http://stpetersns.ie/class Latest news and writings from St Peter's National School Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:39:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/bake-sale-for-haiti/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/senior-pupils-visit-highlanes-gallery/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/library-visit/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/highlanes-gallery-2/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/highlanes-gallery/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/school-tours/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/skipathon-ice-cream-funday-2008/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/a-visit-from-newgrange-falconry/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/european-schools-project/ 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 ... http://stpetersns.ie/class/skipping-workshops-2008/