St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

Ready Set Go Maths in senior infants. Today we explored the properties of 3d shapes during aistear before sorting the shapes and discussing their characteristics during stations! pic.twitter.com/Mglfcagl3X — St. Peter’s Primary (@StPetersBray) November 27, 2018  

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!  

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... 

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  

We having been learning all about plants in Junior Infants. We learned plants need water, air and sunlight to grow. We have been growing egg heads – here is our procedural writing for how to make them! Check out our bossy verbs and our list of things that you need to make the egg heads. What you need: Cress seeds Eggs shells Soil Googly eyes Felt tips How to: Boil the eggs until they’re hard boiled. Take the tops off gently and clean the inside of the eggs gently, so they don’t break. Stick googly eyes on our egg shells. Next, draw a face on the egg shells with felt tips. Fill... 

The whole school took part in our Green Schools Action Day on Friday the 10th of November.  We dressed in Green and all classes took part in lessons and activities around the theme of litter and waste.  We also focused on our school garden and we looked at improving this area. Junior Infants created a town called Juniorville using recyclable materials they gathered from home. Senior Infants gathered recyclable materials, sorted and classified them before creating their own junk art inventions. 1st class planted some seeds for our school garden.  These included peas, brocolli and rocket which...