played lots of games

on our computer they

were really fun we had a

skeleton game were you

had to feed him and lots

more interesting games.

We also made an ice

hockey helmet they was

really good to make and

really interesting.

The best bit was when

went to the ice rink at

the market square.

There were lots of

lights and music and all

the girls and the boys

got in a big chain and we

all fell over! That was so

hilarious!

READY FOR BREKKIE BY RYAN AND CAITLIN Breakfast Club is an ex-

tremely helpful place to

send your child, when

you have to go to work

or have an appointment,

in the morning. Mrs Ford

and Miss Abbey kindly

give up their morning to

serve them cereal, toast

and drinks. There is a

wide choice of cereal,

toast toppings and juices

to choose from. They

can draw pictures, col-

our in, play games or

just have a chat with

their friends. It is im-

portant that children

have a healthy break-

fast as it helps them to

concentrate in class and

learn more effectively.

‗I love going to break-

fast club! I really like

the games.‘ quoted a

child. It starts at 8:15

and finishes at 8:50,

when children go on to

the playground to wait

for the school day to

start. Breakfast club is

a great place to get your

brain going for the day.

Early risers having their tasty toast!

PLAYGROUND BUDDIES SERVE YOU

BY SHANNON At Milford Primary we

have a Playground Buddy

Service. A group of chil-

dren from year 5 and

year 6 are trained by

Kate from the Anti Bul-

lying Service in a variety

of different mediating

skills, such as listening,

empathy, reporting and

reflecting.

Once trained, the bud-

dies go out on duty once

a week with a partner.

Buddies are there to

solve any problems chil-

dren may have on the

playground. If there are

any problems they can-

not sort out, or any seri-

ous issues arise, they

refer it to an adult on

the playground.

The Milford Buddies

HOMEWORK CLUB

BY MARK AND JESSICA Milford now has a Home-

work Club. The club is to

help children with their

weekly homework, along-

side some very friendly

teachers. When you

have finished your

homework you can go on

Education City, to help

you practice work on the

computer. It is a learn-

ing website that teaches

you lots of different

things.

We asked Mrs. Gibson

about our Homework

Club. Mrs. Gibson said

that she loved it and all

the children were well

behaved. She also said

that there are still a

few places available.

Mrs. Gibson added that

children sometimes need

extra help and motiva-

tion.

Homework Club

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COOKING KIDS BY CLASS 9 Cooking club has been

running for nine months

now. We have made a va-

riety of different food

like:

pizza, spaghetti bolo-

gnas, quiche, fruit Fris-

bees, shepherd‘s pie and

apple crumble. We have

made a variety of dif-

ferent things in the

past, but because there

are so many we can not

remember them all.

Debbie and Rachel, our

school cooks, said that

cooking club helps you to

measure out ingredients

that will help you in the

long term. Miss Wal-

ters, who runs the club,

said she enjoys cooking

club as much as the chil-

dren and she loves see-

ing the children making

wonderful things. They

have given us a 5 star

rating and 9 out of 10

for behaviour.

The children loved it

too. Megan said that she

learnt how to cook over

a stove without burning

herself. While Kaide

said that he has got

better at reading the

ingredients. Olivia said

that cooking club was a

really good idea because

it will help you in the fu-

ture. Last but not least,

Amy said that she en-

joyed cooking club be-

cause you get to cook

with all of your friends.

The children think this

club is brilliant!

Cooking Kids cooking vegetable soup

SHOPPING WITH MRS GIBSON BY MRS GIBSON’S MATHS GROUP

S hopping is-

n‘t just fun

for Milford

c h i l d r e n .

It‘s all

about learning life skills.

This term the children

in Mrs Gibson‘s nu-

meracy group have been

shopping each Monday

during numeracy hour.

They have worked on im-

proving their road

safety skills.

They‘ve all used their

literacy and social skills

to compile shopping lists

to purchase items from

the local shops. Milk for

the teacher‘s tea and

coffee is always top of

the list and there is al-

ways a member of staff

who likes to order some-

thing tasty from Greggs

too. The children have

convinced staff to

choose the healthy op-

tions as we are such a

healthy school.

Staff at Greggs help us

with numeracy too as

we‘re regular customers,

they always wait for the

children to work out the

change before handing it

over.

I love shopping

on Monday and I

love to work out

how much change we

should get. Lots of peo-

ple talk to us as

well.

