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.
We have been learning lots about summer in the Junior Room throughout the month of June. We had fun exploring camping through play. We made play doh and junk art camping items, role played on the campsite & made our … Continue reading
The month of June has flown by and over the past 3 weeks, we have been focusing on the theme of Summer! We made crazy flavoured ice pops… In English, we wrote “Summer Bucket Lists”. The boys and girls are …
On Monday, 17th June, the children had a fun and active sports’ day in Wandesforde National School! We focus on fun and participation in the 5 races which include a sprint, hurdles, egg and spoon race, sack race and the …
Wandesforde National School wishes to thank everybody who made the annual cycle on 8th June such a success! We were delighted to see over 125 cyclists set off at 9am on the 70km and 100km routes! At 11 am, there …
The month of May has been filled with lots of fun and games in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! After our Easter break, we wrote about all the fun things that we got up to… In Irish, we learned all …
May has been another busy month in the Junior Room. In SESE we learned all about fish & butterflies. We labelled parts of a fish and learned all about the life cycle of a butterfly. We even got our own …
