St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

As we told you in our last podcast and blogpost, 6th Class are reading ‘Reaching the Heights’ by Peter Gunning. The book is an incredible read, and our latest podcast tells you all you need to know about Chapters 10-15! You can hear our earlier podcast on the book here!  

Last month, 6th Class started to use Minecraft and Sketchup during our ‘Tech Fridays’ golden time. We were set a challenge by Conor, a lecturer in UCD! We always chat to Conor on twitter.   @StPetersBray I need a new and better classroom plan… can you guys help? — Conor Galvin (@_conorgalvin) October 17, 2014 We decided to help Conor! He told us about his class and what the room would need to look like! @StPetersBray About 35. Mostly grown up… they like technology but not desks and are happier with beanbags and sofas. And coffee… — Conor Galvin (@_conorgalvin)... 

As we told you in our last podcast and blogpost, 6th Class are reading ‘Reaching the Heights’ by Peter Gunning. It’s a fantastic book that we just can’t put down. Check out our latest podcast on it, as we see how the lives of Tosh, Naylor and Aisling are affected by a series of social problems in 1980s Ireland!  

Sam and Luke in 6th made a little video on GoAnimate to tell you all about this year’s school play, Jack and the Beanstalk! We can’t wait to start practicing in the hall! Hippo and Zebra tell us about the school play! by stpetersbrayblog on GoAnimate  

6th Class have started a new book called ‘Reaching the Heights’. It’s set in Co. Cork and is about three teenagers and the challenges they face in their lives. It is a demanding read, with lots of social problems explored in it. We’re really enjoying it so far. Have a listen to our first podcast on the book, all about Chapters 1-5.  

We got brilliant news last week. 6th Class found out that they have been accepted to participate in the RDS Primary Science Fair in January of next year! 6th Class are absolutely thrilled to say that we’ve been accepted into the RDS Primary Science Fair at the @BTYSTE! Roll on January! — St. Peter’s Primary (@StPetersBray) November 3, 2014 This is a great honour for our school, and we hope to continue on a wonderful tradition of participation in the Primary Science Fair. This is our @BTYSTE RDS Primary Science Fair project title! #STEM #edchatie #scienceweek14 pic.twitter.com/Ilo3K8JHOC... 

Today was Pasta Day in St. Peter’s! We were all well fed by Paddy and Mr. Foley, with everyone enjoying a meal together in the hall. Have a look at some of our tweets from the day! 5th class think #pastaday is the best day ever pic.twitter.com/s3iACOlk42 — St. Peter's Primary (@StPetersBray) November 6, 2014 Fit4Skool tweeted us too! @StPetersBray congratulations on the healthy eating for lunch! Plenty of energy for the afternoon!! — Fit4Skool (@Fit4Skool) November 6, 2014 4th class are enjoying their pasta on #pastaday pic.twitter.com/IpEFIVoTWz — St. Peter's... 

Yesterday, 22 students from 5th and 6th class travelled to the Aviva to watch UCD Waves play in the final of the FAI Women’s Cup. Unfortunately, the result didn’t go our way (we were cheering for UCD Waves) but we had a brilliant day – as you can see in the Animoto and the Storify of all the tweets. Thanks to UCD Waves for our tickets and to Dublin Bus for supplying our transport. Thanks also to Paddy, Ms Flanagan, Mr Kinsella, Ms Kane, Ms Keating, Ms Sexton and Mr Foley for organising the trip and coming along to look after the students – and to Alan for the photo above! For... 

Today everyone in the senior end of school started work on the Athletics strand in the curriculum. It was a brilliant way to kick start the second part of term! Check out our latest vines! Here we are enjoying a training session with Irish international, Karen Duggan! Remember, even though winter is coming – stay fit, active and healthy!