There will be a clothing recycling drive in aid of the Piercestown School on Monday April 25th in the Scout and Guide Hall. Please drop off items on Sunday between 10 30-11 30 a.m. and Monday before 10 30 a.m. Please donate all your unwanted re-usable clothes also bed linen, towels, curtains, shoes, bags, belts and soft toys.

Laptops (must be intact with lead) also mobile phones (under 4 years old) are accepted but please keep separate. No household bric a brac. Thank you for taking the time and effort to support our fundraising drive.

16,789.20 euro is the final figure for the Thousandaire fundraiser which was held on March 4th. This is a fantastic achievement for the committee and thank you so much for all the hard work. Thank you also to everyone who supported the event.  It was such an enjoyable night. Well done Matty, Mary, Siobhan, Michelle, Mick, Dick, Donal and John who braved the hot seat and were nicely rewarded. The money raised will be well spent over the next few months on the school. Recently the Parents Association spent 2744.69 euro on a set of graded readers. At the moment senior infants are making great use of these in their Literacy Lift Off program. The 600 books in this set will be used over and over again in the years to come. A terrific resource to have in the school.

Parents and pupils are invited to the opening of our annual Art Exhibition on Thursday, April 21st. Local artist Helen Gaynor will open the exhibition at 7 pm. Refreshments will be served by the Parents  Association. The exhibition will run until Friday April 29th. So please call in and enjoy all the wonderful art.

• Art Exhibition , Thursday April 21st at 7 pm
• School closed for  1 week  midterm, 2nd – 6th May
• Blue Flag  ( 6th class ), Wednesday May 11th at 1 30 pm
• Communion Saturday May 14th at 11 am
• Standardised Testing Tuesday May 17th and Thursday May 19th
• Confirmation Thursday May 26th at 11 am
• Active Week June 7th -10th
• Sports Day Friday June 10th
• 6th class graduation Tuesday June 28th at 2 pm
• Summer Holidays Thursday June 30th at noon

Congratulations to Harry in 6th class who won the Eason’s spelling Bee competition here in school before Easter. He then went on to represent the school in Gorey and won and is now the County Champion! Well done Harry and very best of luck in the next round.

A big welcome back to everyone after the lovely long Easter holidays. To start the term on a positive note, we have Mindful Monday today. This gives families an opportunity to do an activity or share a meal  together. The nice bright evenings might be suitable for a walk or cycle together. Enjoy!

Community Games Rounders training will take place this Friday, March 18th 2016 at 10 a.m. for girls and 11 a.m. for boys in Murrintown National School.Training will continue over the Easter holidays, dates and times to be confirmed. Please bring one euro per player per training session.

Mini 7 s training will take place on Tuesday March 29th at 11 a.m. for girls and 12 noon for boys at the St Martin’s GAA pitch.

School will close at 3 p.m. today March 16th for Easter holidays. Wishing everyone a very happy Easter. School will re open at 9 20 a.m. on April 4th 2016.

Schools all over the country will raise the Tricolour on Tuesday March 15th at 12 noon.We would like to invite you to join us on this special occasion. Please come along 10 minutes before noon. Let’s hope for a fine day.

World Book Day is on Thursday March 3rd 2016. Celebrate this day by dressing up as a character from a favourite book.Each pupil will receive a world book day token worth 1.50. Celtic Travelling Books –  Book Fair will arrive in school on Thursday March 3rd. Pupils can purchase books every morning at 9 20. The book fair will also be open on Tuesday evening March 8th from 6 to 8 p.m. World book day tokens can be used when buying books at the book fair. This is a great opportunity to stock up on suitable books for your child.