St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

We had a great time celebrating Science Week!

We all love trains, cars and planes in our class so we decided to investigate how our toys move.

We investigated which toys roll, spin, swing and bounce.

We predicted how some of our favourite toys move and then put them to the test!

We tested if our toys rolled using a ramp and recorded our predictions and results.

Check out our investigation in action…

Our results showed that cars, a minion teddy and a yoga ball rolled successfully down our ramp but a 2D triangle didn’t roll. We were happy that we predicted all of these results successfully 😊

We also created our own spinners and pinwheels to test how spinning toys work. We love building and designing.

We also created art work using swinging pendulums that we made in class. We love the unique designs we made!

During Science Week we also attempted to make slime using corn flour but our results were varied! The first time we tried, our two ingredients, corn flour and water didn’t mix well together at all. We found that there was liquid on the top and a solid, chalk – like substance stuck at the bottom.

We would like to try a better recipe next time but we still had fun! We tried it twice and the second time, the consistency was definitely more slimey but think we could do better.

We hope you enjoyed reading about our activities and if you have any questions, please let us know 😊 Make sure to check out our display in the corridor in school too!

Maith sibh go léir ag déanamh sár – iarracht le do chuid frásaí Gaeilge an tseachtain seo!

Is é frása na seachtaine ná…

Ná déan dearmad uisce a ól nuair a bhíonn sé te amuigh!

Sixth Class kicked off science week by investigating how clean our hands really are. We timed ourselves, rubbing a slice of bread with our hands before we washed them and after we washed them with soap. We are still waiting to see any changes in the bread but are observing them every day!

We investigated which liquids would affect the shell of an egg. We chose liquids that we thought would impact the shell; vinegar, ketchup, hot water and salt, deodorant and coca cola. We left each egg to soak in the liquid overnight and took them out after 24 hours. We discovered that the vinegar had peeled a layer off of the shell of the egg and also made it harder to break. Bubbles appeared in the vinegar which showed us that a chemical reaction was happening! The ketchup had the same affect as this. We discovered that one of the main ingredients in ketchup is actually vinegar. We had lots of fun doing this experiment!

We discussed how vinegar and ketchup caused a chemical reaction which led us to think about how when we cook and bake; chemical reactions take place. We decided to bake brown bread to see science in action. We used our math skills to add and measure the ingredients needed. We discussed what would happen if certain ingredients, particularly bicarbonate soda was missing from our mixture before we put it into the oven. We put the mixture into the oven for an hour – and checked on it, watching how the bread rose over time! Then came the best part, we got to eat it all!

At the end of Science week, Ruth from the SCP came to our class to do some STEAM activities with us! We talked about how STEAM included science, engineering, technology, arts and maths and what kind of jobs use incorporate STEAM everyday – our list went on forever! We loved cracking the code and following/giving directions to one another.

We then used our engineering skills to build our own straw rockets. We followed instructions and then raced them in the corridor. Well done to Sam who’s rocket travelled the furthest distance!

Fáilte ar ais go dtí Frása na Seachtaine!

Nuair a bhíonn báisteach an – trom is féidir linn a rá…

Má tá sé ag stealladh báistí caitheann a lán daoine cótaí báistí chun fanacht tirim.

3rd Class had great fun taking part in Math’s Week and took the chance to take part in some fun activities. We split into teams and took part in a Math’s trail around the school and classroom (special thanks to Ms. Flanagan for assisting).

We also learned about Maths with some Pizza Fractions. We learned about equivalent fractions then ate quarters and eights of pizzas!! Maths has never been so delicious.

An mhí seo beimid ag foghlaim faoin an aimsir.

Is é frása na seachtaine inniu…

Má tá sé ag cur báistí b’fhéidir go mbainfeá úsáid as ‘scáth fearthainne’ chun fanacht tirim!

Fáilte arís go dtí ‘Frása na Seachtaine’ againn!

Maith sibh gach duine ar thús iontach! Go leor Gaeilge iontach le cloisteáil timpeall na scoile.

Anois, is é frása na seachtaine seo:

Seo mar a deirimid Oíche Shamhna Shona le dúine amhain.

Chun beannú do ghrúpa daoine a deirimid:

We have had a great week celebrating Maths Week in Ms. Kane’s Class!

We took part in games of Bingo, toss the beanbag (to try and achieve the top score of 10 points!), counting, sorting, adding, pattern making and some online games, as well as making our own shape monsters 👾👻

Take a look at some of our activities below:

Our favourite activity to celebrate Maths Week was making rice crispy cakes! We learned about using Maths in our everyday lives, including following recipes.

We used 375g of rice crispies and 200g of melted chocolate. The results were delicious 😁

Our 5th and 6th class girls enjoyed a friendly match again Ravenswell today.