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Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Just a "gentle reminder" that if your child is unwell that they stay at home to rest and recuperate until they are better. As…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, It is with great pleasure that I am able to inform you all that our Seniors t-shirts and jumpers have arrived at Mil Lel!…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, The Mil Lel Primary School Parent Club would like to invite students to have a "WARM UP LUNCH" WARM UP LUNCH is when the…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, We have been advised that T-BALL tomorrow HAS BEEN CANCELLED due to THE HEAT. Please enjoy the afternoon off and keep cool! We will…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend our 2020 AGM, to be held tonight, Wednesday February 17th at 7pm…

  Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, I have been informed this afternoon, that the T Ball information will not be sent to schools until tomorrow, Thursday 11th February. Please…

Good Evening Mil Lel School Community, FYI - an opportunity for our girls to "Come and Try Cricket" If interested, please Ms Sutherland for more information or for a printed…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, Please find attached this week's newsletter and the Term 1 Calendar for your reference. Enjoy your weekend kind regards Tamarin 20200331_2021 - Term 1…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, Not long and we will be back to school for 2021! We hope that everyone had a great Christmas Holiday break and enjoyed some…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, 1 sleep until the CHRISTMAS CONCERT and our Year 7 students Graduate, it is very exciting. Please check your child's bag for a note…

Good afternoon, A reminder that tomorrow FRIDAY 4th December we are having a PUPIL FREE DAY! We will see everyone on Monday 7th December to start our final week of…

Good afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Please be advised that there is a newsletter coming home tonight with information regarding our Christmas Concert due to be held next week. Please…

  Today we welcomed the "Christmas Spirit" to Mil Lel PS. Thank you to my elves, Eliza and Mia, our Front Office looks amazing! The "Christmas Elves" also have left…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, Please see a note that will be going home today (eldest in the family) regarding "The Big Day Out" at Noorla Yo Long for…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, Please be advised that the proposed "Volunteers Morning Tea" for 2020 that was due to take place tomorrow has been cancelled due to COVID-19…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community Please see attached the order form for this years "2020 Mil Lel Year Book" We are pleased that we will be able to offer…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Please see attached the latest correspondence sent to all families via Email, Facebook and School Stream regarding school reopening after our 'Lockdown" on Monday…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, In light of the Minster's message today with Professor Spurrier, I will be sending home via Facebook, School Stream and Email a letter, this…

Good afternoon Mil Lel School Community, What a day!! Thank you all for the fabulous way that you have been able to work with us in what has been an…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, A quick note to let you know that we are operating with 'business as usual". We would like to ask all parents and members…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, This year, Mil Lel Primary School will be participating in the "NF McDONNELL and SONS, Santa's Boulevard Christmas Tree" event to be held between…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, I would like to take this opportunity to wish Pip Crowe, Ben Savage, Michelle Schutz, Alicia Sutherland, Emmanuelle Pratt and Francesca Dieu a wonderful…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, a reminder that we will have our first assembly tomorrow, Monday 26th October at 3pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow as celebrate the…

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community, Just a quick reminder for you all that this Wednesday, 21st October Mil Lel PS will be holding TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY! We…

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, Monday 12th October as we start Term 4 at Mil Lel. A reminder that all children will need their hat to play outside, it's…

Good afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Please find attached the Week 10 Newsletter for your reference.   kind regards Tamarin Newsletter Term 3, Week 10  

A reminder that tomorrow (Fri 25/9) is Footy Colours Day. Come dressed in your team colours and help fight Childhood Cancer with a gold coin donation.

Good Morning Mil Lel School Community Welcome to week 10 - the sun is out and we are looking forward to a busy week! Just a few things: Monday and…

Good afternoon Mil Lel School Community, A reminder that tomorrow is "SCHOOL PHOTO DAY" at Mil Lel. Please ensure that your children have on their YELLOW Mil Lel School T-shirts…

If anyone has any spare 'OOSHIE'S" that need a home please drop them into Mrs Condon at the Front Office. We would like to use them within the school. Thanks…

We would like to thank all families with their efforts in supporting our great school by selling the "Cadbury Chocolate Boxes". Your help no matter how big or small is…

Good afternoon Mil Lel School Community, I would like to extend an invitation for you to give your honest feedback about your child's education at Mil Lel, the feedback that…

