Sing Out Loud Concert in National Opera House on Thursday 26th of November at 7 30 pm. Fourth, fifth and sixth classes are singing a wonderful selection of pop melody, rock ‘n roll, musical theater and Christmas songs. It promises to be a great night of entertainment. Tickets available at national Opera House.

In preparation for First Communion a meeting for parents of 2nd class will be held in school on Thursday November 19th at 7 30.

With Halloween over, the Christmas spirit is starting to edge it’s way into shops and classrooms alike.

We are delighted to be taking part in the design of our Christmas cards which act as both a keepsake for you the families and a fundraiser for the school.

To date all children have received a sample of their Christmas card which they are entitled to keep regardless of purchases.

The children have all received their sample Christmas cards and the deadline for return to order cards is:

Friday 13th November 2015

to ensure delivery in time for the writing of the Christmas cards.

Well done to all of the children for their fantastic designs. We could have opened our very own Hallmark shop!

Many thanks to all who supported our Christmas fundraiser.

All roads lead to Patrick’s Park in Enniscorthy this evening as the girls from Piercestown N.S. and Murrintown N.S. head off for their Rackard League football final.

Under the guidance of Ms. Hearne and Ms. Butler an amazing amount of training and preparation has taken place.

All that is left is for the ball to be thrown in.

So come along and support the girls as they endeavour to bring home some silverware!

Best of luck to all involved!!

The staff and Board of Management at Piercestown National School would like to wish you all a fun and safe time this Halloween!

All roads lead to Patrick’s Park on Tuesday 3rd November as Piercestown N.S. under the guidance of Ms. Hearne and Ms. Butler take on Adamstown in the Roinn A girls final.

Throw in is scheduled for 6.15pm.

Best of luck to the girls and the teachers! Up the Martin’s!

St. Martin’s Club have TWO hurling teams in County Finals in Wexford Park this Sunday Oct 25th , Junior at 1.15pm and the Seniors at 3pm. To give them the maximum support, the club would like for people to attend AND to create the loudest noise by sitting together in the Main Stand (huge echo effect) Clonard end between 40 and midfield. Let’s make some noise!

Up the Martin’s!

As part of our work on flag number 5, Biodiversity our day of action will take place tomorrow Friday 23rd October.

Our guest speaker is Paddy Madden from the Heritage in School Scheme. Part of the day will see the children getting a chance to plant daffodil, crocus and tulip bulbs for next Spring.

To start the day, we have have a FREAKY FRIDAY WALK, from St. Martin’s Community Centre, weather permitting. Pupils may dress in their Halloween costumes and asseble at the centre from 9.15am. This revises our flag number 4 travel where our motto was ‘Be Cool and Walk to School’.

At the moment, children are busy devising and designing motto’s for Biodiversity – the winner will also be announced on Friday.

So let’s get our freak on (doesn’t have to be scary ) Bring on tomorrow for some Friday fun to go with the Friday feeling!

School will finish tomorrow at the normal time of 3.00pm.

We wish you all a lovely Halloween break!

Rainbows is a 12 week  programme that operates as a support group to help children who are feeling sad about missing someone they love through either bereavement or separation or another significant loss in their life.

Rainbows will start on Wed. 11th November at 3pm and run for 12 weeks. This will involve 6 weeks prior to Christmas and 6 weeks post Christmas.

Places are limited so early application is strongly advised. Any queries please contact the office on 053-9158854.

Applications due by Thursday Oct. 22nd. 2015. 

Bree was the venue for all of the GAA action today with both the boys and girls lining out for the Rackard League semi finals.

The girls put in a sterling performance and lead half time by 2 points. Bunclody exhibited great steel and determination and leveled within a few minutes of the second half. However, the exemplary mentoring by Ms. Hearne and Ms. Butler and the commitment and heart of the girls in the next 25 minutes is something that Piercestown and Murrintown could be proud of. They dug deep and much to the delight of the crowd on the sideline the ball was buried in the back of the net twice more securing a place in the final for the girls! Well done girls.

Following a win for Piercestown- Murrintown under the belt, the boys were next to take to the field. They faced Kilmuckridge in their semi final. The first ten minutes appeared to be quite even but by the half time whistle Kilmuckridge had stepped up a gear or two and were the stronger contenders. Unfortunately for the boys it wasn’t to be their day and as the final whistle blew all that was left to do was to shake the hands of the winning opponents. Heavy defeats are hard to take but as Ms. Walsh, Mr. Murphy and Mr. White told the team, their commitment, effort and games that brought us to the semi final were something they could be proud of. The boys will need to dust themselves off over night and get focused again as mini sevens semi finals await them on Thursday. Fingers crossed for a better result.

Many thanks to all parents and mentors involved with the teams. It takes great time, effort and organisation to be involved in Rackard League.

The girls final will be played post mid term. Training for the girls will take place on Tuesday at 11am during the mid term break up at the Martin’s pitch.