Mil Lel Primary School

Thank you for a great term! School commences on the 22 July. Until then, have a great holiday!

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…

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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…

There are a number of facility improvements taking place this year which includes the enclosure of the sheltered area, septic upgrade and (finally) the laying of the pavers from our…

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…

Just a reminder that SAPSASA swimming is being held tomorrow at the Mount Gambier aquatic centre from 12:15 until approximately 2:30 p.m. If your child is signed up to compete…

SAPSASA athletics tryouts are currently being held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at lunchtime and after school. So far children born in 2010, 2009 and 2008 have tried out for the…

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…

Science To The Rescue: A Crime Scene Investigation In The 6/7

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…

On Tuesday three students attended the Mad Minute Grand Challenge at Mount Gambier High School. Thomas Shephard, Caelin Hayman and Evan Clark were selected from the Year 5 students to…

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…

This afternoon the Yr 4/5 class had a great time making iMovies, the time was won by Grace, who used dojo points to spend on the class.

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Continuing on with our week of cool experiments, today we used full fat milk and dishwashing liquid to show the separation of matter. Then we used oil, water and antacids…

Some pics of our matinee performers today...

This term the year 4/5s have been looking at pollution for our enquiry project in HASS. Today we looked at the effects of air pollution through an experiment using water…

On Friday the Year 4/5s participated in two experiments. The first one was using bicarb soda and vinegar to blow up balloons. Even though the children had predicted that the…

Chemistry in the 6/7 class

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…

Excursions are the best!

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…

The Year 4/5 class have enjoyed our two weeks of swimming, but it will be great to get back to normal next week! "Move It" starts next Monday, with each…

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…

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…

The environmental leaders are having a great time so far on our camp at Naracoorte. Here's a few pics...

25 students travelled to Naracoorte today to compete in the regional cross-country event. The students enjoyed some outstanding results with most finishing in the first half of their age divisions.…

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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…

Last day to bring in SAPSASA hockey and soccer notes is Thursday 4th of July. Notes brought in late will not be accepted. Please return to Mrs Schutz, if you…

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…

A reminder to return any outstanding SAPSASA notes on Monday to the front office in order to arrange carpooling for Tuesday, thanks

Mil Lel Primary School is taking part in a competition run by UniSA to collect the most bottle lids. Uni SA Mount Gambier are running a recycling initiative in partnership…

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.…

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…

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…

We have been counting the days that we have been at school. Each day we add the next number and talk about what we know about the number, practise counting,…

We had a great week at swimming!

We enjoy reading with a variety of people. We use our sound cards in book making to help us write words in our books. Learning and consolidating sounds and letters…

We have all enjoyed our swimming lessons this week. All children have done a wonderful job listening to their swimming teachers, learning swimming skills and having fun in the pool.…

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.…

Explaining Day Time and Night Time in the 6/7

Faux Stained Glass Artwork in the 6/7