Congratulations of the winners of 'BEST DRESSED" in each class as judged by Mrs Condon and Mrs Gilmore. This was a hard one - well done everyone on your efforts,…

Congratulations to the winners of our "Design a Creature Competition" for Book Week 2020! We had lots of great entries to choose from across the school which was great to…

Congratulations to the winners of our colouring in competition. Archie Foundation/One Sophie Year 2/3 Matilda Year 4/5 and Caelin Year 6/7 They all scored themselves a "Smiggle Prize Pack". Well…

Congratulations Today was the last day of our “Book Week lucky Draw”. Congratulations to Elly whose name was pulled out of our barrel by SSO Rob. Elly chose a new…

Today we continue our winners of our “Book Week lucky Draw”. Congratulations to Annalie whose name was pulled out of our barrel by Miss Dieu. Annalie chose a new unicorn…

Today we continue our winners of our “Book Week lucky Draw”. Congratulations to Edison whose name was pulled out of our barrel by Mr Milsop, our Groundsman. Edison chose a…

CONGRATULATIONS Today we continue our winners of our “Book Week lucky Draw”. Congratulations to Flynn whose name was pulled out of our barrel by Mrs Condon. Flynn chose a new…

CONGRATULATIONS Today we had our first winner of our "Book Week lucky Draw". Congratulations to Lachie whose name was pulled out of our barrel by Mrs Ramage. Lachie chose a…

Good afternoon Mil Lel School community Just a reminder that we have our student free Day on MONDAY, 24th August with staff working at Training and Development facilitated by Val…

Last day to buy Disco tickets TOMORROW! F-3 6pm -6:45 4-7 7pm-8:30pm Available from the front office. $5 includes entry, a drink, snack and glow stick Pre-sales only, no tickets…

Just a reminder that a note has gone out via your child THIS AFTERNOON informing you that we will be having a SCHOOL CLOSURE on Monday 24th August for Training…

Hi there Mil Lel School Community, Please see the attached letter from the Mil Lel Show committee regarding the cancellation of the 2020 show We look forward to working with…

Due to renovations that will be commencing on the French Room in term 3, there will be no heat ups for this term. An announcement will be made at the…

Due to a delay with delivery - the Cadbury Fundraising boxes will not be distributed until Week 1, Term 3. When they do arrive we will notify families and advise…

Dear families, please see the attached note that was sent home with the eldest student in each family. Please come and speak with me if you have any questions Kind…

We have 1x Size 12 Year 7 Polo available if anyone would like to purchase it. It is $33 (including GST) and can be purchased from the Front Office (first…

Pie Drive Fundraiser orders can be collect from 3.30pm in the Library tomorrow, Thursday 11 June.

Reminder: Wear a helmet We ask that you please ensure your student is wearing a properly fitted helmet when riding to and from school. This is a requirement by law…

For pink stumps day next week the year 4/5 class are making pink lemonade. If you have any lemons at home could you please bring them into school and give…

A statement has been issued to all families with outstanding accounts today. There are a number of families that may be eligible for school card assistance. We would encourage any…

Hamburgers start back this term in weeks 3, 6, and 9. Order forms went home today with the eldest child, you can pay online on the qkr app or in…

Please find attached a letter that has gone home with your student today. This is based on latest advice provided by the department. We will continue to update you as…

Please be reminded that tomorrow, Friday 13 December is the final day of term. Students will be dismissed at 2.30pm. We hope everyone has a safe and happy break and…

  Congratulations to the following students who received Merit Certificates at our recent assembly: Mia Blatchford for being helpful and kind to the new children during their transition visit Charli…

Congratulations to all Mil Lel Primary School participants in the recent Blue Lake Fun Run. With the support of many students and their families we were able to win the…

Last year, we won $500 for having the most entrants in the Blue Lake Fun Run for Grant District Council. We decided to use this money to design a sports…

*Please note that this will be sent home tomorrow with students as I am waiting on the Council to send through the map of Vansittart Park Saturday 16 November FLOAT…

This year our theme for the Christmas Parade is Angels and Elves! So start getting some costume ideas together! The parade will be held on Saturday 16 November. We are…

SRC will be selling icy poles this term once again. They have decided to have them on sale at lunch times three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Long…

If anyone has any glass jars with lids (any size) lying around, the Year 45 class needs them! Any donations appreciated

Parents and Caregivers are reminded that the school is a construction site over the holidays and that no one, unless permitted, is to enter the site during this time. We…

Book Sale 2019

Next Monday some of the year tthrees and fours will be taking part in ANZ Hot Shots Tennis. If your child is attending please make sure that they have a…

To the parents of Canberra Camp Kids: We are now leaving Hamilton (5.45am), so we will see you at approximately 7.15am at the Glenburnie Hall.

