Term 3 Week 10 Tuesday 24th September 2019.

Sophie – Gold Bar 3 S-Smart O-Outstanding P-Princessey H-Helpful I-Intelligent E-Extraordinary Sophie, gold bar 3, wow you’ve come so far since the first day of kindergarten even though some of us were lucky to know you in preschool. Sophie is one of those people who you can trust. She’s always herself, she is kind, caring and always there for anyone whenever they need it. You can always put a smile on anyone’s face and make their day. I remember being in preschool, sitting in the corner of the room upset because mum put too much vegemite on my sandwich, you saw me, grabbed my hand and said, “let’s be friends” and gave me your sandwich, We asked each other what our names were and we said, “Esther” and “Sophie”. Congrats Sophie, you deserve this more than anyone. Grace and Esther.

Skyla – Gold Bar 3 We met in year 1 and ever since then we’ve been best friends. WOW, gold bar 3! You have grown so much, you’re really kind, funny and sweet. You’re the ‘bestest’ friend we could ask for. You are also a great role model in our school. You were voted class councillor for semester 2, you were a war on waste warrior and now you’re getting your gold bar 3, WOW! We are so lucky to have a friend like you because you are always ready to help and is always there when we are down. We are so proud of you for what you have achieved. Congratulations!! S – Super cool K- Kind and thoughtful Y – You’re crazy L – Loving A – Awesome Well done from Sophie and Arkie

Grace – Gold Bar 3 Gold Bar 3 – Wow, what an achievement, especially for you Grace who is only in year 5. We are so proud of you. You have made so many achievements, including State Swimming, rock band, your incredible singing voice and the list goes on and on. You will give anything a go even if you don’t want to or you are scared. You are… G – Generous R – Respectful A – Always kind C – Caring E – Energetic Congratulations on your gold bar 3! From Nakiah and Zara.

Milton Public School Thomas Street (PO Box 111) Milton NSW 2538 Phone: (02) 44551504 (02) 44551433 Fax: (02) 44540456

www.milton-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY

Year 1 Transport Excursion THURSDAY

Gold Awardees’ Morning Tea

Tennis Coaching—1R FRIDAY

Tennis Coaching (make-up lesson) 1H

Stage Assemblies : K-2—12:20pm Years 3-4—1:55pm Year 5-6—10:40am

COMING EVENTS

Students Return to School Monday 14th October

Intensive Swimming Scheme Monday 21st Oct—Friday 1st Nov

P&C Meeting and AGM

Tuesday 5th November

Recognising Our Great Students Congratulations to the following students who re-ceived merit awards at yesterday’s K-6 Assembly: Bronze: Asha, Frankie Silver: Willow Gold: Jacob, Lilla, Lyla, Zeke, Clancy, Chloe,

Maddison, Hollie Gold Bar 1: Saskya, Jesse, Zoe, Aaron, Jaya, Marli Gold Bar 2: Rebecca, Montana, Maya Gold Bar 3: Sophie, Skyla, Grace Rainbow: Will

Lions Club Public Speaking Last Wednesday night Natalie, Jaya, Maya and Jaime attended the Lions Club of Ulladulla Junior Public Speaking Competition. This was held at the Dunn Lewis Centre with students from Ulladulla Public and St.Mary’s Catholic School competing against Milton. The speeches were all fantastic with many positive comments from the judges and Lions Club members. All girls representing Milton were exceptional as they had to speak in front of a large audience which included their parents. The Year 3 and 4 competition was won by Jaya from Milton and the Year 5 and 6 competition was won by a girl from Ulladulla. As a result of Milton’s entry in the Peace Poster competition and the Junior Public Speaking competition, Milton Public School received $1000 from the Lions Club.

