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Junior Infants Admissions for September 2025

The Enrolment Procedures and Policy of Milford Grange N.S. The admission process for Junior Infants for the school year 2025/26 will open on Thursday, 17th October 2024. The closing date for receipt of applications is 2pm Monday, 13th January 2025. Milford Grange N.S. is a...

Notification regarding the Board of Management’s review of the Child Safeguarding Statement

To: Milford Grange N.S. School Community The Board of Management of Milford Grange N.S. wishes to inform you that: • The Board of Management’s annual review of the school’s Child Safeguarding Statement was completed at the Board meeting of 16/10/2024. • This review was...

Oíche Chultúir

Oíche Chultúir Oíche Chultúir took place in Monaleen clubhouse on Wednesday, 18th September. We were delighted and proud to have Sarah Morris and Elinor Foley represent Milford N.S. on the night. Sarah sang Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears. Elinor performed a recitation, Dance Hall...

Booklists 2024/25

Here are the booklists for the academic year 2024/25

June Newsletter

Dear Parents, The school year has almost drawn to a close and we are all looking forward to the summer holidays. Thank you parents so much for your support and cooperation throughout this year. We are extremely proud of your children’s achievements and...

Rugbytots Free Trial Classes

Rugbytots have Classes in Milford NS and did you know that they offer Free Trials to all New Customers! Simply contact; Richy@rugbytots.ie – 086 839 0818) and they’ll do the rest. All class details can be found online at www.rugbytots.ie/class/find

Scór na bPáistí

Congratulations to all our Milford pupils who participated in Scór na bPáistí in Askeaton on Saturday. Solo Singing: Sarah Morris Ballad Group: Zayne Slattery, Sarah Morris, Libby Kelleher, Elinor Foley and Hannah Donkoh. Recitation: Elinor Foley Music Group: Laoise...

International Tang Soo Do

Congratulations to Caoimhe who represented Ireland in the International Tang Soo Do competition yesterday. Caoimhe won a bronze medal. We are extremely proud of Caoimhe’s wonderful achievement and best her every success in her future contests.

Fitzpatrick Cup 2024 Results

Latest Newsletter

MILFORD NATIONAL SCHOOL – 21st DECEMBER 2023 ‘RUBY TIMES’ It is difficult to find superlatives to adequately describe the wonderful entertainment and atmosphere which we experienced recently at our 40th anniversary celebrations in the University Concert Hall. It is...

CHRISTMAS PANTO

Pupils in Junior Infants to Fourth Class enjoyed the Christmas Pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, in U.C.H. on Tuesday, December 19th. A big thank you to Ms Olive Doody for coordinating for coordinating this wonderful school outing to our local Concert Hall in UL.

Fitzpatrick Cup 2024

The Fitzpatrick Cup is taking place again in January 2024. This year the boys and girls from 5th & 6th Class are playing football. The matches are taking place on the astro turf in U.L. These are the fixtures for the next set of games.

Sarsfield Cup Champions

Well done also to our pupils, Ben, James and Harry, who were picked for the Limerick City (Boys) Divisional Football Team. The boys won their semi-final against the South. They then advanced to the county final and defeated the West under lights in the Gaelic Grounds. The...

WEATHER WARNING – Storm Debi

Due to Storm Debi and in line with Department of Education guidelines, school will open at a later time tomorrow morning (Monday,13th November 2023). We will receive pupils from 10:45am. Class instruction will begin at 11am We will carry out a risk assessment of the school site...

Limerick City Sarsfield Cup Team

Well done to Harry, Ben and James on making the Limerick City Sarsfield Cup Team. Best of luck in the upcoming fixtures. Milford is very proud of you!

Team Hope Shoebox Appeal

A huge thank you to all who helped make this years shoebox appeal so successful. This generous act makes a huge difference to so many less fortunate children around the world.

Maths Week 2023

Maths Week 2023 We had great fun celebrating Maths Week this year. Each class took part in their own Maths Trail around our school. We saw examples of station teaching, peer learning, online quizzes, STEM activities and lots of fun puzzles and games to stretch our...

Descriptive Writing

Sixth Class have been busy working on a collaborative descriptive writing project this month. Have a look at their sensational spectacle.

Admissions Update: Junior Infants September 2024

The admission process for Junior Infants for the school year 2024/25 will open on Monday, 9th October 2023. The closing date for receipt of applications is 2pm Monday, 15th January 2024. Milford Grange N.S. is a Catholic Primary School under the Patronage of the Catholic...

Newsletter September 2023

Dear Parents & Guardians, We are approaching the end of September and I wish to thank you for your cooperation and support. Classes have settled back extremely well and it has been brilliant to watch our new Junior Infants adjust to life in such a busy school. The children...

School Reopening

School is scheduled to reopen for all pupils on Thursday, 31st August 2023. Classes for the pupils in the classes from Senior Infants to 6th Class will begin at 8:55am. Our new Junior Infant pupils will begin at 9:30am on their first day at school (31/08/2023).

Booklists

Here are the booklists for the academic year 2023/24 Junior Infants Senior Infants First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class

Fin Whale in MNS

We have been learning about the beautiful whales off our Irish coasts and what better way to teach the children the concept of the size of these beautiful creatures than let them create a life size fin whale. 26m & 72 tons

Six Nations Silverware

On the 27th of June we were lucky enough to have the Six Nations, Triple Crown and the under 20 Six Nations trophies come to our school. A very special thank you to Paul O’ Connell for bringing in the trophies. The first few classes were shocked that the actual Six Nations...

