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4th, 5th and 6th Class have been learning all about various water birds which live in Ireland. They read about gannets, cormorants, herring gulls, oystercatchers, dunlins, mute swans, whooper swans and bewick’s swans. They wrote information about each bird and drew illustrations to go with their work Some of these birds live in Ireland all…
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…
On Friday, 15th April, Junior & Senior Infants took part in their annual egg hunt in the grounds of Wandesforde National School. This year it was an egg hunt with a difference! The children had to pair up with another child and have a tie put around their legs as if they were doing the…
We made Easter Chicks using wool and cardboard. We put googly eyes and a beak on the chicks… We enjoyed painting some Easter Art. We painted chicks, eggs, rabbits and animals… We made Chocolate Nests using shredded wheat, melted chocolate and mini eggs. Delicious! We decorated our own Easter Eggs… Happy Easter from 1st, 2nd…
On Thursday, 14th April, Junior & Senior Infants baked Easter Fairy Cakes! The children were all given a job to do in making the fairy cakes. Here are photographs of all their hard work! We all got to decorate our own fairy cakes with chocolate, eggs, smarties and maltesers! We all brought 2 fairy cakes home in…
