St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

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... 

We had great fun celebrating Science Week this year! Science is one of our favourite subjects and we love taking part in STEM activities! One of our favourite weeks of the year! We loved taking part in STEM for Fun in the hall this year and had the chance to try lots of different activities including creating paper planes and racing them, programming Bee Bots, building a circle using Pringles, building the tallest tower using paper and using Lego to create a ‘vehicle of the future’. In our classroom we discussed ideas that we hope Science will help us answer in the future... 

Welcome to the last of our series with Paddy! Today, with the good weather, he’s moving back outdoors again!  

Hello everyone 😄 Well done for all the fantastic art work you have been doing over the past few weeks. We are so impressed with how creative you all are. For your art challenge this week you can design and create a robot using any materials that you have at home. You could use items that you no longer need or use anymore. You could use items that you were going to throw away in the bin. You could borrow an item just while you are making your robot and then return it after. Be as creative as you can! 😊 Have a look at some of these examples of recycled robots to give you some... 

Well done to everyone for sending in such lovely pictures for their art challenge this week! Have a look at some of the creations by this very talented bunch 😄 Elena – 2nd Class Toby – 5th Class Daniel – 5th Class Mia – 2nd Class Tadhg – 5th Class Jayce – Junior Infants Well done everyone for your great work 😄  

Hi everyone! Well done on all your hard work doing STEM activities so far. This week we are looking at density. Density is a word we use to describe how much space an object or substance takes up (its volume) in relation to the amount of matter in that object or substance (its mass). Another way to put it is that density is the amount of mass per unit of volume. If an object is heavy and compact, it has a high density. This video will show you how it works! Try it out at home too see if you get the same results. Feel free to experiment with different liquids, good luck!  

Pancake Tuesday is one of our favourite days in the school calendar so we’ve marked the occasion with a very special video from Paddy!  

Here are some of the beautiful Valentine’s Day cards that we made at home… 💕❤💕❤ Here’s a beautiful picture that Mya made of her brand new baby cousin who she loves very much! 💕🌹  

For this week’s STEM we will be making home-made ice-cream! It is delicious and very easy to make. You will need: A plastic bag/ zip lock, cream, vanilla extract, icing sugar, ice. Step 1: Put 1 cup of cream into a zip lock bag and add a drop of vanilla extract Step 2: Add 2 tablespoons of icing sugar to the bag. Step 3: Fill a bigger plastic bag with 2 cups of ice and salt. Step 4: Put the small bag into the big bag and shake for 10 minutes. Step 5: ENJOY, it is delicious!  

Well done to everyone who made a walking paper animal last week. They look brilliant! Mia in 2nd class 2nd class STEM winner this week. well done! Corey in 1st class 1st class, Tadhg and Elif in 5th class