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Ms. Kinnerk

Second class partner with UL to design classroom chairs

06 Sep 2016

This week second class pupils at Milford N.S. had the opportunity to be partnered with year three Technology Education student teachers in UL. Each second class pupil designed their ideal classroom chair which will serve to inspire the UL students. We look forward...

Senior Infants and the Very Hungry Caterpillars

01 Jun 2016

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,...

Senior Infant Deep Sea Dive

01 Jun 2016

Ms. Moloney’s senior infants went on an imaginary deep sea dive last week. Before our dive we researched sea creatures we might meet, we built a yellow submarine and made some scuba diving masks. Next we learned about the safety procedures we should...

Senior Infants Celebrate Earth Day

25 Apr 2016

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...

Ms. Moloney’s senior infants learn about bird gardens

15 Feb 2016

Geoff Hunt came to teach us about the bird gardens in our local area. We learned about the black bird, the robin and the blue tit. Geoff showed where these birds live and taught us about the food they eat.

Senior Infants Celebrate International Day

15 Feb 2016

Last week Ms. Moloney’s senior infants celebrated international day. We celebrated the countries Poland, Belgium, China, Lithuania, and the Chez Republic. Pupils from each of these countries dressed in their national colours and decorated their national flags. Our...

Senior Infant Energy Workshop

15 Feb 2016

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....

U11 Girls are City Champions!

18 Nov 2015

Congratulations to the Milford U11 Girls Football team on winning the Limerick City schools final. The match was played in the Gaelic Grounds on October 22nd. Captain Abigail Hourigan-Powell accepted the cup on behalf of the team. It was wonderful to see all of their hard...

Science Week – Senior Infants make Play Dough

12 Nov 2015

On Wednesday of science week Ms. Moloney’s Senior Infants set out to discover if they could make play dough using flour, oil, salt, water and food colouring. In order to prepare for this experiment we wrote up four simple steps to follow. Once we were confident of...

Science Week – Ms. Moloney’s Senior Infants Make Walkie Talkies

11 Nov 2015

For Science Week Ms. Moloney’s senior infant class examined a number of science experiments. On Tuesday we made walkie talkies using cups, twine and match sticks. We worked in pairs to undertake this experiment and we were all delighted with our results. We had great fun...