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National Geographic Kids

This is one of my favourite websites to explore. There are so many wonderful topics, countries and animals to research and learn about here. Why not pick a few of your favourite and build a google slide presentation and share with me. Enjoy! https://kids.nationalgeographic.com

Geoff Hunt Visit to Senior Infants

Senior Infants had a wonderful time today learning all about the many animals living in Ireland. The children really love their lessons with nature expert Geoff Hunt. Many thanks to Ms. Siobhán Fenton for coordinating Geoff’s visits to our school.

Green Flag

On Thursday May 3rd our school was awarded its 8th Green Flag for the theme of Global Citizenship Marine Environment. On the day the school was represented by Patrick and Eva from the Green Schools committee and Mr.Gallagher and Mr.O’Connor. The event took place in the...

Patriotic Walkers

Well done to our very enthusiastic and patriotic walkers who made their way on foot to school this morning! Many thanks to the parents who organise the ‘walking bus’ each week

Under the Sea

Here are some of the art projects we created using plastic that is ending up in our rivers, lakes and oceans. As the great Jacques-Yves Cousteau once said, “Water and air, the two essential fluids which all like depends, have become our global garbage cans.” We have...

Launch Day

Engineers Week 2018 has been a Blast. Fourth Class were tasked with designing, building and testing Rockets, Planes, Boats and Bridges. Here is a short film of some of our rockets and planes we tested today. We hope you enjoy.

5th Class Junior Entrepreneur Project

Fifth class are currently developing a product for the Junior Entrepreneur Project and we would like your help! We aim to develop a product that will keep all our customers happy and so we are conducting market research to find out exactly what you would like. Please fill in this...

Santa’s Elves’ Houses

Third class made these beautiful elf houses using recycled plastic bottles and felt fabric. They looked wonderful with battery powered tea lights inside – no doubt Santa was very impressed when he visited!

Toys Through The Ages: Go-carts!

The Doves were busy before Christmas – they had a special project to do! After learning about historical toys, each pupil in this video made a go-cart from recycled materials. Didn’t they do well?

Third Class Scientists

The Doves took part in group science experiments recently. One group searched soil for minibeasts and another studied dead flies and spiders under a magnifying glass. A group made a bottle organ and then played a tune they had composed while some of their classmates studied...

Harvest Time

Autumn has arrived and our Green School’s Coordinator, Mr. Denis O’Connor and his team have been rewarded with a bumper harvest after a very busy this year in our school garden. The garden was dug, rotavated, raked, fertilised and new raised beds were constructed. The children...

Seeds We Saw

Mrs Burke’s third class pupils had a wonderful time on their nature walk on the school grounds and they even found a Hawthorn Shieldbug!

Third Class Nature Walk

Ms. Cussen’s Third Class headed outside to explore the local environment. One of their stops was at the “MNS Bug Hotel’. Nature expert, Geoff Hunt, gave the pupils on a wonderful insight what life was like for the mini-beasts around our school.

Dara Dever, Green-Schools Travel

‘School traffic is a major issue. If you use your car less on the school run you reduce risks at school gates, you reduce air pollution, you increase the health, awareness and alertness of your child before they’ve even got to their desk. Children are designed to be physically...

School Garden

Our Green School’s Coordinator, Mr. Denis O’Connor and his team have been very busy this year in our school garden. The garden was dug, rotavated, raked, fertilised and new raised beds were constructed. The children planted vegetable seeds and plants. Many thanks to Joe Pond,...

Geoff Hunt

Fifth Class had a wonderful time recently exploring the River Shannon with nature expert Geoff Hunt. The weather was beautiful which allowed the children to discover many insects and river creatures. Fourth Class went in search of butterflies and Junior Infants had great fun...

Strawberry Workshop

Ms. Elaine Storan (Parent & UL student) visited Aaron Gallagher’s Fourth class on Friday 9th June to give a workshop on the strawberry plant. As part of her studies, Elaine has completed an ICT teaching resource on the theme of strawberries. The resource is available to...

Third Class Switch on Science

Wagtails had fun in discovering how to make simple circuits for science class this week. Their copies are full of the evidence of their learning about this and about static electricity.

Shannon Exploration with Geoff Hunt

Fifth Class had a wonderful time recently exploring the River Shannon with nature expert Geoff Hunt. The weather was beautiful which allowed the children to discover many insects and river creatures. Many thanks to Ms. Siobhán Fenton for coordinating the Heritage in Schools...

Our School Garden

Our Green School’s Coordinator, Mr. Denis O’Connor and his team have been very busy recently preparing the vegetable garden for planting. The garden has been dug, rotavated, raked, fertilised and new raised beds have been constructed. It is now ready for the children to begin...

Green-Schools Our Plan 2040 Poster Competition

We were delighted to announce hat Tamara, from 6th Class has been selected by the panel of judges as the runner-up for the Southern Region in the Senior Primary category. There were more than 3,100 entries. According to the organisers, the selection process was very difficult...

