As well as covering all the strands of the Primary School Curriculum, we love to play other sports too!We enjoy basketball, hockey, rounders, hurling, swimming, spikeball, football, soccer and gymnastics.We have a sponsored 5 mile cycle for the whole school in May/June of each year.This year, there will be a combined adult/children’s cycle around Castlecomer.The adults have the option of cycling 30km or 100km!
On Thursday 19th June, we had our annual sports’ day in Wandesforde National School! The weather was fantastic and all the children enjoyed the day. Each year, we focus on having fun and we encourage the children to enjoy the day as much as possible. We have 5 races and the children are divided into…
Swimming lessons commence after Easter for all children on Wednesday, 30th April 2014 at Graiguecullen Swimming Pool in Carlow from 1p.m.-1.45p.m. The children will travel by bus to the pool and will receive 8 lessons in total, finishing on Wednesday, 18th June 2014.
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…
Although we are only in school for two weeks of April we have been busy in the Senior classes! In science we looked at different water birds found in Ireland. We had fun looking at videos of gannets diving into the ocean. We also learned about Mute, Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, cormorants, oystercatchers, dunlins and herring…
The Junior Classroom have once again been busy doing new activities this month! During the month, we celebrated Valentine’s Day. The children made their own handprint photo frame as a gift for their parents. The children also had fun making their own chocolate hearts as a little treat for their loved ones too! We melted both milk…