Regional Athletics Champions! On Friday 13th of September, students from Milton Public School travelled to Canberra to take part in the Regional Athletics. From 82 schools in the South Coast Region, Milton became the Regional Athletics point score Champions! What a smashing achievement for the incredible athletes from our little school! Aliyah was awarded U/11 Regional Girls Champion and Mia was Runner-Up in the U/10 Girls championship. The State carnival will take place in Homebush on the 6th and 7th of November and we wish all the regional representatives’ good luck. Congratulations to all of the athletes who performed so well in Canberra. This is a mighty achievement and we are so proud of you!

Gold Awardees Morning Tea This Thursday at recess all students who have received a 'gold' award this term are invited to attend the Gold Awardee's Morning Tea in the Front Office.

War on Waste: WOW! This week's War on Waste warriors are: Staffroom: Vanessa, Ever, Alice, Matilda, Cassie, Myra Compost: Lucy, Saskya, Lucy, Taj, Khy Return and Earn: Ruby, Bahlie, Reed, Claire, Zoe, Summer, Ruby Soft Plastics: Marlee, April, Nathan, Kaitlyn, Lakeisha, Charlie

K-2 Sports Day Congratulations to the following students for placing in the finals: 9yrs boys— 1st Charlie 8yrs boys—1st Kyle, 2nd Cooper, 3rd Eddie 8yrs girls—1st Ellie, 2nd Evie, 3rd Belle 7yrs boys—1st Raff, 2nd Joey, 3rd Knox 7yrs girls—1st Hollie, 2nd Lena, 3rd Daisy 6yrs boys—1st Kai, 2nd Ashton, 3rd Brock 6yrs girls—1st Lara, 2nd Pearl, 3rd Abigail 5yrs boys—1st Joe 5yrs girls—1st Heidi, 2nd Ruby, 3rd Mia

Thank you so much to everyone for yet another fantastic Fete Day! Earlier in the week, the weather was looking a bit threatening, but once again, we were lucky to have ideal weather. So many people have been involved in making this annual event a success, all of the organisation, hard work

and long hours is done for each and every student at this wonderful school, Milton Public School. To all of the students, thank you for your energy and enthusiasm on the day! So much effort was put into your class stalls, posters and organisations of shifts at your stall. The highlights of my day were

by far seeing your beautiful smiles, hearing your laughs and hearing the joy in your voices. Well done, your positive behaviour and use of manners on the day have not gone unnoticed. To all of the teachers at MPS, thank you for organising such wonderful stalls and for continuing to be the dedicated people that you are. As always, most people only see what is happening on the day, they are not aware of the time and effort that is spent behind the scenes, thank you for your support and energy! To Rebecca in the canteen, thanks for all of your support

leading up to and on fete day. Thank you for letting the team who ran the International Food Court invade the canteen. You have been so flexible and accommodating, we appreciate your support. Thank you also to the ladies in the Front Office. Thank you for being the go-to place, accepting

orders, finalising maps and printing. Thank you for being part of our team. To Wade, our hard-working GA. I hope that you enjoyed your first fete day. Thanks so much for all of your efforts in helping to get the fete set up and packed away again. Nothing was a hassle on the day, thanks so much! Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped to setup and run stalls, without your help, we could not have run as many stalls as we did. We had more than 55 volunteers on the books on the day, yet so many more just offered their help on the day. An awesome effort!

I continue to be absolutely overwhelmed by how generous our local community is. More than 100 businesses kindly donated to our school fete this year. I cannot read out every business that was involved on fete day, please make sure that that you read their names in the newsletter and the next

time that you go to one of the supporting businesses, tell them that you are from Milton Public School and thank them for their wonderful donations. Thank you to everyone who supported the raffle! I look forward to announcing the winner of the family holiday very shortly. A special mention and congratulations to Kiara Barkle. Well done Kiara, you sold the most raffle books in the whole school, as a token of our appreciation, the P&C would like to present you with a $60 voucher to Toy World, Ulladulla The P&C would also like to acknowledge all students who made an effort to sell raffle tickets! Thank you.

