St Peter's National School

Bake Sale for Haiti

school — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:00:11 +0000

The pupils in 5th & 6th class, having been moved by the news reports from Haiti in recent days, decided that they would do their part to help the unfortunate victims of the terrible earthquake in Haiti. On Jan. 28th the senior pupils organised a very successful Bake Sale and Raffle to raise funds for this worthy cause.
On that day the children invited all of the pupils, staff and parents to their classroom where they had organised stalls selling all sorts of delicious cakes and buns.
The highlight of the day was a raffle for a beautiful Gingerbread House created by Mrs. Toye. The lucky winner was little Julia Shepherd from Bettystown.
The 5th & 6th class children would like to thank everyone who made the day such a success. They are especially grateful to all those who baked cakes and buns for the sale and of course all of the generous customers.
Overall a total of €846.15 was raised.

Congratulations and well done to everyone involved.

Pictures are available in the Gallery

Senior Pupils visit Highlanes Gallery

school — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:30:57 +0000

Mrs Hilary Kelly welcomed the senior class in our school to the Highlanes Gallery in January. We were invited to the gallery to see a special exhibition of the paintings of renowned local artist Nano Reid and her friend Gerard Dillon. Many of Nano Reid’s paintings are inspired by the environment around Drogheda. We can see scenes from Mellifont, Monasterboice and other places in the Boyne valley. Nano also liked to paint scenes from the town of Drogheda.
Gerard Dillon was from the north of Ireland and many of his paintings show scenes from Connemara in Galway.
Mrs Kelly talked to us about the paintings on display and she also explained their styles and influences. Before we returned to school we had an opportunity to do some artwork of our own.

Library Visit

school — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:45:47 +0000

1st & 2nd class had a very enjoyable visit to the library. Story teller, Pat Ryan, entertained us with many of his stories. He said he has about 600 stories in his head and he loves sharing them with children and adults. Also he told us riddles which we had to solve! Thank you to Drogheda library for inviting us to the story telling. It was great!

Highlanes Gallery

school — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:33:13 +0000

The Texaco Art Competition can be seen in the Highlanes Gallery. Hilary Kelly gave us a tour of the gallery and we were able to spend some time looking around on our own as well. It was great to see the variety of pictures in the gallery. Some of them are amazing. Now it is our turn to try out our talents at home and at school!

Highlanes Gallery

school — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:22:26 +0000

On 1st October 1st & 2nd classes visited the Highlanes Gallery to see the award winning art from the Texaco Art Competition. We were very proud to see Megan’s picture in the exhibition, but a little bit disappointed that Alison’s picture was not on show. Hilary Kelly showed us around the exhibition and then we has an opportunity to create our own works of art! Have a look at some of our pictures on our gallery page. Thank you to the people in the Highlanes for inviting us. We will be back!

SCHOOL TOURS

school — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:33:34 +0000

All of the classes have been on their school tours at this stage. The Infant Classes travelled with Ms Jackson’s 1st & 2nd Class to Imaginosity in Dublin. The children had a marvellous time at this interactive activity centre and couldn’t stop talking about their day out when they returned.

A few weeks later the senior classes went to see the Dinosaurs Alive exhibition in Funtasia, Bettystown. The top floor of the centre was entirely inhabitated by gigantic robotic dinosaurs. The children also enjoyed bowling and fairground rides on their tour.
Pictures are available in the Gallery

SKIPATHON / ICE CREAM FUNDAY 2008

school — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:20:49 +0000

All of the pupils participated in our summer term SKIPATHON on May 23rd. We combined this enjoyable activity with a fundraiser for Down Syndrome Ireland. So, following the skipping the pupils cooled down with a refreshing ice-cream. Well done to everyone who helped to make the day a success.
Pictures are available in the Gallery

A Visit from Newgrange Falconry

school — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:31:07 +0000

The pupils were treated to a visit from Newgrange Falconry last month. Brian and Barbara McCann had an amazing selection of birds of prey with them on the day. Each class had an opportunity to view the birds close up and the children also learned some fascinating facts about each bird. At the end of the day Brian flew one of the birds across the playground a number of times.
Pictures are available in the Gallery

European Schools Project

school — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:23:39 +0000

During this school year St. Peter’s has continued to work with our partner school in Lapua, Finland. The pupils in Poutun koulu participated in a “Healthy Lifestyles” project with the children in our school. The areas of diet, exercise and games were looked at by all of the children during the year and some project work was completed and exchanged.
Our school also produced a DVD of the highlights of our school year 2007/08 and this was sent to Lapua.
We look forward to continued co-operation in 2008/09 when we plan to get the PTAs of both schools involved.

Skipping Workshops 2008

school — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:16:35 +0000

Another fantastic day of skipping took place in the school last week when skipping expert, Lee James, travelled from the UK to carry out a series of skipping workshops with the pupils. All of the classes participated on a day when we were blessed with fine weather. Lee demonstrated a whole range of skipping techniques and before long many of the children had learned the moves. At the end of the day Lee selected a number of pupils who had impressed him with their skipping prowess and everyone was treated to a Skipping Exhibition.
Pictures are available in the Gallery

If you want to learn more about skipping check out Lee’s website - www.skip-hop.co.uk