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November News from 5th & 6th Class
Date posted: 7th December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
November has been another fun and busy month in the senior room. We began the month by learning all about keeping dogs as pets and safety around them when The Dog’s Trust came to visit.
In Art we created candle holders from jars, we painted them in bright and vibrant colours!
We also looked at the artist Piet Mondrian and created our own paintings in his style.
It was interesting to read all about polar bears in English and learn more about these fascinating animals. We wrote up the information we learned.
We were delighted to be invited to paint up a Nutcracker character to go on display in Kilkenny as part of the Yulefest celebrations in the city. Here is our Wandesforde Nutcracker!
Finally as November drew to a close we went to the Discovery Park to greet Santa and Mrs Claus as they arrived and sang some Christmas Carols.
Date posted: 7th December 2016
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
Hallowe’en fun for 5th and 6th Class
Date posted: 28th October 2016
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Green Flag, Hallowe'en, Irish, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Science, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Hallowe’en is just around the corner and the pupils in 5th and 6th class have been doing lots of fun and creative work around this topic.
In English we wrote Spooky Stories with a Hallowe’en theme.
Art has been all about spiders and fireworks, here are our finished pictures.
In Geography, Science and English we have been learning all about the Rainforest, we wrote up information on the importance of rainforests and labelled diagrams of the layers of a rainforest.
We also conducted an experiment to see how water travels to the leaves in a plant. We could see this process in action by adding red food dye to the water.
Ar an bhFeirm was the topic we covered in Gaeilge. The pupils wrote up a story in Irish about a day on the farm.
We are now working on our 5th Green Flag and the theme is biodiversity. With this in mind the senior pupils went on a nature walk to the Discovery Park and noted all the different aspects of nature they observed.
Finally we enjoyed baking Hallowe’en cupcakes on Friday as a treat before the holidays.
As you can see we also had fun dressing up for Hallowe’en!
Date posted: 28th October 2016
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Green Flag, Hallowe'en, Irish, Local Visits, Our Work on Display, Science, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Our First Month Back at School!
Date posted: 7th October 2016
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Irish, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
September has been busy for us all settling back into school after our Summer Holidays! We welcomed 4 new pupils into Junior Infants: Anya Morris, Alish Cooney, Theo Neale & Clinton Griffith. We also welcomed back Senior Infants and First Class into the Junior Classroom 🙂
To start off the month, the children made their own LiamMcCarthy Cups in support of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Hurling Championships. They had great fun waving their cups at the traffic passing through the town!!
In SPHE, the children have been learning about what makes them special. They drew a picture of themselves in response to all the work they covered on this topic.
In SESE & Religion, we have been exploring the theme of Harvest through story, poetry and song singing. The children created their own very colourful fruit & vegetable baskets for Harvest. Didn’t they do a great job 🙂
We also enjoyed cheering on the cyclists in Rás na mBan when they passed through Castlecomer during the month. An Post very kindly gave us t-shirts to wear on the day and also some flags to wave at the cyclists as they zoomed past us!!
In English, we have been learning and revising many letters this month too. The children made their own scarecrow for the letter “s” using rolled up crepe paper.
The children drew pictures to give us a snapshot of their Summer Holidays as an activity in History at the start of the month.
During the month the children enjoyed decorating their own cupcake as a little Friday treat 🙂
The Junior Classroom paid a visit to our local library for a storytelling session with Mary! 
Mary has asked us to take part in a storytelling workshop on the work of Roald Dahl so over the next few weeks, we will be visiting the library to listen to some of his stories. So far, the children have listened to excerpts from Matilda and have really enjoyed getting to know the characters’ names as well as Roald Dahl’s language which believe it or not is called GOBBLEFUNK!!
While we were at the library, we also picked out our own books to bring back to the classroom library. Mary also gave all the children a form for membership of the library. Some of the children in the Junior Classroom have already become members and now have their very own library card!
Well done to all the children on a great month’s work in the Junior Classroom!
Date posted: 7th October 2016
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Irish, Junior Classroom, Local Visits, Mathematics, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
November in the Senior Room
Date posted: 4th December 2015
Category Blog, Class Work, English, History, Irish, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Science, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Another month has flown by in 4th, 5th & 6th Class. We have been busy working in lots of different areas. In Art we made our own clay pencil holders and painted them bright colours. We also made colourful reflective pictures.
In Gaeilge we listened to instructions in Irish and drew pictures based on the topic ‘éadaí’
4th class worked on symmetry in Maths and drew in the other side of these owls and ostriches, showing their knowledge of symmetry and great drawing skills. They also created pizzas with symmetrical toppings.
World War 1 was a topic we studied in History and we learned lots of information about the war. We wrote about it and made our own poppies.
In English 5th and 6th class read about polar animals and wrote up a report on an animal of their choice.
For Science Week we participated in a workshop in the library. We learned all about robotics and then made our own crocodile robots with snapping jaws!!
Date posted: 4th December 2015
Category Blog, Class Work, English, History, Irish, Local Visits, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Science, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Autumn in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 13th October 2015
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Local Visits, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, SPHE, Subjects, Visual Arts
A warm welcome back from the pupils in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class. It has been a very busy few weeks and the children have settled in very well for the first part of the term and have been working hard in all subject areas! In English, the children wrote about their Summer holidays and they certainly did lots of exciting things!
In Religious Education, we have been discussing “Harvest Time” and we drew pictures to thank God for all the wonderful things we have on this earth at this plentiful time of year.
In SPHE we have been following the “Zippy’s Friends” programme which encourages children to deal with challenges in their lives. Zippy is a stick insect and we read stories about him and the children he lives with. We then discuss what to do in various situations.
In Visual Arts, we made jigsaws with each piece depicting a part of our lives, such as our family, friends, school and hobbies!
We also drew self-portraits of ourselves!
In Science and Geography, we have been learning all about hibernation, migration and interesting facts about animals.
To support this work, we went on a nature walk to the Discovery Park, where the children had to identify various leaves, berries and nuts! We had a great time!
And finally, in Maths, we were learning about 2D shapes. To consolidate this work, we made “Over-lapping Shape Pictures” in Art. Well done on great work this Autumn boys and girls!
Date posted: 13th October 2015
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Local Visits, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, SPHE, Subjects, Visual Arts