First & Second Class were busy preparing entries for the GAA’s Seachtain na Gaeilge competition where they had to create a poster about their GAA hero.
A broad range of heroes could be seen from Limerick players, club coaches and even Marty Morrissey!
The usual Christmas artwork of December has been joined by a sea of green ahead of the All Ireland hurling final next Sunday.
James will be with us on Fridays right into December and he is making great use of our new astro-turf facility to deliver the sessions.
It was a proud night for HNS on Friday 6th March in Thurles with the school winning 1st prize for ‘Promotion Of Gaelic Games and Culture’ and 3rd place in ‘Small School of the Year’ in the Cumann na mBunscol awards ceremony sponsored by Cornmarket. Trophies were presented on the night with a total cash prize of €1000 also awarded to the school. Well done the the boys and girls for their participation and input into the winning entries, parents for always supporting games in the school and the staff for their hard work and commitment.
The ‘Promotion of Gaelic Games & Culture’ Award was based on videos produced by schools and the HNS video can be viewed here:
Herbertstown NS is shortlisted in Category 4, Promotion of Gaelic Games and Culture and category 6, Small School of the Year.
The entry in category 4 was in the form of a video and the category 6 entry was in book format.
Well done to all the pupils and staff in the school for all their hard work on the projects and their continuing support of Gaelic Games. The winners will be announced at a banquet in Thurles on Friday March 6th.
The boys lost to a strong Hospital NS side in the opening game but followed this with a draw against Bruree NS and wins against Ballylanders NS and Athlacca NS. Well done boys.
Attention now turns to the camogie which takes place next Tuesday.
Over 40 players in total were present at the event and there were some excellent games played on the ‘One Wall’ courts in Hospital.
We had 2 pupils taking part for the first time, 1 playing in his second blitz for the school and 3 players playing in their third blitz.
2 Herbertstown N.S. pupils met in the U13 B decider and provided a top class game for those who were watching on. Another one of our boys finished runner up in the U11 A competiton.
Well done to all our pupils who once again represented our school with distinction.
