On the last day we hosted our annual sports day at the playground in Ballydehob. We had the usual favourites like the egg and spoon race, running races, jumping over hurdles, burst the bubbles and a fun game of skittles also. The fun didn’t stop there! When we walked back to the school there was
In June 2021 we were so lucky to get to go open water swimming in Cadagon’s strand in Schull for the week with the lovely Sarah Mc Knight. We really enjoyed it. Each room had their own hour of swimming every morning and it was wonderful to see how the pupils progressed over the week.
We were taken to meet Emily, a sweet little 2 week old goat at the Ferguson’s farm recently. We all agreed she was gorgeous and had great fun helping to feed her. On the way down to the farm we worked in pairs completing a Spring checklist. It feels good to be back in the
We decided to make our own art in the school yard to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. The Juniors helped colour in the rainbow and we all coloured in “Là le Pádraig sona daoibh” . Pupils in the middle room “donned the green jersey” and we think they all look great!
Everyone is so happy to be back at school, following 2 months doing schoolwork via the Seesaw platform. We all got dressed up as our favourite character and brought in our favourite books. We all got a chance to look at everybody’s book and listen to the other students talking about them.
In the run up to Christmas, all in the Junior room were very busy. 1st class stitched their own Christmas socks and were delighted with their newfound skill. The junior infants were equally busy: wrapping presents, decorating our Santa grotto, thawing out frozen arctic animals by using their droppers and playing small world on our
Child Protection Policy Parents, BOM, Staff and interested parties may access the complete text of the new ‘Child Protection Procedures’ from the Department of Education and Skills website www.education.ie This document is a response to recent changes in legislation and takes account of the provisions of each of the following pieces of legislation.
Anti Bullying Policy 1.In accordance with the requirements of the Education(welfare) Act 2000 and the Code of Behaviour Guidelines issued by the NEWB, the Board of Management of St Matthias NS has adopted the following anti-bullying policy within the framework of the school’s overall code of behaviour. This policy filly complies with the requirements
At St. Matthias we watched the live stream of the 150th anniversary of St. Finn Barre’s cathedral in school. Last week in class we went through our resources to learn all about this magnificent building in Cork city and coloured in our stained glass window pictures. We used our Connectix tiles to make our own
Wonderful costumes were on display for our Hallowe’en party at school before Midterm. The junior room did some lovely spider art to take home. It was great fun painting outside up on the walls instead of being inside. On the day of our party we had a spooky treasure hunt outside. The students worked in
