Irish is taught to all classes. We encourage the children and teachers to speak Irish in an informal way throughout the school day. We are promotiing the use of Irish with Seachtain na Gaeilge and we sent out some phrases for all parents to use with their child to develop their oral competency in the language.
I Scoil Náisiúnta Wandesforde, táimid ag iarraidh an Ghaeilge a labhairt i rith na seachtaine! During the week, the children will try to speak Irish as much as possible, in an informal way, lining up, playing games and throughout the various lesson in the classroom. Our prizes for Star of the Week are being awarded to…
We remembered St. Brigid’s Day at the start of February and the children had great fun designing St. Brigid’s Cloak using coloured mosaics! In SESE, the children have been learning about Water. We had great fun learning about the Water Cycle and we learned a poem called “Splish Splosh” The children drew lovely pictures to illustrate this…
It has been a very busy few weeks preparing for Christmas in Wandesforde School. 4th, 5th and 6th class have been busy doing lots of Christmas activities in different subjects. In art we made wreaths from tissue paper, then made bells and stuck on bows. In English we read the story The Little Match Girl and…
It has been a busy few weeks in the senior classroom. We have been doing lots of work on the topic of Hallowe’en. In English we wrote essays on Magical Spells and Scary Nights. In art we made sparkling fireworks from kitchen rolls and splatter painted a colourful background. In Gaeilge we read a story…
Spring is here again and the boys and girls in 4th, 5th and 6th Class wrote all about the signs of spring as Gaeilge!
