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Halloween and Autumn Fun in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 28th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
It is great to be back to school and the children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class have been working so hard over the past 2 months in all subject areas! Have a look at some of the photos of what we have been up to! We drew pictures of our “Summer Memories” in early September…
We drew fantastic “Self-Portraits” of ourselves!
The children drew lovely patterns and pictures on their names…
To mark Roald Dahl Day on 13th September, in English, we read Roald Dahl’s “Esio Trot” and the children really enjoyed it! The children wrote and drew about their favourite part of the story!
We read a poem called “The Squirrel” and decorated the poem…
In SESE, Ms. Harper, who was teaching the boys and girls for most of September and part of October, taught the class lots about Autumn, the weather, animals, hibernation and migration. We went on a nature walk using the lovely environs of our school.
We created a beautiful Autumn display with lots of the creatures that we have learned about!
To celebrate and mark Kilkenny Day on 10th October, the children designed very “Cool Cats” for our classroom!
We also made “Hot Air Balloons”!
We created and designed “Beautiful Butterflies”….
To celebrate the wonderful Harvest, some pupils in 3rd class helped decorate the Church for the Harvest Festival….
They also helped plant spring bulbs in the Church grounds and the school grounds!
The children made “Spooky Frankensteins” that are on our classroom wall…
We made chocolate apples and of course had to dress up on the last day of school….these monsters and ghouls gave me a big fright!!
Thank you Ms. Harper for all your work over the past few weeks and well done to the boys and girls too for a great effort!
Date posted: 28th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A Fun Run and a Marathon!!!
Date posted: 25th October 2021
Category Blog, Fundraising Activities, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Senior Classroom
We have been very active in Wandesforde National School this week! As part of our fundraising efforts over the past few weeks, we have been training hard to comfortably run 2 km. On Thursday, 21st October, our efforts and training paid off and the whole school walked to Castlecomer Community School to use the running track and complete our 2 km challenge. The children did a wonderful job and achieved their goal on the sunny, chilly morning. Here are some photos from the day!
The Infants were the first to complete a lap of the 440 metre track and they absolutely flew it!! The rest of the school cheered them on and then the favour was returned!
The Middle room and Senior room were up next to complete their 5 laps! Staff joined in too!
We were delighted to have a surprise visit from Joyce Byrne who came to cheer us on too! The children wished her the best as she was preparing for her Marathon run on Sunday!
On Sunday, 24th October, the sun was shining once again as lots of people gathered early in the morning to cheer Joyce off on her 42.2 km run in aid of St. Luke’s Intensive Care Unit and Wandesforde NS.
Joyce set off at 9.30 am and had plenty of support and cheers along the way as she managed to pass many of the children’s houses along the route!
There was a great crowd to welcome Joyce home after completing her run!
Joyce, well done and thank you for doing this and raising so much money for the ICU and our school. We will have a total soon! We are so proud of you!
Thank you to all the children, parents, staff, members of the community and everyone else who has sponsored our 2 km challenge and Joyce’s Marathon. The school appreciates your support so much!
Date posted: 25th October 2021
Category Blog, Fundraising Activities, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Senior Classroom
A Busy June in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 21st June 2021
Category Blog, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Science, Visual Arts
The Summer holidays are here! 2nd, 3rd and 4th class have been so busy over the past few weeks! Here are some photos of their hard work for you to look at! The theme over the past month was “Water” and many of our lessons revolved around this topic!
In English, the children studied the poem “Water” and discussed parts of the poem, adjectives, verbs and nouns.
In Science and Geography, we discussed climate change, global warming and how the ice caps that are melting are affecting sea levels. This was illustrated using ice-cubes as the ice caps and rocks as the land. The children observed the rising levels and drew this in a diagram after writing out the experiment.
In Visual Arts, we talked about the season of Summer and created pictures using pastels…
We created “Fabulous Flip Flops” for Summer too!
The children painted a “Water Scene”….
We made clay fish also….
To cool down on the many hot days over the past few weeks, we made strawberry smoothies!
Well done to one pupil, who learned all about Volcanoes and created this exploding Volcano!
The children created “Under the Sea” pictures using fabric and fibre….
To celebrate Father’s Day, on 20th June, the children made certificates and cards for their Dads!
Well done on a great month’s work boys and girls! I really hope you have a wonderful, relaxing Summer! See you at the end of August!
Date posted: 21st June 2021
Category Blog, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Science, Visual Arts
Farewell to a Wonderful 6th Class and Sports’ Day 2021!
Date posted: 21st June 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, Sport, Sports
Last Thursday, we had fantastic weather for our annual Sports’ Day in Wandesforde National School! The day started off with simple races such as sprints and hurdles!
The egg and spoon race was a lot of fun!
We then had a few challenging and fun races that resulted in a lot of giggles and falls!!!!
We had some chips and ice-cream to eat on the day!
We had a graduating ceremony for our 6th class pupils. Each child was presented with a card with special messages and a Bible presented by Rev. Edna Wakely.
We had some delicious chocolate cake!
Each child in the school received a gold medal for their efforts on Sports’ Day!
Awards were also presented to 6 pupils, 3 boys and 3 girls, for their sporting abilities, positive attitude and teamwork!
Congratulations to these two 6th class pupils who are our “Overall Best Achievers” for outstanding work and effort throughout the year!
We wish all our 6th class pupils the very best as they leave Wandesforde National School after 8 years! You will all be greatly missed! Wishing you all the best as you begin a new chapter in your lives in the various secondary schools that you will be starting in very soon!
Have a wonderful Summer everybody!!
Date posted: 21st June 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, Sport, Sports
2nd, 3rd and 4th Class Work:)
Date posted: 11th May 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts
The children have been very busy in 2nd, 3rd and 4th Class over the past few weeks since we returned to school after the Easter holidays! Ms. Delaney taught the children for 2 weeks and did so many fun things with the class!
In Geography, the children learned all about the Weather. They learned about the various clouds in the sky and made examples of them on the following sheets.
They recorded the weather on a particular day and measured the temperature, looked at the types of cloud in the sky, checked the wind speed and direction and discussed the best clothes to wear on this particular day.
In Science, the children worked in pairs to investigate which magnets were the strongest. They recorded their findings on a sheet and drew and labelled their work!
In SPHE, the children discussed “Bullying” amongst their peers. To get the message across that we do not tolerate any bullying behaviours, the children designed posters to display in the classroom.
To mark National Space Day, we learned about the life of an astronaut in space. We watched videos on how they sleep, prepare food and work! We then had to devise our own list of things that we would bring to space if we had the chance to go and drew an astronaut with their suit on. Did you know a spacesuit costs more than $15,000,000 for every astronaut?
We read a poem called “Planet Roll Call” and talked about the various planets in our solar system.
In Visual Arts, we designed “Crazy Hair Day” pictures!
We learned about “Pointillism” and created homes and houses using this technique.
And finally, we made “Turtles” by weaving around lollipop sticks!
Well done on all your hard work over the past number of weeks boys and girls!
Date posted: 11th May 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Middle Classroom, Science, SPHE, Visual Arts