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Happy Halloween from the Senior Room!!
Date posted: 28th October 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Irish, Music, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Rugby, Science, Senior Classroom, Sports, Visual Arts
Another busy month has come and gone! The Senior Room have completed a great month’s work again in all subject areas!
At the start of the month, we printed Autumnal Trees in Art using cotton buds!! Didn’t they do a great job!
We have had a great few weeks of playing Tag Rugby with our coach, Noel!
In Gaeilge, we have been learning lots of phrases about ourselves in Obair Bhéal. The children also wrote a little factual piece about themselves too!
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Castlecomer Library to see a very interactive presentation from weather forecaster, Joanna Donnelly on her new book “The Great Irish Weather Book” which she published with her illustrator, Fuschia MacAree! Thank you to the library for organising this great event!
We did an art appreciation lesson on Surrealism and looked at the work of the Spanish Painter, Joan Miro, who produced many famous paintings using simple shapes, bright colours and unique symbols. Below are the children’s own pictures in response to his many creative and innovative paintings!
In SESE, the children explored the topic of Autumn as well as Living Things and created their own owls in response to all they had learned 🙂
Music Generation is well underway at Wandesforde. The children are engaging well in their weekly performance workshops with Clare Kilkenny and are participating in a wide variety of vocal and instrumental activities in Music.
In preparation for Halloween, the children engaged in a literacy workshop on Halloween Haiku Poetry. They explored the technique of writing this Japanese form of poetry using 3 lines of syllables and adjectives!
We also designed our own pumpkins for the Castlecomer Library Halloween Competition!
In Gaeilge, we learned the poem “Oíche Shamhna” and drew pictures to illustrate the poem!
Finally, the children dressed up in their Halloween costumes on Friday, 25th October. They all looked amazing and as always it was a great way to start off the Halloween Holidays!
Happy Halloween Everybody! Enjoy your well deserved Mid-Term Break 🙂
Date posted: 28th October 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Hallowe'en, Irish, Music, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Rugby, Science, Senior Classroom, Sports, Visual Arts
September in the Senior Room
Date posted: 7th October 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Drama, English, History, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, Soccer, SPHE, Visual Arts
Welcome back everybody to a new school year! September has been a very busy month for us all.
In SPHE, the children designed their own Mandala to express their uniqueness and individuality.
They also created their own “All About Me” Iphone Worksheet
In preparation for the Rugby World Cup in Japan, we explored the flags and jerseys of the teams participating in the tournament. We also looked at statistics of teams who had won in previous World Cup Competitions. With all of this information, we made our own predictions as to who will win the 2019 World Cup Title!
The children explored facial features in Art and completed the other half of these faces! You may recognise some political leaders amongst them!!
Following on from this art lesson, the children drew their own Self Portraits from a photograph of themselves. Didn’t they do a fantastic job!
The children explored many Irish Myths and Legends in History this month. In response to the Children of Lir, they created their own storyboard with a partner.
We welcomed Orla Bates, a Heritage in Schools Expert to our school in September. Orla engaged the children in a Pigment Painting Workshop whereby they made their own paints using soil pigments and binder. They then created some wonderful Stone Age Soil Paintings in their groups!
In Drama, the children engaged in many co-operative games. They particularly enjoyed the M&M Game as it involved them getting to know each other while eating a packet of M&Ms! Mmmmmm!
The children engaged in Recount Writing in English and wrote up a report of their Summer Holidays!
We were very lucky to be treated to a theatrical production of the Wizard of Oz at our school on the last day of September. The Senior Classroom not only enjoyed watching the performance but also were engaged in a workshop on Costume & Set Design as well as Sound, Lighting & Stage Production!
Well done to all the children for all their hard work during their first month back at school!
Date posted: 7th October 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Drama, English, History, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, Soccer, SPHE, Visual Arts
Summer Fun in The Middle Room!
Date posted: 22nd June 2019
Category Blog, English, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Science, Sports, Visual Arts
The month of June has flown by and over the past 3 weeks, we have been focusing on the theme of Summer! We made crazy flavoured ice pops…
In English, we wrote “Summer Bucket Lists”. The boys and girls are going to be very busy over the next few months!
To celebrate the wonderful Dads in our lives, we created “Rock and Roll Vests” for Fathers’ Day and gave our Dads special certificates too…
We created Frog Paper weights using stones from our gardens…
In SESE we have been learning about the lifecycle of the butterfly over the past month…
We purchased our own caterpillars to see them transform into butterflies…
Unfortunately, they hadn’t changed into butterflies before school finished for the holidays, so a lucky boy in 2nd class has kindly taken the chrysalides home and will set them free in due course!
On 17th June, we had our sports’ day and all the children received a medal for their efforts in all the races on the day! Well done boys and girls on all your hard work throughout the year. Have a great Summer!
Date posted: 22nd June 2019
Category Blog, English, Middle Classroom, Physical Education, Science, Sports, Visual Arts
Sports’ Day 2019!
Date posted: 21st June 2019
Category Blog, Physical Education, Sport, Sports
On Monday, 17th June, the children had a fun and active sports’ day in Wandesforde National School! We focus on fun and participation in the 5 races which include a sprint, hurdles, egg and spoon race, sack race and the three-legged race. Have a look at some of the highlights of the day!
Each child received a medal for their efforts on the day. Well done boys and girls! Have a lovely Summer!
Date posted: 21st June 2019
Category Blog, Physical Education, Sport, Sports
Spring Madness in the Senior Classes!
Date posted: 28th April 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Easter, English, Geography, History, Hockey, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Spring has come and gone and the Senior Classroom were in full swing during the very busy months of March & April!
In Art, the children engaged in a still life drawing of daffodils and produced artwork Vincent Van Gogh would be very proud of!
In History, the children participated in a local library project entitled “Hobbies Long Ago”. They interviewed a family member, friend or neighbour on this topic and complimented their work with a photograph. These mini projects will be on display in Castlecomer Library during May.
In Maths, the children played “Beetle Drive” as a small group activity!
They also explored the area of 2D shapes and symmetry and engaged in practical work identifying lines of symmetry in various shapes.
In SESE, the children explored aspects of the water cycle as well as types of fish in our rivers and lakes. They made their own 3D fish to support this area in their books!
In Religion, the children explored Prayer Writing and composed their own prayers on the topic of World Issues
Letter writing both formal and informal was taught in English during Spring. The children wrote formal letters to their favourite authors and informal/penpal letters to their Finnish Penpals!
In Geography, the children completed mini projects on a chosen county in Ireland. They had to research the names of rivers, towns, landmarks as well as other areas of interest in their county.
During Spring, we celebrated Mother’s Day. The children made their own pop-up cards and bookmarks for their loved ones.
We also celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and the children made their own colourful shamrock pictures using chalk pastels.
They also composed their own Limerick poems in English on the theme of being Irish!
In P.E. the children actively engaged in field hockey and enjoyed playing it outdoors too!
During the month, we were delighted to be part of the Ireland AM documentary which was broadcast from the Discovery Park. The children really enjoyed their moment of fame on television with their school 🙂
In preparation for Easter, the children designed our Easter Coffee Morning Posters
They designed a poster on the theme “Caring for God’s World” for the Bishop’s Art Competition.
The children worked with clay in Art and made their own colourful egg cups!
Finally, in Religion the children made their own paper plate craft depicting the events of Holy Week
Well done Senior Classes for all your hard work during the lead up to our Easter holidays!!
Date posted: 28th April 2019
Category Blog, Class Work, Easter, English, Geography, History, Hockey, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Religious Education, Science, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts