Activities

Munster Olympic Handball Finals

Staff

Well done to our girls who narrowly lost the Munster Olympic Handball Final by 1 goal today in Cork.

There was an early start for the girls who left Herbertstown before 8am to travel to the Neptune Stadium in Cork City for the Munster Olympic Handball Finals. Herbertstown NS were representing Limerick having won the county final earlier this year.

In the first game, the girls defeated the Kerry champions, Castledrum Ns, 8 goals to 4.

In the second game, Herbertstown defeated the Cork champions, Shandrum NS, 9 goals to 8.

In the final group game, Herbertstown beat Tipperary champions Lisvernane NS 10 goals to 6.

This set up a semi-final where the first placed team in the group (Herbertstown) would play the 4th placed team (Castledrum). The girls played very well and edged a close game by 1 goal.

In the final, the girls met Lisvernane NS once again. The Tipperary champions got the best start they could have hoped for with 3 quick-fire goals and at half time we were trailing 5 goals to 2. Our girls showed tremendous heart and determination to score 4 second half goals but just ran out of time and ended up losing by a single goal, 7 – 6.

They were very unlucky to miss out on the title having played so well over the course of the full day and were fantastic ambassadors for their school & county.

Fairtrade Friday

Staff

Herbertstown NS held a Fairtrade Friday which encouraged children to look for products with the Fairtrade logo.

There were also Fairtrade themed activities and lessons in each classroom and pupils were asked to bring in Fairtrade products or wrappers to school if possible.

January & February in 5th/6th

Staff

5th & 6th have been busy at numerous different activities during the past couple of months, here are some examples of their work.

Olympian Comic Strips

‘How Setanta Got His Name’ Drawings

Ireland 2040 Olympics Posters

“I love…” writing activity where pupils wrote about something they loved or loved doing.

Examples of writing about the snow in January

Cúl Hero Projects

Olympian Thomas Barr Visits the School

Staff

Monday was a very memorable day for all the children in the school as we had a visit from one of Ireland’s most well known athletes, Thomas Barr.

Thomas, who finished 4th in the 400m hurdles at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and won a gold medal in the mixed 4×400 relay in Rome last year, visited the school as part of the Dare to Believe programme.

Our 5th and 6th class pupils had been working their way through the programme since before Christmas and have learned a huge amount about the Olympic games and their values.

Thomas met all the children in the school at a brief assembly and then spent the rest of the morning with 5th and 6th class telling them about his journey and answering questions. There was even time for some exercises outside which the pupils thoroughly enjoyed.

Before Thomas left, a presentation was made to him of a piece of art which the children had made over the past month to mark his visit.

Cumann na mBunscol Quiz

Staff

Well done to our quiz team who performed fantastically well at the inaugural Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Quiz.

In this new event on the Cumann na mBunscol calendar in Limerick, twenty one teams took part and heading into the final round our team were vying for first place. In the end, they had to settle for the runners-up position having won a playoff.

The boys had done a lot of preparation in the lead up to the event and their hard work was rewarded with their great result.