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Saturday, Jan 26 2019
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…
Tuesday, Dec 04 2018
Dear Parents/Caregivers A letter is being sent home today regarding Mrs Kylie Walkom's Funeral. Please ensure that you read and return the reply slip by 9am tomorrow to the front…
Tuesday, Nov 27 2018
Dear Parents and Caregivers Please see the attached letter that outlines how AEU Industrial Action will affect Mil Lel Primary School on the morning of 29 November 2018. A paper…
Thursday, Nov 22 2018
Families of students on the R-2 day trip to Cape Bridgewater are advised that students are expected at the school at approx. 3.30-3.45pm.
Wednesday, Nov 21 2018
Dear Parents, MATERIALS & SERVICES CHARGES 2019 The Materials and Services Charges for 2019 will be presented at the next Governing Council meeting on Wednesday 5 December at 7.15pm. School…
Wednesday, Nov 21 2018
Dear Parent/Caregiver The Australian Education Union (AEU) is in the process of balloting its members in governing schools and preschools to determine support for a ½ day strike on the…
Tuesday, Nov 20 2018
The weather is looking rather bleak on Thursday so our program on this day will need to be modified. There is a large swell forecast for this day and therefore…
Tuesday, Nov 06 2018
The Council advised us that a 1.6km section of road construction work on Mingbool Road, from Kennedy Avenue to Attamurra Road, was scheduled to commence last week. It is expected…
Tuesday, Aug 14 2018
Dear Parents, We are looking forward to the new School Stream update being released on the Apple and Google Play Store next week. Please check that you update the app…
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Saturday, Sep 22 at 04:00 pm
We had an amazing time making kites yesterday, and an even better time flying them! We wrote wellbeing messages on them and named things that make us feel happy. Our…
Friday, Nov 09 at 08:00 pm
On Monday 12th November the Yr 4/5 class are bringing teddies (or a soft toy) to school as a reward which Lachie won for the class. A reminder that…

Thursday, Feb 14 at 12:00 pm
Can you please collect and send to school any plastic bottle tops that you have at home? Give to Mrs Schutz! Thanks!
Tuesday, Oct 30 2018
This Thursday 1st November is Outdoor Classroom day. Our school has registered to take part in learning in the outdoors throughout the day. Our learning will look different across the…
Tuesday, Oct 23 at 08:30 am
The Year 4/5s are putting the final touches on their geometrocity projects. The process has involved applying for planning permission to council (the teacher), thinking about what elements to include…
Sunday, Sep 09 2018
Wednesday, Aug 29 2018
The Yr 4/5 class will be having a crazy hair day next Tuesday 4th of September. This is a reward won for the class by Mia, who wanted to…
Monday, Aug 27 2018
To celebrate the end of winter on Friday the 31st of August the Yr 4/5 class will be having a winter fun day! Students are invited to bring slippers…

Tuesday, Jun 26 2018
3 students make Mil Lel Primary School Proud
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Friday, Feb 15 2019
Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting will be held on the 20 February at 7pm in the Library. Following the AGM, the first Governing Council meeting will be…

Wednesday, Feb 13 2019
Please come and support the Parent Club by attending the AGM, joining the committee or holding a position. The Parent Club helps contribute to the school in many ways that…

