Welcome to our submission for the Discover Primary Science and Maths award for 2017. This is our 12th year taking part in the Awards! Once again this year we are applying for the Plaque of STEM Excellence. This award is given to schools that carry out extensive work in science, technology, engineering and maths, all of which are very important in St. Peter’s. This is the 3rd year that we have had Junior and Senior Infants taking part in the award! It is great to see the young scientists have so much fun learning about Science and Maths. Yet again, a huge amount of work has gone into this. Every...
6 May
6th Class took part in the RDS Young Scientist Fair once again. Our theme this year was our climate, specifically looking at the question of “Does weather affect our ability to learn in school?”. After we had agreed on the theme and question for our Science presentation, we began by making our predictions. Some of the pupils thought they weather would affect us in school. For example, Leanne thought the sound of rain is very relaxing so that in turn, might help us concentrate better in class. Abbie also made the point that sometimes people get headaches when it is too hot and that it makes...
3 May
Hi everyone! 5th Class here, and we’re going to tell you all about how we celebrated Engineers Week 2017. Firstly, we explored the work of engineers. We had a special project to complete on the interactive board in school! We also looked at this wordle challenge completed by some of our brothers and sisters a couple of years ago. We’ve started #engweek17! We built a word wall, looked at the work of engineers and we prepared for our afternoon challenge! #5thClass pic.twitter.com/8kgipCJ35I — St. Peter’s Primary (@StPetersBray) March 6, 2017 For Engineers Week this year we: Completed...
25 Apr
Welcome to our submission for the Discover Primary Science and Maths award for 2016. This is our 11th year taking part in the Awards! Once again this year we are applying for the Plaque of STEM Excellence. This award is given to schools that carry out extensive work in science, technology, engineering and maths, all of which are very important in St. Peter’s. This is the 2nd year that we have had Junior and Senior Infants taking part in the award! It is great to see the young scientists have so much fun learning about Science and Maths. Yet again, a huge amount of work has gone into this. Every...
11 Jan
We’re back to school with a bang! 6th Class made what has now become the annual trip to the RDS Primary Science Fair last Friday. Read all about how we got on! We made a robot for the fair. Our work started way back in November! We were busy from last Wednesday putting the finishing touches to our designed robot. We are really busy in #6thClass getting ready to present @TheRDS Primary Science Fair on Friday! We built a robot! pic.twitter.com/TzQqSA80ab — St. Peter’s Primary (@StPetersBray) January 6, 2016 A busy morning putting finishing touches on our Science Fair project to...
23 Nov
Lately, in 5th class, we’ve been working on the skills we need to carry out investigations. Ms Whyte asked us to consider which is the best kitchen towel and to compare it with the type we use in the school already. We brainstormed what ‘best’ means in the context of lots of different situations. Here are some of the qualities we brainstormed for ‘best sandwich’ We also brainstormed ‘best car’, ‘best clothing’ – even ‘best fake tan’! When we had lots of practice, we brainstormed what ‘best’ means in the context...
13 May
Welcome to our submission for the Discover Primary Science and Maths award for 2015. This is our 10th year taking part in the Awards! This year we are applying for the Plaque of STEM Excellence, a new award which is given to schools that carry out extensive work in science, technology, engineering and maths, all of which are very important in St. Peter’s. The other big change this year is that it is the first time we will have had Junior and Senior Infants taking part in the award! It is great to see the young scientists have so much fun learning about Science and Maths. As this is a...
11 May
Here in 5th class we were lucky enough to have a fish tank in our room for a 6 weeks, with lots of different types of sea creatures. We spent the month learning all about the oceans and how we can look after them. This was an opportunity for us to learn lots about water. One of the most exciting things we looked at was water pressure. Pressure is the force that pushes water through pipes. Water pressure determines the flow of water from the tap. Using the strand Energy and Forces we tested how water pressure would be affected as it flowed through various size openings. What we needed: • 6 Large...
11 May
During Engineer’s Week 2015, third class had a visit from Joe, a Civil Engineer from Dublin City Council. Joe showed us pictures of a water treatment plant. We thought this was really interesting, so, for Discovering Science 2015, we decided to filter some dirty, grassy water of our own! We filtered water in two ways! Have a look at Kelsey, Dominick, Caoilynn and Dylan watering how well Caoilynn can filter the water using her hand – her face tells a story of its own! Kelsey and Dylan then watched how the water would filter as it passed through a thick J-cloth! Brooke, Kia and Ryan...
11 May
As part of their study into materials, 2nd class have been designing and making ponchos! We’ve been examining the properties of materials recently and last week we discussed the meaning of the word ‘best’ when talking about products. What does ‘best’ mean? 2nd class are brainstorming as part of their #ponchopopup project #designandmake — St. Peter’s Primary (@StPetersBray) May 8, 2015 We decided that ‘best’ has different meanings depending on the context. Check out some of the meanings ‘best’ can have in our Vine. One of the...
