St. Matthias pupils help less fortunate children
We are so proud of our pupils, shown here with their Team Hope Christmas Shoebox Appeal Certificate. The children donated gift filled shoeboxes to the needy children of Eastern Europe and Africa.
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School Calendar 2016 – 2017
School Calendar 2016 – 2017 School lunches will begin again from Monday November 7th. Children will be provided daily with a filled sandwich, roll or wrap or soup and roll, plus a piece of fruit and dairy product. Christmas shoeboxes will be collected from school on Friday, November 11th. A leaflet has been circulated to
Great fun in the sun!
On Monday the 20th of May, the entire school took the bus to Ballyrisode Beach. The children were divided into 6 teams and challenged to find various rock-pool species. After having worked up an appetite, we had a picnic. The children created their own sand sculptures, followed by a paddle in the sea before returning
Summer fun for senior pupils
The senior class visited Zipit Forest Adventure, with 800 metres of zip lines at Farran Park. It was a fun packed day of adventure on the spectacular treetop rope course. The children climbed high into the trees, swinging into cargo nets and flying down many of the ziplines. This was followed by a picnic in the sun and the long bus
Memories of Summer fun!
On Wednesday the 22nd of May we took the children to Cork on their school tour. The junior classes visited Rumley’s Farm. You will see from the photos, aside from all of the exotic animals, there were many fun activities for the children to enjoy including zip lining, go-karting and crazy golf. The staff were
We really are a healthy, active school!
It was with great pride that the children and staff of St. Matthias raised both the Health Promotion Flag and the Active Flag on Friday 24th of June. These flags were awarded to the school as a result of all the hard work the children had undertaken during the course of the year. They participated
Welcome to our newest pupils!
At the start of the new school year we would like to welcome all our pupils back to St. Matthias’. We hope you all had a lovely summer and wish you a very happy year in school. In particular, we would like to extend an especially warm welcome to our five new Junior Infants. We
Active School Week – Day 5 – We made a Hovercraft !!!!!
Friday our final active day! Again we were so lucky with the weather. We decided to walk down to the community park after break and avail of the basketball courts, tennis courts and really big field there. The students participated in relay races with hurdles, played badminton and soccer. It was lovely to see the
Active School Week – Day 4
Thursday started off with the students washing the staff’s cars. They were in luck as Mrs. Connolly and Mr. H had really dirty cars!! One of the passers by was so impressed by the students’ hard work that she asked if they would clean hers as well! The lady kindly donated €10 towards our school
Active School Week – Day 3
Wednesday saw the students jog/ run around the yard in the ” A mile with a smile” challenge. It was so encouraging to see our Infants tearing around the yard brimming with energy. After lunch, skipping challenges took place both at individual and at group levels. Competition was fierce but also great fun. The junior