Category: Activities
Check out what’s happening at Herbertstown N.S.
Herbertstown NS Pupil Designs Her own School Jersey
Congratulations on your amazing prize winning design!
Pedal to the Peak Pitch
There will be great activity at the school this week as the contractors will arrive on site on Wednesday 5th August to install an All Weather Pitch. This is the result of the fundraising efforts of the Pedal to the Peak crew, committe and whole school community in addition to the generous donation from Thomas McCarthy, cash prizes from Cumann na mBunscol awards and general fundraising efforts such as Carol singing, Christmas shows etc.
The pitch will be 17m x 28m enclosed with fencing and also ball stop netting. It will be located at the back of the school along the boundary fence, mostly on the grass but extending onto the basketball court. The location was determined by the underground percolation system which runs the length of the grass area from the front wall to the back fence along by the evergreen trees. We had to avoid building on these pipes and so located the pitch in the best spot according to site limitations, allowing for the proposed extension also.
The pitch will be completed in time for our return to school and will be a huge boost to us all as we return to school after the extended closure and facing into a new normal. It will be a huge asset to all as regards break times, PE lessons and training.
Congratulations and thank you to everyone for raising the money to make this possible and for your patience while the plan was formulated and the obstacles overcome.
We hope all the boys and girls will get many days of enjoyment and pleasure from the ‘Pedal to the Peak Pitch’.
1st/2nd Class – Creative Writing
The future looks bright for 1st/2nd Class. Some wonderful answers to our creative writing challenge – If I were famous for a day.
Virtual Sports Day 2020
Well done to everyone that got involved in our virtual sports day!
Have a look at what some of our pupils,their families & staff got up to during the day.
Anthony Baggott Cup
The Anthony Baggott Cup should be on today,
but due to Covid 19 and social distance, we need to stay away.
No games, no cheer, no clash of the ash,
But in 2021, we will be back.
Today we will mark the occasion at home and remember
the memories we hold dear.
A secret glint in our eye knowing the Cup is in Herbertstown for another year.
We will be back but for today we remember with a smile
the year of 2020 when the tournament had to be paused for a while.
Christian – 5th Class
Pupils create artwork to mark, what would have been, the Anthony Baggott Cup 2020.
At this stage in June, we would usually be preparing for what is one of the biggest days in the school year, the staging of the Anthony Baggott Cup in Herbertstown. Unfortunately, like many other school events, it will not take place this year.
Normally, we would ask pupils to contribute artwork for the programme which is distributed on the day. This was one element which could continue.
Our pupils were invited to submit artwork for posting on the school website and they rose to the challenge – check out the gallery below to see some fantastic work!
4th/5th Create A-Z History Posters
The pupils in Mr Fitzgerald’s class made some excellent posters at home last week which gave an A-Z guide on an important person/topic in history.
Here is a sample of the work produced:
4th/5th Study the Industrial Revolution
4th/5th class have been working hard at home in many subjects and this past week saw attention turn to the Industrial Revolution.
One particular area of focus here was the growth of the city of Belfast thanks in so small part to the ship building industry there.
Please see the gallery below for some posters designed by 4th/5th class advertising work in the Harland and Wolff Shipyard.
1st/2nd Class Wow Ms Davis
There is wonderful creativity in Ms Davis’ 1st and 2nd Class classroom. In addition to doing their homework every day the children have been playing sport, making science experiments, art & craft projects, baking, cooking, drawing and much much more. They were working on their ‘art construction project’ when schools closed and so many also completed it at home.
“Well done each and every child in 1st and 2nd Class. You should be so proud of your efforts and achievements. I am blown away by your talents” – Ms Davis
5th/6th Have Their Say
SCHOOLS STAYING SHUT—IS THIS THE RIGHT CALL?
I strongly believe that the schools should be closed for the safety of pupils and staff. As children tend to interact with each other it would be almost impossible to keep the children away from each other, mainly the younger ones.
The Coronavirus or Covid-19 is having a strong effect on the schools. The schools have been closed since the 13 th March 2020. As this is an international crisis, and spreads quickly, the schools should stay closed until numbers start dropping.
For these reasons, the interaction between children and staff and all being in the same room, schools should NOT open again until it is certain that the people are safe and the Coronavirus pandemic is over.
Therefore I think that this is the right call for the schools.
Ericka
I strongly agree that schools should be closed during Covid-19. Scientists and numbers from around the world have already proven that the Coronavirus spreads rapidly and is a killer.
Today over 228,000 have been killed and there are 3.000.000 cases worldwide. The virus can spread from person to person through coughing, sneezing, runny noses and by not being responsible and using a tissue. In my experience in the classroom us kids sneeze and cough a lot. Although we wash our hands after, the virus may have already spread. Also there are a lot of kids in a small place at school.
Family members may have the virus and may spread it to their kids who may bring it into school. Kids parents who work in the healthcare sector may be at high risk.
Schools have different class sizes, some have large numbers of kids in small classrooms. Some schools also have very narrow corridors. The 2m social distance rule would be impossible, putting schools at higher risk.
I hope everybody stays safe during Covid 19 and remember to keep your distance.
Aoibhinn
School should stay closed because more and more people are still getting the virus and it is unsafe to go back. By going out of your house to go to school you are putting more vulnerable people at risk.
The restrictions are there and are very reasonable. Homeschooling is going on now and is just as simple as going to school. You are basically doing the same subjects you would usually do at school.
For people’s health and safety schools should definitely stay shut.
Holly
The schools should stay shut since there are not many weeks left anyway. I believe I am doing better at schoolwork from home rather than school. I can do it early rather than late and I have the day to fix tractors, play hurling and lots more.
The Coronavirus is spreading still. If I was in charge no one other than essential services should be out. There should be an extension this Tuesday and it should be a two month extension.
Everyone surely has projects they put off that could keep them occupied.
Micheál