Principal's Report
2022 | END OF SCHOOL YEAR
1PM DISMISSAL ON TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER
This will be the last newsletter for 2022. Thank you to all staff, parents, families and students for an outstanding year of learning at Milgate PS. Congratulations and well done to everyone for their contributions to the students and the school throughout the year. To the staff and students who are leaving Milgate PS this year, thank you for your contributions to the school and we wish you all the best for the future. We hope everyone has a happy Christmas and an enjoyable holiday. We look forward to seeing everyone when we return in 2023 for another great year at Milgate.
STUDENT REPORTS
SEMESTER 2 | AVAILABLE MONDAY 19 DECEMBER 4PM
The student reports for Semester 2 will be available for parents to access on COMPASS on Monday 19 December from 4pm.
MONDAY 19TH DECEMBER - A DAY FOR DEBBIE
As you know the wonderful Debbie Mierisch is retiring and we would like to invite the community to ‘A Day for Debbie’. On Monday we will celebrate Debbie’s 45 years of service in education and her significant contributions to Milgate Primary School over the past 15 years.
‘A Day for Debbie’ will be held on Monday 19th December and we look forward to seeing you all then.
8.30 – 9.30: Come past and say goodbye. Coffee and tea with Debbie in the staffroom
2.45 – 3.15: A special assembly on the blue basketball courts.
YEAR 6 | GRADUATION NIGHT
WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER
The Year 6 students danced the night away as they graduated from Milgate Primary School on Wednesday night. It was a fantastic night of celebrations and it was inspiring to hear what action the students wanted to take as they move on from primary school. Congratulations to all Year 6 students and we wish you all the best as you move on to secondary college.
KYAI (3CM) ATHLETICS ACHIEVEMENT
Kyai (3CM) recently participated in the Little Athletics Vic Region Relay Carnival (held on 3/12) and his team has qualified for the 22-23 State Relay Championship.
This was for the Mixed 4x200m Relay for Under 11 which was a year above his group too. Congratulations, Kyai, on a fantastic achievement.
YEAR 3 | ALTERNATIVE TO PRESENT EXCHANGE
This year, students in Year 3 have been exploring ways they can support the community following on from our ‘How we organise ourselves’ inquiry and Food Drive. Rather than do a present exchange students decided to raise money for the Kmart Wishing Tree. Students raised an impressive $551.20 which has been used to purchase gifts for children who may not otherwise get one. During the week students looked at the Kmart website to help create a list of ideas for how the money should be spent.
STAFF NEWS
Congratulations to Jayde Williams who has been appointed to the Acting Assistant Principal position for Term 1 2023. Jayde has been working as our Mathematics Curriculum Leader throughout 2022 and we are thrilled to have her continuing to work in the Leadership team.
We welcome Penny Camiot who has been appointed as the part time art teacher and Cara Forte who has been appointed to Year 3 for 2023. We look forward to having them working with us next year.
Cherry Montgomery, one of our teachers, has been appointed to a teaching position at the Preshil school. Mary Gett (finance officer) has been appointed to a business manager position at Manchester PS. Sarah Hunt (art teacher) has been appointed to an art teaching position at the Cheshire School. We wish them all the best and thank them for their contributions to Milgate PS.