We in Wandesforde NS are a “Green School”. We were recently awarded our 5th flag, which focuses on “Biodiversity”. Our Green School’s Committee meet regularly to discuss green issues with Ms. Power, the Green School’s co-ordinator. We are working towards being awarded our 6th Green Flag at the moment.
During the last two years we have been working hard to attain our 3rd Green Flag based on the theme of water. With this in mind the Green Schools Committee decided to hold an art competition for all classes based on saving water at home and in school. Here are the competition entries. Junior Room…
Welcome back everybody from 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class! We have all settled in very well to our work since the 27th August. Have a look at what we have been up to over the past 3 weeks! In RE, we have discussed the theme of “Belonging”. To show that we are part of God’s…
Last Wednesday a geologist came to visit our school. The boys and girls from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class had the chance to learn about the different types of rocks and find out how they were formed. They also learned about how much water we use every day and where our waste water goes…
As part of the Visual Arts Curriculum, the children in 1st, 2nd and 3rd class have been working in groups to create a construction of their choice using rubbish! Without any help at all, the results were very impressive and are on display in the school corridor for all to see. The children in 1st…
Last week Ms Dennehy’s class and Ms Power’s class went out to the school garden. There we harvested all the vegetables which had been growing over the summer. We got carrots, potatoes and onions! When we went inside 5th and 6th Class prepared the soup for everyone. They peeled, chopped and…
