English is taught to all children from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. Oral language, reading and writing are all encouraged and promoted throughout the school. The child’s reading and writing experience in school can contribute greatly to their cognitive, emotional and imaginative development. The children love to write stories, complete projects and post their blogs on the school website.
We have been really busy throughout October in the Junior Room. We started learning through Play using the Aistear Framework. Our topic was ‘The Vet.’ In English Junior Infants are busy learning their sounds and Seniors are learning reading words. We learned all about length in Maths. In Visual Art we created colourful Autumn trees,…
We’ve had lots to keep us busy during the Summer Term in the Junior Room! We went on our school tour to Activate in Waterford. Our butterflies each hatched from their chrysalis and we released them in the school grounds. We learned all about the seaside and water. We discovered what it was like to…
The summer holidays are here! It has been a busy May and June in the Senior Room between the school tour, ice-cream in the sun, amazing projects and sports day. Have a look at a snippet of what we have been up to! The children created some wonderful art pieces this term. Look at these…
The final term in Wandesforde National School has been a very busy one! The boys and girls in the middle room have been learning so much over the past few months! Have a look at what we have been up to! In Science, we have been learning all about the lifecycle of the butterfly. We…
Over the last few weeks the pupils in Junior & Senior Infants learned all about the topic of Space! First we played at the Space Station in Aistear. In Art we made Spaceships with aliens in them! In SESE we learned about all the things we see in the sky at night, the journey of…
