Calling all parents of children who are starting school in September 2019!

Come along to our Open Night and find out what Piercestown National School has to offer you and your child!!!

• Input on the night from Principal, staff members and the pupils themselves.
• Take a tour of the school and get a feel for the place.
• Find out about our NEW Sensory Room and Outdoor Sensory Play Space.
• On-site childcare facilities before and after school with Sunny Days Breakfast and Homework Club.

We look forward to meeting you on the night!

Piercestown N.S. would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year! School re-opens on Monday 7th January and we look forward to another successful year of teaching and learning in our school.

Sunny Days breakfast club and after school care would also like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Places are now available for 2019. For further information phone or text Debbie on 089 227 7151.

The Children’s Church Valda Choir are performing tonight, Wednesday 19th December from 7 pm to 8 pm in St. Martin’s Church. All proceeds go to St. Vincent de Paul. Please come along to enjoy the music and support this worthwhile charity event!

The Junior Infant prayer service, led by Fr O’Reilly, took place on Wednesday 14^th November. Parents were invited in to share the celebration which was organised by Ms. Gráinne Taylor, class teacher with help from Lena Foley, SNA. The children had practised their songs and prayers and did themselves proud on the day.

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Second class had a fantastic field trip last week to the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve. We learned all about our native birds and the excellent work the reserve is doing, as well as some interesting facts about birds of prey further afield. We got to climb the lookout tower and spot some of the birds with the telescope and binoculars. We then had some fun activities and our packed lunch. Before returning to school we made a pit stop at O’Hanrahan station in town where we studied the architecture and uses of the building. This consolidated some of our learning from our History lessons on the evolution of rail transport and the history of Wexford town. We also did a fun questionnaire and some maths timetable work! Later that week we made our own architectural impressions of the railway station.

Junior Infants had lots of fun during Science Week last week. Among our favourite activities were the ‘float or sink’ and ‘magnets’ experiments.

During our float or sink experiment we even learned why an orange with the peel on will float, while an orange with the peel off will sink!! We were also lucky to have some boys and girls from 2nd class join us for this experiment on the day!

We also learned a lot about magnets and various types of materials. We went on a magnetic hunt around our classroom to investigate which materials were magnetic and which materials were not.

Take a look at some of our pictures below. It was great fun!

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There was none of the usual staff or pupils in Piercestown N.S. on 26^th October. Instead of staff we had teletubbies, bananas, unicorns, witches, a pirate and even Little Red Riding Hood showed up! For pupils we had witches, vampires, werewolves, superheroes, old ladies, dead cheerleaders, dead brides, dead soccer players and much more! Zeus the King of the Gods came and there were lots of animals too – dragons, unicorns, cats and even a pig! Barbie and Mr. Tomato Head both made an appearance along with a few celebrities like Michael Jackson and Mr. Bean. Everyone gathered at the St. Martin’s Centre on that cold morning before school. We screamed out our Active School Motto – ‘Walk, Run, Jump and Skip. Come on Piercestown Let’s Get Fit!’ and then paraded down to the school in all our glory! Great fun!!!

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The “Battle of the Batteries” competition is well and truly underway in Piercestown N.S. as part of our journey towards our next Green Schools Flag.

Each class from junior infants to 6^th class are in the race to collect and recycle the most batteries on a half-term basis. The class who collect and recycle the most batteries each month will win a homework pass for the following month.

The Green Schools Committee will be busy collecting and counting the batteries from each class and will announce the winners at the end of each half-term.

A big WELL DONE to Ms. Hearne’s 3^rd class who collected a whopping 611 batteries during the first half-term and swooped the first homework pass prize of the year. Also, a huge congratulations to Ms. Newport’s 1^st class who were very close, in 2^nd place with 600 batteries, and also scooped a homework pass for November.

Well done to everyone who participated in our very first “Battle of the Batteries” in Piercestown N.S. and good luck to everyone for the coming half-term competition. Happy recycling!!

A “Battle of the Batteries” poster competition is also up and running – the children from 2^nd to 6^th have been invited to design and decorate their own poster and slogan to raise awareness in recycling batteries at home and in school.

Keep your eyes peeled on our Green Schools noticeboard for the winner at the end of the week!

-The Green Team

There’s a nip in the air, the leaves are turning golden and it’s that time of year for planting bulbs. Every year each child in the school plants a daffodil bulb. This year our day of planting took place on Wednesday 24^th October and we were delighted to have Hugh and Mary Barrett back to help us out on the day. Our 6^th class pupils are once again taking part in ‘The Crocus Project’. They planted yellow crocuses in the shape of the Star of David to remember all the children who died in the Holocaust. In spring our daffodils and crocuses will brighten our days after the cold, dark winter months!

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Pictured below are some of the staff and pupils of Piercestown N.S. sporting their favourite jerseys to raise money for GOAL. Thanks to everyone who supported this worthwhile charity event which took place on Friday 12th October. Over €374 was collected to help people in need. For more information or to make a donation click https://goalglobal.org