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Managed by the Church of Ireland, Saint Matthias’ has been an important part of community life in West Cork ever since ...
World Culture Day
St. Matthias NS celebrated a lovely day of culture and sailing on Thursday 10th April. The students worked very hard in the last few weeks completing projects on Australia, France, Czech Republic, Sweden and Mexico. There was lovely art, country files, landmarks, facts, books and artefacts from our countries on display. Parents were invited to
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Matthias was a riot of colour as we participated in the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Ballydehob. Our theme this year was “A leprechaun’s rainbow journey”. The staff (in particular Aoife) and the children had been working tirelessly behind the scenes for weeks in the lead up to 17th March. There were lots of
World Book Day & Pancake Tuesday
This week has been busy in our school with children making their own pancakes on Pancake Tuesday and then dressing up as their favourite book character on World Book Day. We had a costume parade, peer reading and story telling.
Table Tennis table
Our aim for our flag day in September 2024 was to raise money to go toward our school yard development. We were also the grateful recipients of a generous family donation to St. Matthias NS. We raised enough money to purchase an outdoor Table Tennis table and it arrived to the delight of our students 2 weeks ago.
Creative Schools Program
Our school is currently participating in the Creative Schools Program. We are delighted to have artists from all backgrounds and skills to come to our school and showcase their skills and teach our pupils their art. So far we have explored animation and ceramics. Creative dancing, origami, singing and fooling are all coming up in
Bishop’s visit to our school
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
Our School Tour
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
Painting outside and Nature Walk
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
St. Patrick’s Day parade and Easter Egg Hunt
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
Preparing for Open Day and World Book Day
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