We love Art and Craft in our school!The six strands in the Primary School Visual Arts Curriculum are Drawing, Paint & Colour, Print, Clay, Construction and Fabric & Fibre.As you walk through the corridors and classrooms, you will see lovely art displays.We enjoy entering art competitions such as the Texaco Art Competition and also Doodle 4 Google.We also encourage local craftspeople to come in and share their expertise with the children at various times of the year.
It was a busy few weeks leading up to Easter. The senior room have learned all about the sinking of the Titanic in history and English. In science we’ve learned about some of the different birds of prey in Ireland and written up our findings. For Mother’s Day we made heart shaped baskets and put a little…
The children in 2nd and 3rd Class designed their own Easter Eggs and we displayed them on the classroom wall! We also made our own mini chocolate eggs using moulds…As you can probably guess, this was a fun activity and everyone wanted to lick the spoon afterwards! We then put the finished eggs into handmade…
We have had a very busy month, preparing for Mother’s Day and discussing the topic of Spring! Here are our Spring paintings! Paintings include scenes of flowers, new life and also the busy farmers in the fields, ploughing….. For Mother’s Day, the children made flower baskets, with absolutely no help at all! They used oasis, greenery…
The Junior Room have been working very hard this March with their student teacher, Ms Dunphy. Take a look at all their lovely work below! Springtime on the Farm! St Patrick’s Day Art with rainbows and shamrocks! The Story of St. Patrick Colourful Clocks! In SESE, the children have been learning about “Animals and their Young”. Their…
As part of Book Week 2012 in Wandesforde National School, the children participated in an In-School Art Competition on the theme of books. This year the theme was “One World Many Stories”. The children’s completed artwork is on display in the Assembly Hall for parents to see at the Book Fair! Once again you’ll see that…
