The Milford Messenger by janet simner

Wednesday 23rd June 2010

75p/1€

seventh issue

www.milfordprimary.org.uk Catch up with the latest sport on Page 18

For an Awesome Allotment turn to Page13

To meet Uncle Stanley turn to Page 11

EVERY PENNY COUNTS

George Osborne walking out of 10 Downing Street with Gladstone’s budget case

BY CAITLIN When you think about the government and tax, you may think, yawn! However, money is a very important issue our country has to deal with. Basically, the budget is about the government, where their money comes from and how it gets there. Tax, is

money we all pay either on what we earn or what we buy. Adults are taxed in different ways. Value Added Tax (VAT) is paid on luxury items, like sweets, toilet paper, electric goods, alcohol, cigarettes and petrol, as well as cars. Also, lots of the money that adults

earn from working goes straight from their pay packets into government funds. This is called income tax. George Osborne is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has to decide how much tax the government need to raise this year. Yesterday, he made the deci-

sion to raise VAT from 17.5% to 20%, which means that you will have to pay an extra 2.5% when you pay for things like gas, electricity, clothes and luxury foods. You may not think that is a lot of extra money to pay, but, if you buy these goods every day and your wages are taxed as well, many people don‘t have enough money to care for their families, leaving countless parents unhappy and angry. Fellow politicians also are concerned by this and blame the Liberal Democrats. The government have made these changes in the budget because our country is in debt after

the last government because they took on loans they now have to pay back. Funnily enough though, politicians are some of the richest people in the country, I wonder why? The budget was planned by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Parties together. They believe that the country faces a very difficult future unless strict cuts are imposed now. The Labour Party disagrees and fears that the budget cuts are too harsh and that unemployment will rise. Nobody knows what the future holds for Britain, so keep your fingers crossed that they‘ve made the right decision.

SANDTASTIC SCULPTURES!

BY EMILY here are more imaginative things to do than just watching the television all day.

In London, artist Zara Gaze has made numerous fantastic sculptures by hand . Zara works on her sculptures for two to five

hours, sometimes until night falls. She has made a variety of sculptures such as Halloween pumpkins and frogs. These fantastic sculp-

tures raise a smile on the faces on London commuters! They‘re not on display for long though, so hurry if you want to see them!

Pumpkin sand sculptures!

Index: Pages 2 & 3-World News, Page 4-Milford School News, Page 5-Meet the Team, Pages 6 & 7-Where in the World, Page 8-Devon 2010, Page 9-School Clubs, Page 10-News @ Milford, Page 11-Uncle Stanley and Horoscopes, Pages 12 & 13-Nottingham in Bloom, Page 14-Jokes and Puzzles, Page 15-Modern Foreign Languages and Page 16-Sport.

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UK NEWS PAGE

FAMILY’S COLLIE LEAPS INTO CAR AND ATTACKS BABY

BY JEMMA even month old baby, William Jaundrell, was attacked by their family dog. The sheepdog attacked the toddler when jumping into the car and on to his booster seat, then nearly tore his leg off. The dog attacked him on the driveway of his grandparent‘s farm while his mum had just

The dog that attacked

popped in the house. His mum left the house for a matter of minutes then when she heard William‘s screams, she

ran outside to not knowing what was wrong. He was airlifted to hospital, where surgeons considered amputating his leg before carrying out emergency surgery to save it. William‘s grandfather commented: ‗The dog is usually so good. He must just have had a moment of madness.' West Mercia Police have begun an investigation

WE CAN WIN THE WORLD CUP!

Baby William Jaundrell

DEAR OH DEER!

BY CASEY

BY JORDAN Capello: ―We should have never been in this position‖ England manger Fabio Capello still believes that England are capable of winning the World Cup despite drawing their first two matches. Capello still thinks they can beat Slovenia and come home as World Cup champions. When the England players arrived at their hotel in Port Elizabeth, South Africa they had no confidence at all. If the team fail to beat Slovenia in the group stage their chance of winning the World Cup will be over. The formation for this match is David James in goal, Ashley Cole left back, Upson and Terry at cen-

into the incident. The dog was put down shortly after the attack, but the police did not know until the vet alerted them the next day. Guy Richardson, an expert witness for Dangerous Dogs Act prosecution, said ‗some border collies have got a predatory instinct which means you have got to be careful with them.

Terry getting a telling off

tre back and Johnson on the right, playing midfield are Gerard, Lampard, Barry and a change for the team James Milner instead of Aaron Lennon. The strikers for tonight are Rooney and

Jermaine Defoe. Also John Terry said ‗I have made a big mistake‘ by

criticising

Capello

method in a press conference but Capello has not dropped him.

cute little deer was left an orphan before she was even born. Her pregnant mother was killed by a car, damaging her abdomen and causing her two unborn fawns to come out. One of them managed to live but unfortunately one died. The RSPCA staff have hand-reared the doe and named the orphan deer Bambi after the Walt Disney cartoon character. RSPCA inspector Ben Strangwood who rescued Bambi and he took her home said: ‗I put her in a large puppy crate overnight and the next day she was up and walking around the room.‘ He continued, ‗it was like the scene where

Bambi

Bambi is trying to walk with its legs going in all four directions.' The accident took place near Turton, Greater Manchester and it‘s a miracle that she survived. Everyone has their fingers crossed for a happy ending. Last year, the RSPCA received over 3,000 calls about deer accidents on the roads.

UFO? OR GOLDEN CLOUD? Cloud or UFO?

