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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
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