Book Fair

(Wednesday, March 22nd to Tuesday, March 28th 2023) Dear Parents, A Book Fair by Scholastic Publications will be in Milford NS Gym for the above dates. During the week, we will be inviting children to come and view the books on sale. They will have the opportunity to purchase...

Engineers Week 2023

Engineers Week turned Milford NS into a hive of activity this year. Students from all classes were engaged in the engineering process constructing bridges, 2D & 3D shapes, polygon houses and much more. Our senior classes paid a visit to the infant classes and helped design...

Fitzpatrick Cup Fixtures 2023

The Fitzpatrick Cup is taking place again in January 2023. This year the boys and girls from 4th to 6th Class are playing hurling/camoige. The matches are taking place on the astro turf in U.L. These are the fixtures for the next set of games.

4th Class Bridges

4th Class were busy in the month of November designing and building these wonderful bridges. The class showed wonderful presentation skills when telling the class of their design procedure and how they built their bridge.

Newsletter December 2022

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Planting Apple Trees

Well done to the Victoria, Nikolai, Aaron, Liam and Ciarán from 5th class who all donned their green fingers this morning to plant 3 beautiful apple trees on the field. The children were busy digging and planting as well as cutting protective gauze for the young saplings. Thanks...

Sarsfield Cup 2022

Congratulations to our pupils Gearóid and Paddy who played on the City Team in the Sarsfield Cup Football Competition 2022. The matches were played at Mick Neville Park, Rathkeale. The City won their semi-final match versus the South but unfortunately lost out in the final to a...

Science Week 2022

Science Week seems to get bigger and bigger every year here in Milford NS. The school was a hive of activity all week with many trips to science exhibitions in UL, classes building bridges with Knex, creating cars with polygons, cooking slime and much, much more. Well done to all...

Art Club

Art club is a space for the children in Milford NS to explore their creativity with their peers. It is run by our teachers, Ms. Niamh O’Connell and Ms. Rachel Hinchy. Over the last few weeks they have explored construction, colour and textures, among other things. The group...

October Newsletter

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Maths Week

We had lots of fun last week celebrating Maths Week in Milford. There was great participation from all classes. Some of the activities included Maths trails, quizzes, coding, peer learning and looking at Maths in our environment. Many thanks to Ms. Sarah Griffin for...

Notification regarding the Board of Management’s annual review of the Anti Bullying Policy in Milford Grange N.S.

To: Milford Grange N.S. School Community The Board of Management (BoM) of Milford Grange N.S. wishes to inform you that: The Board of Management’s annual review of the school’s Anti-Bullying policy and its implementation was completed at the Board meeting of 24/10/2022....

Our Local Trees

We in Milford are very proud of the local flora and fauna in our locality and do our best to take care of our environment. We conducted a Tree Survey of the beautiful trees we are lucky to have on our doorstep. Take a look some of these spectacular trees we explore on our nature...

September Newsletter

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Monaleen GAA Juvenile Hurling & Football 2022/23

Would you like your child to join their local GAA club, where everybody is welcomed to take part in our games and culture, to participate fully, to grow and develop and to be inspired to keep a lifelong engagement with our Association? If so, Monaleen GAA Club is the place for...

Protocol for Reception of Junior Infants from Monday, 5th September

Dear parents, From Monday 5th September, the arrangements for dropping Junior Infants to school will be as follows: Please wait in your cars until close to 8:55am, as this ensures the safety of all other pupils entering the school at an earlier time. All three classes are to...

Parent Memo – Welcome Back

Dear Parents & Guardians, We hope you had a lovely summer. We are very excited to welcome everyone back to Milford N.S. on Wednesday morning. A huge thank you to all our staff and Board of Management members for their support and effort in getting everything ready...

First Class Activities 2021/22

First Class had a wonderful school year. Here is a short movie with images of some of the activities that we enjoyed this school year.

FÍS 2022

Lights, Camera, Action! Sixth Class have just released their Summer Blockbuster Movie. BANSHEE The story tells the tale of a wealthy landowner and storyteller and how he was betrayed by his greedy friends. Retribution follows for these grievous acts. The children developed the...

The Primary Game

Congratulations to 6th class pupil Anna-Regan-Magnier who was selected to play in The Primary Game at the the Munster Senior Hurling Championship match between Limerick and Clare on Sunday May 15th at Cusack Park Ennis. Maith thú Anna!!

School Holidays & Closures for 2022/23

Please see below the school holidays and closures for the School Year 2022/23. Please click here if you wish to download a pdf version of the holiday schedule for next year. Please Note: Milford N.S. is used as a Polling Station so we will be closed for any Elections / Referenda...

April Newsletter

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‘Neurons and our Brain’

The pupils in all our classes were treated to two 40 minute workshops recently as part of an outreach programme entitled ‘Neurons and our Brain’. The programme focused on educating children on what is going on inside our heads, teaching basic biological principles and...

Athletics

Congratulations to our pupils in 3rd, 4th and 6th Class who represented our school at the recent athletics event in the UL Arena. The results are as follows:Silver for 3/4 class girls, Gold for 3/4 class boys, Gold for 6th class girls and Gold for 6th class boys! Many thanks to...

Nature Workshops

Geoff Hunt, our environmental expert, worked recently with the Fifth Class children. The pupils went pond dipping! 4th Class and Junior Infants will have the opportunity to enjoy pond dipping around the environs of UL and under the microscope in the classrooms when...

Spring Clean 2022!

Team Limerick Cleanup is Ireland’s largest annual one-day clean-up. 1st and 6th class enjoyed partaking in Team Limerick Cleanup this week. They did a fantastic job! A big thank you to all the staff and children who helped out this year.

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