Some of the great artwork being produced in Junior Infants.
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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.
A busy December for 1st and 2nd Class
Groupwork: SESE project – discovering another country
Groupwork: SESE project – discovering another country
Groupwork: SESE project – discovering another country 
Groupwork: SESE project – discovering another country 
Groupwork: SESE project – discovering another country
Groupwork: SESE project – discovering another country
Christmas art
Santa comes to visit
Solving the class jigsaws
Solving the class jigsaws
Solving the class jigsaws
Solving the class jigsaws
Solving the class jigsaws
Carol Singing
Thank you to everyone who supported our pupils who were carol singing in the Crescent Shopping Centre on Friday last. The children were excellent throughout and were great ambassadors for the school.
Christmas Shows
Well done to all our pupils who put on fantastic shows, both at Monday’s matinee performance and on Tuesday evening. There were memorable performances throughout and great credit is due to the children for all their hard work in the last few weeks.
Well done to Mrs. Murphy, Ms. O’Dwyer and Ms. Davis who produced the shows and a big thank you to the Parents’ Association for their help over the two days. Thanks also to everyone who attended, provided prizes for the raffle and helped with costumes and sets.
Pupils fly the flag for the school
Our school has been represented with distinction in the past week on sporting and quiz fronts.
On Tuesday last, Ross & Jack were part of the South Limerick panel which defeated the City to qualify for the Sarsfield Cup Final. That final will be played on Tuesday November 22nd at 7.30pm in the Gaeilc Grounds.
On Thursday, luck was not on the side of the South girls team, which lost narrowly to the East. Well done to Aisling and Ailish who were part of the South panel.
Later that evening, the school entered two teams in the Marie Cormack Memorial Quiz in Glenbrohane. The two teams produced stellar performances to finish in third and fifth place respectively, with 22 teams having taken part. The third place team received a prize for finishing in the top 3. Well done to all team members!
