Milford National School » School News

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

Dear Parents & Guardians, ...

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

Dear Parents &...

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....

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

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 Child Safeguarding Statement was completed at the Board meeting on 24/10/2022. This review...

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

Dear Parents &...

camoige, gaa, hurling, underage

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.

Booklists

Here are the booklists for the academic year 2022/23 Junior Infants Senior Infants First Class Second Class Third Class Fourth Class Fifth Class Sixth Class

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

Please click here to view our latest newsletter

‘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.

Seachtain na Gaeilge agus Lá Glas

Gaelach agus Bródúil! Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish Language Week) is an International Irish Language Festival, celebrating our Native Language and Culture. Pupils enjoyed celebrating our Irish Culture through music, song, poetry, quizzes, dance, art and most importantly, through...

Drumming Workshops

Drumming Instructor, Urs Wenke, visited our school on Thursday, 10th March and Friday, 11th March. The children enjoyed 40 minutes of drumming instruction time focusing on rhythm, beat and a lot of fun along the way! Many thanks to Ms. Reidy for cordinating the workshops.

Engineers’ Week

The pupils had a wonderful time during Engineers’ Week. Some of the activities in the senior classes included 4th Class building a zipline and 6th Class pupils organising a Ski Olympics. The activities in Junior and Senior Infants included constructions with Giant Polydrons...

Rachael Blackmore talks to MNS SPORT

MNS Sports reporters Sophie and Emer present a special interview with BBC Sports Personality of the Year and Champion Jockey Rachael Blackmore as part of Women in Sports Week 2022. Check out this inspiring interview.

March Newsletter

Dear Parents, Thank you parents so much for your continued support and cooperation throughout this year. With the lifting of restrictions, school life for the pupils and staff is getting back to normal. Pods and bubbles are no longer required and...

Fairtrade Poster Winners

Congratualtions to Fairtrade poster winners Siluni, Eimear and Elinor. Eimear and Siluni won medals with Eimear winning 1st prize and a 40 euro Easons voucher. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Choose The World You Want To Live In’ and organised by...

Irish Ambassador to Tanzania

This week MNS NEWS interviewed the Irish Ambassador to Tanzania.

JODIE O’NEILL

Past pupil Jodie O’Neill popped into speak to some of our sixth class students this week, to impart some words of wisdom and share her incredible story of resilience. Jodie started MNS as visually impaired. She was diagnosed with autism in fifth class. Jodie also manages...

Storm Eunice

Dear Parents and Guardians, Based on the current weather warning in place for Limerick (9:30pm), our school will open tomorrow, Friday 18th February. Entry protocols and school times will remain as normal. If you are travelling from an area with a Red Weather Alert,...

MNS SPORTS

The MNS NEWS & SPORTS team have put together a feature on the Fitzpatrick Cup which was held earlier this year with exclusive interviews from the captains of the final. Sophie and Aisling conduct an inspiring interview with Limerick & Irish Sprinter Ciara Neville. You do...

MNS NEWS

Sixth Class students have been very busy recently establishing their very own MNS NEWS STATION. They research fascinating topics and interview some of the most interesting people in all kinds of industries. Here is the first edition of MNS NEWS.

Don Bosco

On 31st January each year we celebrate the life and teachings of Don Bosco. Due to current guidelines we have created a special film to show our school community how we are remembering Don Bosco and all the special ways we are taught and have fun. We hope you enjoy this short film.

Fitzpatrick Cup 2022

To honour the memory of our former colleague Mr. George Fitzpatrick, the school holds a Gaelic games competition each January. This annual event is known as The Fitzpatrick Cup. We completed the 13th annual George Fitzpatrick Memorial Cup Competition on Tuesday, Jan 25th...

Parent Memo 5th January 2022

Dear Parents & Guardians, Happy New Year! I hope that you and everyone in your family are keeping well. A reminder that our school will reopen tomorrow with a slight change for our infant classes. All classes will be starting school at the...

Newsletter December 2021

Dear Parents & Guardians, First term is coming to a close and we are looking forward to our Christmas holidays. School will close for the Christmas holidays on Wednesday, 22nd December at 11:50am for Junior Infants. 1st Class, 3rd Class and 5th Class. Senior...

Senior Infants Christmas Play

The pupils have been extremely busy learning the words and actions to Christmas songs. We hope you enjoy a short movie of Ms. Taylor’s Senior Infants who enjoyed performing in various locations around the school!

Sixth Class Christmas Shows

Sixth Class have been busy writing, preparing and performing their Christmas Shows for you all to enjoy. So please, sit back, relax and soak up the festive spirit.

School Reopening

Dear Parents and Guardians, Our school will reopen tomorrow, Thursday, 9th December. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Kind regards, Diarmaid

School Closure – Weather Alert

Dear Parents / Guardians, Our school will remain closed tomorrow, Wednesday, 8th December. The Department of Education has advised that all schools covered by the Red Alert and Orange warning from Met Éireann should not open tomorrow, 8th December. This will allow for assessment...

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

To: The School Community of Milford Grange N.S. 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 01/12/2021[date]. •...

SCIENCE WEEK 2021

November 2021 Newsletter

November 22nd 2021 Dear Parents & Guardians, ...

Today is Random Act of Kindness Day…… ❤️ Always choose to be KIND! #RAKDAY https://t.co/t96sKYHW8d 36 days ago
RT @MsOSullivanMNS: Amazing Raz reading! @MilfordNS82 https://t.co/aszRYLwqcH 36 days ago
RT @MsOSullivanMNS: Awesome Raz Readers from last week! @MilfordNS82 https://t.co/xvrMlMeADK 36 days ago
RT @MsOSullivanMNS: I hope you all got your pop up Valentine's cards on Tuesday! ❤️ @MilfordNS82 https://t.co/FKL6W3ehil 36 days ago
A big thank you to all the children & parents who collected and brought in @Aldi_Ireland stickers for our poster. T… https://t.co/5Nnletot2X 38 days ago

Copyright Milford Grange National School 2022 Registered Charity Number: 20128135