BY KIERAN A couple in Perthshire were startled at what

they saw in the sky. At

saucer but they didn‘t

first they thought it

believe in aliens! It was

could have been a flying

actually

ordinary

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cloud in the sky that

and believes it to be al-

had

tocumulus

caught

the

sun

lenticularis,

light. It was a beautiful

which are usually found

sight but scary at the

in mountain regions be-

same time. Mr Wilton

cause of their atmos-

said: ‗I couldn‘t believe

phere.

it. It was like I was in an alien movie.‘ Mr Wilton did some research

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WORLD NEWS

MAYHEN WEEKEND BY TAYLAH

Miss Abbey, one of our Teaching Assistants is getting married in July and went on a hen night to Malaga with two more of our teaching assistants, Mrs Dickens and Mrs Gibson. They checked in to East Midlands Airport on 19th June 2010, looking forward to the exciting hen weekend in Malaga. The plane took off on schedule and they settled down to enjoy the journey. About two hours later passengers remarked that they had heard a loud BANG. The pilot announced that there was a problem with the plane and they

devastated

upset

when

son,

Richard

plosion.

their

had to make an emergency landing, so they landed in Bordeaux , France. When they were taxiing along the runway Mrs Gibson said: ‗‘Oh! Look at those fire engines I wonder what they are doing?‖ To which Miss Abbey responded with, ―they are following the plane incase it catches fire!‖

Fortunately, all that had happened was someone‘s hairspray had exploded

tal in Birming-

in the hold and set off the sensors in the cockpit to show that there was a fire. Thank goodness it was a false alarm but great to know that the

pilots

knew

just

what to do in an emergency.

The award winning painting, taken from The Times

has been called to help as she is a fan of the straw mattress that can soak up crude oil. The invention will be rolled along the Gulf of Mexico

ham. His fa-

ther said he

to try and soak up the oil that has covered the beaches along the coast. The mattress can absorb up more than 20 times its own weight.

would

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out

found that

died thought

an explana-

Richards‘s family

Elizabeth hospi-

Sunday.

All three teachers landed safely in France

in-

died at Queen

Hollington, died

being

jured in an ex-

Afghanistan were so

BP CALLS IN SECRET WEAPON: JOANNA LUMLEY BP calls in 64 year old British actress Joanna Lumley with her giant straw mattress to help with the oil spill. She

The

ten days after

soldier that died in

BY SERECE

BY OWEN

BY TAYLAH family of the 300

PAINTING OF DEAD MOTHER WINS TOP AWARD A painting of an artist‘s dead 100-year-old mother won Britain‘s leading prize for portraiture last night. Daphne Todd, the mother‘s daughter, spent three days in an undertaker‘s with the body of Annie Mary Todd. She said that the experience helped her accept her mother‘s death. She did not expect to win.

AFGHANISTAN’S 300th VICTIM

they their

Brave soldier No.300 picture from The Daily Telegraph

grief

would be felt by many more soldiers‘ relatives. He died on father‘s day,

tion

from

the

Prime

Minister, David

Cam-

eron, and the Defence Minister, Dr Liam Fox as to why our soldiers are still there.

THUMBS UP FOR PHONES BY JAMIE

likely to get tumours

Scientists believe that than other children. The mobile phones do radiation from a not cause children mobile phone is to develop cancer called microwave and that the bigradiation and is gest risk with believed to be phones is when people are driving. harmful to the Yesterday, scienhuman brain. Scitists discovered entists still sugthat mobile gest that phones phones do hardly should only be any damage to used in an emeryour ears. It is Mobile phone mast, impossible to rule Taken from The gency. The inout the possibility Express crease of mobile that cancer can in the UK phones be caused by the radiais from 7 tion from a mobile million in phone. 1997 to Over 7,000 children who a huge were under 5 and born near a base station were monitored and showed that they were no more

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THE MASTERPIECE HIDDEN AWAY FOR 70 YEARS

BY SERECE

ince Paris art dealer Ambrose Vollard‘s death in a car crash in 1939, only part of his collec-

tion has been accounted for, leaving many asking the question what has happened to the rest? Many paintings are known to have been sold

by his heirs to museums and private collectors all over the world and others are in storage in the cellars of the national museum in Belgrade.

The first of these paintings - never seen in public before was to be sold by Sotheby‘s last night. The spectacularly colourful canvas was

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painted by artist André Dermain 1905. The remaining contents of ―Vollard‘s Vault‖ are due to be sold in Paris next week.

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MILFORD SCHOOL NEWS

GOING STRICTLY COME ROBOT DANCING Femisapiens by using a variety of different types of materials like silk, cotton also net. We also worked on developing our sewing skills as many of the dresses used decorative sequins and ribbon. After designing and making the dresses we went to the e-Learning Centre to create our very own ‗Strictly Come Dancing‘ style videos. Most of the children from Class 10 thought that it was ‗very cool!‘

Filming the Femisapiens

BY SAM AND BRYN Femi-sapiens are a new type of technology. They are female robots that you write a control pro-

gram for so that they can dance! The children in Class 9 and 10 designed and made dresses for the

THE SCHOOL COUNCIL

The School Council for Milford School 2010

BY JADE AND KIERAN School Council is two children from each class a boy and girl. There class mates have a vote to choose who they want as their school council members. When they have been chosen their class mates say what they would like adding or changing to the school, then they have a meeting to decide if we should have what they want. School Council have all ready made changes to

the school like adding a trim trail, the hut, the stage and the tyres. All of the children really benefit from School Council because they get to choose what they would like to change in the school. School Council decided to make the school look a bit better

planting

new flowers ready for Nottingham

bloom.

They planted them all over the school and it made a big to the school.

ATTENDO—ATTEND TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE BY JADE AND CAITLIN Attendo is a fun and exciting time for Milford pupils, on a Friday assembly. Cleverly conjured up by Mrs Rowe, this award ceremony is designed to help increase the attendance of pupils at our school. Each week a new ‗Attendo‘ is chosen out of the teachers sitting at the sides of the infant hall. They are dressed up in a special cape and they have a surprise ridiculous hat to wear. The teacher has to pull out the name of a child in each class‘s bag, and then, the lucky winner is

awarded a pen and certificate to keep and take home. ―I think that there is an improvement in our schools attendance and it should carry on because since the ‗Great Attendo‘ has started the attendance at school has reached fantastic percentages of 96%. Which is amazing as the average attendance is 95.5%!‖ commented Mr Magner. As an extra school treat, if our percentage is over the average, we have an extra ten minutes play lunch time. ―When you win, it is a delightful feeling stand-

Attendo in action!

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ing at the front with your prize and holding up the attendance for your class,‖ said a pupil when she won the attendance prize for her class.

NEWS IN BRIEF STREET GANGSTERS AT NINE YEARS OLD Children as young as nine year old are joining gangs even they know it has a chance that they could be stolen or even worse death. It isn’t good joining gangster gangs especially when there strangers. Experts believe its because there being bullied.