Any last minute donations of plastic bottle tops, please give to Mrs Schutz tomorrow morning!

Mil Lel Show Raffle Tickets All families should have received their tickets to sell for the Mil Lel Show today. When your book is sold, please return to the Front…

In a previous post I had said that we were going to collect plastic bottle lids for three weeks only, this has been extended until the end of week 5,…

Please respond by Wednesday 31/7 to the survey regarding funding for a Pastoral Care Worker 2020 - 2022 Without our school community endorsing the position, we will not receive funding…

This letter was sent home with all eldest students yesterday. Please ensure you make arrangements for your student(s) as there will not be staff available to supervise on Monday 1…

Dear Parents and Caregivers I am writing to inform you of potential industrial action on Monday, July 1st next week. Please be advised to make tentative care arrangements for your…

Please read the below document in relation to Influenza Cases reported at our site. 20190606_influenza

Due to our Move It matinee performance this Thursday there will be no heat ups this week

Governing Council met last night and discussed and approved a Pupil Free Day on Friday 7 June, Week 6. Staff will focus on feedback, learning intentions, success criteria and student…

Heat ups will now be on Thursdays (not Mondays). This is to allow the SRC to run the service. Please do not send heat up food on Monday. Please remember…

Some important information was left off of the pink stumps day note that came home yesterday. Also for sale tomorrow to raise vital funds for the McGrath foundation are: Pink…

Mil Lel PS currently does not have a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device Policy). Students are not to bring any personal devices to school. This includes phones, Ipods and all…

Reminder that Term 1 commences on Tuesday January 29th. We look forward to seeing all students for the new school year. We would also like to extend a warm welcome…

Dear Parents and Caregivers, The 4/5 and the 6/7 classes are running three-way interviews, where the student is an active and essential member of the interview. In these meetings, the…

Learning About eSafety In The 6/7

A drama activity helps us connect more deeply to our class novel.

ESafety Learning In The 6/7 Class.

Contemporary Art In The 6/7 Class.

Yesterday the YELP group had their final excursion to Robe where they presented their project on saving hooded plovers. It's been a pleasure working with these four young people this…

Today the F/1s and the 4/5s joined together to complete a STEM challenge...zip lines! Each cable car needed to carry four marbles to safety.

Today the Yr 4/5 class ventured down to Piccaninni Ponds for an excursion which included a beach clean up and learning about how the local indigenous people used the area…

Today the F1s joined with their buddies to investigate how the air from a balloon would create a balloon rocket that would shoot across a string!

On Fridays in the Foundation and Yr 1 class we have been learning about money. Today culminated in setting up our shops and practising using money to buy from and…

Today several of the Yr 3s and 4s enjoyed playing tennis as part of the Hot Shots Come and Try Day held at Olympic Park. Sophie and Harrison were selected…

On Thursday 20th August several students in Year 5 attended the Young Environmental Leaders Day at Naracoorte. The students learned about water conservation, munch lines and the timeline of life…

The Wonderful Things That Happen When Potatoes Meet Maths.

A Fitting Conclusion To The 2020 Potatolympics...

Mathematics And Sports Collide In Olympic Fun For The 6/7s.

You reap what you sow.

The Yr 45 class presented their hydraulic museum today after 3 weeks of intensive engineering work. The other 3 classes all enjoyed coming in and viewing what the students had…

Today the Yr 4/5s began their design and engineering of hydraulic machines. Some chose machines which lift an object, such as a crane, some chose machinery like tractors, and one…

In maths with Mrs Schutz we have been learning about probability and graphing our results. Today we used rally marks to represent how many times we rolled a number with…

Students discover "Factor Bugs" in Maths.

Today the F/1s made a graph of how many boys and girls are in our class. We discovered that there are more boys than girls, but if we added the…

F/1 students create hand puppets for French oral language practice.

