At St. Matthias’ School we provide an environment in which each child is expected and enabled to achieve his/her potential. Team work and collaboration are encouraged so that pupils learn to work together and to help each other.
This Church of Ireland School is a community where all pupils are equally valued and respected, irrespective of gender, social background, family circumstances, educational achievement, physical characteristics or intellectual ability.
The Board of Management is one that brings a wealth of experience to the governance of St. Matthias. Since coming to office, the Board has shown a collective determination to improve all aspects of school life and ensure its growth.
We have started doing the Aistear programme in the Junior room every morning.. The children really enjoy engaging in all the fun oral language activities at all the different stations. Our themes so far have included The Crèche, Buildings and Halloween. The students loved studying the builder’s plans used for our new extension and coming
Our School is Transformed This summer we were granted funds by the Department of Education and Skills to carry out much-needed improvements to our school. From the time we got the “go-ahead” there was very little time to carry out all that had to be done. We are indebted to our builders who worked really
Message from the Principal St. Mathias National School is a community of friends. Our school has provided us with a very special, shared experience that is truly unique. I hope that you will all carry this experience with you wherever you go, and that you will use your memories of your time here to inspire
SUMMER IMPROVEMENT WORK PLANNED AT BALLYDEHOB NS Saint Matthias COI National School in Ballydehob is to undergo a Summer Works Scheme approved by the Department of Education and Skills. The work will involve improvements to the office space and toilet facilities within the school building and is set for completion ahead of its reopening next
The dreary weather didn’t dampen the spirits of our pupils during our annual sports day. There were 5 stations including egg and spoon races, a tricky obstacle course, penalty shoot outs, welly throwing and water races. As usual the parents and siblings running race was fiercely contested! The day was rounded off with a delicious
Clonakilty was the first destination for our recent school tour. The Junior room had a private screening of “Boss Baby” followed by an hour in the soft play area. The senior room spent 2 hours in the Clonakilty adventure park doing daring stunts like the tower jump, zip lining and rock climbing. After lunch we
We recently visited the Clon adventure park, where the pupils of the senior room displayed their physical skills – not to say tremendous courage – on the climbing structures. The Junior Room pupils were in the indoor jungle gym. We stopped at Pirates Cove on the way home and went through their new Maze. As
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.
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
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
