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A Merry Christmas from the Middle Room!
Date posted: 21st December 2018
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Local Visits, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
We have had a very busy month in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class in Wandesforde National School. Have a look at all the wonderful things the boys and girls have been up to….
We had a visit from Niamh, a scientist with Anyone 4 Science and she talked about electricity with the children….
In English, we wrote Acrostic Poems entitled “Christmas”.
In Visual Arts, the children enjoyed making Christmas Stockings and decorating them…
We also decorated Christmas Jumpers. Don’t they look very festive?!
The children enjoyed creating colourful Christmas trees using bright colours on a snowy background…
On Thursday, 20th December, we had the pleasure of welcoming Santa Claus into our classroom. Although he is very busy at this time of the year, he still managed to get his photo taken with the children in our class and gave us all a treat too!
The children in 2nd Class learned about symmetry in Maths and created Christmas symmetry pictures…
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Date posted: 21st December 2018
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Local Visits, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
November News in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 6th December 2018
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
November has come and gone and we are very busy preparing for Christmas in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! Have a look at what we have been up to over the past few weeks!
In English, we wrote about our mid term break and what we got up to with our friends and families:
We have also been reading “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl. The children learned all about the life of Roald Dahl, how many books he has written and where he came from. The children wrote brilliant book reviews in 1st and 2nd class and the 3rd class wrote about cause and effect, characters and the plot. Each child scored the book out of 5 stars. Didn’t they do a great job?
In Geography, we learned about buildings, designing buildings and what materials are used and why in the construction of homes. The children then designed their own dream houses!
In Visual Arts, we learned all about Vincent Van Gogh, his very famous works of art and his use of colour. We coloured in some pictures inspired by his work. Did you know that one of his paintings sold for almost €66 million?
In Art, we also designed stylish umbrellas!
We also created pictures by printing with various things from around the school.
As Christmas is approaching soon, we thought we would be very organised and send our letters to Santa Claus! The children enjoyed writing them and going to the post office to post them this week!
Well done on a great month’s work boys and girls!
Date posted: 6th December 2018
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
A Busy Autumn in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 26th October 2018
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Hallowe'en, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
We have had a busy Autumn since our return to school in late August! The children wrote about their hot Summer holidays and what they got up to! We also painted pictures of our happy Summer memories.
We wrote about ourselves and made bunting with the paper..
We drew Self-Portraits in Art…
In Art we learned how to weave paper….
We made Hot Air Balloons using crepe paper…
We visited the library to hear Wayne O’Connor, an illustrator talk about his work. He told us a folk story from China.
We had a visit from basket weaver Paul Finch during the month also. The children weaved their own fish using long thin pieces of willow.
We were very lucky to have Ms. Róisín Nolan teaching the children for the month of October as part of her teacher training. Ms. Nolan planned lots of fun activities for the children and here are a few photos of some of the lovely work the children did!
In Maths, the children learned about 2D shapes and created shape pictures…
We enjoyed learning about Halloween and tasted some báirín breac. A lucky boy in second class found the ring!
We made some creepy cakes to enjoy!
Happy Halloween everybody from 1st, 2nd and 3rd class pupils!
Date posted: 26th October 2018
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Hallowe'en, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
Sports’ Day 2018!
Date posted: 16th June 2018
Category Blog, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, Sport, Sports
On Wednesday, 13th June, we held our Annual Sport’s Day in Wandesforde National School! Each year we have 5 races involving all the children. The first of the races were sprints. The Infants had to sprint 20 metres. 1st and 2nd had to sprint 30 metres and 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th had to sprint 60 metres!
The next race involved sprinting over hurdles!
Following this, we all had fun doing the “Egg and Spoon Race”
After all our hard work, it was time for a break and an ice cream!!
Next up was the sack race which always is a fun race to do and watch!
Finally, our Sports Day finished up with the Three Legged Race!
Sports Day wouldn’t be Sports Day without our Annual Prizegiving!
Each child received a medal for all their fantastic efforts! They were also presented with their PAWS Swimming Certificates following all their hard work at swimming this year 😉
6 children received a plaque for being a great team player and enjoying sports throughout the year! A trophy was also presented to the best overall achiever throughout the year at Wandesforde School. Well done to you all!
Well done to all the children on great participation in all Sports Day activities.
Date posted: 16th June 2018
Category Blog, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, Sport, Sports
School Tour 2018!
Date posted: 18th May 2018
Category Blog, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, School Outings, Senior Classroom, Sports, Visual Arts
We had a great day by the seaside and then bowling on our school tour this year. The Junior and Middle Rooms went to the Hook Lighthouse where we climbed 115 steps to the top! We heard lots of interesting information about why and how the lighthouse was built.
Here we are in the Watch Tower where the lighthouse keepers worked in years gone by.
The first lighthouse keepers at the Hook Lighthouse were actually monks and we saw where they lived in the tower 800 years ago!
The view from the top!
Later on we had an art workshop with resident artist Rose. We made colourful 3D scenes on slates.
We were treated to a magic show by our guide Noel, somehow the water in the jug just would not pour out on any pupils, however the teachers were not as lucky!!!
Poor Ms Hall!
The Senior Room went coasteering along the rocks near the lighthouse. They had great fun exploring and jumping into rock pools.
Before we left the Senior Class joined us for a picnic in the grounds of the lighthouse.
In the afternoon we came back to Kilkenny and went bowling, finally we had chips and pizza before heading back to school after a great day!
Date posted: 18th May 2018
Category Blog, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, School Outings, Senior Classroom, Sports, Visual Arts