Wednesday, Jan 30 2019
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…

Friday, Nov 09 2018
Our Blue Lake Bouncers will be busking at the Marketplace, tomorrow - Saturday 10/11, from 12.30pm near Big W, raising funds for the Heart Foundation. Please come along to support…
Monday, Oct 15 2018
Blue Lake Fun Run, Sunday 2nd December Mil Lel Primary School is participating in the Blue Lake Fun Run this year, led by Belinda Seaman. Students and parents can register…
Friday, Sep 28 2018
Dear Parents and Caregivers Please ensure you click on the link below to view the final roster for the Mil Lel Show. There are a couple of families yet to…
Friday, Sep 21 2018
Today, students in the Year 4/5 class are making kites that will be flown at Vansittart Park Oval on the 9th October. All families are welcome to attend the event.
Wednesday, Aug 15 2018
This year we are running a colouring in competition in conjunction with Book Week. Students can use whatever equipment they like to colour their picture (e.g. pencils, crayons, textas etc.)…
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Friday, Nov 16 2018
Students will be coming home with a bright yellow Last Minute Camp Reminders notice. If this doesn't make it home, please click on the link below to access. If you…
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Thursday, Feb 07 2019
Newsletter-Term-1-Week-2 Heat-Up-Roster-Newsletter Minutes-2018-12-04 Raffle_Winners
Thursday, Nov 15 2018
Newsletter-Term-4-Week-5 Parent-Club-Meeting-Minutes-23-October-2018 Bushfire-Policy
Thursday, Oct 18 2018
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Thursday, Sep 06 2018
Newsletter-Term-3-Week-7 Electives-roster 14-August-2018-Parent-Club-Meeting-Minutes
Thursday, May 10 2018
Term2-Wk2-May10. Mil-Lel-Parent-Club-Meeting-Minutes-8th-May-2018
Thursday, Mar 15 2018
Term1-Wk7-Mar15 Term1-Wk7-Mar15-Reply-Slip School_Stream_Parent_Information_Notice School-interviews
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Thursday, Sep 27 2018
The movie is scheduled to start at 6.15pm but if you can please arrive between 5.50 - 6.00pm so drinks and lollies can be handed out and the lucky door…
Friday, Sep 14 2018
Tickets for 'Small Foot' are now on sale and are available from: Mil Lel Primary School Front Office - please try to bring correct money, Evolve Hair Salon or Liza…
Tuesday, Aug 14 2018
Please join the school community to celebrate the Mil Lel Parent Club's 79th birthday. Click on the link to view the invitation: 79th-birthday-invitation-B5
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Tuesday, Feb 19 2019
Please ensure that your child has a rashie for lessons, goggles and hair tied up.

Wednesday, Dec 12 2018
Good Evening Parents/Caregivers Only a few more sleeps until the summer holidays! We have a couple of busy days to get through before we can all relax and eat too…
Monday, Oct 22 2018
The SRC will be selling Lemonade Icy Poles for $1 and Ice sticks for 50c every Tuesday and Thursday at lunch time. There are limited lemonade icy poles, so students…
Tuesday, Oct 16 2018
Parents and carers are reminded of the following dates: School Closure - Mount Gambier Show: Friday, 19th October Pupil Free Day: Monday, 29th October First Whole School Assembly: Week 3,…
Thursday, Sep 27 2018
Please note: Invoices sent home recently for the camp to Cape Bridgewater provided an option to return your slip with credit card information. Due to limitations with our EFTPOS machine…

Thursday, Sep 27 2018
Parents and Caregivers are reminded that students will be dismissed from school at 2.30pm on Friday 28th September. Term 4 commences on Monday 15th October. Friday 19th October is School…
Friday, Sep 14 2018
Order forms went home with students yesterday and need to be returned by Monday, 17th September by 9am. Late orders can not be accepted as buns and burgers need to…
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Wednesday, Jan 30 at 03:00 pm
In term 1 we have icy poles for sale at lunchtime on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Lemonade icy poles $1 (limit 1 each), Quench fruit juice icy poles 50c (limit 2…
Thursday, Oct 18 2018
This term, the SRC will be running a number of activities for students to participate in at lunch times. From next week on Tuesday and Thursday, students will be…
Tuesday, Oct 16 2018
At our school stall at the Mil Lel Show we ran a competition to guess how many lollies were in the jar. We need more children to guess how many…
Friday, Sep 14 2018
Fight Cancer Foundation’s Footy Colours Day is a national fundraising campaign held during the month of September to support kids living with cancer. Students are encouraged to wear their favourite…
Tuesday, Aug 28 2018
Today the SRC led 4 games of Round Robin Soccer. All students who participated had a lot of fun. Winning teams will play off one another next week, as will…

