At St. Matthias’ School we provide an environment in which each child is expected and enabled to achieve his/her potential. Team work and collaboration are encouraged so that pupils learn to work together and to help each other.
This Church of Ireland School is a community where all pupils are equally valued and respected, irrespective of gender, social background, family circumstances, educational achievement, physical characteristics or intellectual ability.
The Board of Management is one that brings a wealth of experience to the governance of St. Matthias. Since coming to office, the Board has shown a collective determination to improve all aspects of school life and ensure its growth.
May brought a very special visitor to St. Matthias NS. Bishop Paul Colton and his wife Susan visited our school as part of his silver jubilee celebrations of 2024. The school made some lovely art displays to welcome the Bishop. The students were full of chat and talked eagerly about their interests and observations. We
We opted to have a day out in Skibbereen this year for our school tour. We enjoyed a very active morning combined with a relaxing pottery session in the afternoon. The Sports centre welcomed us to their hall in the morning. The staff entertained us for a very active 60 mins of dance, exercise, various
We made the most of our recent good weather here in Ballydehob. Art lessons were taken outside and the children loved the experience of painting on the ground rather than on their desks. We combined a village nature walk with a nature duct tape bracelet to which we accessories all the beautiful natural flowers we
The sun shone brightly in Ballydehob for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. St. Matthias NS boasted an eye catching colourful snake as part of our float. The parents and students came together to hold the float through the village. Easter came early this year but we were ready to explore the school surroundings for
We held our Open Day this year in February and the whole school worked together to showcase our lovely little school. The Senior room did a great job brushing up the yard and getting rid of all the wet leaves. The Junior room made a lovely “Welcome” poster drawing all the things they lo ve
The Senior room embarked on a hands-on Maths project lately. In teams they had to measure, plan, make and budget for various bridges. On the day of presenting their bridges they had test them using weights to see if their bridges could actually hold some weight. We had great fun exclaiming over the various weights
Making our annual St. Brigid’s crosses provided a great work out for our fine motor skills. We also walked down the village to the Working Artists Studio to meet and greet some amazing local artists. Sarah Ruttle spoke to us about her fabulous art exhibition. It was so cool to see the other artists in
We had a lovely December, getting ready for the Festive season at St. Matthias NS. The month was spent making beautiful Christmas art and of course getting ready for our Christmas play. The Senior room were heavily involved in writing the script, making the props and providing musical effects during the show. The parents really
St. Matthias NS welcomed back some familiar faces during Science week. Some past students now attending the Schull Community College visited the school with really interesting Science experiments. It was lovely to see them explaining their projects to our students. We also did our own experiments in the classrooms making our mark on Science week.
It was a busy first term at St. Matthias NS. The Senior room treated us to some magic and scientific tricks which amazed us. We read a story in the Junior room which we loved called “The chimpanzee’s Happy tree” and decided to recreate a playground in our art class using fruit and other objects.
