Spring Cleaning in Castlecomer!

As part of the National Spring Clean, Wandesforde National School pupils took part in a huge clean up day on Thursday 19th April.  The campaign was organised at local level by students in Transition Year from the Community School in Castlecomer.  The students came to the school early on Thursday morning and we were ready…

Firefighters Visit Wandesforde NS!

On Friday, 20th April 2012, firefighters from Kilkenny Fire Service visited the pupils in 2nd and 3rd Class, as part of the SPHE curriculum in conjunction with local Fire Stations.  3 officers, Philip, Richie and Willie spoke to the pupils about fire safety in the home.  The children had to complete a worksheet where they had to…

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Easter Fun!

The children in 2nd and 3rd Class designed their own Easter Eggs and we displayed them on the classroom wall!  We also made our own mini chocolate eggs using moulds…As you can probably guess, this was a fun activity and everyone wanted to lick the spoon afterwards! We then put the finished eggs into handmade…

March Activities in 2nd & 3rd Class!

We have had a very busy month, preparing for Mother’s Day and discussing the topic of Spring!  Here are our Spring paintings!  Paintings include scenes of flowers, new life and also the busy farmers in the fields, ploughing….. For Mother’s Day, the children made flower baskets, with absolutely no help at all!  They used oasis, greenery…

A different kind of Maths Lesson!

    During the month of March, 3rd class children were learning about weight and capacity in their Maths lesson.  On one of the pages, there were questions based on “Emma’s Kitchen” and part of the activity included following a recipe to make Queen Cakes, so that’s exactly what we did! The children weighed out…