St. Peter's Primary Bray Blog

The Student Council would like to thank Ms Whyte for their new badges. Now everyone will know who are our representatives in our classes. Our badges look great! Well done to the current reps for all of their hard work so far this year!        

A quiet week on the blog this week, but certainly not a quiet week in St Peter’s. We’ve lots coming up in the next few weeks and this week was definitely a preparation week – lots of singing, science and sketches. That’s not to say that we don’t have plenty of news for you – if you missed anything during the week, you’ve come to the right place! Here are the headlines from the week: The weeks started in the best possible way, with the return of everyone’s favourite chicken, Nugget. He mightn’t have been so excited to return if he was a turkey!... 

  This Wednesday, we’re going to focus on just one website – Help My Kid Learn! Help My Kid Learn is a website by NALA (National Adult Literacy Agency) to help parents to develop their children’s learning at home. The activities are broken up into different age-groups. The activities fall under the categories of ‘Talk’, ‘Play’, ‘Read’, ‘Write’ and ‘Count’ and discusses how to approach the activity, why the activity is important and how to follow on from the activity. They also have suggestions for online activities... 

We’re delighted to welcome Nugget back to St Peter’s! He’s like a new chicken after his long overdue bath. He’s a bit of a blast from the past for our past pupils!  

This week has been Science Week around the country! In St Peter’s, we’re famous for our involvement in scientific activities and events, and this week was no exception. 4th, 5th and 6th were busy with their projects for the Mini-Scientist, and other classes got stuck in with a variety of enjoyable activities! Here are the headlines for this week: The MakeyMakey board video was a massive success this week – see what all the fuss is about here! 2nd class had a great week for Science Week – read all about it here Well done to Patryk in 6th who collected his prize for his... 

This week, the news has been full of photos and stories of the terrible tragedy in the Philippines. For adults, this can be very distressing but children can find stories and photos in the news really confusing too. This week’s Wednesday for Parents deals with tips for talking about your child about the news. 1. There are a number of news sites and programmes that are specifically for children. They can help to explain events in child-friendly language and steer away from some of the more sensational headlines in adult newspapers. On the RTE player, you can find News2day – in Peter’s,... 

In St Peter’s, we try to use real life examples for work on reading comprehension skills. This includes newspaper articles, websites, recipes and instruction manuals. Last week, in 5th class, Ms Sexton gave each group of four in the class a kit with flower bulbs, soil and flowerpots. We had to follow the instructions carefully – different bulbs needed to stick out of the soil at different heights. We also had to place them in a cold, dark place for the first few weeks. After a lot of brainstorming, Ryan suggested Les’s room. We have to remember to water them every week. Here’s... 

First week back after midterm and after what we packed into this week, it feels like we’ve been back for weeks! Here are the week’s headlines: A popular addition to this week’s blog was a look back over the first half term in numbers. Read all about it here! Our student council have lots of big plans on this week’s podcast! 2nd class podcasted about what they’ve learned in Geography recently here The Mini-Scientist work is starting to take shape – read our tips for researching your topic here Speaking of the Mini-Scientist project, 4th class blogged about... 

This week, our ‘Wednesday for Parents’ post deals with an issue that worries many parents out there – Internet safety. Sometimes talking about technology with children can be like trying to speak a language that the adult is only learning and that the kids are already fluent in! It can be difficult to talk about keeping themselves safe online, when they seem to be the experts. The resources we’ve picked out this week will help you to open the discussion about what your child knows about keeping him/herself safe online! First, a website! Webwise is a fantastic resource.... 

  Hope the midterm is going well! Just a short post this week to point out a few good websites with Halloween games and activities. Don’t forget this list of activities from last week for things to do out and about over the midterm 1Halloween has lots of ideas for costumes and decorations. They also have plenty of colouring and activity pages, along with a few simple games. PBS Kids is a nice one with lots of activities for younger children Scoilnet is an Irish educational website with lots of activities for students. This one is more suited to senior classes (3rd class up)