OSPREY DRAMA Over 230,000 people have watched ospreys live from a Scottish Wildlife Trust webcam.The ospreys mother appears to be confused about feeding her chicks. People watching her are concerned that she is going to fly away and abandon her babies.

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MEET THE TEAM

THE EDITOR’S COLUMN

W BY OWEN

elcome to the Milf o r d Messenger! I‘m not a sporty person but very good at my literacy and spelling, I usually get 20 out of 20! Does that make me a geek? Not at all! I am not that bad at Numeracy either! I also love to play video games on my games console and computer. Here are my

top three games: Super Smash Bros Brawl ThrillVille Movie Studios Now on to a subject that needs to be discussed the BP oil leak in America. I think what has happened on Gulf on Mexico is horrendous and is going to have a lasting impact on the environment. It annoys me is that everybody worries about the environment but nobody seems

to do anything about it. One more thing, it gets on my nerves when people talk about carbon footprints, have you seen how many cars and planes are going up at the minute? People should look for alternatives e.g. car sharing, public transport or even cycling which has the added bonus of exercise! These have been my views on the subject, thank you for reading my article.

INTRODUCING THE 2010 NEWSDAY TEAM Teachers and students from Year 6

Caseyleigh Journalist

Caitlin Journalist

Connor Journalist

Chloe Scanner

Shaynea Page 10 Editor

Kieran Journalist

Emily Sub Editor

Emma Technical Editor

Marc Scanner

Jamie Journalist

Jade Journalist

Hana Journalist

Jordan Journalist

Kieran Page 16 Editor

Serece Journalist

Kaitland Page 8 Editor

Owen Editor

Tayla Page 9 Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BY CLASS 10 Dear Editor, I am writing to complain about our homework. The children at Milford Primary School should have the right to choose if they want to do homework or not in their spare time. Some children don‘t think the teachers realise how clever some children are without any homework. I think we shouldn‘t have it because we do lot at school so why do we have to do it at home. Yours sincerely, Emma

Dear Editor, I am writing to you to tell you how unhappy I am about my local park because it has just been newly modernised, but people keep vandalising it. I am very upset with it because I want to play on the swings but I never can as they have also damaged the equipment. I think this is a bad thing and I think the people who are doing this shouldn‘t be allowed to come on the park. Could you help me this? Yours sincerely, Emily

Dear Editor, I am writing to you to complain about the lack of youth clubs in Clifton. There is only one youth club in Clifton and it is on Green Lane so if people lived on the other side of the estate it will be really hard to make it on time. I think they should build one on the abandoned petrol station on Farnborough Road next to the Winning Post. If they build a new one there it will be much easier for people who live near there to get to the youth club on time. Yours sincerely Jamie Dear Editor, I am writing to tell you how cross I am about rubbish lying around on the floor. It is disgusting that people throw rubbish on the floor. Yours sincerely Mike

Bryn Page 14 Editor

Jemma Journalist

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Ryan Page 15 Editor

Shannon Page 4 Editor

Samantha Page 6+7 Editor

Morgan Page 11 Editor

Taylah Journalist

Connor Journalist

Miss Evans Teacher

Mrs Rowe T.A.

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MILFORD MESSENGER TRAVELS THE WORLD This year is our 7th year of writing The Milford Messenger and distributing it to children, parents, governors and friends. We know that every copy of the Messenger is read by at least 5 people and that children look forward to every issue. Last year‘s paper has travelled the world. Here are some photos of The Milford messenger from different parts of the globe.

I wonder where this year’s issue of the Messenger will travel to?

THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM The Imperial War Museum is a museum to commemorate wars and great battles that have taken place over the years. The imperial war museum is in London.

LITTLE SNORING Little Snoring is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is 4.7 miles east -north-east of the town of facnham19.8 miles westsouth-west of Cromer and 118 miles north-north-east of London. ,

ANGLE OF THE NORTH The Angel of the North was created by an artist called Antony Gormley who was born in 1950. The Angel of the North could be seen by 90,000 drivers a day on the A1, that‘s more than one person a second.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

STAMFORD BRIDGE Here is Kai with the Milford Messenger at Stamford Bridge the home of Chelsea football club. Stamford Bridge is in central London and is close to the River. Thames It has a capacity to hold 42,005 people.

Trinidad an island is in the Carribean and therefore it‘s much hotter than England! In Trinidad there are hundreds of boats and when you‘re at the docks you can see all of the islands around you. It‘s a beautiful view you can get a tan in minutes! Also if you‘re fishing you would catch a fish in minutes.

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DEVON 2010

DIDN’T WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME THE WEEK WE WENT TO DEVON.. BY CASEY AND THOMAS

n the 7 of June 2010, 28 Year 6 children went on a trip to The Beacon Centre in Lynton, Devon after all their hard work for their Key Stage 2 SATs. We all had to be at school for 7:15 a.m. on Monday morning so a lot of us were very sleepy! We set off at approximately 7.30 a.m. waving goodbye to our parents as we drove out of the school gates. We finally made it to The Beacon Centre after around 5-6 boring hours in the bus! Our dormitories weren‘t ready yet, so we went to the sports hall for some circle activities and went on an exciting walk around the Beacon when it started to rain!

Eventually, when our rooms were ready we took our suitcases upstairs and unpacked our clothes. Dinner was delicious! We could go up to the canteen and choose which food we wanted, first night it was sweet and sour chicken with noodles and peppers. After spending some free time with our friends in the dorms, it was time for bed. We were so excited we couldn‘t sleep! However, when we did, our dreams were full of thoughts about what we would do tomorrow. Over the duration of the week we did lots of fun activities – including crate stack, orienteering, climbing, adventure/ assault course, drama

Year 6 outside the Beacon Centre.

and dance and a long coastal walk into the villages of Lynton and Lynmouth. We got split init three groups and the

E-SAFETY ICT AWARD WINNERS

first group was with Miss Evans the second group was with Mr Magner and finally the third group was with Miss

DEVON ACTIVITES BY MORGAN

Crate Stack:

A tower of crates is built high into the air, it can hold four people, each protected by safety ropes, and is stacked higher and higher until you lose your balance and are left swinging, suspended 20ft in the air.

