Dear Parents and Community

NEDSSA Athletics Carnival Another fantastic day was had out at Kalannie for this year’s NEDSSA Carnival. Although a little cold, we were again lucky with the weather and it was a great day out. Thank you to all of our parent helpers on the day and to all of our spectators cheering us on. Congratulations to all of our participating students, many of whom once again showed great sportsmanship, perseverance and teamwork. Well done to Miling Blue, for coming second in the points race and picking up the Principal’s Shield, and also to Miling White for their fabulous marching shield. Congratulations to all of our trophy and medal winners on the day, as well as all those who tried their best and never gave up. Head to our website later this week to see some great photos. Busy Bee – Nature Playground Thank you to all of those who turned up to help out at the Busy Bee for stage one of our Nature Playground Area. We were able to get some of the bigger jobs done and it is looking great. This week the committee will meet again to discuss Stage 2, and our next Busy Bee is planned for early next term. I would like to take this opportunity to thank some local businesses and families, who have either donated goods or services to our play area. Thank you to Dave Watson Tree Lopping Service (Moora), Dallcon (Dalwallinu), Rapid Plastics (Dalwallinu), McNamara Logistics, Michelle and Andrew

Barnard, Annaleis and Richard Topham, Ian and Joey Seymour, Miling P&C and Moora Shire. Thank you A huge thank you to Mrs Jocelyn Seymour, who stepped in to take on team teaching in the Junior Room at the beginning of this term. She has done a wonderful job, especially considering the many other commitments she has, and will be sadly missed. We are very grateful for her time and efforts. Thank you also to Mrs Susan Dennis who has accepted the full time role in the senior room for term 4. Once again, we are very grateful to her for taking on that position and hope that she is well supported in her role. Term 4 Term 4 will begin on Tuesday 11th October for all students and will also be the day we officially welcome our new Principal, Miss Ashlyn Siviour. Miling Mates will run from Week 2, every second Wednesday morning. VacSwim Enrolments for early start & January

VacSwim lessons will close from mid

November. If it’s more convenient,

please remember you can enrol

online. To find out more go to education.wa.edu.au/swimming or

telephone 9402 6412.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS Stay Safe

Kind Regards

Shannon Jeffers

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

21 September 2016

Tyler - Tyler has shown excellence in his maths this

term with accurate recall of numbers one to twenty.

Tyler has improved in his phonic awareness visually

recall ing al l sounds when asked. He shows great

tolerance in the playground when playing with his peers.

Tyler always makes other students feel

welcome and included in the games he plays. Well done

Tyler, keep up the great work. Your smile warms the

class every day.

Ethan - Ethan has been producing excellent creative work this term. He has

created detai led descriptive text in writing using correct sentence structures.

Ethan gives each set task great thought and care. He continues this hard work

when working in his reading group, comparing opinions about events and settings

then sharing with his group. Keep up the fantastic work Ethan and your positive at-

titude to always try your best.

Heidi - Heidi is a bright and enthusiastic student. She is always striving for ex-

cellence and produces fantastic work in her own creative way. Heidi has made some

detailed predictions in reading groups this term. She confidently shares feelings

and thoughts about the events and characters in texts. Well done Heidi, keep up

the great work and enthusiasm to learn.

Kiara - Kiara has been making great progress in all areas this term due to her in-

creased confidence. She has a love for literacy especially writing. She used some

great descriptions words when describing her dinosaur and then independently put

them into sentences for her description. Keep up the great work Kiara!

Abby - Abby has worked extremely hard this semester during Science and Tech-

nology to produce some great work as part of the STEAM project. Her robot to

help reduce littering is realistic in appearance and met all the criteria necessary

detailed in the project outline. Keep up the great work, Abby!

Riley M - Riley has made steady progress in Geography this semester. He actively

participates in class discussions during these lessons and continues to amaze me

with his knowledge of the states and capital cities of Australia.

Keep up the great work, Ri ley!

Jake - Jake has made great improvement in Writing this semester. He wrote an in-

sightful description about Canada’s involvement in the Olympics Games and always

attempts tasks to the best of his ability.

