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A Great Start to 2022 in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 24th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
The boys and girls in 1st, 2nd and 3rd class have begun 2022 with gusto! We discussed all the good things we are going to try to do this year…We are going to reach for the stars!
We wrote about what we got up to over the Christmas break in our English class…
We painted beautiful, colourful art and displayed our pictures on our classroom walls.
In Gaeilge, we learned all about “An Aimsir” and even had the opportunity to say a poem “Bogha Báistí” in our school assembly in January.
We created “Hand-Print Parrots” in art also…
We read about St. Brigid’s Day on 1st February…
To mark St. Valentine’s Day, we made collage hearts for our loved ones and cards too!
In SESE, we looked at the topic of “Water” for 3 weeks. We designed boats using recycled materials. The children did a super job!
The children then tested their creations in a bath of water to see if they floated!
We wrote an acrostic poem about ways to conserve water….
We used metallic colours to make fish tanks…
In Geography, we studied “Habitats” with a focus on the habitats in and around our school environment. We went for a walk through the woodland and river near our school and the children took lots of photos using tablets. It was great fun!
The children spotted colourful plants, mini-beasts and so many other things!
We then drew various habitats that exist locally, nationally and internationally.
Well done on all your hard work boys and girls!
Date posted: 24th February 2022
Category Blog, Class Work, English, Geography, Irish, Local Visits, Middle Classroom, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
Wonderful Work this Winter in the Senior Classroom!
Date posted: 29th December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, History, Irish, Music, Religious Education, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Although the past two months have passed so quickly, the Senior Classroom have been working hard in all subject areas. In preparation for our Annual Design a Christmas Card Fundraiser, the children designed some very creative Christmas Cards.
Didn’t they do a fantastic job!
We welcomed Heritage Expert, Francesca Callaghan to our school in November and enjoyed participating in her workshop about children in Medieval Ireland.
The children designed their own Family Crest in response to what they had learned from Francesca.
In History, the children explored the lives of the Aztec People in the 15th and early 16th centuries. They designed their own Aztec Suns in response to all they had learned about their culture
The whole classroom have been reading the novel, Wildflower Girl by Marita Conlan-McKenna. This novel explores the Famine Period in Ireland as well as its impact on the lives of Irish families. The theme of emigration is also explored.
In Literacy, the children worked well at researching vocabulary they met in the novel
They also drew some very good predictions of what they thought might happen some of the characters in the novel.
In Gaeilge, we looked at the topic of “An Scoil” and learned lots of vocabulary and phrases relating to the topic. The children wrote their own passage in Irish about their school and drew lovely pictures of our school too!
The children drew their own creative cartoon animals in Art.
In Music, the children engaged in a Listening & Responding Worksheet Activity whereby they had to answer questions based on the music they listened to, as well as draw a picture of what they feel the music portrays.
The piece of music we listened to was Tortoises from Carnival of the Animals, a musical suite of 14 movements, by French Composer, Camille Saint-Saens.
In Art, the children created their own “Snowmen at Night” drawings using chalk. They explored the element of value in art which refers to the light and dark in artwork.
In preparation for Christmas, we all worked collaboratively to create our own Class Christmas Tree Display
The children created their own nativity scene using lollipop sticks.
Christmas decorations were also made for our homes.
We wore our Christmas jumpers to school just before the holidays and performed our Christmas songs for the Wandesforde School Christmas Performance! We hope you enjoyed it 🙂
On the final day of school, we played some cooperative games together and enjoyed pulling a few Christmas crackers with our classmates!!
Well done Senior Classes for all your hard work during a very busy term.
Happy Christmas Everybody! Enjoy your well deserved break and we will see you all in 2022!!
Date posted: 29th December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, History, Irish, Music, Religious Education, Senior Classroom, Visual Arts
Jingle all the Way in the Junior Room!
Date posted: 24th December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Geography, History, Junior Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
The children in the Junior Room were learning lots of new things during November and December. We were busy in play learning about houses and homes and Santa’s Workshop.
In SESE we were excited to welcome Heritage Expert Frankie to our school. We had great fun examining old artifacts and learning about life long ago.
We also explored the topic of homes and sequenced the story of The Three Little Pigs.
We discussed our journey to school and recorded three places we each pass on our journeys to school each day.
As we are now in the season of Winter we learned lots of things which happen at this time of year, learning how the trees are bare, days are shorter and the weather colder. We wrote sentences and drew pictures of this time of year.
We also learned about what happens water in Winter, freezing to ice when cold. We carried out an experiment to see where ice melted fastest in our classroom.
Finally in SESE we learned all about penguins including the names of different kinds of penguins, where they live and what they eat.