Finally, to all of the members of the P&C. Fete preparations started way back in Term 2, as the time got closer, the energy grew, and the pressure intensified. Our last 2 meetings ended at 10:00 at night, I tried to get everyone home earlier, but the team just wanted to keep going, they wanted the

details to be perfect and we just wanted to finish folding all of those tickets! So many hours have been spent at meetings, preparing stalls, ordering products, organising floats, seeking donations, collating raffle tickets, contacting businesses, baking, making fairy floss, organising prizes, and the list goes on. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much to each and every one of you. We have a great team, your commitment to this school has not gone unnoticed. It is with absolute pride and excitement that I would like to reveal that at this stage, the total amount of money raised from the raffle and fete $22000. A final amount will be

announced next term once all invoices and takings have been received. The P&C will now work with the school to discuss, plan and purchase resources that will support all students at MPS.

Milton Public School P&C Fete

NAPLAN Results Today, your child in year 3 or year 5 will have their NAPLAN results. The NAPLAN test assesses students’ current ability under test conditions, their independent skill level in Reading, Numeracy, Writing, Spelling & Grammar and Punctuation. NAPLAN is in a period of transition where students completed either a paper test and/or an online test. The objective of moving to NAPLAN online is to deliver better, more precise and more engaging assessments for schools and students. NAPLAN results, should always be interpreted with care and may not always reflect some students’ ability to perform in non-test situations nor their current level of improvement. This is also the case this year for some students who experienced disruptions due to connectivity issues during online testing, despite being given extra time. If you have any questions regarding your child’s NAPLAN results, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment with your child’s class teacher.

Intensive Swimming Scheme An Intensive Swimming Scheme will be held from Monday 21st October to Friday 1st November for students in Year 2 and students in classes K-3N and K-4W. The program is an intensive learn to swim program which focuses on students who are unable to swim unaided in deep water and non-swimmers. Instruction will take place at Ulladulla Leisure Centre under instruction of qualified teachers. If a child is a strong swimmer, they will be catered for with stroke improvement lessons. Water safety is a specific component of this program. Permission notes were sent home with students two weeks ago and we are hoping that permission notes and the deposit can be paid by this Friday. If you need assistance with meeting this deadline, please contact the school office before the end of the week.

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wednesday 25/9 Gen Naomi Thursday 26/9 Julian Christian Friday 27/9 Christian Cheryl

This week’s special at the canteen

Juicies Tubes

(Lemonade, Orange, Tropical, Wildberry)

$1.50

Available lunch time only.

Offline, Ulladulla Peach Café Milton Pilgrims Precision Plumbing Precision Storage Priceline Pharmacy Raine & Horne Real Estate Rapt Bratz Clothing Ulladulla Reflections of Spirit Saunders Mens’ Land Ulladulla Seascape Landscaping Shoalhaven Zoo Skin Rejuvenation Suite Smiling on the Inside Somethings Brewing Spaces @ 2538 Stacey Abbott Podiatry Tallwood Restaurant Tanoshi Japanese Restaurant The Guild Tony's Italian Ristorante Bar Toyworld Ulladulla Treehouse Café Ulladulla Trees Adventure, Nowra Ulladulla Conveyancing Ulladulla Medical Centre Ulladulla Schnitzel House and Oyster Bar Wild Ivy Wild Poppies Woodburn Deli Mollymook Woodstock Chocolate and Co Yatte Yatta Nursery Yes I am Thai Restaurant Yuukan Judo Club Ulla dulla Congratulations to our raffle winners: 1