For buddies today, the F/1s and 4/5s planted some vegetables and flower seedlings. We look forward to harvesting them next term. Chris from unisa came in to collect our bottle…

Today in Maths, the Yr 4/5s were using toilet paper to work out area and perimeter. The students were engaged I the learning and gained lots of new understandings through…

As a continuation of our book week activities the year 4/5 class enjoyed making comic strips yesterday and today. First they needed to roll a dice to decide who was…

In Science today the Yr 4/5s enjoyed making and playing with Oobleck. Oobleck is a non-newtonian substance which is both a solid and a liquid depending on the force applied…

Our school is participating in Jump Rope for Heart. Families are encouraged to fundraise to support the Heart Foundation. Notes on how to fundraise were sent home earlier this term.…

This term for science the Year 4/5 class are exploring chemical reactions. We began our enquiry into this last term when we blew up balloons using vinegar and bicarb soda.…

In science, the 6/7 class has been investigating separation techniques of mixtures and solutions. Chromatography was found to be a most interesting technique that allowed the students to separate the…

Digital Tech Learning and Competition

Lunch Time STEM explorers

Some pics of our matinee performers today...

Our number is a song from the Disney movie Coco. Our costumes will colourful as well as simple. Boys will need to wear black pants and colourful tee-shirts (plain tee-shirt,…

ANZAC Day reflections in the 6/7 class

We had an amazing day yesterday at Mount Gambier High School for SAPSASA Athletics Day. The weather was kind to us and the kids enjoyed their events and got some…

A recreation of an important Ancient Greek scientific discovery

Computational Thinking in the 2/3 and 6/7 classes

As a school we spent the morning cleaning up not only our school, but our surrounding areas, including the cricket oval, hall area, and the tennis club grounds. Each class…

This afternoon Mil Lel was surprised by a delivery from the Easter Bunny followed by the Parent Club Easter Raffle. Thanks to the Parent Club for their continued support in…

This Friday (5th of March) all classes will be cleaning up sections of Mil Lel to keep our community clean. We would appreciate it if students could bring in a…

Senior Jumper & Polo Sizing Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th October I have jumper and polo top samples on site for the next two days and will be sizing the…

Congratulations to our Yr 6/7 students on their wonderful efforts at SAPSASA basketball yesterday, Friday 7th August. I was so proud to watch these students represent in our school in…

Today the 4-7 students created their mini putt putt course designs! The students had just under 90 minutes to construct their course then had a session after lunch to test…

When: Tomorrow, 10th of June Who: Years 4-7 students What to bring: Anything your group discussed you need from home to build your mini putt putt course. What will I…

Today for Pink Stumps Day we did lots of pink themed activities. Unfortunately due to weather we were unable to play the year 4-7 game planned for this morning. The…

This Friday is Pink Stumps Day, an annual event which raises money to fund breast cancer nurses around Australia. Students are invited to "GO PINK!" for the day, dressing up…

A book for children has been recently released, free of charge and online, about the corona virus. https://nosycrow.com/blog/released-today-free-information-book-explaining-coronavirus-children-illustrated-gruffalo-illustrator-axel-scheffler/?fbclid=IwAR3ix7oduX7fP9M6455RFmvVFiH474QisoRRI3R7ci_VmTAv54YL3PQ-M4o The book answers key questions in simple language: • What is the…

Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off Day Our Jump Off day is Wednesday 11th September at 1:45pm-3:30pm. The whole school will participate in a rotation of skipping activities and a…

This Friday, the following students in F - 3 are completing a Lego challenge at lunch time: Harrison / Evan Asha B / Asha G Emmie / Aynslee Travis /…

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving…

District Sports Day March Practice

ESafety visit from SAPOL in 4/5 and 6/7 classes Thursday 14/3

This Friday, 1st February, Frank Monger will take our whole school photo. Please ensure that all students are sent to school in their yellow polo T-shirts. All new students will…

A great day was had by all at Tenison Woods College where some of the Yr 6/7 class enjoyed playing modified tennis. The Yr 7 team was victorious, sharing equal…

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From our Pastoral Care Work, Belinda Tilley. Kids really are like sponges, absorbing the energy and adopting the behaviours around them. One of the most helpful things you can do…

  Good afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Please find attached, this week's newsletter for your reference. Please be reminded that Term 2 will commence on Tuesday 27th April. Have a…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Please find attached this week's newsletter for your information. Have a wonderful Easter Break with your families. Kind regards Tamarin Newsletter Term 1, Week…

