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.
November has come and gone and we are very busy preparing for Christmas in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! Have a look at what we have been up to over the past few weeks! In English, we wrote about our …
The Junior Room have been learning lots in November, look below and see what we’ve been up to! Our play topics were the Garda Station and the Fire Station. We had fun learning all about these topics making things in …
At the beginning of the school year the 6th class boys set their sights on being able to do a long distance run. We eventually settled on a distance of 2k, in line with Athletics Ireland’s recommended distances for the …
During September, the Senior Classroom, paid a visit to our local library to select some books to bring back to our classroom library. The children engaged in many activities which required teamwork. Below they had a task of making a …
We’ve been learning all about Halloween this week in the Junior Room. It was our play topic and we enjoyed building spooky castles in the sand and small world, playing Halloween themed games and making things in junk art and …
We have had a busy Autumn since our return to school in late August! The children wrote about their hot Summer holidays and what they got up to! We also painted pictures of our happy Summer memories. We wrote about …