st S Whitmore

2nd

L Sommers 3

rd Pearson

4th T Brook

5th A Bogg

6th L Evans

7th J Blondinau

8th C O’Hara

9th M Bell

10th G Robins

11th T Brook

12th M Fondacaro

13th K Howcroft

Akwa Annabel's Café Apple and Arrow Arte Beauty Barr, Milton Bay and Basin Leisure Centre Beauty Indulgence Day Spa Ben Guise Electrical Bliss Gifts and Homewares Brown Sugar Bunnings Ulladulla Claydon Park Coastal Paddle Surf Compete Health and Performance Training Cupitts Restaurant and Winery Divine Collections Dolphin Point Homes Dolphin Watch Cruises, Jervis Bay Driftwood Café, Milton Duke and Co. Café Milton Essence of Milton Eye Q Optometrists, Ulladulla Fairgrounds Festivals Fishermans Wharf Seafood Ulladulla Flip Out, Nowra Flour, Salt, Water Funland Ulladulla Gardenhaven Nursery Go Vita, Ulladulla Grey Dolphin Take away Mollymook Hair with Sherry Harbour Bookshop Ulladulla Harbourside Asian Restaurant Harvest Bar, Milton Hayden's Pies HealthSense Pharmacy and Newsagency Home @ Last Home Address Ingenia Holidays Jay Rash & Co Jewellers Jipsi Cartel Kippax Electrical Leah and Me Clothing Milton Lions Club of Milton Ulladulla Little Swell Coffee Milkhaus Milton Chinese Milton Clothesline Milton Hair Design Milton IGA Milton Terry White Chemist Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club Milton Woodfire Pizza Café Mini Golf Batemans Bay Miss Moss Mollymook Bakery Café Mollymook Beach Surf School Mollymook Fine Wines & Ales Mollymook Newsagency Mulberry Tree Mullala Nursery Nikki B's Ocean and Earth Office National Ulladulla

In September, our weekly tips aim to inspire and equip separated dads. This week, we are focusing on eas-ing the distress for yourself, the kids and your parenting partner/s after the separation. Family separation is a big adjust-

ment for everyone involved, re-member to be calm and sympa-thetic during this time.

Have specific arrangements for regular pick ups like schools and sports - and then be on time. It's important for the kids that you work together to build and main-tain a new routine; this will help reduce the amount of things that are 'unexpected' and can ease any 'unsettled' feelings.

Be civil with your parent-ing partner and remember that if your kids are upset, it may be because visiting the other parent is a reminder that their family is not together.

Respond to distress in a calm and sympathetic way, sometimes all they need is for you to listen and to feel understood - not a solution.

Work with your parenting partner/s to maintain similar discipline and behaviour standards.

To maintain evening routine, it's best to avoid moving kids be-tween households too close to their bedtime.

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

Mollymook Nippers Nippers is a great part of surf lifesaving for 7-14yo children. Nippers get to spend time at the beach with friends, learn ocean skills and confidence in a safe environment, and get to do fun racing and carnivals. It runs Sunday mornings from 9-11, starting October 20. Registration is open now online or for more info go to mollymooksurf.com.au and follow Mollymook surf lifesaving club on facebook.

Term 4 - 2019 After School Program After school lessons start again Mon-day 14th and Wednesday 16th Octo-ber. Beginner's progressive Learn to Surf package of 8 sessions during the Term with your choice of Mondays &/or Wednesdays. This is a not for profit 'Half Price' deal for the local community of $20 for each lesson. During the Spring School Holidays we are offering a half price trial les-son for any new students considering joining. Active Kids vouchers can be used as part payment. Best quality Softboards, Wetsuits & Rashies are supplied by our Surf School at no extra cost. Great low student to instructor ratios, Surf safety education and lots of fun for the kids. Flexible start times of 4pm/4.30pm through to 6pm finish. Contact Geoff on 0411 392 221 for details and bookings.

Everest Races Experience

Here is a once in a lifetime chance, thanks to the Australian Turf Association, to have the opportunity to go behind the scenes and indulge in a unique experience. We have 4 Member Reserve Passes to the biggest race of the nation day ... giving you and three of your guests a unique and priceless experience of a VIP Inner Sanctum Tour on the Everest Race Day including a Meet & Greet with Brenton Avdulla. All funds raised from this raffle go to helping Holly Burns, a beautiful little girl affected by a rare and terminal condition called Vanishing White Matter Leukodystrophy. For more information on Holly and her story please visit hollyburnsfoundation.webs.com $ 10 per ticket Entries close Wednesday 25

th

September 2019 Winner will be drawn on Monday 30th September 2019 and winner will be notified by phone with the name and contact person who will be your guide to this amazingly awesome prize. Date of Everest Race: 19th October 2019 Location: Royal Randwick Race Course, Sydney, Australia. Here is how to have your chance to win this awesome prize generously donated by the Australian Turf Association valued at $800, but with the priceless experience... Deposit money for raffle tickets into: Holly Burns Foundation Acc no. 432087138 BSB. 112-879 Email - hollyburnsfoundation@gmail.com

