Junior & Senior Infants have been busy learning about Minibeasts in SESE. The story of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” was a big hit with the children so they made their own booklet of the story as well as their own “very hungry caterpillars” out of egg cartons!! As the children were learning about caterpillars, they were also taught about the lifecycle of…
On Wednesday, 25th May, Junior & Senior Infants worked very hard as traffic surveyors in Castlecomer to support work covered in class on the topic of Transport. The children were given either a form of transport or a colour which they had to keep watch for in the traffic that passed by the school gates from 9:40-10am…
On Thursday, 26th May 2011, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Class will visit Baltinglass Adventure Centre for their annual school tour. The children will participate in archery, orienteering, kayaking as well as climbing activities. The Infant Classroom along with 1st & 2nd Class will visit Rath Forest, The Chocolate Garden and The Woodlands Falconry on Friday, 27th…
On Tuesday, 10th May 2011, Hilary Jenkinson, a local potter, visited Wandesforde National School to teach the children how to work with clay and make pottery. In the Infant Classroom, the children made their own name plates out of clay. They had great fun working with the clay and designing their own name plate. Here are…
During April, the Infant Classroom learned about the artist, Vincent Van Gogh and his painting, “Sunflowers”. As an art appreciation lesson, the children all made their own picture of “Sunflowers” using oil pastels. They did fantastic artwork and really showed off their artistic talents!! Designing their own Easter Bags for the Easter Fairy Cakes was another art activity for the children The children…
