Here are some photographs taken on the opening night of our Annual Art Exhibition 2018. For more photographs and an account of the night check out this week’s Wexford People!
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Europe Day 2018 at Piercestown N.S.
As many of you already know, Piercestown National School is a proud Blue Star School.
The Blue Star Programme is an education initiative for primary school students across Ireland. The idea of the programme is to foster better understanding and knowledge of Europe and how it affects the lives of Irish citizens among Irish primary pupils through classroom projects and activities.
Each year, as part of the Blue Star Programme, participating schools are asked to celebrate ‘Europe Day’ which occurs on May 9th. Also known as Schuman Day, Europe Day commemorates the 1950 Schuman Declaration.
Europe Day officially takes place on May 9th but as we will be on our mid-term break, we are moving our celebrations forward and will celebrate this Thursday, 3rd May 2018.
The students of 6th class, together with their teacher Miss Sinnott, would like to extend an invitation to parents, family and friends to join them in our celebrations on Thursday. Europe Day will commence at approximately 11:30 am in the School P.E. Hall. A beautiful exhibition of artwork, research projects and essays written by children of 6th Class will be on display as well as some culinary delights!
‘You have to taste a culture to understand it’ Deborah Cater.
UN Chernobyl Remembrance Day
Yesterday marked the 32nd Anniversary of the Chernobyl accident and United Nations Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day Our school took a moment to commemorate all victims of this tragedy and share a global message of HOPE and LOVE with the generations of innocent children whose lives have been gravely affected by Chernobyl. #UNCHERNOBYLDAY #IWILLNOTFORGETYOU #WEWILLNOTFORGETYOU
Follow the link below for our message:
Piercestown NS UN Chernobyl Day Video
Autism Awareness Month
April is Autism Awareness Month. Here’s a video clip you might like to watch with your children. It introduces Julia, an old buddy of Elmo’s and the newest friend on Sesame Street. Julia has autism and she and Elmo share an amazing friendship. For more resources, videos, activities, etc. see autism.sesamestreet.org
Annual Art Exhibition
Piercestown N.S. will open its Annual Art Exhibition on Tuesday 17th April at 6:30pm. The exhibition will once again be opened by local Artist & Poet, Helen Gaynor. This year also, 5th class will display their project from the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. The Piercestown Parents Association will provide refreshments on the night and all families are invited to attend.
The exhibition will remain open every day during school hours until Friday 4th May and parents are most welcome to come in and have a look at the wonderful display of beautiful art and craft work created by the children.
Happy World Down Syndrome 21.03.18
The boys and girls of 1st class in Piercestown N.S. were ‘rocking their odd socks’ today in celebration of Downs Syndrome Day which takes place annual on the 21st of March.
Many thanks to Fiona Roche, Mrs Byrne and Ms. Cooney who led the celebrations.
It was a day of odd socks, baking, art and lámh! Check out this gorgeous youtube Carpool karaoke video to mark World Down Syndrome Day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMxtCmdlXKc
Seachtain na Gaeilge (SNAG 2018)
Seachtain na Gaeilge atá ann. Tá gach duine ag baint triail as na cúpla focail a rá i rith na seachtaine.
Ar an Déardaoin (15 ú Márta), beidh lá gaeilge againn. Is féidir le na páistí glas, ór nó oráise a chaitheamh ar an lá sin. Beidh craic agus ceoil ar siúl sa hall freisin i rith an lae. Beidh cúpla comórtaisí ar siúl i rith na seachtain. Bíonn an ‘Gadaí Gaelach ar strae gach lá, bidh comórtaisí le fáil ar an gclár don Seachtaine na Gaeilge (tá sé suite in aice leis an hall corpoideachas) agus bíonn tráth na gceist ar siúl ó rang a haon go dtí rang a sé ar an Déardaoin freisin.
Más féidir libh triail a bhaint as seo iad na frásaí don gach lá. Ná déan dearmad ‘Is fearr Gaeilge briste ná Béarla Cliste’.
Dé Luain – Junior infants – 2nd class – Dia duit. Conas atá tú? Tá mé go maith go raibh maith agat. / 3rd-6th class Maidin Mhiath. Conas a bhí an deireadh seachtaine?
Dé Máirt – Junior infants – 2nd class – Cad is ainm duit? ______ is ainm dom. / 3rd-6th class Gabh mo leithscéal, an féidir leat é sin a rá arís, le do thoil~?
Dé Céadaoin – Junior infants – 2nd class – Cén rang ina bhfuil tú? Tá mé i rang a ______./ 3rd-6th class Ní fhace mé a leithéid riamh.
An Déardaoin – Junior infants – 2nd class – Cad atá sa bhosca lóin? Tá _____, ______ agus _____ sa bhosca lóin. / 3rd-6th class Cad iad do chaitheam aimsire? Taitníonn _______ liom.
