St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

2nd Class decided to make New Year Resolutions. We will try our best to do special things this year, like help at home and improve our homework. Listen to our podcast to hear our promises! We even asked some of our teachers to tell us their resolutions! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/128490374″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]  

Hi I’m back with more updates from 5th class on our Write A Book Project. Last night, I worked on my storyboard and we started writing properly this morning. In class, we worked on good beginnings for our books. Our teacher got the resources here from Seomra Ranga. The most important thing with the beginning is if it grabs your attention. It has to make you want to read more. We looked at different types of openings. You could start your book on a normal day or in the middle of a big accident or event. You could also start by talking straight to the reader. You could ask questions like ‘do... 

Our project was called ‘Fizz Kids’ and our question was ‘which combination of carbonated drinks and Mentos produces the best reaction?’ We found out that Diet Coke and Coke produced the best reaction because it exploded the highest. The fizzy water made bubbles the longest but it didn’t explode so we concluded that sugar had some effect on the reaction. You can see more about our research in this video. Mini-Scientist – Fizz Kids from St Peter’s, Bray on Vimeo. In our research, we found out that the ingredients in the Mentos react with the Diet Coke.... 

Hi, I’m Robert and I’m in 5th class. I like writing all types of stories and my favourite books are ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, ‘Big Nate’ and ‘The boy in the Striped Pyjamas’. Our school is taking part in the Write A Book project. You get to write a book on whatever you want to. I’m going to be blogging over the next few weeks to tell you how my class is getting on. So far, we’ve picked four suggestions for stories we might write. We picked four so that we had more choice to pick from. My story is about a king with a stammer. My other three... 

My project was called ‘Bubbles in a bottle’ and my question was ‘what quantity of food colouring will make the best lava lamp?’ You can see me explain my project in this video. I found out that 20 drops of food colouring makes the best lava lamp because it gives a better effect when the water is darker. Mini-Scientist – lava lamp from St Peter’s, Bray on Vimeo. In my research, I learned that oil is less dense than water so it floats on top of the water. I learned that the Alka-Seltzer mixes with the water to produce bubbles of carbon dioxide, which pushes... 

During the first term, our students from 4th, 5th and 6th classes worked really hard to prepare science projects for the Intel Mini-Scientist showcase. For all who didn’t get a chance to see the projects on the day, we have decided to hold our very first Virtual Science Show. Over the next month, we’re going to showcase our projects as part of our participation in the Discover Primary Science Award. We look forward to telling you all about our projects and reading your comments. Watch out for guest appearances from 2nd and 3rd, who were too young for the Mini-Scientist Showcase this... 

2nd Class had a great time presenting their class play ‘The Little Rascals’ in December. We picked the story because we love the film and Ms. Brennan wrote some lines for us and gave us parts. We wanted to have fun and have a story that would include girls and boys, and especially something that would be a reminder that we are the first class in St. Peter’s with boys and girls! Why not listen to our performance here? You should also check out our video of some of our characters. We hope you like it! [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/128154170″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true”...