Orienteering: Our award winners

BY CONNOR AND OWEN th

n the 15 of March 2010, Mr Shah and Mrs Rowe took a selection of five Year 6 children to receive an award for an e-safety cartoon strip which they had made in 2009. Those lucky children were Connor, Owen, Emily and Kaitland. When we arrived at the

North e-Learning Centre we were treated like celebrities with juice and biscuits! When every school was ready to proceed with the awards, we all went into a room with a big board with all our work on. Milford got a front row seat with a great view of everyone‘s work. We all congratulated everyone for their

amazing work. The other schools included: Dovecote, Whitegate, Middlebrook and Glapton. The work was created to help raise awareness of online safety for children. The awards included an iPod touch and iPod nano, along with a certificate that is now displayed in the infant hall. We truly enjoyed it.

Federtchschayk. It was a really exciting trip and we learnt to face our fears.

Orienteering involves you navigating your way through the 280 acre estate with a map, checking off the points as you go along.

Adventure Course:

Whilst doing the adventure course, you can s huff le yo ur w ay through the logs and tunnels, climb up the

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treacherous cargo net, balance your way along the wire, swing across the ditch and jump over the wall to get to the finish. You can also try this whilst carrying a cup of water!

Indoor Climbing:

The children (and staff!) can climb up 60 square meters of realistic rock face in the dining hall. This wall was designed to give a challenge to all levels of climbers!

Zip Wire:

Go across the valley on a 130m long zip wire that is 50m high! You go from one end to one end in thirty seconds. An amazing experience and the children‘s favourite!

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SCHOOL CLUBS PAGE

EDUCATE AT EDUSKATE BY SAM AND TAYLAH Eduskate is a program for Year 5 children to learn ice-skating and computer skills at the Nottingham Ice Arena. Some children from our school went to the ice arena for about 10 weeks – it was fab! The person that ran the group was called Cath Cosslett and we also she had another leader as well she was called Sarah Forster. The very first week we had a tour around the ice arena and we had a sneak peak in the Panthers changing rooms. We also went into the Girls Aloud make up room and apparently they had a fight in there! Katherine said they made holes in the wall and lots more damage. We had a look at

the ice rink - it is absolutely massive! There was a stage as well where famous people perform on the stage like Girls Aloud, West Life, JLS, Rihanna and lots more super stars. Whilst we were there we played lots of games on our computer they were really fun we had a skeleton game were you had to feed him and lots more interesting games. We also made an ice hockey helmet they was really good to make and really interesting. The best bit was when went to the ice rink at the market square. There were lots of lights and music and all the girls and the boys got in a big chain and we all fell over! That was so hilarious!

READY FOR BREKKIE BY RYAN AND CAITLIN

Breakfast Club is an extremely helpful place to send your child, when you have to go to work or have an appointment, in the morning. Mrs Ford and Miss Abbey kindly give up their morning to serve them cereal, toast and drinks. There is a wide choice of cereal, toast toppings and juices to choose from. They can draw pictures, colour in, play games or just have a chat with their friends. It is important that children have a healthy breakfast as it helps them to concentrate in class and

Early risers having their tasty toast!

learn more effectively. ‗I love going to breakfast club! I really like the games.‘ quoted a child. It starts at 8:15 and finishes at 8:50, when children go on to

the playground to wait for the school day to start. Breakfast club is a great place to get your brain going for the day.

HOMEWORK CLUB

PLAYGROUND BUDDIES SERVE YOU

The Milford Buddies

BY SHANNON At Milford Primary we have a Playground Buddy Service. A group of children from year 5 and year 6 are trained by Kate from the Anti Bullying Service in a variety of different mediating skills, such as listening, empathy, reporting and reflecting. Once trained, the buddies go out on duty once

a week with a partner. Buddies are there to solve any problems children may have on the playground. If there are any problems they cannot sort out, or any serious issues arise, they refer it to an adult on the playground.

Homework Club

BY MARK AND JESSICA Milford now has a Homework Club. The club is to help children with their weekly homework, alongside some very friendly teachers. When you have finished your homework you can go on

Education City, to help you practice work on the computer. It is a learning website that teaches you lots of different things. We asked Mrs. Gibson about our Homework Club. Mrs. Gibson said

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that she loved it and all the children were well behaved. She also said that there are still a few places available. Mrs. Gibson added that children sometimes need extra help and motivation.

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NEWS @ MILFORD PAGE

COOKING KIDS BY CLASS 9

Cooking club has been running for nine months now. We have made a variety of different food like: pizza, spaghetti bolognas, quiche, fruit Frisbees, shepherd‘s pie and apple crumble. We have made a variety of different things in the past, but because there are so many we can not remember them all. Debbie and Rachel, our school cooks, said that cooking club helps you to measure out ingredients that will help you in the long term. Miss Walters, who runs the club, said she enjoys cooking club as much as the children and she loves seeing the children making

SNOW QUEEN

BY CAITLIN

Classes 9 and 10 worked extremely hard to put on a dazzling performance of ‗The Snow Queen,‘ in December. This play features a poor young girl, Gerda, who lived with her grandmother and foster -brother, Kay. Trouble occurs when the evil Snow Queen captures

Kay and turns his heart to ice. It was very difficult to learn all of the lines and song lyrics but fortunately all our hard work paid off on the night! Here is the comment that the audience made after the performance: ―Best performance I‘ve ever seen at Milford!‖

Cooking Kids cooking vegetable soup

wonderful things. They have given us a 5 star rating and 9 out of 10 for behaviour. The children loved it too. Megan said that she learnt how to cook over a stove without burning herself. While Kaide said that he has got better at reading the

ingredients. Olivia said that cooking club was a really good idea because it will help you in the future. Last but not least, Amy said that she enjoyed cooking club because you get to cook with all of your friends. The children think this club is brilliant!

Performing The Snow Queen

SHOPPING WITH MRS GIBSON

BY MRS GIBSON’S MATHS GROUP hopping isn‘t just fun for Milford children. It‘s all about learning life skills. This term the children in Mrs Gibson‘s numeracy group have been shopping each Monday during numeracy hour. They have worked on improving their road safety skills. They‘ve all used their literacy and social skills to compile shopping lists to purchase items from the local shops. Milk for the teacher‘s tea and coffee is always top of the list and there is always a member of staff who likes to order something tasty from Greggs too. The children have

convinced staff to choose the healthy options as we are such a healthy school. Staff at Greggs help us with numeracy too as we‘re regular customers, they always wait for the children to work out the change before handing it over. I love shopping on Monday and I love to work out how much change we should get. Lots of people talk to us as well. The children have learned to look at prices to find the best deals, they have become better than Miss Abbey recently and she has an eye for a bargain! Last stop is Kerry‘s Fruit & Vegetable Stall.

