What an achievement for 20 children in Piercestown N.S. who had a 100% attendance record for the school year 2015 2016.

In fact, for two children it was their second year in a row winning this award! We also had two siblings from two families!

Three medals were being sent on to pupils from last years 6th class group.

When asked the children said that it was ‘easy’ enough to achieve! They advised children to ‘not go on holidays’ if you want to get the medal and ‘make sure you are wrapped up warm when playing outside to try and avoid getting sick’ as some of their strategies for success.

Tadgh Foran will return to Piercestown National School this week for the much sought after guitar classes.

Classes will take place for 10 weeks at a cost of €4. The advanced class (i.e. those already playing guitar from last year) takes place every Thursday starting this week Thursday 22nd Sept.  from 3.00pm to 3.50pm.

The beginners class will take place straight after at 3.50pm – 4.30pm. Tadgh will be on hand to advise with regard to purchase of guitar etc. 

Last week saw the Mini 7’s tournament begin for both the boys and girls. The girls travelled to Rathangan on Thursday and won their group to advance to round two of the tournament due to take place this week. The boys played at home and after a tough match against Mayglass they too advanced to the next round. Training for the girls takes place on Monday at lunchtime and the boys will train on Tuesday.

Rackard league kicks off this week also with both the boys and girls travelling to Taghmon on Friday to play against Taghmon at 1.30pm. Due to the new legislation around garda vetting we will be putting a call out for more parents to be vetted this week. Without drivers vetted it will not be possible for us to participate in the much loved league.

Best of luck to the boys and girls in both Rackard league and mini 7’s this week. All systems go!

This week Ireland takes part in the European Week of Sport.

As part of our journey towards being a recognised Active School, Piercestown National School will hold some events.

Already, we will kick off with the Mini 7’s tournament for both boys and girls. Assembly will see the children get Active this week.

For further information click on the link below!

Click to access -Be-Active-Schools-Week.pdf

Mini 7’s tournament kicks off this week. As this tournament is 7-a-side only a small panel can be picked.

Boys’ training will take place on Monday this week and the girls’ training will take place on Tuesday. Selection of the teams will be made after this and the team will be posted on the Active School noticeboard.

The girls’ tournament will kick off in Rathangan on Thursday 15th Sept. with Rosslare Strand and Rathangan in the group. **subject to verification of no clash of fixtures with the local clubs. Lifts for this match will be organised by Ms. Walsh this week.

The boys’ tournament will kick off at home in the Martin’s pitch on Fri. 16th Sept. with Rosslare Strand and Mayglass in the group.  **subject to verification of no clash of fixtures with the local clubs.

Best of luck to all involved. Many thanks to Ms. Hearne for getting training up and running.

There was great excitement in Piercestown National School on Thursday with a friendly frog coming hopping by. Mrs. Barrett’s second class got up close and personal with their froggy friend and managed to capture him temporarily for a closer look. Being a Green School however, the welfare of our froggy friend was paramount and after a quick visit to the boys and girls he was returned to the outdoors to hop along! Ms. Walsh managed to capture the photographic evidence before he was released!

With the children back to school, it might be time to do an ‘Autumn’ clean on the wardrobes. As per previous years, the Parents’ Association will be organising a clothing recycling event in the next few weeks This will take place October 3rd. 

This will give you an opportunity to clear out your closets while simultaneously making money for your school.

What do we want?

We would really appreciate clothes, in good condition that have been washed and cleaned and are recyclable. For every 10kg of clothing we will receive €5.50

Many thanks for your co-operation with this.

The updating of our website is currently taking place. Please be patient while we amend, update and further enhance areas of our website. Many thanks to all of you who follow our blog!

We look forward to communicating with you via the website over the school year 2016 2017.

Piercestown continue on their journey towards being an Active School with their Sports timetable all ready to start.

Mini 7’S tournament for girls will take place on Thurs 15th Sept.

Mini 7’S tournament for boys will take place on Fri 16th Sept.

Rackard league tournament scheduled to begin the week of the 19th of September. **Training will be announced soon.

In school coaching begins the week beginning 12th Sept. with GAA hurling from Junior infants to 4th class taking place every Wednesday morning from Sept. 14th until the Halloween midterm break.

In school rugby coaching begins the same week and takes place on Friday afternoons for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class for a period of 6 weeks.

Junior Infants will continue to attend school for the shorter day for this school week. Collection time will be at 12 noon. The first settling in weeks can be exhausting on the new boys and girls.

From September 12th, Junior Infants will attend for the scheduled day of 9.20am- 2pm.

Well done to the boys and girls (and the Mums and Dads) for settling into ‘big’ school so well.