St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

Since mid-term Senior Infants have been working on the clothes shop in aistear.  Have a look at what we have been getting up to… In the socio-dramatic play station we have been operating a clothes shop where customers can browse, try on and buy different items of clothing. The girls are dressed to impress for their holidays. Our shop had so many different types of clothes. We had great fun looking at ourselves in the clothes and costumes. We always made sure to pay for the clothes with the shop assistant. We had fun working as designers. We designed outfits for ourselves. Team spirit in... 

Working on the weather!  Senior infants had great fun working at the weather station during aistear.  Here are some pictures of what we got up to… Presenting and recording the weather in pairs. It is so important to be enthusiastic when you are on the television. Checking our recordings before trying to make improvements. Making weather dials at the art station. Next up for us is the clothes shop!  

On Thursday, we dressed up for Halloween! Les, Mr Vance, Mr Foley, Mr Kinsella and Paddy dressed up as the Jamaican bobsled team, while the rest of the staff were Halloween Class Dojo characters!   Lots of our students dressed up and everyone really enjoyed seeing each other’s costumes. A big thanks to the Parents’ Association, who organised a Halloween disco for all of our classes. We had great fun! Look at our beautiful costumes in Junior Infants! Here are some of our costumes in 6th class. 6th class made their costumes as part of their October projects!  

First Class completed their first STEM activity this week.  We have been learning all about houses and homes in SESE and completed a STEM activity based on that. We read the story of the three little pigs and talked about the different materials used in each house. The class were then presented with a challenge. Their challenge question was: ‘Can your team design and build a house that the big, bad wolf cannot blow down?’ The children split into six teams. Two teams made a house from straw (plastic straws), two teams made a house from wood (lollipop sticks) and two teams made a house from... 

On Thursday morning, there was great excitement in St. Peter’s when we heard that Martin O’Neill, manager of the Irish soccer team, would be visiting! We were delighted to welcome him to St Peter’s, where he took part in a press conference and answered some of our questions. He had great advice about believing in ourselves and working hard to practise our football skills. Afterwards, 6th class and some of 5th demonstrated a drill for him and had the chance to shake his hand. Judging by the levels of excitement, it was a day not to be forgotten. A big thanks to Martin O’Neill,... 

In aistear this fortnight senior infants have been focusing on the theme of ‘myself’ through participating in ‘talent show’ themed work in all subjects.  We had a talent showcase performance this afternoon where, for the first time, the whole class got to perform their special talents to the rest of the class who were the audience.  We were treated to an amazing show!  Have a look at some moments from the talent show below. The girls doing jigs and reels Other talents included  a mini karate lesson, football skills and a roaring lion.  What an enjoyable afternoon! Next... 

We’ve had a busy week in First Class so far this year! We took pictures on our first day. We can’t wait to look back on these at the end of the year to see how much we have grown.                                              First Class are very good at jigsaws!      We made minions in art. First class are definitely one in a “minion!” 🙂         

Senior infants showing what they can do during literacy stations! Great start to the new school year pic.twitter.com/uA2QT0zfHo — St. Peter's Primary (@StPetersBray) September 3, 2018  

On the 31st of May Senior Infants went on their very first school tour to Glenroe Farm. We had such an amazing day at the petting area, fairy walk and the play ground.  Just look at all the smiling faces in our lovely photos .     

In Senior Infants we were learning all about what happens to the flowers and plants in Spring time. We decided to grow our very own little seed pots in our classroom. First we had a class discussion on: What does a plant need to grow? Are any of these things more important than the others? What happens if a plant doesn’t get enough water, heat, light or food? Can a plant get too much of a good thing? What might happen if it does? How similar are plants to people? What do we need if we’re going to grow up strong?   YOU WILL NEED: Seeds Plant pots A bag of compost Water Our Instructions  Place...