Jessica paying for the fruit and vegetables

Each week Julie serves us with some juicy fruit for us to eat at playtimes. Again she helps us by handing over the change only when the

children have worked it out for themselves. The children are often complimented on their good manners and how polite they are during

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the trip. This is something that all the staff and children at Milford prides itself on. That makes us extremely proud!

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MEET UNCLE STANLEY AND HOROSCOPES

MEET UNCLE STANLEY BY CLASS 6 Dear Uncle Stanley, I have a terrible problem, I hope you can help. The other day when I was lying in bed, I felt a terrible thud on my head. When I woke up it all I could see was darkness. My bulletin board had fallen off the bed and had flattened me! Although it was fun to begin with I am now a bit tired of it and it is getting me down. Can you help? Do you have any ideas how I could get back to normal. Please help Stanley!

Dear Stanley, Thank you for your letter. You sound very sad and I hope I can help. Have you tried pumping

Uncle Stanley

yourself back up maybe with a foot pump or a bicycle pump? I think if you fill yourself with air you might get back to the right size. From Uncle Stanley Dear Uncle Stanley, Help me! I have lost my magic powers. Yesterday all I had to do was waggle my wand I could carry out any magic trick I wanted. Today

Do you have a problem? Do you need help with something? Then why don’t you write to Uncle Stanley and he will read your letter and help you to sort out your problems. Remember, a problem shared is a problem solved. This is the address to write to Uncle Stanley. whenever I shake it nothing happens. What should I do? My life is a bit boring and I can‘t defeat the enemies I face. I hope you can help. From Harry Potter

Dear Harry, This sounds like an awful problem especially when you have enemies trying to get you! Is there anywhere you could take the wand the get it fixed? I think only a professional could fix a wand! The only other thing would be to try to

beat the enemy with your intelligence, maybe you could sit down and make plans. Hope this helps. From Uncle Stanley Dear Uncle Stanley, You will never believe what has happened to me. I look like a purple bouncy ball! Yesterday I visited Willy Wonka‘s Chocolate Factory and whilst trying his new chewing gum started to change colour and get rounder and rounder. I didn‘t stop till I was too big to fit through doors.

I had to be rolled everywhere! I am so embarrassed and can‘t think how to solve this. Help me, please Milford! I can‘t carry on looking like this! From Violet Boregard

Dear Violet, I hope I can help otherwise you might have to go on living like a purple bouncy ball! Firstly, have you tried to deflate yourself, maybe with a little pin and prick somewhere it won‘t hurt. Uncle Stanley

SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU WITH OUR HOROSCOPES BY CLASS 8

Dec 22 -J an 19 A lucky month for you in money! Your lucky number is 7. Be careful not to walk on cracks or you may break your mothers back.

Jan 20th – 19th Feb If you see a black Golf you will have bad luck for at least a week. Your lucky number is 7250 Your lucky colour is red.

Feb 19th – Mar 20th Beware watch out for the giant red ants( they bite!). Your lucky number is 9.5

Mar 21st – Apr 19th If you go on holiday this month and see a black and white cat you will have good luck for at least a week. Your lucky colour is red and your lucky number is 20. Keep this in mind!

Apr 20th – May 20th Your lucky number is 14. Your lucky colour is blue. If you go on holiday this month and see a black and white cat you will have good luck for at least a week. Watch out for teachers at school who‘s names begin with S.

May 21 - Jun 21 You‘re lucky number is 44 and your lucky colour is white.

June 22nd – July 22nd. You‘re lucky colour is green and if you see a black cat be aware. Your lucky number is 9.

Jul 31 - Aug 22 You are a lucky Leo this month! If you play for a team you will win trophies! However, next month is not looking good, so make the most of it while it lasts!

Aug 23rd – Sep 22nd You‘re favourite colour is turquoise and this will be lucky for you. If you go on holiday for over a week you will mysteriously win a chance to stay on holiday for another week free of charge.

23rd Sep – 22nd Oct It is a lucky month for Libra‘s, in a variety of ways! Your lucky day this month is Tuesday so this is a good day to enter competitions, such as the lottery. Your lucky number is 39. Fingers crossed for a big win!

If you liked Uncle Stanley‘s problem solving skills turn to Page 5 to find out who asked the questions!

Oct 23 - Nov 21 Your lucky number is 34 and you need to avoid the number 48 so don‘t get on a bus with that number or enter a house with that number! (Even it is a house that is one of your friends!)

Nov 22 – Dec 22 This month is going to be good for you! Watch out, if you eat too much you will become very fat! Your lucky colour is black this m o n t h and your l u c k y number is 12.

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NOTTINGHAM IN BLOOM PAGE

HOW TO MAKE A SCARECROW BY EMILY AND EMMA You Will Need:

A big bag of straw Old clothes e.g. long sleeved t-shirt, trousers A ball of string Two long sticks A old ball a picture of a face scissors a straw hat glue or a stapler What to do: Firstly, you need to get your old clothes and your ball of string, and cut a hole in the middle of the trousers. Secondly, tie the ends of your old t-shirt and trousers with the ball of string. Thirdly, when you are happy with your tying, cut off the end of your string. Then, get one of your long sticks and tie it to your old clothes so that they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t fall down, and make sure it goes through the hole in the trousers. After that, get your other stick and tie it landscape so the arms wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t fall down. Now, cut off the end of the string with your scissors and tie a knot at the end of it. When you have done that, stuff your old clothes with your big bag of straw to make it look large. Then, cut a hole in your ball and place it on the top of your stick which is portrait. Now, get your picture of a face and stick it to your ball. You can use glue or a stapler to do this. Next, get your straw hat and pop it on top of the ball.