Your Full Name (first and last) Your address Your phone number Number of raffle tickets

money has been deposited for Amount deposited and date

deposited Once the funds have been received (please remember it may take a day or so for the transfer to go through, so don’t leave it until the last day or you may miss out!) and email received you will be automatically entered into the draw.

Learning Labs For more information. https://www.uow.edu.au/engage/outreach-pathways/learning-labs/

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

Shoalhaven Football School Holiday Clinics 2019 October 3

rd& 4

th South Nowra

9 am – 12 noon cost = $75 All Players born 2006 – 2014 are invited to attend. Program will include the 4 core skills and Small sided games. All enquiries coaching@shoalhavenfootball.com.au Stellar Performing Arts

Spring Holiday Workshop ZOO ESCAPE! Date: Thursday 3rd + Friday 4th October 2019 Time: 9am - 3pm (free before and after care available) Location: Milton Public School Hall Join us this Spring for our ZOO ESCAPE drama workshop at Milton Public! At Stellar Performing Arts Academy we provide a fun, safe and stimulating environment to boost your child’s confidence and enrich their self-esteem. In our two day ZOO ESCAPE holiday workshop, students will learn fun new skills through improvisation, mini scripts, creative costumes, craft, movement, voice, outdoor play and lots more! The benefits of this unique program extends far beyond the performance space, ultimately equipping your child with essential life skills, helping them to be more creative and confident. At the end of workshop the children will give a short 10 minute performance showcasing what they have learnt over the course of the program. This will take place at 3pm on the second day in the Milton Public School Hall. We invite all family and friends to come along and see the show! The workshop runs from 9am - 3pm with free before and after care available upon enrolment. To register your child or for more information please head to www.stellarperformingarts.com, or contact Brooke on 0439 718 828. We currently have an early bird offer on and places are limited so be sure to get in quick! We hope you can join us for an awesome time!

Kevin Murphy

Tennis Australia qualified

SPRING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Clinic 1

Mon 30th, Tues 1st , Wed 2nd, Thur 3rd, Fri 4th

Cost—$30 per day or

$140 for the 5 days

Clinic 2

Mon 7th, Tues 8th , Wed 9th

Cost—$30 per day

9.00am to 1.00pm

Ulladulla Tennis courts—Warden Street

Ulladulla

For all bookings and enquiries phone

Kevin Murphy on

0417 359 721 Suitable for all skill levels, prizes to be won.

Pedestrian Safety It has been noticed that some parents are not stopping at the children’s crossing in Thomas Street to allow pedestrians, usu-ally our students, safe passage across the street. The message to all parents is simple and easy to follow: Be vigilant and do the right thing! The safety of our children is para-mount and is everyone's respon-sibility. It is far more important to be aware of people around you than securing a parking space outside the front gate. I will be asking the Ranger to at-tend school during our busy drop-off and pick-up times to enforce the rules that are in place to en-sure our kids can enter and leave school safely.

HOLIDAY LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM

CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR:

Pre-school children

School age children

Squads

PROGRAM DATES:

Monday 30th Sept to Friday 4th Oct

(5 days)

Tuesday 8th Oct to Friday 11th Oct

(4 days)

DON’T DELAY – BOOK NOW!

Ph: 4444 8811

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

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

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TERM LEARN TO SWIM PROGRAM

CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR:

Parent and Baby

Pre-school children

School age children

Squads

Adults PROGRAM DATES: 14th October to

21st December (10 weeks))

DON’T DELAY – BOOK NOW! Ph: 4444 8811