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.
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.
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
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