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.
September has been a busy month for us all as we settle back to school again! The Junior Classroom welcomed 7 Junior Infants who have settled in very well to life at “Big School!” Our Senior Infants have settled very well into their new class too! During the month, the children have had fun getting…
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…
The school year is certainly flying by and May has been so busy, after returning from the Easter Break. When we came back, the children put their wonderful painting skills to work and painted their happy memories from the Easter Holidays… In Literacy, we wrote a report about the events that filled our break! In…
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…
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…