Great work, Jake!

Abby is a student who consistently represents our four values, both at school and while off school

grounds. She is extremely kind and supportive to her peers, shows tolerance, respect and patience

for others, perseveres when she is faced with a challenge and shows resilience if it doesn’t quite go

her way. Abby’s leadership has developed immensely throughout the year and she has become a posi-

tive role model for others. Congratulations Abby.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS

Abby - AUSSIE OF THE MONTH

Absent-TylerDouglas

Wil’s Words …

Athletics carnivals take up a large part of this half of term for me with two out of the last

four Fridays spent in bays. It is a good time for me to get to know kids a bit better and cheer

them on. As usual there were impressive displays of determination and sportsmanship. Many

students reflected the school value of perseverance and gave things a go no matter what. This

links with our discussion point in the Senior Room in week 8. Students were presented with

scenarios and had to role play what they could say to themselves to help overcome their fears

and participate.

The Junior Room visited the school garden and looked at the life cycles of plants and how

they grow to maturity so that they can produce more plants. It was interesting looking at

how plants develop at different stages and the students’ enthusiasm was infectious.

Today’s Children in Tomorrow’s World

What child does not talk about wanting to visit the Moon? Or travel in a space ship to outer space? I

can remember, as a child, wanting to visit the Man in the Moon. I wanted to know what he ate. He

looked so friendly. I was sure I could see his smiley face. This is a time-honoured tradition for chil-

dren but today it is a reality to take a joy ride into outer space thanks to Virgin Galactic and Sir Rich-

ard Branson. This used to be the realm of fantasy. I thought it pretty wonderful when on July 16

1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the Moon. I was at school and we all trooped

into the assembly hall and watched the feat on TV as it was happening. It was truly remarkable. But

to do the same ourselves? Unthinkable. Until now.

Because our world and its inventions are changing so rapidly, it is essential that today’s education

systems keep up. After all, many of the jobs available today will be obsolete by the time today’s chil-

dren reach the workforce. Indeed, many students entering university will find their careers obsolete

by the time they finish their degrees! I came across a wonderful quote recently – ‘Never again will

the world be as slow as it is today.’ I don’t know about you, but I find the pace of life extraordinary

now and I struggle to keep up with myself never mind anyone or anything else! And this is slow? I

think we need to hold onto our hats as we are in for the ride of our lives!

So where does this leave our children? In schools everywhere, children learn about transport. Sure, in

some countries the mode of transport may well be a horse and cart (or ox or donkey – or a milk

crate!) but in the first world, airline travel is increasing at an astonishing rate. At any one time there

are a million aircraft somewhere flying in the sky. And that figure is set to double in the next few dec-

ades. If this is a major means of transport then children need to learn about it and, of course, about

inter-galactic travel as well. If air transport makes our world smaller by bringing countries, people

and cultures closer together (hopefully with the resultant tolerance, acceptance and understanding),

then the obvious next step is to bring galaxies closer together. Clearly, there is a need to adapt the

language and concepts to suit the age of the children, but the message is still the same. Space travel

must be high on the agenda when teaching the topic of transport. This instils in children a sense of

wonder, of imagination and above all, curiosity, which is the hallmark of all science and all discovery.

If you wish to have some background music playing while your inventors of tomorrow are drawing or

writing, how about Gustav Holst’s The Planets? I especially recommend Jupiter – Bringer of Jollity.

Some of the music of the other planets is a bit too scary for little people. There is a full album free on

Youtube if you’d like to check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isic2Z2e2xs

From Twitter Posted by Sir Richard Branson - Photos: 1st flight of spaceship built by The Spaceship

Company & operated by @virgingalactic virg.in/fg5Ne

Quotes of the Week

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

- (source unknown)

Our children will create a world we cannot imagine; they will accomplish things we cannot even

dream.

- Kathryn T. Shaw

If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never

before attempted.

- Francis Bacon

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great

teacher inspires.

- William Arthur Ward

MILING COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services Held:-

2nd Sunday @ 9.30am

4th Sunday @ 8am

Followed By Morning Tea!