Sunday, Aug 19 2018
To cut down on the amount of plastic waste that we produce at Mil Lel Primary School, and what our 'Waste Warriors Inc.' find, the SRC are asking that all…
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Sunday, Nov 04 2018
This week our learning will focus on the following topics. If you have any time in the mornings to listen to children read this would be greatly appreciated. …
Thursday, Nov 01 2018
We made a mud kitchen area at the rock circles to explore mixing different items. The children had a great time experimenting with making runny solution, thick solutions, adding hard…
Thursday, Nov 01 2018
We collected either 30, 50 or 100 natural objects, then created something only using what we collected.
Thursday, Nov 01 2018
To start our outdoor classroom day, the Year4/5s and F/1 classes buddied up to make nests. Children worked in pair to create nests using natural items they found around the…
Tuesday, Oct 16 2018
This week in our Discovery Learning the children have set up a role play area using the police dress ups. They have shown great strength to be sensible in their…
Monday, Oct 15 2018
In science, we are exploring ways objects can move. We found and discussed ways to move objects by pushing or pulling. Then we used the lego kits to create an…
Monday, Oct 15 2018
As part of learning about procedures in literacy, we made playdough . We followed the instructions, cooperated, discussed the steps involved and ended up making two batches of playdough, which…
Monday, Oct 15 2018
This week our social learning focus is around the value of "it takes great strength to be sensible" Below is an image of our learning intentions for the week. These…
Thursday, Sep 06 2018
This morning George's dad Owen and 2 of his colleagues, Simon and Sophie, came to our school to talk to us about what they do as Police. They showed us…
Thursday, Aug 30 2018
Today we went on our excursion to the library, cave gardens and the theatre to watch ‘The Cranky Bear’. We were given a tour of the library where we were…
Thursday, Aug 23 2018
Today we made balance scales using a cylinder shaped container (like a pencil pot or cardboard roll,) and a cardboard egg carton or small box. We then tested how to…
Monday, Aug 20 2018
This week we will be focusing our learning on the following... If you are able to come in and listen to children read their books and sight words please come…
Friday, Aug 17 2018
Today we were lucky to have Amberlie's family bring in their baby goats. The children asked questions, patted and feed the goats their milk. The children were also the photographers…
Thursday, Aug 09 2018
We have been exploring light. Yesterday we used black cardboard to make a telescope. We put a sticker on another piece of cardboard and had to explore how many holes…
Thursday, Aug 09 2018
Our learning intentions for this week have been the following... Also, I will be out of the school tomorrow and Monday as I will be attending STEM Professional Learning days.…
Thursday, Aug 02 2018
We created maps for the BeeBots. We used grid paper and materials to create obstacles for the BeeBot to move around. We then used our coding arrows to show the…
Wednesday, Jul 04 2018
Thank you to all the families who came to our Book Making Celebration. The Foundation/Year 1 children are so proud of the books they have made. It was lovely to…
Tuesday, Jun 12 2018
In our classroom we have a display showing the topics of learning for the week. Here is a photo of the board with the topics we will be exploring this…
Monday, Jun 11 2018
On Friday we checked the habitats we had created. We found lots of worms! We noticed some of the food had been eaten and we think by snails, but we…
Monday, Jun 11 2018
On Tuesday we created habitats for worms and snails. We had researched what snails and worms need to survive and found out that they like to eat scraps. Mrs Cameron…
Wednesday, Jun 06 2018
We had fun using the BeeBots in technology. We prgrammed the BeeBots to go forwards and make turns. Then we included obstacles for the BeeBots to move around.
Sunday, May 20 2018
So far this term we have had a focus on working together and getting along. We have participated in hands on learning experiences to practise working as a team and…
Thursday, Apr 12 2018
We have been exploring patterns. We went outside to see what patterns we could find around the school. We noticed lots of different patterns.
Sunday, Mar 04 2018
The Foundation/Year 1 children had a great week at swimming. Here they are practising being safe wearing PFDs.
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Thursday, Dec 06 2018
Hi Parents/carers. As I mentioned in the note home, we will be doing a dance performance with a boxing theme. For the performance I'd like my class to wear a…
Tuesday, Nov 13 2018
On Thursday November 1st our class participated in Outdoor Classroom Day. The day was hotter than expected at 30 degrees. To start with our class joined Ms. Pratt's class in…
Friday, Sep 21 2018
This week we have harvested the vegetables growing in our vegetable garden. A few days ago we harvested our carrots and beetroots, and the children all got to take some…
Friday, Sep 14 2018
The weather today was so lovely that we thought it would be good to do our journal writing outside today. Many of the children said that they found it very…
Sunday, Aug 19 2018
HASS/Design & Tech in the Year 2/3 class