The children have

learned to look at prices

to find the best deals,

they have become bet-

ter than Miss Abbey re-

cently and she has an

eye for a bargain!

Last stop is Kerry‘s

Fruit & Vegetable Stall.

Jessica paying for the fruit and vegetables

Each week Julie serves

us with some juicy fruit

for us to eat at play-

times. Again she helps

us by handing over the

change only when the

children have worked it

out for themselves.

The children are often

complimented on their

good manners and how

polite they are during

the trip. This is some-

thing that all the staff

and children at Milford

prides itself on. That

makes us extremely

proud!

SNOW QUEEN BY CAITLIN Classes 9 and 10 worked

extremely hard to put

on a dazzling perform-

ance of ‗The Snow

Queen,‘ in December.

This play features a

poor young girl, Gerda,

who lived with her

grandmother and foster

-brother, Kay. Trouble

occurs when the evil

Snow Queen captures

Kay and turns his heart

to ice.

It was very difficult to

learn all of the lines and

song lyrics but fortu-

nately all our hard work

paid off on the night!

Here is the comment

that the audience made

after the performance:

―Best performance I‘ve

ever seen at Milford!‖

Performing The Snow Queen

MEET UNCLE STANLEY AND HOROSCOPES

If you liked Uncle Stanley‘s problem solving skills turn to Page 5 to find out who asked the questions!


Do you have a problem? Do you need help

with something? Then why don’t you write to

Uncle Stanley and he will read your letter

and help you to sort out your problems.

Remember, a problem shared is a problem

solved. This is the address to write to

Uncle Stanley.

MEET UNCLE STANLEY BY CLASS 6

Dear Uncle Stanley,

I have a terrible prob-

lem, I hope you can help.

The other day when I

was lying in bed, I felt a

terrible thud on my

head. When I woke up it

all I could see was dark-

ness. My bulletin board

had fallen off the bed

and had flattened me!

Although it was fun to

begin with I am now a

bit tired of it and it is

getting me down. Can

you help? Do you have

any ideas how I could

get back to normal.

Please help Stanley!

Dear Stanley, Thank you for your let-ter. You sound very sad and I hope I can help. Have you tried pumping

yourself back up maybe with a foot pump or a bicycle pump? I think if you fill yourself with air you might get back to the right size. From Uncle Stanley

Dear Uncle Stanley,

Help me! I have lost my

magic powers. Yesterday

all I had to do was wag-

gle my wand I could

carry out any magic

trick I wanted. Today

whenever I shake it

nothing happens. What

should I do? My life is a

bit boring and I can‘t

defeat the enemies I

face.

I hope you can help.

From

Harry Potter

Dear Harry, This sounds like an awful problem especially when you have enemies trying to get you! Is there any-where you could take the wand the get it fixed? I think only a professional could fix a wand! The only other thing would be to try to

beat the enemy with your intelligence, maybe you could sit down and make plans. Hope this helps. From Uncle Stanley

Dear Uncle Stanley,

You will never believe

what has happened to

me. I look like a purple

bouncy ball! Yesterday I

visited Willy Wonka‘s

Chocolate Factory and

whilst trying his new

chewing gum started to

change colour and get

rounder and rounder. I

didn‘t stop till I was too

big to fit through doors.

SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU WITH OUR HOROSCOPES

Mar 21st – Apr 19th

If you go on holiday this

month and see a black

and white cat you will

have good luck for at

least a week. Your lucky

colour is red and your

lucky number is 20.

Keep this in mind!

Uncle Stanley

I had to be rolled every-

where! I am so embar-

rassed and can‘t think

how to solve this.

Help me, please Milford!

I can‘t carry on looking

like this!

From

Violet Boregard

Dear Violet, I hope I can help other-wise you might have to go on living like a purple bouncy ball! Firstly, have you tried to deflate yourself, maybe with a little pin and prick some-where it won‘t hurt. Uncle Stanley

BY CLASS 8

Feb 19th – Mar 20th

Beware watch out for

the giant red ants( they

bite!). Your lucky num-

ber is 9.5

Dec 22 -J an 19

A lucky month for you in

money! Your lucky num-

ber is 7. Be careful not

to walk on cracks or you

may break your mothers

back.

Nov 22 – Dec 22

This month is going to

be good for you! Watch

out, if you eat too much

you will become very fat!

Your lucky colour is

black this

m o n t h

and your

l u c k y

number is

12.

