The 4th, 5th and 6th class are taught by Ms. Wilson. They have a large, airy, bright classroom with lots of space. With 5 computers and a laser printer in the classroom, they are often busy completing projects and looking up information on the internet. Like all the other classrooms, the senior classroom has an interactive whiteboard which the children thoroughly enjoy using!
On Friday, 23rd March 2012, local author, David Donohue visited our school as part of the Writer’s in School Scheme to promote literacy in schools. Over the past few weeks the children have been busy reading and listening to his novels: Walter Speazlebud, Alien Timebomb and Moon Man. The children really enjoyed David’s storytelling workshop and of course…
As part of Book Week 2012 in Wandesforde National School, the children participated in an In-School Art Competition on the theme of books. This year the theme was “One World Many Stories”. The children’s completed artwork is on display in the Assembly Hall for parents to see at the Book Fair! Once again you’ll see that…
The children have enjoyed 7 weeks of basketball lessons with Joe Byrne from the Community School. Take a look at the whole school in action!! Thank you Joe for teaching us all new skills in basketball!
Recently 4th, 5th and 6th class have been learning about Hinky Pinkies in English. A hinky pinky is a clue and the answer to this clue will rhyme, e.g. A bitter bloom = sour flower. We have been solving a few riddles at the beginning of English lessons for the past few weeks and on Monday…
The senior classes have been learning lots of new information in science in the past few weeks. We looked at electric circuits and discovered how they work. We also looked at forces and fulcrums. We did experiments to see how things can balance in various ways. Here you can see that one coin can balance…
