St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

Today is Talented Tuesday and the competition is to send in photos of you showing off your various talents and also how you relax afterwards.Ms. Roche’s talent is baking and she likes to unwind afterwards with a good book.Ms. Cronin loves running and has a full cabinet of medals. She spends her down time painting.Paddy’s passion is Gaelic football and he loves reading when he gets the time.We look forward to seeing your photos and good luck in the competition.  

We know many of you have been following our Health and Wellbeing Programme concentrating on body and mind thanks to Healthy Ireland and Bray Area Partnership. Having produced a series of yoga and mindfulness videos for the junior classes, our Wellbeing Facilitator, Yvonne Doyle, has put together a series for senior classes too. Yvonne is a yoga and meditation tutor and has experience in delivering these types of activities in schools around Wicklow. We will put up 2 this week and next for you to try out and let us know how you got on. Namaste 🙂  

Welcome to session 2 in our 4 part yoga and mindfulness series. The videos are easy to follow and can be done in your own time. You can also re-watch and practice each video a number of times to improve your technique. Check out the video below and keep letting us know how you are doing. Namaste 🙂  

To tie in with Try it Thursday, we want all students to try to tie their shoe laces on their own. Don’t worry if you don’t get it first time, practice makes perfect. We also want our younger classes to be able to take their jacket on and off. Ms. Meaney will show you how it’s done below. For our older classes (3rd to 6th), we want you to send a photo with someone who inspires you or that you look up to. This could be a family member or someone famous. Ms. Hoban has chosen a family member who is a nurse and doing great work at the moment. Paddy has gone with Muhammad Ali. We... 

To balance out Tech Tuesday, we are encouraging everyone to get out and connect with nature. Whether it’s in a field, forest or backgarden, try to get out and notice the plants, animals and insects. Simply post a photo with 4 different colour leaves or with a bird or insect in the background to enter this week’s competition. Best of luck! Ms. Kane and Ms. Conway have shown us what you can find.  

Hi everyone, A huge thanks to everyone who entered into the first draw to win a prize by posting a video or photo for the first two challenges. Check out most of your photos and videos by clicking on the link below. Challenge 1 Challenge 2 h The winners of the competition are Challenge 1- Liam and Corey Mullen Challenge 2- The healthy eating challenge- Mia Keating and Tadhg McDonald. Most Creative Prize- Richard Gall for his photo with the fruit and veg on his body. To claim your prize you will have to leave a comment after this post saying which of the prizes in the photo... 

Welcome to Challenge 2: Family Friday. Today is all about healthy eating with your family and being helpful at meal time. We want all students to help with setting the table. Junior Infants to 2nd class, we would like to see you with 3 healthy foods. 3rd class to 6th, we would like you to help your family make a healthy meal. Looking forward to seeing your results on the blog.  

If you are following our cooking videos you will know that as part of making June more fun and active we have teamed up with Bray Area Partnership who, through Healthy Ireland, have put together a series of videos as part of a Health and Wellbeing Programme concentrating on body and mind. Our Wellbeing Facilitator, Yvonne Doyle, has put together a series of yoga and mindfulness videos for you to try. Yvonne is a yoga and meditation tutor and has experience in delivering these types of activities in schools around Wicklow. So whether you are new to yoga or an experienced Yogi, why not give... 

Last week 3rd class once again took on the STEM challenge of the week: Pringle Ringle. This was an engineering project in which students had to create a ring using only Pringles – no tape or glue allowed! The challange required a lot of patience as well as careful Pringle placement! First they had to fill in a recording sheet where they had to guess how many Pringles were in the container and how many they thought they’d need to build the ring. Next, they sketched out their plan. When they completed the task they said how many they actually used to build the ring and reflected...