Oct 23 - Nov 21

Your lucky number is 34

and you need to avoid

the number 48 so don‘t

get on a bus with that

number or enter a house

with that number! (Even

it is a house that is one

of your friends!)

23rd Sep – 22nd Oct

It is a lucky month for

Libra‘s, in a variety of

ways! Your lucky day this

month is Tuesday so this

is a good day to enter

competitions, such as

the lottery.

Your lucky number is 39.

Fingers crossed for a

big win!

Aug 23rd – Sep 22nd

You‘re favourite colour

is turquoise and this will

be lucky for you. If you

go on holiday for over a

week you will mysteri-

ously win a chance to

stay on holiday for an-

other week free of

charge.

Jul 31 - Aug 22

You are a lucky Leo this

month! If you play for a

team you will win tro-

phies! However, next

month is not looking

good, so make the most

of it while it lasts!

June 22nd – July 22nd.

You‘re lucky colour is

green and if you see a

black cat be aware. Your

lucky number is 9.

May 21 - Jun 21

You‘re lucky number is

44 and your lucky colour

is white.

Apr 20th – May 20th

Your lucky number is 14.

Your lucky colour is blue.

If you go on holiday this

month and see a black

and white cat you will

have good luck for at

least a week. Watch

out for teachers at

school who‘s names begin

with S.

Jan 20th – 19th Feb

If you see a black Golf

you will have bad luck

for at least a week. Your

lucky number is 7250

Your lucky colour is red.

NOTTINGHAM IN BLOOM PAGE

We are really proud of the gardens we have created at Milford School


HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY WELLIES BY EMILY AND EMMA

You Will Need; 1 wellington boot compost strawberry seeds or plants, water a sharp knife or secateurs What to do:

First cut cross shaped holes in the welly with a sharp knife ( you will need a

grown up to do this for you).

Next fill the welly with compost making sure you push the compost all the way

into the toe of the welly.

Then place the seeds or carefully plant a strawberry plant into each of the

holes.

Make sure that you water your welly and place it where it can get some sun-

shine.

HOW TO MAKE A SCARECROW

BY EMILY AND EMMA

You Will Need:

A big bag of straw Old clothes e.g. long sleeved t-shirt, trousers A ball of string Two long sticks A old ball a picture of a face scissors a straw hat glue or a stapler

What to do:

Firstly, you need to get your old clothes and your ball of string, and cut a

hole in the middle of the trousers.

Secondly, tie the ends of your old t-shirt and trousers with the ball of

string.

Thirdly, when you are happy with your tying, cut off the end of your string.

Then, get one of your long sticks and tie it to your old clothes so that they

won‘t fall down, and make sure it goes through the hole in the trousers.

After that, get your other stick and tie it landscape so the arms won‘t fall

down.

Now, cut off the end of the string with your scissors and tie a knot at the

end of it.

When you have done that, stuff your old clothes with your big bag of straw

to make it look large.

Then, cut a hole in your ball and place it on the top of your stick which is por-

trait.

Now, get your picture of a face and stick it to your ball. You can use glue or

a stapler to do this.

Next, get your straw hat and pop it on top of the ball.

A TOP TIP FOR YOUR GARDEN BY MRS CUTTS

To keep your plants watered while you are on holiday,

you can fill up a plastic drinks bottle and put it upside

down in the pot. The water will slowly drip into the soil

and water the plant.

Gard

NOTTINGHAM IN BLOOM PAGE

For more of the great outdoors turn to the back for Milford sports


TERRIFIC TOMATOES

BY SHANNON AND NICOLE

All the Year 6 at Milford Primary School have been planting some tomatoes as part of a

science experiment to support our transition to secondary school.

A few weeks ago Mrs Ebsworth, a science teach from Farnborough School, planted some

tomatoes for the Year 6‘s to put in their own pot.

We are experimenting with two different types of feed for the tomatoes. One tomato

will have water and the other will have tomato feed. We are doing this experiment be-

cause we want to see which one will grow quicker, tomato feed or water?

Every day the Year 6‘s have been watering their own tomato pot with water or tomato

feed. They have been growing really well, at first they were just a really small plant but

now they are all quite big. It will take a while before we get any actual tomatoes!

We moved the plants from a tiny peat pot to a larger pot. So they will grow much better.

It has been a little bit exciting watching them grow because we have never grown

them before.

Also, because the hot weather they have had to be fed more to keep them well

hydrated!

