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.
During April, the Infant Classroom learned about the artist, Vincent Van Gogh and his painting, “Sunflowers”. As an art appreciation lesson, the children all made their own picture of “Sunflowers” using oil pastels. They did fantastic artwork and really showed off their artistic talents!! Designing their own Easter Bags for the Easter Fairy Cakes was another art activity for the children The children…
On Friday, 15th April, Junior & Senior Infants took part in their annual egg hunt in the grounds of Wandesforde National School. This year it was an egg hunt with a difference! The children had to pair up with another child and have a tie put around their legs as if they were doing the…
We made Easter Chicks using wool and cardboard. We put googly eyes and a beak on the chicks… We enjoyed painting some Easter Art. We painted chicks, eggs, rabbits and animals… We made Chocolate Nests using shredded wheat, melted chocolate and mini eggs. Delicious! We decorated our own Easter Eggs… Happy Easter from 1st, 2nd…
On Thursday, 14th April, Junior & Senior Infants baked Easter Fairy Cakes! The children were all given a job to do in making the fairy cakes. Here are photographs of all their hard work! We all got to decorate our own fairy cakes with chocolate, eggs, smarties and maltesers! We all brought 2 fairy cakes home in…
On Wednesday, 13th April, the Infant Classroom had an eggstra special P.E. lesson to celebrate Easter! Here are some photos of the Egg & Spoon Relay! We had to be very careful not to drop the egg! There were also hens laying their eggs in the Wandesforde Hall! At the end of our…
