Fun with clay!

In art 4th, 5th and 6th class designed these beautiful clay tiles. They flattened the clay and then etched designs into them. When they had dried they painted them in bright, cheerful colours! Here they are on display in their classroom.        

The Human Heart

In science the senior classes have been looking at the human heart. We learned the names of different parts of the heart and then labelled a diagram of the heart. We also did experiments to see how many times our heart beats in one minute at rest and after doing exercise. We counted our pulse…

Safe Harbour

4th, 5th and 6th class are enjoying reading their novel at the moment, Safe Harbour by Marita Conlon-McKenna. It tells the story of Sophie and Hugh, who are evacuated from London to Greystones during the Second World War. Here is some of the work we have completed so far. 4th class drew images the children…

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…

March in 4th, 5th and 6th Class

It was a busy few weeks leading up to Easter. The senior room have learned all about the sinking of the Titanic in history and English. In science we’ve learned about some of the different birds of prey in Ireland and written up our findings. For Mother’s Day we made heart shaped baskets and put a little…