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.
October has been busy with “Autumn” and “Halloween” activities for the Junior Classroom. We made our own paper plate owls and clay hedgehogs to support work covered in SESE. In preparation for Halloween, the children made their own “Personalised Pumpkins” and “Spooky Spiders” in Art using paints and pastels. The children also enjoyed eating “Bairín Breac” and making…
We have completed another busy month in the Senior Room. We have been painting Autumn and Hallowe’en themed pictures. Here are our Autumn Leaf Fireworks and Hallowe’en Witches! In English we studied a poem called The Door by Miroslav Holub. We then wrote our own poems called The Door, and displayed…
Over the past couple of weeks, we have been having some Hallowe’en Fun! We had an Art lesson with a difference. No brushes were used to paint our Hallowe’en Ghosts, but our feet were! It was a messy lesson, but a memorable one! We also got to make chocolate apples. The apples were dipped into…
On Friday, 12th October 2012, we had a special presentation to Mrs. Lanigan, our wonderful piano teacher , who has recently retired. The children presented her with a bouquet of flowers, a gift voucher and a card, signed by the whole school. Mrs. Lanigan has taught piano for over 30 years in the school. We wish…
On Thursday, 4th October, the children and staff of Wandesforde NS, welcomed Bishop Michael Burrows to the school. Bishop Burrows had a busy day travelling around in vintage cars to raise money for the Bishop’s Appeal and all the work they do for people in other countries that are less fortunate than us. We decided to…
