Book Week is a yearly event at Wandesforde School. The children have the opportunity to peruse and purchase books during the week and the school receives a book commission on all books sold.
Wandesforde National School’s Annual Book Fair opens on Thursday, 27th March until Tuesday, 1st April 2014. On these days, the Book Fair will be open from 9.05-10 a.m. & from 2-3 p.m. Once again, the school will receive 60% book commission of all money raised to help further resource our classroom libraries! We look forward to seeing you all there 🙂 In…
On Friday, 15th March 2013, the school welcomed Irish author, Martina Murphy to further support literacy development in our school. Martina’s visit coincided with our “Green Day” for St. Patrick’s Weekend which made it all the more enjoyable and of course memorable for the children! During the day, the children actively engaged in storytelling and drama workshops with Martina. Martina…
Our Annual Book Fair commences on Thursday, 14th March until Wednesday, 20th March 2013. The Fair will open from 9.10a.m. until 10a.m. each morning and from 2.10p.m. until 3.10p.m each afternoon. This year, we will have our very own “We are Writers Book” on sale at the fair for €8. Over the past 4 weeks, every child…
Thank you to all the parents, children and staff who supported our Book Fair last week. The total amount of money spent at the Fair was €537.50. As a result of this, the school will receive books to the value of €322 for our classroom libraries! Well done to all!
On Friday, 23rd March 2012, local author, David Donohue visited our school as part of the Writer’s in School Scheme to promote literacy in schools. Over the past few weeks the children have been busy reading and listening to his novels: Walter Speazlebud, Alien Timebomb and Moon Man. The children really enjoyed David’s storytelling workshop and of course…