Gard HOW TO MAKE STRAWBERRY WELLIES BY EMILY AND EMMA You Will Need;

1 wellington boot compost strawberry seeds or plants, water a sharp knife or secateurs

A TOP TIP FOR YOUR GARDEN BY MRS CUTTS

What to do: First cut cross shaped holes in the welly with a sharp knife ( you will need a grown up to do this for you). Next fill the welly with compost making sure you push the compost all the way into the toe of the welly. Then place the seeds or carefully plant a strawberry plant into each of the holes. Make sure that you water your welly and place it where it can get some sunshine.

To keep your plants watered while you are on holiday, you can fill up a plastic drinks bottle and put it upside down in the pot. The water will slowly drip into the soil and water the plant.

We are really proud of the gardens we have created at Milford School

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NOTTINGHAM IN BLOOM PAGE

TERRIFIC TOMATOES BY SHANNON AND NICOLE

All the Year 6 at Milford Primary School have been planting some tomatoes as part of a science experiment to support our transition to secondary school. A few weeks ago Mrs Ebsworth, a science teach from Farnborough School, planted some tomatoes for the Year 6‘s to put in their own pot. We are experimenting with two different types of feed for the tomatoes. One tomato will have water and the other will have tomato feed. We are doing this experiment because we want to see which one will grow quicker, tomato feed or water? Every day the Year 6‘s have been watering their own tomato pot with water or tomato feed. They have been growing really well, at first they were just a really small plant but now they are all quite big. It will take a while before we get any actual tomatoes! We moved the plants from a tiny peat pot to a larger pot. So they will grow much better. It has been a little bit exciting watching them grow because we have never grown them before. Also, because the hot weather they have had to be fed more to keep them well hydrated! Mrs Ebsworth will be coming in with laptops so that we can do ‗virtual farming‘.

THE UNUSUAL GARDEN BY CLASS 4

ening

Milford Primary School are taking part in the Nottingham in Bloom competition. Last year (in 2009) we came second. It was the first time that we had entered. This year we are trying to get first place and win a gold medal. Classes 3 and 4 have made a garden outside the infant hall. It is called The Unusual Garden. This is because we have used lots of unusual containers. We have used wellies, milk cartons, a bread bin, a washing-up bowl, pop bottles, a fruit bowl, two colanders and lots of different garden pots. Our families have grown some things for us and we have planted lots of seeds ourselves. We are growing strawberries, courgettes, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, sweet corn, runner beans, radishes, spring onions and potatoes. The flowers we have planted are sweet peas, nasturtiums, and petunias.

HOW TO HAVE AN AWESOME ALLOTMENT BY MORGAN AND OWEN

We interviewed Mrs Aspinall, who works in the nursery, about her allotment and how others could improve theirs. Mrs Aspinall gave these tips: Vegetables need watering everyday during the summer but not as much throughout the duration of the winter. Most allotments don‘t have running water so the gardeners use wells, water butts and brooks for watering their plants and crops. There‘s only one problem with allotments. Pests! Whether it‘s rabbits or pigeons these pesky animals completely wreck your crops. The best way to keep them away is by: putting nets over your crops; place canes into the ground and put plastic bottles on top; place a stake no bigger 7 or 8 centimetres in the ground and tie a string with one or two CDs on it over the top of the canes. For more of the great outdoors turn to the back for Milford sports

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JOKES AND PUZZLES BY CLASS 10 Can you find the words in this sports word search?

MATCH THE FOOTBALL FLAGS!

FOOTBALL JOKES!

BY KIERAN

BY MORGAN

Draw a line from the word to the correct flag.

These Rob Green jokes are getting out of hand... In fact they're crossing the line. Why is Robert Green like ITV High Definition? They both switch off at the crucial moment. My computer's been infected by the Robert Green virus. Now I can't save anything. John Terry said: "The whole defence is behind Rob Green." With hindsight, that's a good place to stand. At least that's one British spillage the Americans won't be moaning about... The England squad had a get-together after the USA game and bought Robert Green a drink to commiserate. He spilled it. In a previous life Robert Green was a bus driver. However, Will and Guy heard that he was sacked because he didn't make any stops. Yesterday at London Zoo one of the staff let a Central American monkey slip out of his grasp. So Robert Green's not the only English keeper to drop a Howler

XA B W G X N Z G T H J U A O L I I B Y P Z WG O I D O G V E M O N F O L C R Q A V L J YA X P B O Q K S G O W C A E B E J S L Z N CD I H L D C S Z Z M T B H P Y P G K L P F FO N F M I I Q G S V T O WR M X V E A J A OH G G R K J Q Y P O C Y R O H I V T B B U GY O C A D R T Z O K K P Z R N M R B E U Y VB A C N G H W F E P K Z Q D A Y I A S T K LA G F K G K N Y I Y Q S Z E L C A L A I M NW V K Y E A L U Q A B J R W V M I L B O A JE T M B C Y J R T M K W O Z H C I N P B E EE H F I G R WG Z C E Z X Z K S S X G B S EQ P R T E N N I S V WU H Q C K V X S M W LO E S C I T E L H T A T X D J A H N S O D GM O P Z C K C X A O W B N M Z K O D N R Q AG Z E Y G J H A W J A X L G R I I K C N L HB D I N R O K I I M H F T N M Q H K O N P CD H H J J Q G P S L O R U X H Z R A U J M CH Y O R K F I Y A K L T T V P P E X N L D SA M O B Q Z F P K R P A O X O F J R V W C RJ R Q H A P M E M D M T B H F B U B L Q C CR G T A M J I Y F C N N H T O Y R P Q H H BQ O E H O R S E R A C I N G O T P P K D Q ET H R S O X D WQ Y F C R C J O H P B R C KI Z A F D Y G O P K F R I C Q WF M Y A X AMERICANFOOT BALL

ATHLETICS

BASEBALL

BASKETBALL

BOXING

CRICKET

FOOTBALL

GOLF

HOCKEY

HORSERACING

ICEHOCKEY

MOTORRACING

AMAZING SUN MAZE

TENNIS

SPOT THE DIFFRENCE! BY CLASS 5

1.Alien on snowmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head 2.Cow on the rock 3.Penguin on the rock 4.Dog disappears 5.Caterpillar appears 6.Yellow blob moves between the blue blobs 7.Buzz Lightyear appears

Spot the difference answers Go to Page 18 to catch up on the latest sport

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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT MILFORD

FRENCH FUN!

