During February, Senior Infants and 1st class visited Pat and Elaine Barry’s farm to see the new calves. The children really enjoyed the visit. The future of dairy farming in Herbertstown is safe!
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Snow Day
Junior Infants enjoying the snow!
UL Sport Kids Run for Fun
The Great Limerick Run and the UL Sport Kids Run for Fun are seventy days away. Last year over forty of our pupils took part in the UL Sport Kids Run for Fun. This was a great success for the school in a year where we were renewing our Active School Flag status. The children who took part received a special race t-shirt and a finishers medal. There was also a good number of parents, family members and staff who took part in the Great Limerick Run.
In 2017 we hope to build on last year’s success as we encourage pupils and the school community to get active and take part in an event over the May Bank holiday weekend. For every pupil who signs up for the UL Sport Kids run, the school receives €5. In 2016, this generated over €200 for the school which was used to help purchase a new set of jerseys for the school’s teams. Any monies received from participation in the 2017 event will be used to support sport and physical education in the school.
To help prepare pupils for the event, the school is going to receive 6 weeks of support from Limerick Sports Partnership. They will provide coaching once a week beginning on February 27th. This will help any person who wishes to part to gain fitness and confidence ahead of the fun event.
Here is some important information on the UL Sport Kids Run:
The UL Sport Children’s Run for Fun at the Barringtons Hospital Great Limerick Run 2017 will take place on Saturday the 29th of April. This fun event is sponsored by UL Sport and is organised by Barringtons Hospital Great Limerick Run in conjunction with Limerick Sports Partnership and the HSE.
This year four waves will take place at the University of Limerick, details listed below. There is a limit of 1000 children for each wave.
3:00pm – Junior & Senior Infants – 1KM route
3:45pm – First & Second Class – 1.5 KM route
4:30pm – Third & Fourth Class – 2 km route
5:00pm – Fifth & Sixth Class – 2.5 km route
All of the runs are off road, starting at the GAA pitch beside the running track and finishing on the running track. Mums/dads/minders are welcome to join their children for the first two runs.
The cost of entry is €15 per child. €5 of each entry fee will be donated to the participant’s primary school. It is important that during registration the child’s primary school name is entered into the registration form, in order for the primary school to receive their donation.
To register, visit: www.greatlimerickrun.com/limerick-kids-run/
Jerseys bought using proceeds generated from pupil participation in the UL Sport Kids Run for Fun in 2016.
Community Games Art Competition
Congratulations to our pupils who won prizes in the recent Community Games Art Competition.
U8 Girls: Lucy Higgins (senior infants)
U8 Boys: Ciarán O’Connor (1st class)
U10 Girls: Ericka O’Donoghue (3rd class)
U10 Boys: Eoin Gleeson (2nd class)
Junior Infant Art
Some of the great artwork being produced in Junior Infants.
INTO Handwriting Competition
Our pupils were afforded an opportunity to showcase their fine handwriting recently when taking part in the annual INTO Handwriting competition sponsored by An Post.
The work of the following pupils was selected to go forward to the regional competition:
Junior Infants: Leon Murphy
Senior Infants: Lucy Higgins
1st Class: Molly Gleesson
1st class: Darragh O’Sullivan
2nd Class: Ciara O’Connell
3rd Class: Meabh Connaughton
4th Class: Tadhg O’Connell
5th Class: Sophie Mullins
6th Class: Caoimhe Lyons
Limerick’s Heritage – Art Competition
Well done to Aisling Farrell and Nathan Conway Lane who have achieved success in the Limerick’s Heritage Art Competition. The competition was judged by representatives of Limerick City and County Council and Limerick Education Centre.
Aisling’s picture of King John’s Castle came second in the ‘Built Heritage’ category and Nathan’s picture of Lough Gur came third in the ‘Natural Heritage’ category. It was heartening to see the artistic talent of these pupils being recognised.
Well done!
Credit Union Quiz
Herbertstown NS sent three teams to compete in the annual Credit Union Quiz in the Millennium Centre in Caherconlish on Monday January 30th.
Two teams represented the school in the u13 category and gave excellent accounts of themselves.
Our u11 team were just pipped out on first place in their competition when they recorded a very impressive score to finish second.
Well done to everyone who took part!
RDS Primary Science Fair
Our fifth class pupils exhibited their project at the RDS Primary Science Fair in Mary Immaculate College today. The investigation, entitled ‘Which Tea Bag is best – Circular, square or pyramidal?’ was very well received by attendees of the fair. The children have been working on the project since before Christmas and were great ambassadors for the school in the exhibition centre today as they expertly fielded questions about their study. Below is the feedback they received from their judge Paul Collins:
“I loved the chosen question and how close to a lot of people’s hearts it is. It was amazing how many people were interested in the results before I got to chat to the children at the stand so the initial discovery of the question is great. The answers to my questions were treated with very clear and concise responses. The charts were laid out well and organised. Getting the local community involved was an excellent approach of getting information and providing free tea in the process. A great use of methods and visual presentations -charts/videos and weighing the product – the weight stood out to me in the comparisons of brewing times. All I say say is keep up the great work and the use of your inventive methods. Well done.”
The children were able to view some of the other projects on display and spent some time observing scientific demonstrations and experiments. They were presented with an award for their hard work on the project shortly before the end of the Fair.
If you want to find out more about the results of the project, please call into the school where it will be on display in the coming months.
Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Patrick O’Donovan, viewing the project.
Broadcaster George Hook, a big Barry’s Tea fan, asks questions of our pupils.
Santa visits Herbertstown NS
Santa took a break from his very busy schedule in the North Pole to come and meet the pupils of Herbertstown NS.
