Congratulations to our Tidy Towns winners!
The Tidy towns art competition winners are shown in the pictures with medals. One pupil won 1st place overall trophy and the others shown in picture won medals for age group categories.
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Well done Junior Room!
The Junior room seen busy celebrating their recent success in the Moo Crew competition where we scooped the Junior category county winners prize. We submitted a cheese project in April, which was deemed worthy of winning the county prize. For our efforts we received a €100 sports voucher and a certificate. There were winners all
Safety on two wheels
We spent a very enjoyable day learning new cycling skills in the Ballydehob community park recently. Under the watchful eye of Cyclesense, the pupils spent 3 hours alternating between 3 stations acquiring new skills and getting comfortable with road safety. They were doing slow cycles and completing an obstacle course in their groups. Ruth Bullough
“A River runs through it!”
It was all things aquatic in St. Matthias during the month of May. The students commenced their annual swimming lessons for 6 weeks in Schull swimming pool. The Senior room hosted their ” Hopa ma boata floata ” regatta in their classroom. Mr. H constructed an impressive stream in the room where the children raced
Local Wildlife Exploration
We collected samples of wildflowers ( from Rev Steve’s garden!!) and the heritage worker identified them for us. We caught and identified leeches, mayflies, flatworms, invaded and cased caddis. We explored the nearby stream located at end of the Rectory to see what wildlife we could find. A local heritage worker visited our school and talked
” Don’t sit – get fit!”
April 2017 brought with it another active week for all the students at St. Matthias. Maths trails, basketball Maths, Zumba, circuits, yoga and a walk to the local playground all featured in this year’s calendar. The shone shone all week as the children concentrated on becoming more active in a variety of ways with this year’s
Gubbeen Farm and Easter egg hunt
The Junior room visited Gubbeen farm on the day of our Easter holidays. We heard all about the story of cheese, petted new calves and bonhams followed by a picnic on the lawn dining on lots of delicious cheese and chorizo. When we arrived back at school it was just in time for our annual
Yoga and Jazz
Last Friday marked the end of a very enjoyable 6 week yoga course with Lisa at the school. The pupils enjoyed being flexible and performing some seriously impressive poses. On the Friday of the May bank holiday some visiting jazz performers visited the school to kickstart the Ballydehob Jazz Festival. It was wonderful to hear
Orienteering – Tuesday, March 28th 2017
Children form the Senior room, today took part in a 3km. orienteering activity in Glengarriff Woods. The object of the exercise was to navigate, in sequence, to different control points along a special course, using an ordinance survey map. This was a mental and physical challenge, which the children relished. The rain certainly didn’t dampen their spirits and all of the
St. Matthias’ School joins in St. Patrick’s Day celebrations
Unfortunately, the sun didn’t shine on us as we set off to the village. Despite the dreadful weather, there was no lack of enthusiasm among our school community to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by participating in the parade. The children worked very hard on our “snake” and the wonderful streamers they made provided a very