Today was day 1 of the Read-A-Thon at Piercestown N.S. Shoes were kicked off as everyone got into the zone in the ‘reading zone’. Minutes were stacking up rapidly by 3pm. Roll on tomorrow. 1

Tomorrow will see the Read-A-Thon fundraiser begin with gusto at Piercestown N.S. Our brilliant Parents’ Association got the ball rolling today with the opening of the Book Fair. Even some of the classroom doors were under transformation as we left school this evening….any fans of ‘The Diary of a Wimpy Kid?’

The much loved Book Fair arrived in school yesterday, Friday 1st March and will remain with us for one full week. We have an exciting week planned with lots of interesting and fun events taking place at a whole school level and also in individual classrooms. The children will receive sponsorship cards on Monday for our Readathon which begins on Tuesday and continues for the week. The children will be given book tokens for World Book Day, which is on Thursday 7th March. On this day the Book Fair will be open in the evening and and we are delighted to have a visit from our special guest, Billy Roche, who will entertain us with two sessions, one for Junior classes and one for Senior classes. Other events taking place include a book quiz, a reading tree, an online question and answer session with Cressida Cowell, auothor of “How to train your dragon” series, a writing competition as Gaeilge, “Scéal Eile” and much more! Second class will attend a Creative Writing Workshop on Friday 8th in Wexford Library. Check out our Readathon notice board outside the PE hall for our daily challenges and see https://www.worldbookday.com/world-book-day-ireland/ for more information.

Book Fair Opening Hours:

• Monday to Friday 9:10 to 9:30
• Monday 2:50 to 3:30
• Tuesday 2:00 to 3:30
• Wednesday 2:50 to 3:30
• Thursday 2:50 to 3:30 and 6:30 to 8:00

All roads lead to Croke Park on Sunday 3rd March to see St. Martin’s camogie team take on Slaughtneil for the title in the Club Camogie All Ireland Final. Best of luck to all involved!

Tuesday Jan 22^nd saw two large pieces of silverware enter the grounds of Piercestown N.S. While it might not have been the Liam McCarthy cup, the boys and girls were almost as excited when the PRO14 League cup and the Champions Trophy, both won by Leinster, were brought in by our rugby coach Corey Carty. There was great excitement as each class got their photo taken with the cups. Rumour has it there were a few Johnny Sexton fans in the audience! Here are some photos of this event.

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Piercestown N.S. will take a well earned rest next week, Monday 18th Feb. to Fri 22nd Feb. inclusive. We will re-open for business as normal on Monday 25th February . We wish you all a lovely midterm break.

All roads lead to Croker March 3rd as St. Martin’s camogie team aim to make history and bring the Senior club All Ireland cup home. The boys and girls at Piercestown N.S. steered by their super efficient ‘Active committee’, were proactive in their support for ladies in the semi final. They organised a colouring competition for Junior and Senior infants and a slogan competition for 1st to 6th class. Then, they decorated the school windows and doors with all the entrants.  After securing the place in the final, an Bainisteoir Maura O’Connor, arrived to the school to judge the competition and select a winner from each class. Well done to everyone who entered. Check out some of the photos below for some of the entries and the Active committe. Winners photos coming soon!

Friday March 1st will see Piercestown N.S. host a jersey day as a fundraiser for the camogie team! The excitment is building already.

Love was in the air in Piercestown N.S. on February 14th last with lots of arts and crafts taking place.  Some students created beautiful handmade pieces of jewellery under the direction of Mrs. Caldicott. No doubt there were some very happy recipients when the gifts were brought home!

The top of the leader board in our annual in-school chess competition headed off as a senior team and a junior team to represent their school at the annual interschool chess competition in St. Joseph’s Primary school in Gorey on Wednesday 13th February.  And it must be said their ‘chess prowess’ showed. After playing many games, the Junior team secured first place to bring home gold medals. The senior team were also making ‘the right moves’ only to be pipped at the post by half a point for first place by the host school themselves. Congratulations to both teams and many thanks to the parents who drove them to this much loved event. Chess is still alive and kicking in Piercestown N.S. Many thanks to Ms. Hearne who keeps our tradition alive year after year.