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MILGATE'S VISION

To provide a dynamic, inclusive learning environment that challenges students to become inquirers, thinkers and caring young people who are able to interact in the global society with respect and intercultural understanding

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

Milgate Primary School would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land of the Wurundjeri People, and we would like to pay our respects to the elders both past and present. Staff, students and the school community understand that we thrive, learn and live on Wurundjeri Country and we stand with all cultures united as one.

REMINDER | A FAREWELL TO KATE MANCARELLA

We warmly invite our parent community to join us in farewelling Kate Mancarella at our whole school assembly on the last day of term, Friday 4 July at 2:00pm. Kate has made a significant contribution to our school, and this will be a special opportunity to celebrate her time at Milgate and wish her well as she heads off on her next adventure. Following the assembly, Kate will remain on the basketball court for a short time if parents would like to pop by, say goodbye and share their well wishes. A gift will be presented by the P&F on behalf of the school community.

REMINDER | CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

We’re excited to invite you to our Celebrations of Learning on Wednesday 2 July from 5:00–6:30pm. This event is a special opportunity for families to explore the learning that has taken place this semester. Students will showcase their selected work samples and invite you to join in on some fun and engaging mathematical games. It’s a chance to see your child’s growth in action and enjoy meaningful moments together.

When families and schools partner in learning, the impact is powerful and we love seeing our students beam with pride as they share their progress. We hope to see you there!

Featured Games by Year Level:

Foundation: Get Out of My House

Year 1: First to Fill

Year 2: Race to 0

Year 3: Paddocks

Year 4: Multiplication Knots and Crosses

Year 5: Me Me Whole

Year 6: 3 Dice Knockout

LANGUAGE ARTS 

We recently welcomed Matt Glover, writing consultant from America, back for his visit with this being our fifth year working with him. Matt spent time in classrooms, focusing on conferring, an important literacy practice, and worked directly with students to support their writing development.

Matt also met with staff after school to discuss conferring skills and strategies to strengthen our teaching practices. He emphasised the value of conferring as a dedicated time for one-on-one teacher focus, small focus groups, and explicit differentiated teaching. He highlighted how conferring supports differentiation by allowing teachers to tailor their instruction to individual student needs, which is clearly making a positive difference in building confident, independent writers.

Matt was impressed by the depth of our students’ reflective writing, their creative and critical thinking, and the strong quality evident in their work. He praised their genuine engagement and the careful thought they put into their writing, highlighting the craft, process, and genre knowledge and skills they bring to each task.

During his visit, Matt enjoyed observing the Foundation students as they developed their illustration techniques, writing skills and oral language composition through reading texts without written words. He also noted the strong focus in Year 2 as students explored punctuation, recognising how foundational skills were being carefully built through clear instruction, guided practice, and opportunities to apply their learning in authentic ways. Our students showed their understanding of punctuation by reading their writing aloud, listening carefully to the natural pauses and phrasing, and using this to inform their punctuation decisions. In Year 6, Matt observed the revision unit with interest, listening as students thoughtfully explained the decisions they had made to strengthen their writing and considered new strategies to enhance clarity and accuracy - especially in relation to improving meaning, grammar, and punctuation accuracy.

It’s always rewarding to see the progress our students make, and Matt’s visit reminded us how important ongoing collaboration and support are in nurturing strong writing skills across the school.

COMMUNITY GAMES AFTERNOON 

THURSDAY 7TH AUGUST - 3:45-4:30

Next term, we’re excited to invite families to our Community Games Afternoon—a fun and informal event for students and parents to enjoy together.

Join us for activities including downball, soccer, basketball, and more!

The event will take place on the blue basketball courts and synthetic soccer pitch.

We look forward to seeing you there!

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL 

Just a reminder that this term, we are collecting socks! 

We would like each Milgate family to donate one pair of new socks. The socks are being sent to the Mahatma Gandhi Government School in Deogarth, India. 

MILGATE’S GOT TALENT

We hope that you are practising and getting ready to record your entry for Milgate's Got Talent!

If you child has special talent that they would like to share with the Milgate community please have someone in your family to video their performance and upload it to SEESAW.

Please note the following guidelines:

• any student in the school can enter!
• the performance CAN ONLY BE 3 MINUTES LONG
• they need to create something that is suitable for our audience, students from Foundation to Year 6
• they need to always be safe
• their performance can be individual or they can organise a group
• they need to be able to perform live in front of an audience
• They should challenge themselves - learn something new!

THE GRAND PRIZE

There will be 14 students selected to present to the judges in Term 3. Semi Finalists will perform at assembly. The GRAND FINAL PRIZE is presenting to the whole school community at the end of year concert.

ALL ENTERIES MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA SEESAW BY 20 JULY 2025.

Please see the House Leaders or Mrs Brown if you have any questions.

We are excited to see the talent that is within our school.

TIMELINE OF REMAINING KEY SSB ACTIVITIES FOR FAMILIES

Families can continue to use SSB funds until Monday 30 June 2025 to buy uniforms, or to allocate funds to school activities using the parent/carer online system.

The parent/carer online system will close at 11:59 pm on 30 June 2025. Any unused online supplier vouchers will expire, and all unspent SSB funds will revert to a school activities credit held against the family account for each student. These balances are expected to be available for families to use on Compass events in early August 2025.

NAIDOC WEEK

NAIDOC week takes place 6-13th July as a time to celebrate and recognise the cultures, history and achievements of First Nations peoples. This year the theme is ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy.’

To read more information about NAIDOC week, please visit the NAIDOC website 

Take this opportunity, in particular, to celebrate First Nations cultures and strengths by listening to First Nations performers on platforms such as Spotify, checking out some storytelling through artwork with colouring books by some First Nations artists or reading some books by First Nations authors and about the Dreaming.

INDIGENOUS LITERACY FOUNDATION

THE GREAT BOOK SWAP

FORTNIGHTLY WOI WURRUNG WORD | CULTURAL CALENDAR