Herbertstown NS was well represented at the UL Sport Kids Run for Fun on Saturday in Limerick.
Congratulations to all our pupils on their great performances in the races!
Activities
Neville Cup 2018
Well done to our representatives on the South Neville Cup panel who lost narrowly in the final on Thursday last.
South Limerick Win Mackey Cup
South Limerick claimed the Mackey Cup for a third year in a row on Tuesday afternoon in the Gaelic Grounds.
Special congratulations to Declan and the team on this fantastic achievement.
After School Training
After school hurling continues on Thursday afternoons.
Local club hurler Michael Whelan was on hand yesterday to assist in after school hurling training and as a result 30 pupils where hurling on a nice spring afternoon.
A welcome visitor to the training session was the County Under 21 Cup which Michael won with Hospital/Herbertstown on the previous Saturday night.
Maths Station Fun
Here are third & fourth class enjoying some practical maths activities on Friday.
Success for Senior Quiz Team
Congratulations to our senior quiz team.
The team, made up of pupils from fifth and sixth class were victorious at the Primary School Quiz in Doon on March 22nd. This follows on from their equally impressive performance at the Community Games. Well done one and all.
Latest News From the Infant Room
Junior and Senior Infants had great success with growing their Cress Heads recently!
They also had a visit from two budding entomologists from Fourth class who brought an ant farm into school to show the other pupils.
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Community Games
Herbertstown NS pupils excel at Community Games.
Congratulations to our pupils who came home with medals in the Community Games recently.
We had medal winners in solo singing, group singing, swimming and in the team quiz. Well done all!
Indoor Hurling
Herbertstown NS participate in South Indoor Hurling Finals.
Our boys team from 4th class competed in the finals of the South Cumann na mBunscol Indoor Hurling competition today in Martinstown. The boys lost out in keenly contested games against Kilmallock, Kilbehenny and Martinstown. It was a great experience for all involved.
The Wooden Horse of Troy
2nd and 3rd class were very interested in learning about the 10 year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. They were very opinionated on the actions of Menelaus and Paris! The pupils worked in groups to create illustrations of characters from the story. They also wrote letters from Helen’s point of view and shared them with their classmates.
