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10 Oct

The Student Council had a meeting yesterday. We discussed these things:

1. The blog and our new @Twitter account @StPetersBray. Our secretary Ian tweeted what we were talking about, why not have a read?

2. How our new and old after-school clubs and sports are going this term.

3. Any student problems.

4. Making information signs for the school to remind people to wash their hands, turn off the lights and flush the toilet.

5. Running a charity event for Christmas.

6. The sports tournaments coming up this term.

7. Having a sponsored run at Halloween.

We recorded a podcast to fill you in on these things. Ms. B also made a GoAnimate video to get people to comment on this post. We will leave the next one. We’ll report back in two week. Thanks everyone.

St. Peter’s Student Council by StPetersPrimary on GoAnimate.

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9 Oct

WED PARENTS

 

 

 

Today in school, we had our first fire drill of the year. Although it was unexpected, all the students reacted immediately, leaving everything behind them. They left the building quickly and calmly and then lined up at the agreed meeting spot for the class teachers to do a headcount. Well done everyone!

There are some really good websites with fantastic activities to help kids to learn about fire safety – even more important than usual coming up to Hallowe’en!

In no particular order, here’s our top 5:

http://www.firesafekid.org/kidszone – this one is more suitable for younger children, but covers the basic rules in a really child-friendly way with good posters and a nice quiz. The family zone on the same website is quite good for tips.

http://www.sparky.org/#/Sparky/Activities – this one has some nice printables for activities, including a checklist for fire safety at home. There’s also a section on fire engines for any kids who has particular interest in the work of fire fighters. Just to note that this is an American site (as are some of the others) and that it lists the emergency number as 911 instead of the Irish 999 or 112.

http://www.firesafekids.org/index.html – not to play favourites but this is a great one! Plenty of activities for  lots of age groups and a ‘secret game’ that can only be unlocked when you answer questions about fire safety correctly.

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/flash.shtm a lovely mix of activities for older children

http://www.askafirefighter.com/ – a really cool one to answer specific questions about the work of a fire fighter!

At the time of writing this post, I couldn’t find a stand-out Irish fire safety site, but this one has been launched since. Thanks to @NiamhDhubhghail for pointing it out to us!

For the treatment of burns and scalds, the HSE.ie give good advice here!

Any recommendations for good sites? We’d love to share even more of them!

 

 

9 Oct

Yesterday in St Peter’s, we had a visit from the dental nurse, Mary Byrne.

She spoke to 3rd and 5th classes in the library about the importance of good dental hygiene.2013-10-08 11.47.20.

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9 Oct

In September, we had the best attendance in the school for the month and we hope we keep it up. We managed to get 98.41% in for the month.

Class attendance

In our classroom, we have a daily attendance chart. We get a “green” if we are all in or if only one boy is out. If two boys are out we get an “orange”. If three or more boys are out we get a “red”. So far this year we have got a green every day since we started. We are smashing last year’s score. They got 12 greens before their first orange. Today we got our 30th green with no oranges or reds at all. We’ve had some close calls!

We get a prize if we get 10 greens in a row. So far we have got 2 prizes and we will be getting our third prize tomorrow if all of us are in.

Last year’s class got 132 greens in the whole year. We are hoping to get more and smash the record. If we get greens for the whole year our teacher has promised us a lot of big prizes!

By Tommy, Jordan, Alan, Stephen, Alex, Abhishek, Ryan, and Luke

8 Oct

Reading Corner

“In 3rd Class we have a new reading area in our classroom which includes a tent and soft mats to sit on. We love the tent and look forward to our reading time each day when we have an opportunity to read our library books” – Chris and John.

8 Oct

Marrog photo

3rd class boys recently really enjoyed studying the poem – The Marrog by R.C. Scriven.  The poem is about an alien called The Marrog, who has come to visit planet Earth.

Who is the Marrog?

“The Marrog is from the planet Mars and is seven foot tall! He has purple hair and a deep blue nose. His teeth are half yellow, half red and he has three eyes at the back of his head. The Marrog has five arms and can breathe green flames from his ears! He sits at the back of the class and nobody, nobody knows.” – Cathál

What might happen if there was an alien at the back of our 3rd class?

“Our whiteboard might fall, the ceiling would crack and Ms. Byrne would faint I suppose!” – Szymon and Finn

Who knows, maybe he was secretly at our open day and will someday join one of our classes in St. Peters!

Check back tomorrow for an audio of the boys reading the poem!

8 Oct

 

Myspace Banner GeneratorIn the next post about our after-school clubs, we’d like to introduce our Monday and Tuesday clubs which are based on the creative arts.

On Monday, Michelle will be taking a group of 2nd and 3rd Class students and they will enjoy a range of drama, games, cookery and other fun activities.

On Tuesday, Greg will take the same age group for a range of different art activities.

Both groups will work from Ms. Sugrue’s room. It costs nothing, you just need to come with your best effort and creativity hat on. All are welcome! Make sure to ask your teacher if you are interested!

7 Oct
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7 Oct

Can’t see the video? Click here!