International Polar Bear Day

Today is International Polar Bear Day and Niamh has created a wonderful presentation explaining all about these magnificent animals. We really hope you enjoy this informative and highly impressive presentation. Just click on the link below. ...

Christmas WOW

Christmas WOW The Christmas themed Walk on Wednesday on December 21st was a wonderful success. Children gathered at the UL Drop Off Point and La Cucina for the 8.30am start. We had approximately 100 children between the two locations and there were lots of parents involved as...

Global Citizenship & Marine Environment Conference

Members of Mr. Gallagher’s Fourth Class attended the Green Schools Global Citizenship and Marine Environment Conference in Dublin on the 6th December where they displayed and presented their project on the Dangers of Human Impact on the Rocky Shore. They spoke to...

4th Class Visit UL for Science Week

We had an incredible time participating in some fascinating experiments in U.L. during SCIENCE WEEK 2016

Hallowe’en WOW

Hallowe’en WOW The Hallowe’en themed Walk on Wednesday on October 26th was a great success. Children gathered at the UL Drop Off Point and La Cucina for the 8.30am start. We had approximately 50 children between the two locations and there were lots of parents involved...

Walk on Wednesday

WOW Each Wednesday a group of Milford pupils form a walking “bus” to school under the supervision of their parents/guardians. They depart from Unigolf at 8.30am and always welcome new passengers. We will have a Hallowe’en themed Walk on Wednesday on October 26th. Children...

Tree Planting

The boys and girls had a wonderful time in our courtyard working with Ms. Áine Fitzpatrick. They each brought a cardboard container to school and Ms. Fitzpatrick helped them fill their containers up with compost and a seed. Many thanks to Ms. Fitzpatrick and to Mr....

Pond Dipping

Junior Infants had a wonderful time today pond dipping in streams and ponds around UL. Many thanks to Ms. Fenton for coordinating the fantastic school visits from nature expert Geoff Hunt. A big thank you also to Geoff. The children had a ‘ball’ and learnt so much.

Cycle Training

Fifth class children enjoying cycling safety training today. Many thanks to the Gardaí and to Mr. O’Connor for coordinating the event.

Senior Infants and the Very Hungry Caterpillars

Over the past six weeks Ms. Moloney’s senior infants observed their caterpillars make the exciting transition to butterflies. The caterpillars were tiny when they first arrived, however, after a few weeks they grew to five times their size. Before long,...

International Green Flag

The school received the wonderful news last week that our application for the International Green Flag award has been successful. This is a fantastic achievement and could not have happened without the full participation of pupils and staff. A special word of thanks must go the...

WOW Day

WOW Day on Wednesday next May 18th. The walks will leave UL set down area,La Cocina and UniGolf at 8.30am. Children should be there 5 minutes before and should not join the walk once it has begun. Next Wednesday is National WOW Day so please encourage as many as possible to...

Discover Primary Science and Maths Award

Milford has applied for the Discover Primary Science and Maths Award 2016. We hope to qualify for a Plaque of STEM. This means that Milford National School will have met all the necessary criteria that falls under five different categories including science, technology,...

Senior Infants Celebrate Earth Day

Ms. Moloney’s senior infants celebrated World Earth Day by planting cress seeds. We know that seeds need fresh air, water, sunlight and warmth to grow. The senior infants each planted their own little pot of cress seeds on top of some cotton wool. We placed all of the cress...

Green Schools 2016

Here are a few photographs of some of our activities.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Our focus for International Day 2016 was to research the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They are integrated and indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental. The United Nations hope that the Goals...

Senior Infant Energy Workshop

Milford senior infants attended an energy workshop to learn about the ways in which we can save energy at home and in school. Educational coordinator for the Irish Seed Savers Association – Aine Ní Fhlathartha visited Milford National School with her friend Guzzler....

Puffins – World Hunger and Poverty

The Puffins have been very busy researching world hunger and poverty. Here is a short slideshow of their recent presentation. We hope you enjoy it!

Oceans & Climate Change

Third Class are pleased to present their Google Slides Presentation on the topic of Oceans and Climate Change. We hope you enjoy and learn a few very interesting facts.

Oceans & Climate Change

Third Class are researching Climate Change and the effects on our Oceans. We are studying how a teenager developed a system to clean the worlds oceans in five years.This young man has proven that young people possess the power to make huge changes when it comes to global matters....

People and their Natural Environment Coggle

The pupils really enjoy engaging with technology and incorporating it into their schoolwork. Here is a type of mindmap called a Coggle. It was developed by Christian and is an excellent Geography revision sheet on People and their Natural Environment.

Rivers of Ireland Quiz

Please click here to complete the Rivers of Ireland Quiz.

Secret Santa with the Chaffinches

Fourth Class got into the spirit of Christmas with their Secret Santa activity. The pupils used recycled newspaper as their wrapping paper and had great fun guessing who gave them their presents.