Mrs Ebsworth will be coming in with laptops so that we can do ‗virtual farming‘.

HOW TO HAVE AN AWESOME ALLOTMENT BY MORGAN AND OWEN

We interviewed Mrs Aspinall, who works in the

nursery, about her allotment and how others could

improve theirs.

Mrs Aspinall gave these tips:

Vegetables need watering everyday during the sum-

mer but not as much throughout the duration of

the winter.

Most allotments don‘t have running water so the

gardeners use wells, water butts and brooks for

watering their plants and crops.

There‘s only one problem with allotments. Pests!

Whether it‘s rabbits or pigeons these pesky animals

completely wreck your crops. The best way to keep them away is by:

putting nets over your crops;

place canes into the ground and put plastic bottles on top;

place a stake no bigger 7 or 8 centimetres in the ground and tie a string with one or two

CDs on it over the top of the canes.

THE UNUSUAL GARDEN BY CLASS 4 Milford Primary School are tak-

ing part in the Nottingham in

Bloom competition. Last year (in

2009) we came second. It was

the first time that we had en-

tered. This year we are trying to

get first place and win a gold

medal.

Classes 3 and 4 have made a garden outside the infant hall. It is called The Un-

usual Garden. This is because we have used lots of unusual containers. We have

used wellies, milk cartons, a bread bin, a washing-up bowl, pop bottles, a fruit

bowl, two colanders and lots of different garden pots. Our families have grown

some things for us and we have planted lots of seeds ourselves. We are growing

strawberries, courgettes, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, sweet corn, runner beans,

radishes, spring onions and potatoes. The flowers we have planted are sweet peas,

nasturtiums, and petunias.

ening

JOKES AND PUZZLES

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Can you find the words in this sports word search?

X A B W G X N Z G T H J U A O L I I B Y P Z

W G O I D O G V E M O N F O L C R Q A V L J

Y A X P B O Q K S G O W C A E B E J S L Z N

C D I H L D C S Z Z M T B H P Y P G K L P F

F O N F M I I Q G S V T O W R M X V E A J A

O H G G R K J Q Y P O C Y R O H I V T B B U

G Y O C A D R T Z O K K P Z R N M R B E U Y

V B A C N G H W F E P K Z Q D A Y I A S T K

L A G F K G K N Y I Y Q S Z E L C A L A I M

N W V K Y E A L U Q A B J R W V M I L B O A

J E T M B C Y J R T M K W O Z H C I N P B E

E E H F I G R W G Z C E Z X Z K S S X G B S

E Q P R T E N N I S V W U H Q C K V X S M W

L O E S C I T E L H T A T X D J A H N S O D

G M O P Z C K C X A O W B N M Z K O D N R Q

A G Z E Y G J H A W J A X L G R I I K C N L

H B D I N R O K I I M H F T N M Q H K O N P

C D H H J J Q G P S L O R U X H Z R A U J M

C H Y O R K F I Y A K L T T V P P E X N L D

S A M O B Q Z F P K R P A O X O F J R V W C

R J R Q H A P M E M D M T B H F B U B L Q C

C R G T A M J I Y F C N N H T O Y R P Q H H

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E T H R S O X D W Q Y F C R C J O H P B R C

K I Z A F D Y G O P K F R I C Q W F M Y A X

AMERICANFOOT

BALL ATHLETICS BASEBALL

BASKETBALL BOXING CRICKET

FOOTBALL GOLF HOCKEY

HORSERACING ICEHOCKEY MOTORRACING

TENNIS

MATCH THE FOOTBALL FLAGS! BY KIERAN

Draw a line from the word to the correct flag.

BY CLASS 10 FOOTBALL JOKES! BY MORGAN

These Rob Green jokes

are getting out of

hand... In fact they're

crossing the line.

Why is Robert Green

like ITV High Defini-

tion? They both switch

off at the crucial mo-

ment.

My computer's been in-

fected by the Robert

Green virus. Now I

can't save anything.

John Terry said: "The

whole defence is behind

Rob Green." With hind-

sight, that's a good

place to stand.

At least that's one Brit-

ish spillage the Ameri-

cans won't be moaning

about...

The England squad had a

get-together after the

USA game and bought

Robert Green a drink to

commiserate. He spilled

it. In a previous life

Robert Green was a bus

driver. However, Will

and Guy heard that he

was sacked because he

didn't make any stops.

