This year’s Annual Art Exhibition, which was featured in the local newspaper,  was officially opened on Wednesday 3^rd April. There was great excitement in the run up to this event as each and every pupil saw their artwork put on display for all to admire. As usual, there was huge variety with pieces from every strand of the Visual Arts curriculum – painting, drawing, construction, clay and printing. 3^rd class had their 3D lighthouses on display with real working light bulbs – an integration of art, science (electricity) and geography, while 2^nd class had made musical instruments, integrating art, science (sound) and music!

The Art Exhibition was officially opened by local artist, musician and poet, Helen Gaynor. Helen was astounded by the standard of art on display and talked at length about many of the pieces she had seen. Each child mentioned was delighted to hear their artwork praised. Helen spoke also about the importance of having an idea and going on to develop that idea, bringing it to life using a selected medium. She was delighted to see the children’s creativity being encouraged. There was a lovely atmosphere and everybody enjoyed the evening.

Many thanks to the Piercestown Parents’ Association who were on hand on the night to provide refreshments for everybody.

Today saw the first ‘Easter Eggstravaganza’ take place at Piercestown National School. This was created, organised and ran by our amazing Piercestown Parents’ Association. The children had an ‘eggstra eggsciting time’ with a range of activities for all age groups. Check out the photos to see what fun was had. Huge thanks to all of the volunteers this morning who made this event possible. Happy Easter everyone!

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2019 will see Piercestown Parents’ Association host the first ever ‘Easter EGGstravagaza’. This will take place this coming Friday in the school PE hall from 9.30am -12pm. School will then close for Easter holidays with everyone in Easter spirits!!!!!

Each class will be allocated a time slot in the hall. There is a €2 entry fee and after that all activities, treats, fun and games are FREE, yes you have read this right ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!! The class will be accompanied to the hall by their class teacher.

There will be a variety of activities for different class levels ranging from Easter egg decorations, Easter bonnet decorations,  tombola tickets to win chocolate and drinks, Egg hunts (weather permitting), toss the bean bag and much much more!

Many thanks to the Parents’ Association for organising this seasonal event! We can’t wait for that EGGstra special holiday feeling it will bring!

This year, for fun we are tried to incorporate the home, environment and technology through a new competition called ‘Comórtas Selfie’. This saw our pupils take the ‘selfie challenge ‘ by taking a selfie  with some Gaeilge and sending it into a dedicated email address. While out and about the idea was to keep your eyes peeled for some signs ‘as Gaeilge’ and take a photo. They were then put on display on the ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge’ noticeboard.

We have included just a small selection in our slideshow for you to view.  Remember, there is more Gaeilge in the environment that we probably are even aware of.

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April is Autism Awareness month and 4th class in Piercestown N.S. kicked off the month, with their special message to mark ‘World Autism Day’. Check it out.

Friday 15^th March was host to a prize giving event in Piercestown N.S. There were PRIZES GALORE as the read-a-thon, SNAG 2019 and the in-school chess tournament were all acknowledged. The people who read the most in each class each received a book voucher. There was also a selection of prizes for winners of the table quiz and various different competitions throughout Book Fair Week. SNAG 2019 saw prizes being awarded for ‘Gaeilgóir na Seachtaine’ from each class, as well as prizes for competitions and for winners of the Gadaí Gaelach and Comórtas Selfie. Finally, after more than 450 games of chess had been played, the chess winners received medals for their success in the in-school chess competition. Well done all round!!!

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March 26th was a very special day for Ms. Walsh, Ms. Taylor, Lena and the Junior Infant’s of Piercestown N.S. as we celebrated World Purple Day 2019.

Purple day is celebrated all over the world every year. Purple Day is an international effort dedicated to increasing the awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Ms. Walsh, Ms. Taylor, Lena and all of the boys and girls in Junior Infants wore purple on Wednesday to show their support – in fact, many of our staff members were spotted wearing purple for the day too!!

The Junior Infants had a great day in their purple outfits, blowing purple bubbles and even had tasty purple treats. We were busy exploring our new Tranquility Garden, testing out the new wobble bridge and spinning seat. Great fun was had by all raising awareness for an important cause – why not check out our video and see for yourselves!

This year’s Grand Opening of our Annual Art Exhibition will take place on Wednesday 3rd April at 7 pm. Tea and coffee will be provided by the Parents’ Association on the night. Why not come along and see the beautiful artwork by the children in our school!

Rang a dó were rocking their odd socks today to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day 2019. This year’s motto is”Leave no one behind”. Check out the video to see what they got up to!