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Welcome to the new school year. Our parent club enjoy friendships, helping with school events and raising money for school and student needs (books, play equipment, iPads, camps, infrastructure etc)…

Reminder: Please return the Community Phone Book slip by Friday 28 February if you would like to be included this year. These were handed out last week, if you haven't…

  Parent Club Bunnings BBQ Roster Can you please spare 2 hours on Saturday 26th October to assist fundraising for resources for our children. If you have any friends or…

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Thank you all to all families who have returned their "Forms Booklet" for 2021. Just a reminder that these need to be returned to school by this Friday, 5th February,…

Just a reminder that next Monday is pyjama day at Mil Lel to mark the beginning of winter! Students are invited to wear pyjamas and dressing gowns to school. Gold…

F/1 and 4/5 excursion Reminder: we are leaving for the Naracoorte Caves at 9am They will be bringing their bag (school bag or smaller backpack) so please make sure their…

Our float is located near the BP petrol station on commercial street east. see you at 1030-1045.

Just a reminder that tomorrow is pet day. We will meet under the shelter at 9 a.m. with our favourite pet. Please ensure that there is an adult present to…

If your child is participating in scrapbooking for Mil Lel show electives tomorrow, can you please send at least two photos for me to photocopy to use for their scrapbooking?…

Tomorrow is our Jump Rope for Heart Jump Off afternoon. We will start the afternoon of skipping at 1:45pm, please come along and watch the bouncers and join in with…

Dear Parents Just 2 more sleeps until you are child free for the week! Here are a couple of reminders to ensure that you can get them on the bus…

Hamburgers orders closed today 21 August. If you have forgotten to return your note with payment, orders through Qrk! are still open until tomorrow (Thursday 22 August). Haven't downloaded the…

Dear Students and Parents Please join us for Mrs Hogg & Mrs Harradine's last Morning Tea at Mil Lel Week 10, Thursday 4th July at 10am What to bring: Plate…

On Monday we have our Move It dress rehearsal at school. 6/7 boys: black pants and a colourful tee-shirt (no markings on the tee-shirt please). 6/7 girls: a white tee-shirt…

This term, the Student Leadership Team will be selling Icy Poles. They have decided to have them on sale at lunch times three times a week, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.…

Good Afternoon Mil Lel School Community, Today , Belinda Tilley (our Pastoral Care Worker), our Student Leaders and myself went to ‘Santa’s Boulevard” at Blue Lake Sports Park, to decorate…

Order forms for Hamburger Day on Wednesday 18 September have gone home today. All cash orders must be returned by 9am on Wednesday 11 September. Orders made through the new…

I am currently putting together some teams for the Mount Gambier school cricket cup. These teams should be made up of boys or girls in years 5, 6 and 7.…

The F-3 excursion to Millicent was a lot of fun! The children enjoyed playing on the new Nature playground and the large variety of play equipment at the Domain Playground.…

This afternoon the F-3 children participated in a cricket clinic. Although it was very windy, all the children enjoyed the cricket activities practising their batting, catching and bowling skills.

To continue our Book Week theme, yesterday we read the book My Friend Fred. Which is about a cat who has friend that is a dog, the book describes the…

To celebrate Book Week, we turned ourselves into curious creatures! Each child used a photo of themselves, then added a body, legs, wings or other features to create a curious…

This week was National Science Week. The theme was Deep Blue. During the week we discussed the ocean, what we use oceans for and talked about oceans that we have…

Today we had the RAA visit to help us learn about road safety. It was a great learning opportunity and all the children enjoyed the session. Some of the key…

We have been exploring the properties of 3d shapes. Exploring what shapes roll, slide or stack when going down a ramp, and counting faces, edges and vertices through lots of…

This week we have had fun exploring ways to measure capacity. We used unifix, counters, marbles, rice, chick peas and water to measure different shaped and sized containers.

