Rugby coaching sessions have started in the school.
We are very lucky to have Danny Keogh from Bruff RFC/Munster Rugby coming to the school over the next few weeks to promote the game.
Category: News
Busy Start to 2023 in Third Class
Mrs Murphy’s third class have been very busy since they returned to school. Here are some photos of some of their activities:
Art
Human Knot – Drama team building game
Boat Making – Investigating Sinking/Floating
Christmas Art
Some fabulous pieces of art are helping to add to the festive atmosphere around the school!
School Shows 2022
Well done to everyone involved in the excellent shows which were performed by Junior & Senior Infants, 1st & 2nd class and 3rd class on Tuesday.
Junior and senior infants performed The Sleepy Shepherd, 1st & 2nd class performed Stable Manners and 3rd class performed A Very Mixed Up Christmas. Congratulations to all the boys and girls, all their hard work over the past couple of months was clear to see for everyone who attended the shows.
Sincere thanks to all the parents, guardians and extended school community who supported the production of the shows and helped with the raffle.
Thank you also to the school staff who worked hard on the preparations and in the production of all elements of the matinee and evening shows.
Primary Schools Handball 2022
Sixth pupils from Herbertstown NS competed today in the South Limerick Primary Schools Handball blitz in Hospital.
Each of the sixth players did very well in what was their first game of handball outside of PE lessons in school. Three of the players were medal winners as the school collected a silver medal in the Roinn B girls division and bronze and silver medals in the Roinn B boys division.
All sixth were excellent representatives for the school at the event.
Raffle open to everyone for top prize of 32” LED SMART TV
Preparations for the upcoming shows by junior & senior infants, 1st & 2nd class and third class are in full swing with a less than a week to go before their performances!
An added element of excitement is that the traditional raffle on the night of the shows will include a top prize of a 32” LED SMART TV, which has been kindly donated by Finucanes Electrical (Limerick).
Raffle tickets will be available to purchase at both the matinee and the evening show on Tuesday next (13th Dec). In light of this special top prize, if any parents/guardians are not attending the shows, but would like to enter the raffle, they can do so by purchasing tickets through Aladdin ePayments up until Monday.
All tickets purchased (e.g. online tickets, matinee tickets and evening show tickets) will be entered into the draw for the tv.
Larkin Shield
Congratulations to Herbertstown NS’s four girls who helped the South win the Larkin Shield today in Rathkeale.
Before today, we had four previous winners of this competition so to have four more in one day is fantastic.
A great achievement by the girls and the South team who needed to win two close games to claim the title, well done!
Sarsfield Cup
Well done to our representatives on the South Limerick team who played the City on Tuesday in Rathkeale in the semi-final of the Sarsfield Cup.
It was great to have two players involved and we also had two teachers coaching the team – Mr. Franklin and Mr. English.
Science Week – Rang a Sé
Sixth class learned how to make electrical circuits during science week and also learned how to draw the symbols for each component on a circuit – eg motor, battery, switch, buzzer.
Science Week – 1st & 2nd Class
Making Bubbles
Challenges included:
- Make the biggest bubble you can make.
- How many bubbles within a bubble can you make?
- Can you pick up a bubble?
- Can you put something in your bubble without it popping?
The children learned that you can pick up a bubble if their hands are wet but if their hands are dry, then it will pop! – Mr Franklin
