St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

This week 3rd class took on the tricky STEM challenge of building their own bridge! They had to research bridges and then design one based on their research. They could use any materials they wanted but the bridge must have been strong enough to hold a food can. Once they had their ideas down on paper, they began the hard (but fun) part – building the bridge. And when this was completed they tested out its strength by using a food can on top. Some had to amend some areas and make slight changes but the results are fantastic, check out the pictures below, I was so impressed. Super... 

🌼Sunday, 10th of May was a special day that our second class students had been looking forward to. It would have been their First Holy Communion Day. For now, this date has been postponed but we put together this video to celebrate the occcasion! 🌼All of us are really looking forward to this day in the near future but for now, have a look to see some familiar faces with a special message! Click here: https://spark.adobe.com/video/KGFDHYx0NjQa4 or watch below!   

Happy Monday – today we’re working on balance! Let us know in the comments how you’re getting on!  

This week, we listened to the story ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ by Giles Andreae. This book was full of lots of short rhymes that told us about all of the creatures that live in the sea! 🐟 🐬 Senior Infants taught their teacher about sea creatures!🐠 🐠 Some children wrote about the shark, one wrote a story about a crab named Buttercup. Miss Conway even got to learn some new information about the big blue whale and the jiggly jellyfish. Miss Conway had a great time learning all of this new information from senior infants. Thanks for teaching... 

What has to be broken before you can use it?  

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?  

Welcome to another one of Paddy’s videos. This one is a special one to develop your hand eye co-ordination. Let us know in the comments how you get on!