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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
Book Fair visits Wandesforde!
Date posted: 8th March 2018
Category Blog, Book Week, Class Work, English, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Senior Classroom
Our annual Book Fair runs from 9th-14th March this year. As part of the week we welcomed author David Donohue to our school. David spoke to all classes about the books he has written and we had great fun hearing him say all our names backwards, just like the character Walter in his book can!
We also dressed up as our favourite character from books we’ve read. There were prizes for best costume, a voucher to spend at the Book Fair.
Well done to all the pupils (and parents!!) for creating such wonderful, imaginative costumes. 🙂
Date posted: 8th March 2018
Category Blog, Book Week, Class Work, English, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Senior Classroom
Green Schools Update!!
Date posted: 27th February 2018
Category Blog, Geography, Green Flag, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Science, Senior Classroom
We continue to work hard on the topic of Biodiversity and the Green Schools Committee ran an art competition during February to promote awareness of the topic. There were fantastic and creative entries from all rooms, thanks to all for your participation. 🙂
Senior Room
Middle Room
Junior Room
Well done to those pupils who won their catagory!
We also had a visit from Eileen Canny, a scientist who spoke to us all about biodiversity in our local area. We had an interesting morning looking at a stag’s antlers, blackbird and green finch nests and different types of bees found in Ireland.
Eileen also presented the competition winners with their prizes. 🙂
Date posted: 27th February 2018
Category Blog, Geography, Green Flag, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Science, Senior Classroom
Merry Christmas from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class!
Date posted: 22nd December 2017
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Music, Our Work on Display, Special Occasions, Visual Arts
We have had a very busy month preparing for Christmas in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! We have had lots of fun along the way too! On 7th December, we went Carol singing in the Discovery Park!
The children performed their Christmas play “Superstar” on Tuesday, 19th December. They did a wonderful job!
We wrote letters to Santa Claus in English and went to the post office to send them. We even got a reply from Santa at this busy time!
In English we read a poem called “Jack Frost in the Garden” and decorated our poems. We learned all about nouns, adjectives and verbs as we read it.
In Art, we coloured festive candles…
We also made clay decorations as presents for our family and friends…
Santa came to visit on Thursday, 21st December with lots of goody bags for the boys and girls …
In Geography, we looked at the country of Brazil and completed a mini-project on this beautiful place. We wrote about places to visit, things to eat, famous footballers and the Olympics that were held there in 2016.
We also created these colourful masks to reflect the vibrancy of street festivals and parades in Brazil!
In Geography, we learned about the weather and integrated what we had learned with Music. We created these bright rainmakers that make the sound of the rain once turned gently!
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Date posted: 22nd December 2017
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Music, Our Work on Display, Special Occasions, Visual Arts
A Busy November in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 12th December 2017
Category Blog, Class Work, English, History, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Visual Arts
The year is flying by and we are well into December at this stage. Have a look at what we got up to in November in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class!
In Art we created pictures with 4 tiles that are both colourful and symmetrical. We then stuck them together to create these lovely designs!
In History and English, we learned about “Thanksgiving” in America. We looked at a Powerpoint Presentation about the first Pilgrims that settled in America and how they travelled across the Atlantic Ocean on the “Mayflower”. We then created our own “Thanksgiving Turkeys”, the most popular choice of food at this time of year!
To mark Science Week which was from 12th-19th November 2017, we spent an afternoon in the library with Rob and Ciara, making catapults. The children were divided into teams, given a box, full of LEGO and instructions to make their own catapult. They did a super job!
We then had to put our catapults to the test to see if they could launch a rubber ring at a target! This was great fun for everybody!
When we returned to school, we wrote a report and drew a picture to display on the wall!
We were also asked to join in the “Yulefest” celebrations in Kilkenny by painting some stars that can be spotted around the city over the Festive Season. Here is one of our stars painted by the children in the school!
In Gaeilge, the 3rd Class were learning all about “Sa Bhaile”. They drew pictures of their bedrooms and labelled them in Irish.
Well done on all your hard work this month, boys and girls!
Date posted: 12th December 2017
Category Blog, Class Work, English, History, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Visual Arts