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Pupils fly the flag for the school

Staff

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.

 

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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!

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Christmas Shoebox Appeal

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Team Hope Shoebox  Appeal

 

3rd and 4th class have been learning about Team Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal and the children it benefits. We set ourselves the target of filling two shoeboxes as a class – one for a girl and one for a boy our own age. Anyone who could brought in an item or two for the boxes and we were delighted to find out that we had brought in enough toys, clothes, stationery, games and toiletries to fill 8 boxes! These shoeboxes will be winging their way to children in need in Africa and Eastern Europe in the coming weeks thanks to the generosity of our class.

 

Halloween Traditions with 1st and 2nd Class

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First and Second class had great fun learning about games, tales and traditions at Halloween. We played the saucer challenge; whereby choosing the plate with a rag meant one would be poor in the future, a ring showed marriage would be on the agenda, a coin meant one would have great wealth, and water meant one would travel the world. It appears the future of Herbertstown looks bright with much wealth, marriages and trips abroad!!!

 

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Halloween Hunt 2016

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Ghoulish frights awaited anyone who dared to venture outside last Friday as the pupils of Herbertstown NS went on a Halloween themed orienteering exercise on the schools grounds. The variety of costumes on show made it a great spectacle!

 

 

Halloween Art

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The school’s walls are starting to fill up with Halloween art!

 

3rd and 4th class created some spooky painted skeletons using cotton buds as paintbrushes. Some of us even decided to make X-rays of our hands!

5th & 6th created some Halloween at dusk paintings.

5th & 6th also had some fun creating some slime using cornflour, water and food colouring.

Here are some of the pumpkins on display in the junior infant classroom.

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Third & Fourth Class Herbertstown Projects

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Exploring Herbertstown

 

The 3rd and 4th class have been very busy for the past 2 weeks collecting and presenting their group work projects on Herbertstown. We found out some really interesting facts about our local area, carefully drew maps of the main street and even made some models of different parts of the village! The projects are now on display in the school corridor – feel free to have a look when passing.