Wandesforde National SchoolWandesforde National School is a three teacher school. Rebuilt in 2007, it offers wonderful facilities and resources in a traditional stone building with plenty of grounds for parking and playing. Located in Castlecomer in North Kilkenny, it is within a short walk of Castlecomer Discovery Park which provides fabulous opportunities for lots of nature walks and science lessons. Class sizes are small generally being 6-10 children per class.
As a school community, we endeavour to help each child reach his or her potential, all are equally valued and respected and a positive, friendly atmosphere is maintained.
As ever we have been busy bees in the Junior Room, learning lots of new things and completing colourful work! In Play we learned all about The Fire Station. We discussed fire safety in SPHE and learned how to call … Continue reading
In preparation for Halloween, the Senior Classroom engaged in lots of seasonal activities! Heritage Expert, Orla Bates, visited in October and engaged the children in a Monoprint Workshop on Moths! Didn’t they do a magnificent job making their monoprint moths! …
This year, we came back to school to see lots of new board games in our classroom. A BIG THANK YOU to the Board of Management for purchasing these. We look forward to having fun together and learning new games …
October has been another busy month in our room. We visited Castlecomer Library and heard authors Sinéad Dore and Claire Keating reading from their book Bea’s Ocean Commotion. We did some fun activities with them to help us if we …
It has been such a busy term in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class and the boys and girls have settled in really well to their new classes! Have a look at what we have been up to! In English, we …
September has been a fun and busy month in the Junior Room, we worked on various skills like cutting and drawing, going outside to practice some of these. We discussed our Class Rules and coloured pictures of them. We were …
