St. Peter's National School

Maths

We’re still learning about fractions and splitting groups of objects in half. We’re also learning about symmetrical shapes. We’ll be posting some of our symmetrical art next week!

Tables this week: +2

Our new History topic this week is Fionn and the Wicked Fairy of Tara

We read about Fionn defeating the Wicked Fairy of Tara by using a magic hat and cloak. We’re creating comic strips to tell the story. We’re becoming expert illustrators!

English

Our story this week is “The Troll” by Julia Donaldson.

We’re learning about alphabetical order this week. We’re putting lists of words into order, using the first letter of the word to help us.

Spellings this week are concentrated on the following patterns:

-ill words (pill, kill, still etc.)

-ee words (been, street etc.)

tricky words (have, they)

Art

We read a story this week about trolls and pirates. We liked the story so much that we’re doing two pieces of art about it. We are learning how to draw figures so we put our new skills to good use and drew some strange pirates. We’re also  designing our own pirate flags this week!

PE

The game this week is benchball. It’s a combination of basketball and handball. It’s a fun game because you have to score by getting the ball to your goalie! We’re practicing benchball every day this week.

Our new History topic this week is Christopher Columbus.

We’re learning about Christopher Columbus and his journey to America. There are some cool sites to visit where you can find out more information about him. Click on our IWB Links page and go to the History section to see more!

Our art this week will also be about Columbus and his ships. Check back to see photos soon!

Science ~ Hibernation

This week we’re learning about hibernation and hedgehogs. We’re learning how hedgehogs prepare for winter.

English

We have started our new Fry sheets this week. Our target is to read, write and spell all 600 words by the end of 1st Class! For each 100 words we get a certificate (100=highly commended, 200=bronze, 300=silver, 400=gold, 500 and 600 are special surprises!)

Spellings this week are concentrated on the following patterns:

‘y’ at the end of words (fry, cry, shy)

-each words (beach, teach)

-all words (ball, call, fall, small)

Maths

We’ve been working hard learning about 2D shapes. Our new shapes this week were the pentagram and then octagon.

We also started learning about fractions this week. We’re learning how to divide sets into equal halves.

Tables this week are +10 (1+10, 2+10 etc.)

We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank each and every parent and family member who has helped the school with the various fundraising projects since we started back in September. It is a credit to our community that in these times of need, we still demonstrate our generous nature. The jersey day raised much needed funds for the Irish Cancer Society and we had a fantastic response to Operation Christmas Child, with over 120 boxes collected.

You can find the September Newsletter HERE.

We hope to have this updated regularly with pictures, podcasts and videos of what we get up to in St. Peter’s! Please bear in mind that this is  a new blog and is still in its infancy. Please check back regularly for new updates! Also, please make sure to check our main school website www.dromiskinns.ie.