In RE we learned about the season of Advent, we created our own Advent Wreath lighting a new candle each week in the countdown to Christmas. We also learned all about the story of the birth of Jesus.
Finally in Art we made houses using fabrics as well as lots of colourful art for Christmas including Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Christmas Baubles and Winter Robins.
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Date posted: 24th December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, Geography, History, Junior Classroom, Our Work on Display, Religious Education, Science, Visual Arts
A Christmas and Winter Wonderland in the Middle Room!
Date posted: 23rd December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
What a busy November and December it has been in the middle room! The children have been so busy! On 4th November, we welcomed Heritage Expert and Archaeologist Frankie Callaghan to our school to explore History with the children. Frankie brought a huge range of artefacts and historical craft pieces for the children to see and hold! They had so much fun!
After Frankie’s visit, the children designed their own family crests…
In SESE, we discussed people who help us and drew pictures of what we would like to do when we grow up!
In Visual Arts, we learned all about the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh and the chidren did a wonderful job painting their own version of “Sunflowers” and “Starry Night”.
We discussed the season of Winter, the Winter crops that are being sown at this time of year and then we made “Scarecrows” using fabric and fibre. Don’t they look great?
We created pictures using magazine cutouts of things and toys we like to play with….
The children created their own “Noughts and Crosses” game…
We did some mindful colouring….
In Maths, the second class pupils were learning about symmetry…
In English, we read a book called “Brush – A Tale of Two Foxes” by Pierce Feireatar. The children really enjoyed this Christmas story and reviewed the book, describing the setting, plot, characters and also scored it. Most gave it 10 out of 10!
In preparation for Christmas, the children wrote letters to Santa and went to the local post office to post them…
We got a letter back from Santa too!!!
We filled our classroom with lots of Christmas art and decorations for our homes…
On Tuesday, 21st December, we enjoyed hot chocolate in our classrooms. Thank you Mrs. Dooley and Mrs. Power for organising this lovely treat!
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the pupils in 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class! See you all in 2022!
Date posted: 23rd December 2021
Category Blog, Christmas, Class Work, English, Geography, History, Mathematics, Middle Classroom, Visual Arts
A Busy Autumn in the Senior Classroom
Date posted: 30th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, Fundraising Activities, Hallowe'en, Irish, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts
Our first 2 months back at school have been busy as always. The Senior classes have worked hard in all subject areas for both Ms. Wilson and their student teacher, Mrs. Meally.
Below are some photos of various activities!
At the start of September, the children engaged in Optical Illusion Activities in Art and Science and created their own Optical Illusion using their hands and the first initial of their name!
The children completed a traffic survey at our school gates and recorded their results onto Bar Graphs in Maths! On the day of the survey, silver was the most popular vehicle colour to pass through Castlecomer!
In Art, the children created their own Autumn Wreaths using leaves from our school environment.
On Friday, 8th October, the school supported Goal’s Jersey Day and we all enjoyed wearing our sports jerseys into school for the day!
In SPHE the children created their own Mandalas as a symbol of their own uniqueness and self identity. Didn’t they do a fantastic job?
Drawing a self portrait with a twist was another art activity the children engaged in!
Members of 6th Class helped plant some daffodil and tulip bulbs around our school and parish grounds.
In Religion, the children designed their own Harvest Picture for the Harvest Service in St. Mary’s Church on Sunday, 24th October.
The children designed their own Anti-Bullying Poster in response to all that they had learned on the topic of Bullying in SPHE.
To celebrate Kilkenny Day on Sunday, 10th October, the children very creatively designed their own Pangur Bán!
On Thursday, 21st October, the whole school visited the Community School and got to run or walk around the track for 2km to raise money for our school and to support Joyce in her efforts to raise money for both our school and the ICU in St. Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny.
Well done to all the children for all their hard work at training in advance of the day as well as their great performance on the running track too!
The children donned their Hallowe’en costumes on the day of their Hallowe’en holidays. Well done to you all for such creative and scary costumes!
To get into the spirit of Halowe’en, the children played a game outdoors called Hallowe’en Run
and they engaged in some collaborative art to create some very funky looking pumpkins and spooky looking bats!!
Well done to 4th, 5th & 6th Class for all your great work over the past 2 months. Thank you to Mrs. Meally for all her hard work during October in the Senior Classroom. Enjoy your well deserved Mid Term Break! 🙂
Happy Hallowe’en to everybody!!
Date posted: 30th October 2021
Category Blog, Class Work, Fundraising Activities, Hallowe'en, Irish, Mathematics, Our Work on Display, Physical Education, Senior Classroom, SPHE, Visual Arts