Activities

Anthony Baggott Cup 2018

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The annual festival of hurling which culminates with the presentation of the Anthony Baggott Cup took place today in Herbertstown.

 

The host school were joined by neighbours Hospital NS, Knockainey NS and Caherline NS in a round robin where each school played each other. Following these close fought games, Caherline NS and Knockainey NS advanced to the final.

 

A parade led by Kathleen Fitzgerald, a piper from the Liam Lynch Memorial Pipe Band, took place before the final. Caherline, who were crowned East champions 24 hours previous, showed their class to beat the South Champions Knockainey.

Following the final, Eileen Baggott presented the Anthony Baggott Memorial Cup to the Caherline captain. Prizes were also presented by Herbertstown NS principal Carmel Heelan to the players adjudged to be Rising Stars from each panel. Congratulations to Caherline NS who are now champions for 2 years in a row.

Butterflies Take Flight

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Mrs Murphy’s class watched the life cycle of butterflies in recent weeks and released their Painted Ladies on Monday.

Caterpillars forming their chrysalis!

Caterpillars in their chrysalis!

The butterflies have emerged into their garden!

The butterflies have emerged into their garden!

Butterfly about to take off!

A new home on the flowers!

Star Awards – May

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Congratulations to our Star Award winners for May! One pupil from each classroom was selected by their class teacher and the award winners were presented with certificates at today’s assembly. They were also given a night off homework for their efforts!

Fifth/Sixth Class School Tour

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Our School Tour

We figured out we were going to the Eclipse Adventure Centre in Kenmare when we came back from our Easter holidays. We were all very excited when we figured out where we were going. Mrs Heelan showed us the website and we all got more excited than we originally were. We were told what to bring the Monday before the day of the school tour. I got prepared the day before the school tour. The morning of the school tour I woke up at 6:45. The bus left the school around 7:45. We had to stop a few times as the boot of  the bus kept on opening . It was a long journey but it was worth it. When we got there , there were two people to greet us their names were Sonny and Gerry. They showed us where to keep our bags while they got the owner Athos. When we met Athos he was very enthusiastic. He split us into two groups for the orienteering. I was on the winning team and I was the compass holder. After that we did some team challenges. My team was Colm, Liam B, Liam G, Nathan, David, Stephen, Micheal, Declan and me. I think our best challenge was the tyre pull. I was the best at hanging tough in my group. I liked the challenges but I preferred the bog run and kayaking. We had a 30 minute food break around one o’clock. In the afternoon we did the bog run it was hard but everyone loved it. Then we did the assault course to get the mud of us as there was a water part. After this we went kayaking in the big lake. I think I spent as much time in the water as on the kayak. In the end we jumped off the pier and got into new clothes. Just before we left we all got an ice-cream .I loved this school tour.

Written by

Tadhg O’Connell

 

Athletics & Hurling in the Sun

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Herbertstown NS participated in two events today in beautiful May sunshine.

 

Over 40 pupils travelled to Ennis to take part in the Limerick Primary school athletics while our school’s hurlers competed in the South Cumann na mBunscol hurling blitz in Martinstown.