Friday, Jul 06 2018
5/6/7s and 2/3s buddy up and use 3D technology to help fairy tale characters.
Tuesday, Jun 12 2018
Macroinvertebrates (water bugs) in the Year 2/3 class
Thursday, May 17 2018
We finished the NAPLAN testing this morning! The children gave their best efforts over the three days, and I was really proud of their willingness to have a go. We…
Tuesday, Apr 03 2018
This morning the Year 2/3 class did some further work about mixtures.
Friday, Mar 02 2018
Year 2/3 class Clean Up Australia Day photo and Sizzling Starts
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Friday, Aug 03 2018
Today the Year 4/5 class were given the challenge to work in teams of three or four to design and build a marble run. The objective was to engineer the…
Wednesday, Jul 25 2018
For PE we are going to be looking at and playing hockey in the next few weeks. This will be a modified version, with softer balls and no goalie. The…
Wednesday, Jul 18 2018
Can you please save and send to school in the next two weeks any empty paper rolls (such as glad wrap), meat trays and small cardboard boxes (such as cereal…
Tuesday, Jun 26 2018
Tuesday, Jun 26 2018
The Year 4/5 class has had a lot of fun designing and building our ice-cream shops for Maths. Look out for them coming home this week!
Tuesday, Jun 05 2018
Last week the 4/5 students created an Indigenous Art piece with their F/1 buddy. Students created an Art piece that needed to have a hand print and Aboriginal symbols for…
Thursday, May 17 2018
Last week the 4/5 students worked their F/1 buddy to create a card for Mothers Day. Siblings were able to buddy up and spend their time creating one card for…
Monday, Apr 02 2018
On Thursday, the 4/5 class worked on an Easter themed problem solving activity. A container filled with 15 hollow Easter eggs, was emptied and then re filled with solid mini…
Friday, Mar 16 2018
In the 4/5 class we have been working on equivalent fractions and placing them on number lines. Today in small groups students made a Hawaiian pizza and used an app…
Monday, Mar 12 2018
On Friday, the 4/5 students assisted their F/1 buddy with cricket skills in preparation for our Pink Stumps Day. Students first participated in throwing and batting stations, then ended by…
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Thursday, Nov 08 2018
Black Out Remembrance Poetry In The 5/6/7

Wednesday, Sep 05 2018
Investigating Circuits & Electricity

Thursday, Aug 16 2018
Students in Year 6/7 have been given nomination forms this week. Please ensure the nomination forms are returned as soon as possible to be emailed to Tony O'Connell. If you…

Tuesday, Jul 24 2018
French cartoon characters come to life in 5/6/7 class.

Friday, Jul 06 2018
5/6/7s and 2/3s buddy up and use 3D technology to help fairy tale characters.

Monday, Jun 18 2018
Woman Scientist Visits 5/6/7 Class In Context Of Science Learning.

Sunday, Jun 03 2018
Infographics and posters on the topic of plastic pollution by the 5/6/7s.

Tuesday, May 15 2018
The 5/6/7s tackle plastic pollution on a local beach in the context of their Science learning.

Monday, Mar 26 2018
Maths Problem Solving In The 5/6/7 Class

Monday, Mar 19 2018
5/6/7 students' writing selected in International Writing Challenge!