Miling Community Christmas Service

Sunday December 11 - 9.30am

Community Calendar Dates SEPTEMBER

21st SEPT TENNIS AGM 6.00PM

22nd SEPT LADIES CLOSING DAY GOLF

26th SEPT HOLIDAY QUEENS BIRTHDAY

29th SEPT YELLOW BIN

OCTOBER

3-6th OCT MENS COUNTRYWEEK GOLF

9TthOCT MILING 1/2 MARATHON FUN RUN

13th OCT YELLOW BIN

18th OCT GOLF AGM 7.30PM

23rd Nov 8 WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

27th OCT YELLOW BIN

30th OCT MILING TOWN CLEAN-UP 8.30 - 12NOON

NOVEMBER

10th NOV YELLOW BIN

24th NOV YELLOW BIN

27th Nov 4 WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

DECEMBER

8th DEC YELLOW BIN

11th DEC CHRISTMAS CHURCH SERVICE 9.30AM

22nd DEC YELLOW BIN

FOOTY TIPPING WINNERS…

*WesternBulldogs-MICK * Geelong - PHIL *GWS - MONI * Adelaide - WADE

* Sydney - WARREN * Western Bulldogs - VIKKI J

THISWEEK...

* GWS v Western Bulldogs & * Geelong v Sydney

Moora District Tennis Club

It’s almost time to dust of the tennis bag and head to the courts for a hit.

Social Tennis starts on the 21st October at 6pm.

Corporate/ Community Tennis starts on the 13th October running for 4

weeks.

Contact Brett Beard for more information 0429900607

Junior coaching for children in PP to year 6 starts on the 28th October for 5 weeks.

Time slots TBC.

We are potentially going to run ladies coaching as well.

Please contact Melissa Cameron 0458696916 for any more details or to book in for coaching.

In2CRICKET/T20Blast/Junior Cricket

Cricket will be returning in term 4.

In2CRICKET will start on Thursday the 27th October at the Hockey Oval at 4pm.

More details to come.

As one of the six West Australian 2016 Tidy Towns Sustainable Community Finalists, we were

provided with four tickets to the State Awards Luncheon, being held at the Royal Perth Yacht Club,

Friday 23 September 2016.

Miling will be represented by Lindsay and Julie Radomiljac, Mary Greening and Kathleen Leahy.

We wish them safe travels and an enjoyable luncheon.

Sunday 30th October, is our second Annual Tidy Towns 'Busy Bee'.

We have registered our town in the Adopt-A-Spot programme, and have been supplied with gloves,

fluorescent vests, orange bags and tongs to use for the clean up.

Insurance is also included, but you must let the organiser know your start and finish time.

( You could do this via SMS if you are working at your end of town).

NB. No one under sixteen (16) years old may clean up along either side of the highway!

The Co-ordinator this time will be Vikki Harrington.

Fiona Brown

Secretary

Miling Progress Association

School Holiday Fun

TERM PLANNER – TERM 4 - 2016

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ONE

Oct 10

Staff

Development Day

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Students Resume

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2.30pm

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17 Mike Hind 11 –12. 30 Cricket Skills

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2.30pm

20 Scorchers Mascot

visit

21

T20 Cricket -

Moora

THREE

24 25 Musica Viva

St Joseph’s Moora

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2.30pm

27 28

FOUR

31 Nov 1

School Board

2 Newsletter Miling MatesMiling MatesMiling MatesMiling Mates

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2.30pm

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FIVE

Week

7 8

Assembly 8.50am

P&C Meeting

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2.30pm

10 11

Remembrance Day

SIX

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2.30pm

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SEVEN

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2.30pm

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EIGHT

28 29

School Board

30 Newsletter OT WorkshopOT WorkshopOT WorkshopOT Workshop Miling MatesMiling MatesMiling MatesMiling Mates

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2.30pm

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NINE

5 6 Miling Mates Miling Mates Miling Mates Miling Mates Transition DayTransition DayTransition DayTransition Day

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End of Year

Concert &

Graduation

TEN

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LAST DAY

TERM 4

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SCHOOL

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