Science Workshop this September!

On Friday, 18th September, Michael Moylan from the Heritage in Schools Scheme visited our school to engage the children in an Interactive Science Workshop. All classes participated in the workshop which explored the 3 areas of Science, they being Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The pictures below show the children actively engaging in all the experiments and…

Summertime Fun in the Junior Classroom!

Both May and June have been very busy months for Junior and Senior Infants. We started off the theme of summer by making our own Beautiful Butterflies using metallic and pearlescent paints!!            In English, the children enjoyed listening and responding to a selection of fairytales. Didn’t they do a great job drawing their favourite…

Green Schools Art Competition

As part of our efforts to get our 4th Green Flag we are working on the theme of transport. With this in mind the Green Schools Committee organised an art competition for the whole school. The Junior Room drew and coloured their favourite forms of transport while the Middle and Senior Rooms designed transport for…

Wandesforde is a Health Promoting School!

On Friday, 22nd May, we held our very first Health Promoting School Breakfast in Wandesforde National School!  This initiative promotes the health and well-being of pupils and staff in the shool.  The Health Promoting School committee consists of 9 pupils from Junior Infants to 6th Class, 1 teacher and 2 parents.  One of our ideas…