St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

Junior Infants loved taking part in Maths week, along with all other classes in the school. We started the week with some number runs and maths games. We got a chance with a break in the weather to do some chalk drawings in the yard, practising our shapes and numbers. We also got to incorporate some IT into our numeracy lessons. We had great fun using the interactive whiteboard for maths games, try out some of the numeracy apps on the class tablets and even got to do some programming using the school Beebots!  

Today in first class we celebrated Maths Week by going on a math hunt around the school! We found different 2D shapes, lengths, numbers and worked out our speed while running and doing jumping jacks. we had to unlock all of these challenges together as we moved around different areas of the school , it was so much fun!  

We got a great start to Maths Week in first class by finding 2D shapes in the classroom. Each group got a different shape that they had to search for in the room! Take a look at what we found: We then made some 2D monsters with the new shapes we had learnt about. Take a look at our creations:  

We had GREAT fun for Maths Week in 2nd class. On Monday, we used our Maths Eyes to find square corners around the school. You can find our blog post about it here. On Tuesday, we thought about a word problem and drew out the answers in our copies…   For #mathsweek14 2nd class are answering this question. We’re looking for as many combinations as possible! pic.twitter.com/awWp9rgfIg — St. Peter’s Primary (@StPetersBray) October 14, 2014 We then made a poster showing some of the possible combinations to answer the word problem. 2nd class are making a #mathsweek poster to... 

We have lots of exciting plans in 2nd class for Maths week! We decided to kick off Monday of Maths week by looking for square corners in the corridor and in the front yard. Square corners are also known as right angles. Squares and rectangles have four right angles. Check out our Animoto – our Maths Eyes were wide open today!  

Daft Punk – Technologic from Anastasia Bandrina on Vimeo. Welcome back everyone! We can’t wait for Term 3 to start. We have so many exciting things on the cards – and this week will be hard to beat! We’re starting off Term 3 with Tech Week 2014.  It is a celebration of the opportunities that technology brings into our lives, as it inspires and encourages us in our learning and daily work. The aim of Tech Week is to highlight how important technology is to us, as we work creatively in school and at home! We can’t imagine life in St. Peter’s without the internet,... 

‘Maths for Fun’ is back in St. Peter’s! ‘Maths for Fun’ is a Home/School initiative where parents come into the classroom to work with the children playing different maths games. Every ten minutes the children move to a different station and play a new game. There are a variety of maths games such as maths bingo, interactive games on the laptops, tangrams, fraction games, What Time is it Mr Wolf?, etc. The games mean the children are practising their maths skills while also having fun. Many thanks to Claire, Noeleen and Elaine who organised and implemented ‘Maths for Fun’ this... 

Last Thursday, as part of Maths Week, we took part in a Maths Table Quiz. Paddy and Mr Kinsella, after much deliberation, split 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes into mixed teams of 4 for the quiz in the library. The quiz was provided by Seomra Ranga, always a great source of resources for primary schools. You can check out Seomra Ranga here! Thanks to Ms Byrne, Ms Sugrue, Ms Kane and Mr Staunton for correcting the quiz papers and for keeping the scoreboard up to date. Ms Sexton read out the questions and the jokes. Thanks to Paddy for taking the photos! Well done to Team 14 who were the winners –... 

This week for Maths Week, we decided to search for Maths in our environment. We based it on the ‘Have You Got Maths Eyes’ project – you can read more about it here. Most photos were taken outside of school on phones, tablets and cameras, while a few were taken in the yard. Andy even found a picture in the newspaper and cut it out. Take a look at our photos. Can you answer all of the questions? What kind of shape does the roof seem from this angle? What shape would it be if you were looking at it straight on? – Ben