On Tuesday in Technology we designed then made mazes using unifix, tens blocks and lego. We then rolled a marble through the maze to see if there was path that…

We have been exploring ordering and measuring objects using various tools including pop sticks, counters, unifix, teddies, dominoes. On Tuesday children worked in pairs to measure various objects around the…

We have been exploring the design process in technology. Last week children followed the design process of having a need and designing a solution. We read the book Feathers for…

Yesterday we enjoyed our Discovery Learning in the outdoors. Some of the experiences children engaged in were running along the motorbike track, playing families and vets, using the trucks, climbing…

We have begun counting the days of school to develop our number knowledge. Each day we talk about all the things we know of the number of the day, we…

This week we engaged in new STEM learning resources during our Discovery learning times. The children all work together and cooperated well to create different models, some following instructions and…

The F/1 and 4/5 classes had a great time at the Naracoorte Caves on Tuesday. Here are some photos of our adventures.

As the weather was so windy and wet, we decided to bring the outdoors into our classroom by creating nature mandalas. We quickly collected outside nature parts before the rain…

Tomorrow is Outdoor Classroom Day. Outdoor classroom day is a global initiative. In Australia more than 2500 schools are registered to participate in learning outdoors on November 7th 2019. We…

We created monsters using craft materials, then used the iPad app Chatterpix to animate our monsters. IMG_0145

In writing, we have been writing procedures. Today we wrote our own procedures for making a spell or potion, then followed the procedures to make the potions!

We have been exploring procedures. Last week we created a procedure to make fruit kebabs, we then enjoyed eating them for fruit break. This week we have followed procedural texts…

In Science we investigated how sound vibrations travel and how different materials make different pitches. We use a coat hanger with two pieces of string attached, we tapped the coat…

Today we continued exploring transport and how objects move. We watched a short clip about building a boat and discussed reason why people use boats as transport. The children then…

On Monday we were lucky to have Travis's Dad, Justin, come into our class to talk about Truck transportation. He showed us photos of different sized trailers and what they…

The F/1 class have enjoyed Book Week this week, especially the parade on Wednesday, where we got to show off our costumes and see all the other classes costumes. We…

We have been exploring Rainbow Facts to 10. Rainbow Facts are two numbers that when added together make 10.The Foundation children have been practising and representing Rainbow facts in different…

This week we began our inquiry in to how and why things move. We began with recording our first thoughts about things that move and then recorded our wonderings and…

We are exploring how seeds grow and what plants need to live. We planted 2 seeds in a wet cotton ball. We will observe how they grow and record our…

This morning we were lucky to have a policeman, Rob, and his German Shepherd, Nero, visit us at school. We learnt that the Police use dogs to help find people…

  On Monday the F/1 and Yr 4/5 classes have the Nature Play SA incursion. If you would like your child to wear gum boots for the afternoon please pack…

This week our social focus is "pursue your personal best no matter who you work with'. We discussed ways to pursue your personal best and the children came up with…

Today we set up our recycling station to help us care for the environment. The children decided what we could recycle at school and made labels to show where to…

F/1 Move It Costumes reminder Our class is dancing to a song from the Disney movie Moana. The children will need to wear a plain red t-shirt and black shorts.…

F/1 Term 2 Week 1 We have all settled back in to school well and had a busy week of new learning. On Wednesday we enjoyed a visit by 3…

Today we enjoyed the performance Especially On Birthdays at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre. Two of our class members, Lincoln and Wyatt, were lucky enough to be involved in the…

Today we enjoyed the sunshine and used some of the new construction items. We all enjoyed being outside developing our problem solving skills to create tee-pees, chairs, motorbike, couches, tents…

In small groups we investigated different materials including paper, cardboard, alfoil, plastic and wood. We had to describe how the materials felt, if we could change the shape by bending,…

Our science learning is focused around our impact on the environment and how we can help the environment. We talked about Clean Up Australia Day and its importance and then…

Our class have some letter-writing buddies! They are a Year 2/3 class at Devonport Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania. Each child was buddied up with a particular child in Devonport…

Today we harvested our potatoes from our garden. The children really enjoyed seeing how many potatoes their plants produced. Each child was able to take three potatoes home, so it's…

Thank you very much to Rotary for delivering dictionaries for our Year 3 students today! Many of them have had a great time today looking up words in them! I'm…

For Maths today we read a book that had us doubling, double-doubling, double-double-doubling, double-double-double-doubling etc. We then went outside and drew 1 cm lines on the asphalt, then 2cm lines…

Today we finished our animal habitat dioramas. We have been learning about living/non living things for Science and we researched the habitats of different animals, and then in small groups…

