Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Christmas Concerts are a great success

  Wed 20 Dec 2017

  Thanks to everyone for coming to our Christmas concerts today in The Hills Cricket Club.  There were large numbers at all the performances. Well done to all the pupils on their super efforts and talents.

   

  All of this would not have been possible without the efforts of our staff. Thank you to Ms Ferry, Ms Smith, Ms Gilroy, Mr McGuinness and Mrs Andrea Matthews for all their hard work in preparing the classes. Thanks also to our SNA's Ms Boyle and Mrs Williams and our caretaker Mr Gay Fleming for all their hard work.

   

  A special thank you to our friends in The Hills Cricket Club for all their help in setting up the clubhouse. Especially Mr Paul Smyth and Mr Jim Garry for their help on the day. 

  

• Trocaire Cake Sale Raises €916

  Wed 20 Dec 2017

  Thanks to everyone for supporting our cake sale for Trocaire. We raised an amazing €916. All of the money has been used to purchase Trocaire gifts for developing countries. The children in 5th & 6th class voted on which gifts to buy.

   

  In the end they decided to purchase:

  - Chicks x 3 for €21

  - Solar Lamp €15

  - Emergency School Lunches €30

  - Beehives €65

  - Mother and New Born Baby Care €85

  - Water Pumps And Irrigation €100

  - Land For A Family Home €150

  - Farming Kit For A Family €200

  - Supporting Entrepreneurs €250

   

  Thanks to everyone who baked and supported, the children for selling the cakes and to Mrs Wendy Plant for her fantastic help with running the day.

  

• Christmas Storytelling

  Mon 18 Dec 2017

  Thanks to Ms Smith and her 1st & 2nd class for entertaining the rest of the school today with their Christmas stories. The children have been working on narrative writing in the first term and it was fantastic to hear their beautiful stories. 

   

  The stories had fantastic titles like:

  • The Monkey Attack
  • The Flying Snowman
  • The Reindeer Problem
  • A Miracle On Christmas Night
  • Santa's Problem
  • Santa's Visit
  • Santa and Rudolph's Day Out
  • Missing Rudolph
  • The Elf Who Saved Christmas

  

• Nursing home concerts

  Sun 17 Dec 2017
  On Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th of December the 5th & 6th class went out into the community to perform in local nursing homes. They visited Rush Nursing Home and Lusk Community Unit and entertained the residents. Our thanks to former principal Mr. Shay McGuinness for organising the visit to Rush and to principal Mr. Tyndall for organising the visit to Lusk. A huge thank you to Mrs Andrea Gallagher for her preparation of the class.

  

• Christmas Concerts on Wednesday

  Sun 17 Dec 2017

  The school Christmas concerts are on Wednesday 20th of December in The Hills Cricket Club. All parents and grandparents are invited to attend. There will also be a cake sale and refreshments sold in aid of Trocaire. 

   

  The times are:

  11:00-11:35 Junior Infants-2nd Class

  12:00-12:30 3rd & 4th class

  12:50-13:20 5th & 6th class

• Santa Visits Milverton

  Wed 13 Dec 2017
  We had a very special visitor on Friday to the school. Santa will arrived by tractor to deliver presents to all the pupils and kick off our Christmas week. Our thanks to Mr. Conor McGuinness for organizing the event and Mr. Liam Fynes for organising Santa's transport.

  

• School Walk Raises €1850!!

  Tue 12 Dec 2017
  Well done and thank you to everyone for supporting our 2017 School Walk. We have now raised a massive €1850. This will all go towards new classroom furniture for our new building.

• School Closed Tuesday 12th December

  Tue 05 Dec 2017
  Just a quick reminder for all parents and pupils that the school is closed next Tuesday 12th December. The teachers are attending in-service training in the new Primary Language curriculum.

• Drum Nature Workshops

  Tue 05 Dec 2017

  On Tuesday 5th December Neil Dowling of Drum Nature held workshops for all of the classes in the school.  All of the children learned about rhythm, tempo and got to perform on a variety of drums and percussion instruments from all over the world.  

   

  Neil is an annual visitor to the school and his workshops are always looked forward to with great excitement. 

  

• Well done to all our Marathonkids!

  Tue 05 Dec 2017

  Well done to all of the children from 3rd to 6th class who took part in the Marathonkids programme this year.  48 pupils -over half the school- participated. The final mile took place on Thursday 30th of November in Santry Stadium. 

   

  All of the children participating received a t-shirt and medal to mark their great achievement.