We are a very busy school! Each year as a treat, we all go to the cinema at Christmas. This is kindly paid for by the Board of Management and we have a fantastic day. Sometimes we hold a Carol Service or Christmas Play in St. Mary’s Church just before the Christmas holidays and then come back to the school for a party. All the parents are invited back for tea/coffee and to see our Christmas art and craft.
May and June have been jam-packed with lots of exciting things happening in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! After our school tour to Ferrycarrig, the children wrote wonderful reports about their experiences on the day… We recently finished reading “Charlotte’s Web” in class. The children thoroughly enjoyed this book and wrote a book report on…
On Saturday, 7th June 2014, our school hosted the annual sponsored cycle. It started off as a pretty dull, cloudy morning but thankfully, later in the day the sun was shining! Registration started around 8 am and people had the opportunity to have a cuppa and a chat before they set off on the various…
Last week, on Tuesday 6th and Thursday 8th May, we welcomed our friends Johanna Raisanen and Kristina Pesola to Wandesforde National School! Johanna and Kristina are teachers in Lohtajan Kirkonkylan Koulu (try pronouncing that!) in Finland. This translates as “Lohtaja’s Church Village School”. The children in Wandesforde are currently writing to the children in this school and…
Another month is nearly over and once again the Junior Classroom have been busy little bees!! In Art, the children had fun rolling up crepe paper into balls to create their very own Cherry Blossom. Did you know that the Cherry Blossom originally came from Japan? As part of the Maths Curriculum, the children played their…
It has certainly been a busy April and now that Easter is almost here, we have been extra busy with lots of fun and games in the middle room! Have a look at what we have been up to…. In Science, the children have been focusing on Electricity and Magnetism. The 1st and 2nd Class…