FRENCH QUIZ BY CLASS 1 Questions: 1. What is the capital? 2. What language is spoken? 3. What is the money called? 4. How many people live there? 5. What is the highest mountain called? Answers:

As many of Milford Messenger readers know, Milford Primary School likes to lead rather than follow the crowd. So when Mr. Magner read that the government would like primary school children to learn a foreign language starting in September 2010, he decided that our school should begin earlier than others. In September 2009, having spoken with Farnborough School and knowing that many staff at Milford learned French when they were at school, we began teaching Key Stage 2 children a little bit of French. In Class 7 the children have: Sang songs with silly actions; Learned the months; days and numbers (even done their number bonds!); performed a Christmas assembly; Practiced their warmups for P.E.; Played games; Listened to stories; and asked to go to the looALL IN FRENCH!

This is what they think of learning a new language: William and Chloe ―definitely want to continue learning French.‖ Deakan, Autumn, Tia and Blaine have been enthusiastic about singing the songs. Korben, Rustam, Owen P. and Kali ―think it is a very enjoyable language‖ and they have loved learning greeting phrases like ―Bonjour, merci and au revoir.‖ Rustam is one of the children in Class 7 who is already able to speak a second language, so French is his third or fourth. He speaks Farsi which his dad who is from Afghanistan taught him. He also speaks a little Russian because his Mum is from Ukraine! Isn‘t he amazing? We found some Russian phrases when we went on a website about second languages and it was really difficult for us to pronounce the words because we are not used to them. We also learned to count in Kannada which is a language from Banga-

THE EIFFEL TOWER

Capital: Paris - Language: French Currency: Euro Population: 60,180,529 Highest Mountain: Mont Blanc (it is the highest mountain in Europe) Longest

Class 7 children doing actions in French

BY CLASS 7

6. What is this landmark called?

lore, India where the Siby girls are from. Ondu…Eradu… Mooru… Nalku… Idu means 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Sneha was very surprised to come into class and hear us counting like that. She thought we sounded funny but it made her happy. The other language used in Class 7 is British Sign Language as Hollie has had a cochlear implant (an operation to help her to hear) and she uses a mixture of signs, listening and lip-reading so that she can understand what is going on. We use some of her signs when we sing in assembly. Communicating with other people is very important for making friends, buying things you need in a shop, getting a job or just getting your own way. It is polite to try to learn extra ways of making the other person in a conversation feel comfortable whether that is by smiling or knowing a few words of their spoken language. Now try the French Quiz!

HOW TO MAKE GREAT GINGERBREAD MEN

Making gingerbread men

BY CLASS 2 You will need: 60g of Brown sugar 300g of self Raising flour 2 teaspoons of ginger 1 egg 125g of butter 90g of golden syrup Currants, sultanas, icing sugar, cherries Follow these instructions: 1 – Sieve the flour and ginger 2 – Mix the ingredients together 3 – Knead the mixture 4 – Roll the dough using a rolling pin. Remember to put flour on the table and rolling pin to stop it from sticking. 5 – Cut the men out using gingerbread men shaped cutters (we used big cutters so we could

To find out how to make a Strawberry Welly turn to Page 12

have bigger biscuits!) 6 – Decorate your gingerbread man. We used 3 sultanas for his buttons and 2 raisins for his eyes. We used a blunt knife to give him a smile. 7 – Put your gingerbread men in the oven on 180 degrees. They will take approximately 15 minutes. Make sure you close the door properly so that they don‘t run away! 8 – Put your gingerbread men on a cooling rack. You may want to decorate them some more with icing. 9 – Happy Eating! Quotes from the children: Koda – ‗They smell so yummy!‘ Riley – ‗Eat it quick before he runs away‘ Abi – ‗These are the best biscuits‘ Nathan – ‗I ate his leg first so he couldn‘t run away‘ Jess – ‗The dough feels all squishy‘

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EXCITING ACTIVITIES

ICE SKATING REVISTED—A RISING STAR?

Class 3 having a good time at the Nottingham Ice Ring.

W BY CLASS 3

ednesday 9th December saw the annual Key Stage 1 trip to the ice-rink in the Old Market Square. With an ever growing number of adults and children wanting to take to the ice, the buses

were full. At around 10am we arrived at the Old Market Square in Nottingham City Centre and walked down to the ice rink. The first job was getting the boots on and making it onto the ice. There was a large range in the children‘s ability on the ice. The younger

children, mostly new to the sport, spent a lot of their time falling over, but did so in good spirit. Jack said ―When I got there I was really excited getting onto the ice. It was a little tricky but I only fell over a couple of times.‖ By the end of the session they were making it around the rink with a little help from the side or the large number of adults who had taken to the ice. Some children were on the trip for the second or third time and they were all as enthusiastic as the first time they came. They were all impressed at how they were improving. David commented ―I was very excited when I got there because I could

stand on my feet and skate around without falling over. I could also spin on two feet.‖ The trip also provided the opportunity for one of the returning members to show us her new skills. Megan, aged 6, enjoyed the trip so much she convinced her parents to take her to learn how to ice skate. Everyone was amazed as she skated around the rink at speed. Jack said

―Megan could go really fast!‖ Megan has said ―I feel very excited when I go every week. I can now stand on one leg and do cross-overs.‖ ―Megan is really proud of her ice-skating,‖ said Megan‘s mum. ―She is currently undertaking Grade 4 at the Ice Stadium.‖ Good luck Megan.

DON’T DO THAT BOOK REVIEW BY CLASS 4 This book is about a little girl who gets her finger stuck up her nose. In this book I enjoyed the part where the man was asleep on

the

bench and the rocket shot off. It was funny when she stuck her finger up her nose. You should read this book because it is hilarious.

HAVEN HELP TO GET OUR NURSERY MORE ACTIVE! few weeks later they had reached the 100% goal for the bonus item as well. They chose an inflatable football goal. The children had great fun exploring the equipment in the box. They all wanted to play with the parachute. ―I like the funny shaped balls‖ giggled Nathan as he ran across the garden trying

BY NURSERY hildren in the nursery took delivery of a very large parcel this month. They were very excited to open it and find a box full of sport equipment.

to catch one. ―All the staff and children are very grateful to the people who voted for us, as well as to Haven Holidays for running this very worthwhile campaign‖ said Mrs Simons.

