Happy Tuesday, fit families! Today we are going to do a special squat challenge led by Ms. Farrell. You are going to listen very carefully to the music and every time you hear the word up, you stand up and whenever you hear down, you squat and stay down. Can you keep up with Ms. Farrell? Follow along on the blog or watch on YouTube on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nTTCxsmjvo&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=JulieSinnott

Best of luck!

Welcome to day 2 of our final fittest family week. Our second challenge this week, is to balance on one leg for as long as possible with your eyes closed. Can you find your balance and hang on to defeat some more top class athletes and familiar faces. Today we are lucky to welcome Wexford hurlers Liam Ryan and Paudie Foley, Ireland international hockey players Chloe Watkins and Zoe Wilson, Waterford hurlers Stephen Bennett and Jack Fagan, racing jockey supreme David Mullins, Beat radio’s own Trishauna Archer, Wexford Youth and Ireland international Ellen Molloy, Women’s National League Player of the year Karen Duggan, Natalya Coyle Olympian in various sports and Wexford camogie star Uná Sinnott. International hockey player Zoe Wilson has also challenged you to try to some keepy-ups with your hurl or hockey stick on one leg and see how many you get. Her best was 40. So time to get in the zone, find your inner balance and freeze!

Hi everybody, todays active and fun challenge for you to take part in is Mr. Murphy’s Cha Cha Slide Plank Challenge. Can you keep up with Mr. Murphy and Ms. Crosbie and their Cha Cha or if you want why not just dance along at home and follow the instructions. You can watch it here on the blog below with an explanation of the steps and also the dance itself or follow along on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskoX3vRdaA&ab_channel=JulieSinnott

Welcome everybody to our final week of Fittest Family. So far you have done brilliantly taking part in weekly competitions but now its time to get serious. This week we will have a daily challenge each day where we will compete against some familiar faces. Today we are honoured to welcome comedian Anna Clifford, Tipperary footballer Courtney Lyons, Bohemians footballer Bronagh Kane, All Ireland winning Kilkenny camogie players Michelle Teehan and Grace Walsh, Irish Olympic swimmer Ellen Rebecca Walshe, Newstalks Aisling O’Reilly, Wexford and St Martin’s own Jack O’Connor, Dublin camogie player Ali Twomey, Irelands Fittest Families contestants The Brackens, The Doyles and The Cullens and finally singer, dancer and entertainer Jake Carter. Today we are starting with the ‘Superman Hold’. So get your capes out, lift those arms and legs and best of luck!!!

Congratulations to everyone who took part in our weekly exercise initiative again this week. It was great to see so many pupils out moving around safely in their area all with a smile on their faces. The activities are all about keeping us connected and smiling through these weeks. This week saw our families take on our team leaders and elite sport stars in a test of mental and physical strength. The tremendous effort involved was amazing to see by all who took part in it. Special mention to so many pupils this week from our own school and others. So a huge bualadh bos to everybody who took part this week. Our fittest family this week was The Kenny family who on average racked up their family front raise time of 11:32 thanks to an incredible performance from Kate Kenny. This week we are also continuing with a most creative photo category with the prizes this week going to The Mahony family for Sarah O’Mahonys farmtastic selfie. Thank you for all who took part and look out for tomorrow’s daily challenge on the blog too and throughout the week as some new sport stars and other famous faces take part in our challenges. Prizes will be announced at the end of our competitions.

Continuing on this week has seen some more of Ireland’s finest sport stars getting involved in the community spirit of Piercestown National School by taking part in this weeks challenge ‘Don’t Bottle It.’ We were honored this week to welcome West Ham and Ireland ace Leanne Kiernan, current Ireland rugby 7’s captain Lucy Mulhall, Bohemians FC and Ireland underage goalkeeper Stephen McGuinness and Dancing with the Stars Laura Nolan to take part and try outlast our Fittest Families and leaders this week. They again have set the standards extremely high this week and have definitely posed a challenge to our families. Has your family got what it takes to take on and beat the elite?

Thank you all for your super effort already in week 3 of our Fittest Family. The concentration on the pupils and parents faces have been gold so far as we tackle a new week. This week we are doing the Front Raise with a bottle of water rather 500ml or 1l. It is an exercise for the physical and mentally strong as you try to keep those arms straight out. So stretch those arms out and fill up your bottle and stand up straight and prepare to laugh at your family as they try not to bottle it. Keep your eyes out for some celebrity times still to come to compete against too on Wednesday night. All emails to bmurphy@piercestownns.com please. We are also offering an extra bonus point to all families who take a photo of themselves this week outside in the fresh air as a team.

Welcome to week 3 of our Fittest Family competition. This week we have a load of new exercises for you to try over the week along with a brand new challenge as well as some new celebrities to try and beat. This weeks extra challenge is all about getting out and taking a photo with your family outside in the fresh air. Keep those photos coming in and best of luck. Don’t forget everyone can join in the fun at any part.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in our weekly exercise initiative again this week. It was great to see so many pupils out moving around safely in their area all with a smile on their faces. The activities are all about keeping us connected and smiling through these weeks. This week saw our families take on our team leaders and elite sport stars in a wall squat contest. The tremendous effort involved was amazing to see by all who took part in it. Special mention to so many pupils this week from our own school and others. So a huge bualadh bos for Katie Stamp (1st Class), Donagh McGee (1st Class), Rory O’Connell (2nd Class), Dawn Bradley-Jugessur (5th Class), Sarah O’Mahony (6th Class), Shane Ryan (Team Ryan) and Tommy Hearne (Team Hearne) for their amazing times this week. Our fittest family this week was The O’Mahony family who on average racked up their family wall squat time of 11 minutes and 52 seconds. This week we are also introducing a most creative photo category with the prizes this week going to The Devereux family for their amazing family shot of 4 wall squats on top of each other and The Crosbie family for their dog assisted squat. Thank you for all who took part and look out for tomorrow’s new weekly challenge on the blog too and throughout the week as some new sport stars take part in our challenges. Prizes will be announced at the end of our competitions.

Continuing on this week has seen some more of Wexford’s finest sport stars getting involved in the community spirit of Piercestown National School by taking part in this weeks challenge The Wall Squat. We were honored this week to welcome our Wexford hurling captain Lee Chin, Wexford hurler and our schools GPO Seamus Casey, Wexford camogie player Emma Walsh and finally Irish 400m sprinter Sophie Becker to take part and try outlast our Fittest Families and leaders this week. They again have set the standards extremely high this week and have definitely posed a challenge to our families. Has your family got what it takes to take on and beat the elite?