Last remaining Thousandaire tickets available from committee members in the school foyer morning and afternoon.  We urge you to support this event for our school, either play from home (someone will play for you on your ticket)  or come and join us for a fantastic night out!!!

Primary Chess Competition in Brandon House Hotel on Saturday March 5th. All age groups and abilities catered for. Individual and age group prizes. Registration at 10 a.m. 10 euro entry.

First training session this Friday, February 19th at Murrintown National School at 10 a.m. for girls and 11 a.m. for boys. If you are interested please come along!

Fiona Griffin and Pamela Brennan

School will be closed on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th of February for midterm.

Setanta book Club order forms have been distributed to all pupils. Great value for all age groups. Order form and money in an envelope please by Monday February 15th.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

George Eliot

Mindful Mondays will take place on the first Monday of each month starting next Monday the 1st of February. This will be a NO HOMEWORK night and will give you an opportunity instead, to engage in relaxing and mindful activities with your children.

Here are some suggestions for activities you and your child/children could do together.

Play a game, make a jigsaw, bake together, sit down and have a chat about the day, eat your evening meal together, look at photographs, go for a walk/cycle, read a story together or any activity that can be done easily and allows you to spend a little quality time with your child/children.

Lets hope you have an enjoyable evening together.

Grandparents day is on Wednesday February 3rd.

Grandparents and grandchildren, together they create a chain of love, linking the past with the future. The chain may lengthen but it will never part.

( Author Unknown)

97 young chess players turned up at Brandon House Hotel last Saturday for the Primary School Chess competition. 25 pupils from Piercestown School participated. We won Bronze u/8, u/9 ,u/11, and u/13. Silver u/8 and Gold u/10 and u/13. We came third in the individual and second in team competition. So a great day had by all.