Yesterday at London

Zoo one of the staff let

a Central American

monkey slip out of his

grasp. So Robert

Green's not the only

English keeper to drop a

Howler

AMAZING SUN MAZE

SPOT THE DIFFRENCE! BY CLASS 5

Spot the difference answers

1.Alien on snowman’s head

2.Cow on the rock 3.Penguin on the rock 4.Dog disappears 5.Caterpillar appears 6.Yellow blob moves be-tween the blue blobs

7.Buzz Lightyear appears

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT MILFORD

To find out how to make a Strawberry Welly turn to Page 12


FRENCH FUN!

BY CLASS 7 As many of Milford

Messenger readers

know, Milford Primary

School likes to lead

rather than follow the

crowd. So when Mr.

Magner read that the

government would like

primary school children

to learn a foreign lan-

guage starting in Sep-

tember 2010, he de-

cided that our school

should begin earlier than

others.

In September 2009,

having spoken with Farn-

borough School and

knowing that many staff

at Milford learned

French when they were

at school, we began

teaching Key Stage 2

children a little bit of

French.

In Class 7 the children

have: Sang songs with

silly actions; Learned

the months; days and

numbers (even done

their number bonds!);

performed a Christmas

assembly;

Practiced their warm-

ups for P.E.; Played

games; Listened to sto-

ries; and asked to go to

the loo- ALL IN

FRENCH!

This is what they think

of learning a new lan-

guage:

William and Chloe

―definitely want to con-

tinue learning French.‖

Deakan, Autumn, Tia and

Blaine have been enthu-

siastic about singing the

songs.

Korben, Rustam, Owen P.

and Kali ―think it is a

very enjoyable language‖

and they have loved

l e a r n i n g g r e e t i n g

phrases like ―Bonjour,

merci and au revoir.‖

Rustam is one of the

children in Class 7 who is

already able to speak a

second language, so

French is his third or

fourth. He speaks Farsi

which his dad who is

from Afghanistan taught

him. He also speaks a lit-

tle Russian because his

Mum is from Ukraine!

Isn‘t he amazing?

We found some Russian

phrases when we went

on a website about sec-

ond languages and it was

really difficult for us to

pronounce the words be-

cause we are not used to

them.

We also learned to count

in Kannada which is a

language from Banga-

lore, India where the

Siby girls are from.

Ondu…Eradu… Mooru…

Nalku… Idu means 1, 2,

3, 4, 5.

Sneha was very sur-

prised to come into class

and hear us counting like

that. She thought we

sounded funny but it

made her happy.

The other language used

in Class 7 is British Sign

Language as Hollie has

had a cochlear implant

(an operation to help her

to hear) and she uses a

mixture of signs, listen-

ing and lip-reading so

that she can understand

what is going on. We use

some of her signs when

we sing in assembly.

Communicating with

other people is very im-

portant for making

friends, buying things

you need in a shop, get-

ting a job or just getting

your own way. It is po-

lite to try to learn extra

ways of making the

other person in a con-

versation feel comfort-

able whether that is by

smiling or knowing a few

words of their spoken

language. Now try the

French Quiz!

FRENCH QUIZ BY CLASS 1 Questions:

1. What is the capi-

tal?

2. What language is

spoken?

3. What is the money

called?

4. How many people

live there?

5. What is the high-

e s t m o u n t a i n

called?

Capital: Paris - Language: French Currency: Euro -

Population: 60,180,529 Highest Mountain: Mont Blanc

(it is the highest mountain in Europe) Longest

Answers: THE EIFFEL TOWER

Class 7 children doing actions in French

HOW TO MAKE GREAT GINGERBREAD MEN

BY CLASS 2 You will need:

60g of Brown sugar

300g of self Raising

flour

2 teaspoons of ginger

1 egg

125g of butter

90g of golden syrup

Currants, sultanas, icing

sugar, cherries

Follow these instruc-

tions:

1 – Sieve the flour and

ginger

2 – Mix the ingredients

together

3 – Knead the mixture

4 – Roll the dough using

a rolling pin. Remember

to put flour on the table

and rolling pin to stop it

from sticking.

5 – Cut the men out us-

ing gingerbread men

shaped cutters (we used

big cutters so we could

have bigger biscuits!)

6 – Decorate your gin-

gerbread man. We used

3 sultanas for his but-

tons and 2 raisins for his

eyes. We used a blunt

knife to give him a smile.

