Healthy eating week – mmmmm …….delicious!
We are always committed to healthy eating but this week we thought we would show you our delicious fruit cones with frozen yoghurt.
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Sport is fun!
All the pupils enjoyed a 6 week golf lesson stint with Kenmare Golf club expert Adrian. They loved all the pitching and putting shots and even designed their own golf course in the yard. The Senior room have converted our top yard to a badminton court and here they are playing a doubles match
We celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in style!
We had a great turnout for the St. Patrick’s Day parade and everyone had really entered into the spirit of the day. We were lucky that the weather was bright and dry. Pupils and parents took great care with their costumes and the parents had created wonderful banners, based on themes from the Proclamation as
Pancake Tuesday
Our pupils really enjoyed Pancake Tuesday!
Clever Coders
In keeping with our commitment to information technology education, we have recently purchased four new laptops for our pupils. This has enabled us to add a new subject – coding. This has been enthusiastically taken up by our pupils, as can be seen from the pictures.
Our Proclamation Day
Our Proclamation Day today consisted of an introduction by Rev Stephen McCann followed by Tin Whistle Concert, poetry reading, reading of the St Matthias Proclamation and the raising of the flag, while the children sang the National Anthem. Finally Billy Barry read out the names of the 40 children killed in the rising, while the
Fun and Learning combined during Science Week!
The students learned about Pulley systems, the effects of force and mass, using hands on manipulatives and experiments. They experimented with Mentos and Coke to see how nucleation works. They learned about closed circuits, then designed and built electrical quiz boxes to review maths facts and some research topics. The structure of a molecule –
We rose to the Orienteering Challenge!
On Tuesday, March 8th, our 5th and 6th class students visited Glengariff Nature Reserve to take part in a 5K orienteering challenge. It was a beautiful day and all 3 teams completed the course, scoring very high in the rankings, so well done to all who took part! This was followed by a picnic in
Open Day – all welcome!
On Tuesday, February 23rd 2016, St. Matthias School welcomes parents of all prospective pupils to come and visit our wonderful school between 1.30 and 2.30 p.m. We will be delighted to meet you, show you around and answer any questions you may have. See for yourselves the sort of things our pupils are involved in
Our Christmas Play
Our Christmas Play was called ‘Brian the Christmas Tree’ performed by all of the students on Friday the 18th of December to a packed house. As you can see, a great time was had by all. A huge amount of effort went into learning parts, rehearsals, costumes etc. Our grateful thanks go to all who