2021 January letter from Mr.Fells

Please find attached letter from HSE with Covid -19 advice:

Milltown Nagle Rice School Case – Parent Letter 

Christmas 2020

After this difficult year 2020 the Children and Staff have put together a beautiful video to show all those at home what we have been able to achieve by working together. We wish to thank all the parents and families for their fantastic support which has enabled us to keep our school open and be a happy and safe place since last September. We want to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and every blessing for the New Year.

Don’t forget to look up our ‘December’ News section for all the activities which took place in our school

Congratulations! Daily Mile Flag hoisting!

We are delighted to announce that Athletics Team Ireland have awarded us a special school flag to reward our commitment to the Daily Mile!
Representatives from the classes joined us Friday in hoisting the flag for the first time.
Well done to our pupils and staff for keeping active in all weather conditions! They are a credit to our school!

Congratulations to all our ‘Cara Credit Union’ Art Competition Winners. Great effort put in by all pupils who took part and well done to our worthy winners.

The Twelve Days of Christmas.

This year we are making an extra special effort so the children can enjoy all the excitement and build up to Christmas

Day 1- Wear it Red

Day 2-Christmas Zumba

Thanks To Margaret Mary for all her effort, enthusiasm, energy and Festive Fun.

Day 3-Hot Chocolate Day

Thank you to Oliver O’Sullivan and Foley’s Spar shop, Milltown for helping make our ‘Hot Chocolate Day’ such a ‘steaming’ success. Thanks to all the staff for their effort.

Day 4 Christmas Quiz

Day four proved a great success with classes taking part in a socially distanced quiz using our school ‘Microsoft Teams’. There was stiff competition between all the classes and some fabulous prizes for the winners in each class. Many thanks to all the teachers but especially to Ms. Verona Heffernan, Mrs. Margaret Greene and Ms. Maria Daly who did an exceptional job hosting the quizzes.

Day 5-Jolly Mile/ Santa Walk

Making Fantastic use out of our All-Weather Pitch today where all pupils enjoyed running, jogging and walking the ‘Jolly Mile’. Well done

Day 6 Design a Christmas Jumper

Christmas Creativity at its best today with patterns, colours, tinsel, glitter and sequins in great demand. Well done to all!

Day 7 Christmas Bingo

We had Our school ‘teams’ for some classes while other teachers used the more traditional option for their classroom Christmas Bingo. Great focus, concentration and competition to see who got to shout ‘BINGO’ first. Well done to all.

Day 8- Winter Olympics

The Weather fitted in well with today’s theme. Great fun on our all weather pitch for our Winter Olympic Sports.

Day 9- Christmas Pantomime

We were thrilled to be able to have an exciting day filled with music, song, dance and fun. The Helix Panto online of ‘The Sword in the Stone’ went down a treat. A fantastic production. Thanks to Miss Bennett for all the organising.

Day 10-Christmas Art Day

Day 11-Christmas Movie Day

Day 12- Happy Holidays!!

“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”

All around the school there is that festive feeling! Here are some of the spectacular displays helping to add to the excitement of the season

More great work from Mrs. O’Sullivan’s third class on their ‘Under the sea’ dioramas. Well done to all the boys and girls. Your effort, creativity and final results were outstanding. Congratulations.

Third Class Construction

During this month the children of third class created magnificent ‘Dioramas’ of an Underwater Scene. Congratulations to all the boys and girls on their fantastic creativity and hard work.  Well Done!