Dé hAoine – Junior infants – 2nd class – Cáisc sona duit. / 3rd-6th class Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort/ oraibh.
Updating our blog!
We are working hard at updating our school blog.
Why not click across to projects and scroll down to ‘Green School’ and read all about what Ms. Taylor, Ms. Sinnott and the Green team have been up to this year.
We will be updating the policies section shortly to bring things up to date.
On the 6th class blog page, Ms. Sinnott tells us all about her trip with Chernobyl Children International and there is even a personal message from Adi Roche to the boys and girls and people of Piercestown National School! So get browsing!!
Piercestown N.S. re-opens Tues 6th March
The Board of Management has confirmed their decision to re-open the doors of Piercestown N.S. on Tues 6th March.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their co-operation and support in the recent extenuating circumstances. The safety of the staff, pupils, parents and wider community is paramount!
LAST DAY OF BOOKFAIR!!!!!!!
One other announcement: as you know the much loved Scholastic Bookfair was with us last week and Storm Emma closed it down. Scholastic have other schools booked and therefore will need to collect the bookfair on Wed. morning BUT it means we will have ONE FINAL DAY FOR THE BOOKFAIR TOMORROW…..YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Snow Day Work Mon 5th March 2018
Snow Day Mon 5th March 2018
If you are worried about the impact school closure may have on your child’s education, Piercestown N.S. has compiled the following selection of activities:
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Junior and Senior Infants · Read a book/ listen to a book being read · Discuss what the story was about, what was your favourite part · Listen to the story Mr Small – A Big Day Out http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/3197 · Read along with the story. Draw a picture of your favourite part of the story · Draw 3 things that are bigger than me. · Draw 3 things that are smaller than me. · Sort, count and compare fuzz buzz characters online at http://www.abcya.com/counting_sorting_comparing.htm · Play a game of hanging monkeys to revise your sounds and early reading http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/hanging_monkeys_US.swf · Finish the pattern http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/simple_patterns/eng/Introduction/MainSession.htm 1st and 2nd Class · Listen to story ‘Garbage Barge’ read aloud at http://www.storylineonline.net/books/garbage-barge/. o Tell students to pay close attention to the illustrations during the read aloud. o As the story is read, stop the video to discuss aspects of the illustration and how it tells what is happening on that page. o After listening, discuss the illustrations and how they compare with other illustrations they have seen in other stories. o Students write 5-8 sentences about the story. Did they like the story? Why/why not? Did they like the illustrations? What was their favourite part of the story? · Write a procedure of how to make a snowman (make sure to include Aim, You will need, Steps, Did it work?) · Listen to this song ‘Snow Day’ and write all about your time off in the snow- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg-sjC59tQ · Design a poster advertising our ‘Book Fair’ at Piercestown N.S. · Find a safe area and go on a Yoga Adventure with Cosmic Kids at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAT5NiWHFIU · Complete the next Monday section in your Mental Maths book · 1st class maths – have a go at some of the activities. This website allows you good usage without subscribing https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-1 · 2nd class maths – have a go at some of the activities. This website allows you good usage without subscribing https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-2
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| Senior Classes 3rd -6th |
| · Read the next chapter of a book/novel
· Choose 3 of the following to complete 1. Compose five questions you would like to ask the main character of the book or the author of the book 2. Choose five suitable birthday presents for a character in the book and explain why you chose them 3. Pick out five interesting words from the chapter and write a sentence to show their meaning 4. Write you own ending for the chapter · Complete the next Monday section in your Mental Maths book · 3rd class maths – have a go at some of the activities. This website allows you good usage without subscribing https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-3 · 4th class maths – have a go at some of the activities. This website allows you good usage without subscribing https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-4 · 5th class maths – have a go at some of the activities. This website allows you good usage without subscribing https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-5 · 6th class maths – have a go at some of the activities. This website allows you good usage without subscribing https://ie.ixl.com/math/class-6 · Have a go at learning/revising the mountains of Ireland Hour Of Code – Activities for 3rd – 6th Class Coding or computer programming is the act of using languages to instruct a computer to perform functions. Coding requires creativity, logical thinking, abstract reasoning among other skills to problem-solve. Code.org enables student to learn code with engaging programming exercises involving well-known characters from Disney movies. Please see article attached for more information: https://envato.com/blog/teaching-kids-code-important/. Hour of Code is step-by-step and does not require an account. At the homepage click ‘start learning’ select the appropriate grade for your child. Select game, watch tutorial and follow steps to successfully programme your chosen character! For comprehensive instructions for parents follow this link: https://hourofcode.com/us/how-to/parents. Let’s get coding!
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