5th & 6th class recently completed some fantastic projects which are on display in the school’s corridors.
Category: News
Busy Times in 3rd & 4th Class
3rd and 4th have been busy on many fronts in recent times, here are two of the activities they have been working on.
Pumpkins
Last October, the class harvested seeds from the classroom Jack o’Lantern. In the last few weeks they have planted the seeds and watched them sprout into shoots and grow leaves. Today, they moved the plants into bigger pots to give them more room.
The Normans
They also continued their study of the Normans and castles through their artwork. They used a foam/glue/paint combination to create a 3D effect castle.
This followed a previous art activity where they created a Norman knight. The excitement now builds ahead of their school tour to King John’s Castle next week!
Star Awards – April
Congratulations to our Star Award winners for April!
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!
First Holy Communion Art
2nd Class put a great effort into creating lovely artwork for their First Holy Communion. Congratulations to all the pupils.
Maths Station Fun
Here are third & fourth class enjoying some practical maths activities on Friday.
Success for Senior Quiz Team
Congratulations to our senior quiz team.
The team, made up of pupils from fifth and sixth class were victorious at the Primary School Quiz in Doon on March 22nd. This follows on from their equally impressive performance at the Community Games. Well done one and all.
Latest News From the Infant Room
Junior and Senior Infants had great success with growing their Cress Heads recently!
They also had a visit from two budding entomologists from Fourth class who brought an ant farm into school to show the other pupils.
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Community Games
Herbertstown NS pupils excel at Community Games.
Congratulations to our pupils who came home with medals in the Community Games recently.
We had medal winners in solo singing, group singing, swimming and in the team quiz. Well done all!
The Wooden Horse of Troy
2nd and 3rd class were very interested in learning about the 10 year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. They were very opinionated on the actions of Menelaus and Paris! The pupils worked in groups to create illustrations of characters from the story. They also wrote letters from Helen’s point of view and shared them with their classmates.
Learn-it-Lego Primary School Robotics Competition
On Saturday the 10th of March Eva Murnane, Jack Gleeson, Ella O’ Toole and Ava O’ Connell went to Mungret College for an Analog Devices Learn-it-Lego Primary School Robotics Competition.
At 10:45 there was an advanced Robotics workshop. All the schools got their own desk, laptop and robotic making kit. Then we set to work building our robots. At first we found it quite hard to build our robot Herby. But then we realised we could just build a normal robot and add on our own features. At 12:00 we got a lovely lunch. At 12:30 we went back to the main hall to complete our robot. After that it was time for the challenge; the robots had to sumo wrestle. We programmed the robot to attack other robots and try and push them off the ring. There was 30 schools involved in the competition and our team finished in the top 12 teams. And at the end of the day each team member got a medal. All in all we had a great day.
