Term 3 Week 4 Tuesday 5th August 2014

Merit Awards Congratulations to the following students who received merit awards at today’s K-6 assembly.

Bronze: Aaron D, Alana S, Ebony W, Sophie W, Bailey H, Isis B, Molly S. Silver: Clare F, McAusland T, Olive W Gold: Jorja C, Phoebe D, Samuel P Gold Bar 1: Patrick A, Joe S, Damara T, Amanda J

Milton Smashes State Quarter Finals

STOP THE PRESS! Yesterday the MPS tennis team played at Homebush in the State Championships. An amazing feat. We are so proud of our team.

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 THURSDAY FRIDAY MONDAY K-6 Assembly TUESDAY ICAS Mathematics Competition

COMING EVENTS

Students Leaders Meeting Wednesday 13th August

Kindergarten - Mogo Zoo Excursion

Thursday 14th August

CWA International Day Thursday 21st August

K - 2 Spring Fling

Wednesday 27th August

Year 5 Berry Camp Wednesday 27th August - Friday 29th August

Kindergarten Orientation Evening

Tuesday 2nd September

Year 3 Burrill Lake Excursion Wednesday 3rd September

Year 6 Canberra Camp

Wednesday 3rd September - Friday 5th September

The Next P & C Meeting will be held Tuesday 12th August 2014

7pm in the Staffroom All Welcome

CANTEEN ROSTER

Wednesday 06/08 Masami Hussey Thursday 07/08 Dale Pryde/Sharon Gilson Friday 08/08 Susie Marsland Monday 11/08 Lindy Salter Tuesday 12/08 Lloyd McDonald Wednesday 13/08 Natalie Sruhan

Thank You A big thank you to our wonderful canteen volunteers who were able to help us on Grandparents Day. Joe Gittany, Dale Pryde, Michelle Pinfield, Nicole Neil, Sara Eastway, Takako Holstegge, Pip Commerford and

This week’s special at the canteen

Fish Burger $3.50 (fish fillet crumbed, lettuce & mayo on a

hamburger bun) Available lunchtime - Pre-Order

PSSA Basketball On Monday 28thJuly, the boy’s school basketball team played Culburra Public School in the PSSA Knockout. Culburra started the game confidently scoring the first few baskets. Alex D scored the first points for Milton, however, Cameron P was the star of the match scoring 18 points out of Milton’s 24. Culburra’s defence was too good for the boys leading to a final score of 24-43. Milton closed the gap in the 3rd quarter and demonstrated great team play and determination but with the reintroduction of Culburra’s star player the opposition moved clear in the final quarter. Well done to the team for a good season. Once again they demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship both at training and during the games. Thank you to Gavin Dorrell for refereeing once again and Julie Dadd for scoring. A big thanks to all the parents for their encouraging support all year

1S Assembly Item 1S is running the K-2 assembly on Friday 8th August. It will be held in the hall at 10:45am. The theme is ‘Secret Agents’ and the children are asked to bring black pants/tights and black t-shirts (or the closest items to this look) on the day. Items placed in a clearly marked plastic bag would be very much appreciated. The children will change back into their school clothes after the assembly. Parents are very welcome. Lost Property The lost property bins are once again filled and overflowing with school uniform items. Many are only small but unfortunately have no names on them, making it difficult to find their rightful owners. If your child is missing any property please encourage them to look through lost property and collect their belongings. Any items that are left at the end of next week will be washed and donated for spare clothing or re-sale in the clothing pool.

Check LABELS on clothing Please check all labels on your child’s clothing. If your child brings home clothing not belonging to them please make sure they are returned to school.

Community News Eighth Annual Junior Bush Poetry Competition. Do you enjoy the great Aussie tradition of Bush Poetry? Children under 13 years can join in by reciting a poem for this competition. Entry is free. All participants will receive a certificate and there is $500 prize money for category winners. Perform your favourite poem with rhyme, rhythm and an Australian author or theme on Saturday September 6th at 2pm, at St Mary’s school. You can dress up to suit the theme of your poem. Entries close 30th August. Entry forms and judging sheets (you can see what the judges are looking for) are available at the Milton Clothesline, Malibu Music in Rowens Arcade or contact John Davis on 4455 2013 or 0425 299 9829 or jd76436@bigpond.net.au for more information.

2 Day Guitar Workshop Presented by Berry Music Centre Berry Music Centre is proud to present a two day guitar workshop to be held during the September school holidays. The guitar workshops comprise of a beginners group and an intermediate group catering for ages 10-17 years and will provide skills and knowledge to be proficient in the respective guitar workshop group. All workshop resources and materials are provided to workshop participants by Berry Music Centre. We request that participants bring their own acoustic or classical guitar and provide their own snacks and lunch. Date: Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 September 2014 Time: 9am - 4pm Price: $150.00 for both days Limited places available. For further information please call Shoalhaven City Council.

Education week concluded with Grandparents/Open Day on Friday 1st August and what a day! The school looked amazing, the staff and students had nothing but brilliant reports from all. Milton Public School truly is “Lighting the Way to a Brighter Future”.

Fete 12th September – Helpers Needed!! This year’s fete is shaping up to be fabulous once again but we are in desperate need of volunteers to man out stalls. If we cannot get enough volunteers we will have to cancel some stalls, which means less money raised for our students. Firstly, thank you to those that have volunteered so far, it’s greatly appreciated. The fete starts at 11:00am and runs until approx. 2:00pm. If you can spare even just an hour, please fill in the slip at the end of this page and send it into the school as soon as possible or you can email Mel Wills at the-wills@bigpond.com or call her on 0414 261 778. The stalls we need volunteers for are: Craft Stall Fairy Floss Lucky Dips Chocolate Wheel (ticket sellers) BBQ (people to cook and people to sell) Plant Stall Cake Stall Showbag Stall Face Stencilling (stencilling on the cheeks and temp tattoos) Raffle Helpers to set up for the day 9:30am - 11:00am Attention Bakers Calling all our bakers out there……..please start thinking of some goodies like cakes, (cup cakes and whole cakes), slices and yummy treats you could bake for us to sell at our ever popular cake stall. All donations should be delivered to the big COLA first thing on fete morning. Raffle Tickets Don’t forget to keep those raffle tickets coming in, we are so lucky to have such an amazing prize in our family trip to Hamilton Island including an airfare voucher….you have to be in it to win it!

Lucky Dip Bags for the FETE! Next week your child will be given a paper bag that we would love you to return containing something suitable for our lucky dip stall. Suggestions are: stickers, balls, wrapped lollies, small toys, pencils, small note pads, hair ties, clips etc. Thank you in advance for helping us out.

FETE HELPERS Name ………………………………………………Contact Phone numbers……………………………………. I am avaialbale to help out at the ……………………………………stall, or (tick box) any stall allocated to me. I am available to help at this time………………………………… or (tick box) anytime I am required. Please note : you will be contacted for confirmation closer to the day.

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