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20 Sep

From early morning, it became clear that Friday wasn’t an ordinary day in St Peter’s! Staff and students raided their wardrobes for their brightest clothing and took part in Rainbow Day – a very special non-uniform day in aid of Wicklow Hospice!

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Each class had wonderful outfits and prizes were awarded – Abbi Douglas in 2nd class managed to wear every colour of the rainbow. 3rd class did a fantastic job of sticking to the theme – Ms Byrne had a tough job narrowing it down to just one, but TJ was the eventual winner. In 4th class, Abhishek was a worthy winner thanks to his fantastic jumper! 5th class was another tough  choice, but Luke O’Brien edged it because he risked frostbite with shorts and t-shirts for the day! 6th class had two winners, unsurprisingly awarded to the double act of Kyle and Sky – we hear rumours that they’ve already planned their Halloween costumes! The staff also got into the swing of things –  special mention should go to Ms Byrne, whose multicoloured boots were the source of great jealousy! Paddy wore green and red, convenient considering Sunday’s big game!

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Apart from admiring the fantastic effort put into the outfits, we’re extremely grateful for all the donations we received today – we raised €366.60 for Wicklow Hospice, a huge achievement for a small school!

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We presented the cheque to Billy Porter, who does a lot of fundraising work for Wicklow Hospice, and for many other charities and community groups. Billy is turning 50 next week and he’s having a party in Rathdrum in aid of Wicklow Hospice so we had more than just a cheque to present to him. Billy also does fantastic work with athletics in the county and helps to organise many of the school athletic events. To say thanks, the staff and students of St Peter’s presented him with the cakes for his party, which takes place on Saturday. Billy was delighted with the cakes, the donation to the Hospice and with the excellent rendition of Happy Birthday by the whole school! We were delighted to welcome Billy to the school and we hope to turn our non-uniform days for the Hospice into an annual event. Thanks to all who helped out – especially to Ben and Oisín in 5th, who are available for event planning and cake protection!

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14 Responses to “A colourful day in St Peter’s!”

  1. Ms. Brennan
    6:19 pm on September 20th, 2013

    What an amazing day to be in St. Peter’s. Thanks to Ms. Sexton for all her hard work and continued thanks to Billy for what he does for his community. You’re both an inspiration to all of us.

  2. Kathleen Byrne
    6:36 pm on September 20th, 2013

    Wow!! Looks like a fab day. What a fantastic school you have!! Every day must be so much fun. 🙂 Well done boys & girls on your fundraising efforts. & well done to the superb teachers& staff!!

  3. Ben Gorman
    8:28 pm on September 20th, 2013

    Class cakes Ms.Sexton

  4. Ben Gorman
    8:29 pm on September 20th, 2013

    Happy birthday Billy

  5. Ms. Sexton
    12:42 pm on September 21st, 2013

    Thanks Ben! Great photobomb in the second picture. Thanks for all your help setting up!
    Kathleen, that’s a lovely comment- thank you! We’d a great day!

  6. Adam king
    6:22 pm on September 23rd, 2013

    The cakes were deadly Ms. Sexton, And I hope you had fun making them

  7. andy wall
    6:37 pm on September 24th, 2013

    Billy is a nice man.

  8. luke o brien
    6:49 pm on September 24th, 2013

    Those cakes looked very nice.

  9. andy
    9:51 am on September 26th, 2013

    I love the cakes Miss!

  10. johnny connors
    10:08 am on September 26th, 2013

    Billy is such a nice man!

  11. Darren white
    3:20 pm on September 26th, 2013

    Thanks to Miss Whyte and all the teachers in St peters for making our daughter Caoilynn White so welcome in the School.All the staff in St Peters are so friendly and so helpful with any issue which might come up.
    So Thanks Guys for all our hard work.
    Darren and Shell White

  12. Ms. Sexton
    9:40 pm on September 26th, 2013

    Thanks a mil for the lovely words, Darren and Shell! Caoilynn has settled in so well – she’s such a sunny kid.

    p.s. LOVED the plaits today!

  13. Jack B
    5:39 pm on September 30th, 2013

    The cakes looked delicious Ms.Sexton. Can’t believe some of the boys out of 3rd class got to hold €366 and 60 cent.

  14. Oisin coster
    7:39 pm on October 1st, 2013

    I wanted to stick my face in those cakes but I didn’t 😉

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