Nursery playing in their play area

Earlier in the year, their teacher Mrs Simons re gis tere d Milfor d Nursery on the Haven Fun and Fitness Website, who were offering free equipment to help pre-school children become more active. Mrs

Simons commented ―I wasn‘t sure we were going to do it, because we had to get 70% of our families to vote for us.‖ By the beginning of March Milford Nursery had enough support to get the equipment, and a Turn to Page 17 for houses for sale

Everyone watching the hula hoop spin around.

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ESTATE AGENTS PAGE

HOUSES FOR SALE BY CLASS 10

This stunning property was a finalist and featured in a Channel 5 TV programme For £199,000 how can you not buy this, have a look to see why!! This stunning house is located in Lucknow Drive, Carrington, Nottingham

A modern three bed semi-detached house in a popular residential location, ideal for a growing family. On Pennant Road, Nottingham.

This is a luxurious 4 bedroomed house situated in Clifton. This property does require some modernisation. Price £400, 000. If you have any enquiries contact:

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A fabulously modern detached, 2 bed

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roomed house for sale. Priced at around £150,000.

A fantastic detached, 4 bedroomed house for sale. It has a built in swimming pool inside and the pool has a built in filter. The kitchen is reasonably large and recently refurbished. The living area is humongous—it has a large projector screen for all your movies and daily T.V PRICE:200,000

Offering fantastic accommodation ideally suited for a growing family, benefiting from GAS CENTRAL HEATING and DOUBLE GLAZING. Three different levels in the house. All bedrooms come with an ensuite bathroom. PRICE: £295, 000

An amazing 2 bed roomed detached house with an indoor swimming pool. For a price of £500.000—BARGAIN!

Modern 4 bed roomed detached house on Ewe Lamb Lane, Nottingham. £325,000 but other offers may be accepted. If you would like to arrange a viewing contact: 096758467

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TERRIFIC TAG-RUGBY FOOTBALL REPORT BY CLASS 9

The Milford school tag-rugby players

BY CLASS 9 We did Tag Rugby because it keeps the team active and healthy. In the first tag rugby tournament we had fruit to keep us going. The children really enjoyed doing all of the tournaments and Mr.Shah did too, even if they didn‘t come first. Mr. Shah enjoyed cheering them on, you could hear his loud voice everywhere! Mr. Shah said that he always tries to get as many kids to join in as possible. He likes to see a smile on the kids‘ faces. Mr. Shah is very proud of the children and you can see it too. We took two teams to our first tournament, the Nottingham Trent University Festival. Our ‗A‘ team were the festival champions and our ‗B‘ team did really well too, finishing 4th. A Team Tayla, Kaitland, Caseyleigh, Jordan, Kieran, Kieran, Sam, Morgan, Ryan, Josh, Jade and Ryan.

Our ‗A‘ team also won the Nottingham Universities Varsity Grand Final, the Nottingham City Schools‘ Festival and the Nottinghamshire County Grand Finals as well! They finished unbeaten over the entire season, winning 17 and drawing 1. Morgan said that he really enjoys being in the ‗A‘ team because Mr. Shah shows him all different moves. He also said that he likes tag rugby because it is not a contact game. B Team Mellissa, Kieran, Ellie, Olivia, Thomas, Ryan, Max, Travis, Faye, Jessica and Shaynea. Our ‗B‘ team got better and better over the season and finished 3rd in their other tournament, the Nottingham City Schools‘ Festival. This is especially good, as most of the ‗B‘ team are in Year 5. Ellie said that she loved taking part in the competitions for the ‗B‘ team were loads of fun.

Milford‘s football team has been a great team to manage over the years. They have won many trophies and have been very successful. This year they have played at the N o ttingh am Fore s t Academy ground in the Chairman‘s Cup Final. This is our football team: Connor, Morgan, Ryan, Connor, Marc, Kieran, Kieran, Jamie, Jordan, Ryan and Kaitland. Our team is in it to win it and Jamie was superb in goal over the season. Mr. Magner even gives you £2 if you score with a header!

Mr Hatvani said it was brilliant because they listened to him and Mr Magner. He also said he felt like doing a triple back flip when Milford scored at the cup final. Mr Hatvani said they started off as a reasonable team before Christmas and they then started to listen to him and after Christmas they were fantastic. The coach is Mr Hatvani, he does a great job as the manager. He loves what he does and loves Milford. Next years team has got a lot to live up too but we have every confidence they‘ll do a terrific job!

The Milford Football Team

TABLE TENNIS CLUB BY KIERAN Table tennis club is run by Mr. Magner, the head teacher. Everyone who goes to table tennis club enjoys it, whether they go to the year 5/6 club or year 3/4 club. Here is a comment from one of the people at the club.

Enjoying table tennis

Kaitland said. ―It‘s going great. What a way to end a week at school.‖

Have you counted the Milford mice hidden in this paper? Check with Miss Evans to see if you are right!!!! How many Milford Mice were there in the Milford Messenger ?

KEY STAGE 1 SPORTS CLUB Here at Milford we do a large variety of different sports and activities at Key Stage 1 sports club. We have the sack race, hopscotch, tennis etc, which are good for your health. The Key Stage 1 sports club starts on Wednesday at 3:15 and finishes at 4:30. Lots of children in years 1 and 2 attend. They have also earned lots of medals and badges, Mrs. West and Miss. Willgress are very proud of what the children have achieved. The children are very happy about what they have learned, such as new football skills and how to spin a hoola hoop around their ankle.

CRICKET CLUB The Milford cricket team has been highly successful since it first started in April. Our cricket team have learnt a lot since our coach, Dan Birch, started coaching us the sport. We soon have a tournament for the team so we still need to practice. Cricket club runs on Tuesdays, from 3:15pm until 4:15pm. Sometimes we have matches on Tuesdays. They last from 3:20pm until 4:50pm. At cricket on Tuesday, our coach is Dan Birch and he is the person who runs the club. He is also the person who makes learning a sport more fun and easier. Dan has taught us to bowl straight, how to hold a bat properly and to catch a ball properly. Dan said that we were doing really well but we still needed to practice. He also said that he thought that we would win a lot of matches because we are a very good team. Morgan said that he thought we had improved a lot because of Dan‘s brilliant coaching.