This week we wrote information reports about an animal and published them as books. The children loved reading each other's books and learning about the many different animals that were…

We are learning about living and non-living things for Science this term. On Friday we merged paper planes (non living things) with animal wings (from living things) and made paper…

Since it is now winter and everyone has been feeling the cold weather, we have done some snowman art this week. We used a close-up perspective of the snowmen, so…

This week we have planted a vegetable garden. We have mostly planted potatoes, but we have also planted some daisies and pansies. The children weeded the garden plots, spread out…

This week we made a 3D shape city. When we designed our individual pieces of the city, we had to use 2D shapes for the buildings as the designs were…

Last week we began our Science unit for the term - a unit about different materials and their uses. We explored the properties of a range of materials and used…

Year 2/3 Maths

Voting has begun for the decorated trees at the Mount Gambier Marketplace. To vote for a tree (hopefully ours!) you just need to like a photo of the tree on…

After school today we decorated a Xmas tree at The Marketplace with decorations that we made in class last week. While we were there The Border Watch came and took…

Last week for visual arts we conducted an experiment with food colouring in the primary colours (red, yellow, blue) to see how well combining them would create the secondary colours…

Today we went to Echo Farm, as we have been exploring how daily life has changed over time. While we were there we saw many relics from the past in…

Last week we used information we learned in Science, about how different living things grow and change, to create some Bee Bot mats. The children had to: 1. Use measurement…

Measuring length in the Year 2/3 class

Year 2/3 paper mâché characters

For our Science unit, we have been exploring how forces and simple machines work. So far, we have explored ramps, levers and pulleys. In the weeks to come we will…

Thank you very much to Ashley and Shaylah for coming to our classroom today to talk to us about Reconciliation Week. The children were very interested in what they had…

Today Mr Gilbertson from the Rotary club came to Mil Lel to present the Year 3 students with a dictionary each. The children were very excited to receive their dictionaries…

Today we planted some seedlings in our vegetable garden: silverbeet, spring onions, and beetroot. The children enjoyed the chance to get their hands dirty and everyone had a chance to…

Today we made models to help us understand how we see the moon's different phases. We placed a sun at one end of the model and then we placed 8…

Thursday was Harmony Day and also the day that we had the World of Maths incursion. For Harmony Day the children made a Harmony Day mobile. The World of Maths…

On Friday we had a challenge to design and make sunglasses. They had to be able to stay on our heads and they had to let light through the lenses.…

Today the 4/5 and 6/7 class joined together for an introduction to the circulatory system. We labelled the different sections of the human heart before placing the heart and labels…

Today we finished up 6 weeks of combined years 4-7 Science Experiments. We have been exploring Chemical Sciences and have completed lots of fun experiments. Week 1: Testing mixtures, creating…

Today the 4/5 class found their tables covered in lines of tape. Students had to find and classify the different types of angles, then measure the degrees using a protractor.…

Measuring the stretch of lolly snakes Skills Use a ruler to measure in cm and mm Compare measurements Discuss our thinking Today in the 4/5 class we have been exploring…

Ahoy! Today the 4/5 class celebrated International Talk Like a Pirate Day. We found out our pirate names, used coordinates to find objects, created treasure maps, drew pirate portraits and…

On Thursday the 6/7 students will be starting a hands on project where they can demonstrate a range of measurement skills they have been learning. Can students please bring in…

Today the 4/5 and 6/7 class (medical interns) buddied up for a Science operation themed day where we explored the respiratory system. In the morning we got into groups assigning…

Galaxy Art In Science this term we have been exploring space. Today, to finish our unit of work we created galaxy Art pieces. They turned our fantastic!

As a part of their Business and Economics learning, the 6/7s have created their own town, LazyTown and their own businesses (including product, advertisements, etc). Tomorrow afternoon (3/11) they will…

Snake Stretch: Converting Measurements Today students had the challenge of stretching a snake as far as they could without snapping the lolly. Students had to draw a line and record…

Testing pH with Litmus Paper Today students participated in another Science Investigation. Investigation Questions What is the pH of different household substances? What is the pH of saliva? Is everybody’s…

Investigating Water Sources On Wednesday students from year 4-7 participated in a Science investigation exploring the pH of water sources. Students explored the questions: Do all water sources have the…

Science with the 6/7s

Explaining Day Time and Night Time in the 6/7