The subjects taught in the Wandesforde NS are English, Irish, Maths, Religious Education, Geography, Science, History, SPHE, PE, Drama, Music and Visual Arts.
On Wednesday, 25th May, Junior & Senior Infants worked very hard as traffic surveyors in Castlecomer to support work covered in class on the topic of Transport. The children were given either a form of transport or a colour which they had to keep watch for in the traffic that passed by the school gates from 9:40-10am…
We love to do art in our classroom and over the past few weeks we have completed activities with clay, paint and collage. Have a look at our lovely work… We made funny creatures with funny faces… We made nature pictures using natural materials from our world… We learned about primary and secondary colours and…
In 1st, 2nd & 3rd Class, we read a story called “The Story of the Willow Pattern” by Allan Drummond. It is a story of a rich girl called Koong-Shee who lived in China and fell in love with a poor boy called Chang. Her father was not very happy so they ran away. Do…
On Tuesday, 10th May 2011, Hilary Jenkinson, a local potter, visited Wandesforde National School to teach the children how to work with clay and make pottery. In the Infant Classroom, the children made their own name plates out of clay. They had great fun working with the clay and designing their own name plate. Here are…
Third Class completed research projects on topics of their choice. They thoroughly enjoyed finding the information, putting the project together with lots of interesting facts and pictures. The boys completed their projects on “Cattle” and “Sheep”. As a teacher, I learned so much about these animals as I do not live on a farm! Well done boys…….
