St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

We were learning about our senses recently in Junior Infant and discovered we have 5 senses which help us understand the world around us – sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste. Firstly we discussed our senses before watching a short video about each. Next we decided to test out our various senses with a senses walk around the school. We discovered lots of things we could touch which gave us lots of new vocabulary for how things feel. Then we sat out in the back yard and closed our eye to see what we could hear and smell before having a look around. We were surprised at... 

In 4th Class we have spent some time learning about Renewable Energy and the different types of renewable materials. We read the story ‘The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind’ by William Kamkwamba which is a true story based on William saving his town by constructing a windmill to provide electricity. To learn more about wind energy, we made our own wind turbines. Wind Powered STEM challenge As class we discussed the different materials we could use to build our wind turbines. We tried and tested different types of paper and card for the windmill blades, along with different shapes and... 

On a walk around the local area, we noticed that many things are made from concrete, for example buildings, walls and footpaths. So we decided to make our own concrete blocks to investigate how concrete is made and how it can be used in construction. Our ingredients: sand, cement, stones, water Mixing the ingredients together. We used a ratio of 1:2:3 which meant 1 cup of cement, 2 cups of sand and 3 cups of stones mixed together with some water. Mixing was tough so we took it in turns! Each group made a batch of concrete and everyone made their own individual block. We used... 

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We have been learning all about different types of homes and how people live in SESE. The children’s challenge was to create a ‘free – standing’ structure using marshmallows and spaghetti. Here are our results!  

We have been learning all about plants in 5th class. We learned that plants need water, light and the right temperature in order to grow. We decideded to investigate this. First, we labelled four pots to show the conditions that we would leave this plant in. We looked at sunlight and water. This plant would be watered daily and left in the sunlight.This plant would be left in the sunlight but would receive no water.This plant would be watered, but left in the cupboard so it would not receive any sunlight.This plant would not be watered and would be left in the cupboard so that it would also... 

5th class have been practicing their sentences as Gaeilge! We have been making silly sentences on the clár bán! Maith thú rang a cúig! We celebrated Valentine’s Day by making some print art!  

As part of our research into the Winter Olympics and the various sports that are included in the games, we decided we wanted to find out more about bobsledding! We found out that bobsledding is a team sport, which involves riding on iced tracks in a sled. These modern tracks are made from concrete and are coated with ice. The aim of the race is to reach the finish line in the fastest time possible! Bobsledding was originally developed in the 1800s in Switzerland. We watched some old videos of the first bobsled (4 man) event in the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 and were shocked... 

Senior Infants were learning all about food and the café in Aistear for the month of February. For Science this month, we learned all about the journey of milk and how it gets from the cows to our fridges. We watched a video which showed all about how the milk’s journey starts with the cow eating lots of grass. Next, the cows are milked – this can be done by hand or by a special machine! Then, the milk is heated, this gets rid of any bacteria. After, the milk is kept cold and stored. After this, the milk is put into bottles. These bottles are taken to the supermarkets and put... 

Senior Infants began learning all about procedural writing. We decided we wanted to write about how to make a cup of hot chocolate. We learned to write a procedure we had to include a title and bossy verbs. We wrote our procedure together as a class. Then, we tried it out by copying out procedure to make a hot chocolate – They turned out delicious!! We learned all about The Café in Aistear this month. We practiced ordering a starter, main course and a dessert. We built small cafés in our construction area and write menus for our own restaurants in our literacy station....