Art in the Senior Classes

In art the senior classes have been working hard. In the past few weeks we have painted beautiful trees covered in snow.   We also made pictures of a lightening storm. We painted the background, clouds and lightening. Then we cut out a city skyline before sticking everything down.   These pictures are on display…

World War I

It has been a busy few weeks for 4th, 5th and 6th Class in Wandesforde School. We have been learning all about World War 1 in history and found out lots of information. We read about it in our books and wrote about what we learned. Some pupils brought in poppies which they had from…

Happy Hallowe’en!

It has been a busy few weeks in the senior classroom. We have been doing lots of work on the topic of Hallowe’en. In English we wrote essays on Magical Spells and Scary Nights. In art we made sparkling fireworks from kitchen rolls and splatter painted a colourful background. In Gaeilge we read a story…

Autumn Art

Autumn is here again and the boys and girls in the senior room have taken inspiration from the beautiful autumn trees around our school in Castlecomer for their art. First we painted a blue and green background, then our tree. Next we used wooden blocks and cotton wool to print on leaves in autumn colours yellow,…

Sports Day

Thursday was Sports Day! We all had lots of fun competing in sack races, egg and spoon races, three legged races, hurdle races and relays.   In each room prizes were awarded for Overall Best Boy and Girl for good sportsmanship and team work throughout  the year. Each pupil received a medal for participating well on…