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Orienteering in UL

Third Class enjoyed a great orienteering session on UL campus today. This was organised by P.E. students from U.L. The student teachers had prepared the children for the day by organising cooperative games and teaching knot-making and basic map-reading skills over the course of...

National Tree Week 2015

National Tree Week

Third Class had a visit from Jeff Hunt. We went on a little adventure around the school grounds and U.L. We learned all about the various different trees that grow in our local area. Please enjoy some of our pictures from our nature trail. https://vimeo.com/142121765

Fossil Find!

One of our Fourth Class pupils, Eva, recently found an interesting stone in her front garden! When she brought it into school her classmates and teacher were fascinated by it. Nature expert Geoff Hunt was visiting our school on the same day and suggested that we should contact...

Happy in MNS

We had a whole school dance during our Active School Week earlier this month. Check out the serious dance moves displayed from young and old!

Under the Hawthorn Tree with Geoff Hunt!

All three Senior Infants have had a super day today with our nature expert, Geoff Hunt. The children put on their wellies and raincoats and ventured out for a nature walk around the school grounds. We collected some hawthorn leaves, flowers and berries from a nearby tree and...

Food Dudes Bronze Certs

Congratulations to Lauryn, Cian and Lily who have already earned their Bronze Certificates in the Food Dudes healthy eating programme. Silver next… Hopefully lots of their classmates will soon follow their good example.

Reptilian Visitor to 5th

A big thank you to James and Caoimhe Cannon who brought their pet snake Mars to visit 5th class this morning. Mars is a non-venomous, corn-snake with distinctive red/brown markings. While he was here 5 children got an opportunity to hold a snake for the first time (any more and...

Fairtrade Winner!

Well done to Fia Robertson who won the recent Fairtrade Poster Competition under the theme of ‘The Power in Your Pocket’. Fia is pictured below with Fairtrade activist and judge Dolores O’Meara who kindly called into 5th to present Fia with her medal and a box...

Yellowhammers enjoy Brazil!

The Yellowhammers had great fun celebrating International Day 2015. Here is a short slideshow of what they got up to!

Environment, International Day, Yellowhammers

Yellowhammers visit Brazil!

The Yellowhammers were very busy recently preparing for International Day 2105. Here is a Google Presentation of some of their research. We hope you enjoy it!

5th Class is Going International

Preparations for International Day 2015 are fully underway in 5th class. We have decided to investigate Russia and will host 3 different classes for the day. We will present our projects on the following areas to the other 5th and the two 6th classes. 1. Russian Clothes 2....

We’re Looking for Followers!

The school has set up a Twitter account and we are looking for followers. Twitter provides an easy platform to keep parents and friend’s of the school updated, moment by moment, if necessary. You can be updated on school celebrations, announcements and individual class...

Sustainable Energy Talk

Sustainable Energy 5th class received a very informative and interesting talk this morning on sustainable energy from Aine Ní Flaithbheartach. We were shown science experiments involving everything from circuits using potatoes, Newton’s Cradle and effervescent tablets! We...

Environment, Green Schools

Team Limerick Clean-up

Congratulations to our pupils Laura and Marcus who joined Paul O’Connell and Helen O’Donnell, from the JP McManus Fund, when they all signed up to Team Limerick Clean-up (TLC) at the University of Limerick. The campaign is inviting individuals, local residents associations,...

International Day, Yellowhammers

Yellowhammers vote for Brazil!

The Yellowhammers have voted to study Brazil for their International Day project this year. They are busy researching the South American country and are looking forward to February so that they can present their projects to the rest of the school.

Fairtrade Art Competition Winner

Every Chaffinch took part in the Fairtrade Christmas Card Art Competition. Congratulations to our lucky and artistic winner, Lauryn.

Environment, Green Schools, WOW Day

WOW Day Halloween 2014

A Halloween themed WOW (walk on Wednesday) took place on Friday, October 24th at 8.30am. The starting points for the walks were at a) The Set –down area in UL, b) Unigolf, c) The old Spar on the Milford Rd. The children were be accompanied by teachers an...

Environment, Yellowhammers

Nature Walk

Nature expert, Geoff Hunt, guided the children on a wonderful walk through UL. Along the way Geoff helped the children identify trees by looking at their leaves, bark, seeds and fruits. They even got an opportunity to hug a tree!

Geoff Hunt Visits

Our Wildlife expert, Geoff Hunt has been in residence for 5 days this term and has explored the themes of “Trees, Seeds and Habitats”. The weather has been exceptionally kind and the pupils have had great experiences exploring the trees of our surrounding environment. Geoff will...

International Day 2014

As part of the theme in the pursuit of our sixth Green Flag, Litter and waste- Global Citizenship, we hosted an International day on Wednesday February 5th within the school. The aim of the day was to raise awareness of different countries and different nationalities in our...

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