St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

We are big fans of Roald Dahl in our class; we decided to read one of his books after all the interesting things that we read about him during World Book Day! We chose The Twits. We talk about each chapter with our talk buddies after reading it, and then we write a summary in our copies. We make sure to talk about the beginning, middle and end every time. Sometimes we chat about how the characters are feeling while we are reading the book, we even try to imagine how we would feel if we were them! We are always laughing at the mean tricks that the Twits play on eachother! Here are some of our favourite... 

2nd Class just LOVE learning poems. Today we had great fun looking back on all of the poems we have learned this year. We like funny poems that we can entertain people with. Poetry helps with our reading and our speaking. It is also a challenge to remember all of the lines. This year we have had fun with Limericks, learned scary Halloween poems and got into the festive spirit with Christmas poems too.  Our latest poem is called ‘Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth!’ and it was written by Pam Ayres. You can hear her read the poem here! Even better still, listen to our recording... 

Recently, 5th class took part in the Bord Gais Energy Student Theatre Awards. We already recorded plays from Luke and Andy here. Today, we have scenes from AaronJ and Ameesh. Aaron’s play is about two boys in a park – both wanting to make friends, but too awkward to start the conversation. His actors were Alan and Johnny. Ameesh’s play is about making friends with a new neighbour. His actors are Ben and Sam. Well done to the writers and to the actors!  

2nd Class are reading Zac Power, Frozen Fear. It is a really adventurous book with lots of twists and turns! We are trying to get better at remembering every detail in the books we read. We decided to do lots of mini podcasts about this book as we work through it. This should help us with our homework. Remember, so far this year we have been working on 1. Predicting, 2. Making connections, 3. Creating images, 4. Inferring, 5. Putting it all together. Now we are working on re-reading! Have a listen to our podcast to keep up with Zac Power, Frozen Fear! Remember, you can catch our previous podcasts... 

Tommy has started a new trend for film-making. Cathal from 3rd class and Robert from 5th class are showcasing their excellent stop-motion films made at home today! They used Lego and a stop-motion app to create two videos. They plan to make another one using Cathal’s crane over the weekend. We’re really impressed by our students’ creativity! Stop motion R&C – 1 from St Peter’s, Bray on Vimeo. Stop Motion – R&C – chapter 2 from St Peter’s, Bray on Vimeo.  

It’s no secret that we love Roald Dahl in St Peter’s. Roald Dahl Day was celebrated in great style by 2nd class at the start of the year, we choose a Roald Dahl fairytale for the school play every year and we even have Roald Dahl month every year. This year, Roald Dahl month fell in February and 5th class chose to read Matilda. Our chapter of Matilda every morning has become one of our favourite parts of the day and we’ve only one chapter left. Roald Dahl loves language and word-play and we enjoyed reading his words aloud! To celebrate World Book Day, we all chose an extract from... 

As you all know, Tommy Lang in 4th Class is a stop-motion video making wizard! We are so proud of the work he does. You can see an example of his other work on this blogpost! Today we’re sharing Tommy’s recent video.  It is all about the work that takes places in an airport! It is truly amazing. He uses voice and audio clips from the internet and his bedsheets act as clouds. It is just so clever. You must see it here. Well done Tommy! Our favourite part is where the door closes and where the tea and coffee is being served! lego from St Peter’s, Bray on Vimeo.  

2nd Class are getting ready for their First Confession and First Holy Communion. We decided to podcast about our work so far. We are working hard to prepare for our sacraments. Have a listen to our podcast here!  

2nd Class have finished Alfie Green and they really enjoyed it! It was lovely to read such a fun, adventurous book that was written by an Irish author! Have a listen to our podcast and hear what we thought of it!  

Here in St Peter’s, we’re very conscious of Internet Safety. While it’s important to have general rules to prevent cyberbullying and to protect ourselves online, it’s even more important to develop skills and attitudes to help us to respond to any situation. On the blog, we’ve covered Internet Safety for ‘Wednesday for Parents’ twice: This post suggested a number of sites to help parents and children learn about web safety. This post was the first ‘Wednesday for Parents’ of 2014 and suggested Digital Resolutions to improve Internet Safety for...