7 – Put your gingerbread

men in the oven on 180

degrees. They will take

approximately 15 min-

utes. Make sure you

close the door properly

so that they don‘t run

away!

8 – Put your gingerbread

men on a cooling rack.

You may want to deco-

rate them some more

with icing.

9 – Happy Eating!

Quotes from the chil-

dren:

Koda – ‗They smell so

yummy!‘

Riley – ‗Eat it quick be-

fore he runs away‘

Abi – ‗These are the

best biscuits‘

Nathan – ‗I ate his leg

first so he couldn‘t run

away‘

Jess – ‗The dough feels

all squishy‘

Making gingerbread men

6. What is this land-

mark called?

EXCITING ACTIVITIES

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Class 3 having a good time at the Nottingham Ice Ring.

BY CLASS 3

W ednesday

9th De-

c e m b e r

saw the

annual Key Stage 1 trip

to the ice-rink in the

Old Market Square.

With an ever growing

number of adults and

children wanting to take

to the ice, the buses

were full. At around

10am we arrived at the

Old Market Square in

Nottingham City Centre

and walked down to the

ice rink. The first job

was getting the boots on

and making it onto the

ice.

There was a large range

in the children‘s ability

on the ice. The younger

children, mostly new to

the sport, spent a lot of

their time falling over,

but did so in good spirit.

Jack said ―When I got

there I was really ex-

cited getting onto the

ice. It was a little

tricky but I only fell

over a couple of times.‖

By the end of the ses-

sion they were making it

around the rink with a

little help from the side

or the large number of

adults who had taken to

the ice. Some children

were on the trip for the

second or third time and

they were all as enthusi-

astic as the first time

they came. They were

all impressed at how

they were improving.

David commented ―I was

very excited when I got

there because I could

stand on my feet and

skate around without

falling over. I could also

spin on two feet.‖

The trip also provided

the opportunity for one

of the returning mem-

bers to show us her new

skills. Megan, aged 6,

enjoyed the trip so much

she convinced her par-

ents to take her to learn

how to ice skate. Every-

one was amazed as she

skated around the rink

at speed. Jack said

―Megan could go really

fast!‖

Megan has said ―I feel

very excited when I go

every week. I can now

stand on one leg and do

cross-overs.‖

―Megan is really proud of

her ice-skating,‖ said

Megan‘s mum. ―She is

currently undertaking

Grade 4 at the

Ice Stadium.‖

G o o d l u c k

Megan.

ICE SKATING REVISTED—A RISING STAR?

HAVEN HELP TO GET OUR NURSERY MORE ACTIVE!

Nursery playing in their play area

BY NURSERY

c hildren in the

nursery took

delivery of a

very large

parcel this month. They

were very excited to

open it and find a box

full of sport equipment.

Earlier in the year, their

teacher Mrs Simons

registered Milford

Nursery on the Haven

Fun and Fitness Web-

site, who were offering

free equipment to help

pre-school children be-

come more active. Mrs

Simons commented ―I

wasn‘t sure we were go-

ing to do it, because we

had to get 70% of our

families to vote for us.‖

By the beginning of

March Milford Nursery

had enough support to

get the equipment, and a

few weeks later they

had reached the 100%

goal for the bonus item

as well. They chose an

inflatable football goal.

The children had great

fun exploring the equip-

ment in the box. They all

wanted to play with the

parachute. ―I like the

funny shaped balls‖ gig-

gled Nathan as he ran

across the garden trying

to catch one.

―All the staff and chil-

dren are very grateful

to the people who

voted for us, as well as

to Haven Holidays for

running this very

worthwhile campaign‖

said Mrs Simons.

DON’T DO THAT BOOK REVIEW BY CLASS 4 This book is

about a little girl

who gets her

finger stuck up

her nose. In this

book I enjoyed

the part where

the man was asleep on

the bench and the

rocket shot off.

It was funny

when she stuck

her finger up her

nose. You should

read this book

because it is hi-

larious.

Everyone watching the hula hoop spin around.

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BY CLASS 10

Our ‗A‘ team also won

the Nottingham Univer-

sities Varsity Grand Fi-

nal, the Nottingham City

Schools‘ Festival and the

Nottinghamshire County

Grand Finals as well!

They finished unbeaten

over the entire season,

winning 17 and drawing 1.

Morgan said that he

really enjoys being in

the ‗A‘ team because Mr.

Shah shows him all dif-

ferent moves. He also

said that he likes tag

rugby because it is not a

contact game.

