Science is taught as part of SESE (Social, Environmental and Scientific Education) and is integrated with geography and history. We enjoy doing experiments with the children and sometimes we participate in science workshops such as the “Discover Science” programme in the Discovery Park in Castlecomer.
On Tuesday, 7th October, we welcomed 4 hens to Wandesforde National School! 2 hens arrived bright and early by car and 2 came on the bus with some children! They are settling in very comfortably to their new coop in the back garden of our school building. Jackie, very kindly donated the 4 hens, which are…
It has been a busy start to the year for the senior classes and we’ve completed lots of work in different subjects. Take a look and see what we’ve been up to! In geography and science we studied buildings and the materials used to construct them. In art class we made these city skylines including some…
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…
We have certainly been busy during May in 4th, 5th and 6th Class. As always the boys and girls have worked really hard and produced great work! In maths we learned all about 3D shapes and made our own 3D shapes. As well as making pyramids, prisms, cubes and cuboids some pupils made dodecahedrons which…
