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Congratulations to Mrs. Cooney and the boys and girls in 6th class who took part in the ‘Great Irish Bake’ for Temple Street on April 7th – the day of our Easter holidays.

There was a wonderful smell of homebaking wafting through the corridors. Well done to the children who  co-ordinated and baked for this very worthy cause.

To their credit, the children raised a grand total of €531.45

Take a bow everyone!!!!

The Easter raffle at Piercestown N.S. took place on the day of the holidays. It was officiated by the Piercestown Parents’ Association. Many thanks to all who supported our school fundraiser.

There was great excitement as children were invited up to spin the box and dig deep for the winners…………and the winners were as follows:

1st Prize: Easter Hamper Lucia Moore

2nd Prize: Chocolate Fountain Tyler Browne

3rd Prize: 2 tickets to the Easter Egg Hunt in Johnstown Castle Martina Crosbie

4th Prize: Easter Cake Emma Jeffares

On behalf of the staff and Board of Management, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Easter. 

The launch of our Annual Art Exhibition will take place on Tuesday 4^th April at 7pm in the school PE Hall. This year, will also see the launch of the ‘We are Writers’ book, the first of its kind to be published by the children of Piercestown N.S. We are delighted to have Helen Gaynor, local artist and published poet on hand on the night to open the exhibition and launch the book. Many thanks to our Parents’ Association for providing refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there.

In celebrating, World Down Syndrome Day, the boys and girls in Piercestown N.S. were busy colouring in some odd socks!

We look forward to hosting our HB Icecream day as part of our annual Down Syndrome fundraiser.

To donate to World Down Syndome Day or find out additional information please go to the following website.

https://downsyndrome.ie/lots-of-socks-celebrating-world-down-syndrome-day/

Community Games Area Gymnastics Competition

The Gymnastics Competition will be held on Sunday 26th March at 9.00am in Wexford Gymnastics Club.

Age groups are for boys and girls u9, u11 ,u13,u15 as of 31/7/2017

Entry Fee €3.You can download the routines on the website www.communitygames.ie

Gymnastic County Finals will take place in Gorey on Sun April 2^nd

If you would like to enter please register beforehand with text to

Sinéad 0876559323.

See area map on: https://piercestownmurrintowncg.wordpress.com

Round 1 of the Mini 7’s tournament for boys and girls will take place this week on Tuesday 14th March in Kilmore.

Boys tournament will begin at 11.45am with the girls taking place at 1pm.

Best of luck to all involved.

Congratulations to Ellen Sludds, Piercestown N.S. Spelling Bee 2017!

After a closely contested competition, Ellen emerged the Spelling Bee of Piercestown N.S. on Thursday 9th March. (Photos to follow). We were also delighted to welcome back our All Ireland finalist Harry Dempsey from last year, who assisted in the adjudication and presented this years winner with her certificate and Eason’s Spelling Bee dictionary. Harry was also on hand to offer some words of wisdom. Many thanks to Harry for giving up his tie to be with us.

Ellen will travel to Bunscoil Loreto Gorey, this Tuesday March 4th at 11am  to participate in the County Final  – we wish her the very best of luck.

Seachtain na Gaeilge 2017 is in full flight at Scoil Náisiúnta Baile an Phiarsaigh – over the coming days, we will by hearing the cúpla focail coming from every angle in the school.

To add to the appreciation and enjoyment of our Irish language and Culture, we will be host to a Lá Gaeilge this Wednesday 15th March.

All of the children are invited to wear Irish colours on this day and we will have a day full of ‘craic agus ceoil’.

There will be a ‘Gadái Gaelach’ on the loose all week and the children will be trying to find him/her each day. First person, back to the office to say ‘Fuair mé an Gadaí Gaelach’ – will win a prize! Only Ms. Walsh and the gadaí gaelach themselves will know who it is!

So remember … Is fearr gaeilge briste ná Béarla Cliste’.

Bain taitneamh as an seachtain!