B Team

Mellissa, Kieran, Ellie,

Olivia, Thomas, Ryan,

Max, Travis, Faye, Jes-

sica and Shaynea.

Our ‗B‘ team got better

and better over the sea-

son and finished 3rd in

their other tournament,

the Nottingham City

Schools‘ Festival. This is

especially good, as most

of the ‗B‘ team are in

Year 5.

Ellie said that she loved

taking part in the com-

petitions for the ‗B‘

team were loads of fun.

FOOTBALL REPORT BY CLASS 9 Milford‘s football team

has been a great team to

manage over the years.

They have won many tro-

phies and have been very

successful. This year

they have played at the

Nottingham Forest

Academy ground in the

Chairman‘s Cup Final.

This is our football

team:

Connor, Morgan, Ryan,

Connor, Marc, Kieran,

Kieran, Jamie, Jordan,

Ryan and Kaitland.

Our team is in it to win

it and Jamie was superb

in goal over the season.

Mr. Magner even gives

you £2 if you score with

a header!

Mr Hatvani said it was

brilliant because they

listened to him and Mr

Magner. He also said he

felt like doing a triple

back flip when Milford

scored at the cup final.

Mr Hatvani said they

started off as a reason-

able team before

Christmas and they then

started to listen to him

and after Christmas

they were fantastic.

The coach is Mr Hatvani,

he does a great job as

the manager. He loves

what he does and loves

Milford. Next years

team has got a lot to live

up too but we have every

confidence they‘ll do a

terrific job!

TERRIFIC TAG-RUGBY

BY CLASS 9 We did Tag Rugby be-

cause it keeps the team

active and healthy. In

the first tag rugby tour-

nament we had fruit to

keep us going. The chil-

dren really enjoyed do-

ing all of the tourna-

ments and Mr.Shah did

too, even if they didn‘t

come first.

Mr. Shah enjoyed cheer-

ing them on, you could

hear his loud voice eve-

rywhere!

Mr. Shah said that he

always tries to get as

many kids to join in as

possible. He likes to see

a smile on the kids‘

faces. Mr. Shah is very

proud of the children

and you can see it too.

We took two teams to

our first tournament,

the Nottingham Trent

University Festival. Our

‗A‘ team were the festi-

val champions and our ‗B‘

team did really well too,

finishing 4th.

A Team

Tayla, Kaitland, Casey-

leigh, Jordan, Kieran,

Kieran, Sam, Morgan,

Ryan, Josh, Jade and

Ryan.

The Milford school tag-rugby players

TABLE TENNIS CLUB BY KIERAN Table tennis club is run

by Mr. Magner, the head

teacher. Everyone who

goes to table tennis club

enjoys it, whether they

go to the year 5/6 club

or year 3/4 club.

Here is a comment from

one of the people at the

club.

Kaitland said. ―It‘s going

great. What a way to

end a week at school.‖

Enjoying table tennis

The Milford Football Team

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KEY STAGE 1 SPORTS CLUB

Here at Milford we do a large

variety of different sports

and activities at Key Stage 1

sports club. We have the sack

race, hopscotch, tennis etc,

which are good for your

health.

The Key Stage 1 sports club

starts on Wednesday at 3:15

and finishes at 4:30. Lots of

children in years 1 and 2 at-

tend.

They have also earned lots of

medals and badges, Mrs.

West and Miss. Willgress are

very proud of what the chil-

dren have achieved. The chil-

dren are very happy about

what they have learned, such

as new football skills and how

to spin a hoola hoop around

their ankle.

CRICKET CLUB The Milford cricket team has

been highly successful since

it first started in April. Our

cricket team have learnt a lot

since our coach, Dan Birch,

started coaching us the

sport. We soon have a tourna-

ment for the team so we still

need to practice.

Cricket club runs on Tues-

days, from 3:15pm until

4:15pm. Sometimes we have

matches on Tuesdays. They

last from 3:20pm until

4:50pm.

At cricket on Tuesday, our

coach is Dan Birch and he is

the person who runs the club.

He is also the person who

makes learning a sport more

fun and easier. Dan has

taught us to bowl straight,

how to hold a bat properly

and to catch a ball properly.

Dan said that we were doing

really well but we still needed

to practice. He also said that

he thought that we would win

a lot of matches because we

are a very good team. Morgan

said that he thought we had

improved a lot because of

Dan‘s brilliant coaching.

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