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Spring has Sprung in the Junior Room!
Date posted: 11th April 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, Easter, English, Funky Kids, Geography, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Junior and Senior Infants have been as busy as ever in the last few weeks. In play we learned all about The Farm. We had fun making animals in Play Doh, planning and making farms in the Sand and Small World. We also made items in Junk Art and went outside to create farms as well as building barns in Construction.
We learned lots in SESE about the season of Spring and various things which happen during this time of year. We read books and watched videos learning about this season and wrote some things which happen in Spring.
We learned about the Life Cycle of Chicks and made life cycle pictures.
We read the stroy “What the Ladybird Heard” which takes place on a farm and mapped the route the thieves took on the farm.
We also went on a nature walk to Castlecomer Discovery Park and spotted some signs of Spring. After we had some fun exploring and playing in the playground.
For Mother’s Day we made finger paintings and poems for our mums.
Junior Infants continue to learn their numbers in Maths and made Number 5 pictures.
In English we learned a Spring rhyme about daffodils drew illustrations to go with it.
We went outdoors and used chalk to practice sounding out and writing different words associated with farming.
In Art and RE we learned the story of Easter and created paintings based on this story.
Also in Art we created colourful St Patrick’s Day rainbows and shamrocks.
Finally, after 10 weeks of fun playing games, learning songs and creating costumes it was time to perform our Funky Kids Show! The pupils had a great day performing and watching their friends in other classes performing too.
Date posted: 11th April 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, Easter, English, Funky Kids, Geography, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Another Successful Book Fair!
Date posted: 3rd April 2022
Category Blog, Book Week, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom
A Big Thank You to everybody who recently supported our School’s Book Fair. The total amount of purchases made was €1286! As a result of this, the school receives €710 in book commission to help further stock our classroom libraries 🙂
Below are photographs of each classroom’s front cover entries for our We Are Writers Book.
Junior & Senior Infants
First, Second & Third Class
Fourth, Fifth & Sixth Class
Congratulations to Anya Morris in Fourth Class, whose book cover entry is now on our school’s We Are Writers Book!
Well done to all the pupils from each class below who received a book voucher for their wonderful book cover entries too!
Date posted: 3rd April 2022
Category Blog, Book Week, Junior Classroom, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom
A New Year begins in the Junior Room
Date posted: 26th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Irish, Junior Classroom, Music, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A new year has brought lots of new fun and learning to the Junior Room. We continue to learn our sounds and tricky words in English, doing lots of activities and games around this work.
We made New Years Resolutions and designed colourful 2022 signs.
Our play topic was The Weather, we made items in Play Doh and Junk Art as well as Construction.
and blocks!
Also in play we learned all about The Zoo. We discussed the animals there, people who work there and different areas around the zoo such as aquariums and the aviary. We made animals in Play Doh and Junk Art, made a zoo in the Sand and Small World as well as Construction.
February 1st was St Brigid’s Day and we made cloaks for St Brigid in Art after learning all about her life in RE.
In Art we made colourful umbrellas and to celebrate Valentine’s Day we created Valentine’s Love Birds for our loved ones.
We also had fun creating our own windmills to see how fast the wind was blowing in Castlecomer!
In SESE we learned all about toys from now and in the past. We also drew our favourite outdoor and indoor toys.
Also in SESE we learned all about forces and found out which items we move by pushing and pulling.
Finally we learned all about Ireland and different places in Ireland focusing on the city of Dublin and landmarks there. We also looked at local landmarks and drew a local landmark, Kilkenny Castle as well as noting buildings in our local town, Castlecomer.
We also listened to Winter by Vivaldi in Music and drew some pictures of what we imagined as we listened.
In Gaeilge we listened to the story of Cochaillín Dearg and learned all about the topic of Eadaí creating our own Líne Eadaí.
Well done to all the children on their hard work in January and February!
Date posted: 26th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Irish, Junior Classroom, Music, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A Great Start to 2022 in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 24th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
The boys and girls in 1st, 2nd and 3rd class have begun 2022 with gusto! We discussed all the good things we are going to try to do this year…We are going to reach for the stars!
We wrote about what we got up to over the Christmas break in our English class…
We painted beautiful, colourful art and displayed our pictures on our classroom walls.
In Gaeilge, we learned all about “An Aimsir” and even had the opportunity to say a poem “Bogha Báistí” in our school assembly in January.
We created “Hand-Print Parrots” in art also…
We read about St. Brigid’s Day on 1st February…
To mark St. Valentine’s Day, we made collage hearts for our loved ones and cards too!
In SESE, we looked at the topic of “Water” for 3 weeks. We designed boats using recycled materials. The children did a super job!
The children then tested their creations in a bath of water to see if they floated!
We wrote an acrostic poem about ways to conserve water….
We used metallic colours to make fish tanks…
In Geography, we studied “Habitats” with a focus on the habitats in and around our school environment. We went for a walk through the woodland and river near our school and the children took lots of photos using tablets. It was great fun!
The children spotted colourful plants, mini-beasts and so many other things!
We then drew various habitats that exist locally, nationally and internationally.
Well done on all your hard work boys and girls!
Date posted: 24th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Wonderful Work this Winter in the Senior Classroom!
Date posted: 29th December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, History, Irish, Music, Religious Education, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Although the past two months have passed so quickly, the Senior Classroom have been working hard in all subject areas. In preparation for our Annual Design a Christmas Card Fundraiser, the children designed some very creative Christmas Cards.
Didn’t they do a fantastic job!
We welcomed Heritage Expert, Francesca Callaghan to our school in November and enjoyed participating in her workshop about children in Medieval Ireland.
The children designed their own Family Crest in response to what they had learned from Francesca.
In History, the children explored the lives of the Aztec People in the 15th and early 16th centuries. They designed their own Aztec Suns in response to all they had learned about their culture
The whole classroom have been reading the novel, Wildflower Girl by Marita Conlan-McKenna. This novel explores the Famine Period in Ireland as well as its impact on the lives of Irish families. The theme of emigration is also explored.
In Literacy, the children worked well at researching vocabulary they met in the novel
They also drew some very good predictions of what they thought might happen some of the characters in the novel.
In Gaeilge, we looked at the topic of “An Scoil” and learned lots of vocabulary and phrases relating to the topic. The children wrote their own passage in Irish about their school and drew lovely pictures of our school too!
The children drew their own creative cartoon animals in Art.
In Music, the children engaged in a Listening & Responding Worksheet Activity whereby they had to answer questions based on the music they listened to, as well as draw a picture of what they feel the music portrays.
The piece of music we listened to was Tortoises from Carnival of the Animals, a musical suite of 14 movements, by French Composer, Camille Saint-Saens.
In Art, the children created their own “Snowmen at Night” drawings using chalk. They explored the element of value in art which refers to the light and dark in artwork.
In preparation for Christmas, we all worked collaboratively to create our own Class Christmas Tree Display
The children created their own nativity scene using lollipop sticks.
Christmas decorations were also made for our homes.
We wore our Christmas jumpers to school just before the holidays and performed our Christmas songs for the Wandesforde School Christmas Performance! We hope you enjoyed it 🙂
On the final day of school, we played some cooperative games together and enjoyed pulling a few Christmas crackers with our classmates!!
Well done Senior Classes for all your hard work during a very busy term.
Happy Christmas Everybody! Enjoy your well deserved break and we will see you all in 2022!!
Date posted: 29th December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, History, Irish, Music, Religious Education, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts