January 29th, 2010
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
January 16th, 2010
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.
May 26th, 2008
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
May 26th, 2008
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
May 19th, 2008
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
May 9th, 2008
On Friday, March14th, the Mayor of Drogheda, Cllr. Anthony Donaghue, was guest of honour at the raising of our first Green Flag. He was joined by Ms. Mary Murtagh, representing the Environment Section of Louth County Council, as well as parents and pupils.(Photos of the event can be found in the Gallery.)
Our Green Schools Committee is already planning for the next stage of the Green Flag Award: Energy.
Our Current Committee:
Rachel & Annraoi (2nd Class)
Sadhbh & Adam (3rd Class)
Michelle & Ross (4th Class)
Jessica & Georgia (5th Class)
Jessica & Kavi (6th Class)
Brenda , Sylvia & Shannon (Parents)
Mrs Penny Butler (Teaching Staff, Co-ordinator)
Mrs Karen McKeown (Non Teaching Staff)
Our Lunch Box Policy:
To help cut down on Waste and Litter in the school,our committee came up with some guidelines for parents and pupils:
Try to reduce packaging in your lunch. (Plastic boxes which can be re-used are preferable to plastic bags and packets. See the Gallery )
Take a Lunch Box to school.
When you’ve finished eating, put any paper, packaging or left-over food back into your lunch box to take home. (This way parents can monitor what and how much their children are eating - or not eating.)
April 22nd, 2008
St. Peter’s N.S. Chess Team has won the Annual Drogheda Primary Schools Chess League 2008. Over the last few months the school team has played Scoil Pio, Knockcommon, St Patrick’s N.S., Monasterboice and Cartown N.S., Termonfeckin and Scoil Aonghusa and has end the league with a total of 15.5 points out of 20. The official presentation will take place in the Boyne Valley Hotel later this month.
Andrew Thompson has done great work with the Chess Club members again this year and the school chess awards will be presented at the End of Year Service in June.
Well Done to all our Chess Players.