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INTO Handwriting Competition

13th February 201713th February 2017 Staff

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

Senior Infants & 1st Class experiment with mixing colours.

8th February 20174th May 2017 Staff

In this experiment using a “Paper Towel Bridge” the children investigated how water can ‘creep up’ along some materials. This was achieved by using water, food colouring and tissue paper.

The last of the Winter activities: 1st and 2nd Class

5th February 20175th February 2017 Staff

January may be quiet for some but not for 1st and 2nd class. What a busy end to the Winter season.

PE Stations: 1st and 2nd Class

Dylan entertains us with an original tune. Well done 🙂

Making invitations for Grandparents Day

Rachel shares her great achievement with us. A new green belt. Well done 🙂PE Stations: 1st and 2nd Class

PE Stations: 1st and 2nd Class

Grandparents Day invitations

Making Maths come to life: Measures

Grandparents Day invitations

Limerick’s Heritage – Art Competition

3rd February 201713th February 2017 Staff

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!

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Credit Union Quiz

31st January 201713th February 2017 Staff

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!

Water Forum Day

24th January 20175th February 2017 Staff 1 Comment

A fun and fact filled day was had by Mrs Murphy and representatives of the Green Schools committee at a water forum day held in Adare.

Well done to staff and pupils of Herbertstown NS on the great work being done in an effort to save water and work towards achieving another green flag for saving water.

Front row: Mrs Murphy and three representatives of the Green Schools Comittee

RDS Primary Science Fair

21st January 201721st January 2017 Staff

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.