About Us
Managed by the Church of Ireland, Saint Matthias’ has been an important part of community life in West Cork ever since ...
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The St Patricks Day Parade theme this year was The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. The School won first prize, many thanks to the Parents Association who came to the school and painted the cards with the children in early March. The Board of Management is very grateful to them and congratulates all on the wonderful
Orienteering Day
On Monday the 12th of March the children in Mr. Hazeldine’s class attended the West Cork Orienteering event at Glengarriff Woods and had a wonderful day.
Team Hope Christmas Shoeboxes
Our pupils brought in shoeboxes, which we covered with festive paper and filled with all sorts of good things. They will go to enable less fortunate children in Eastern Europe and Africa to have something to open and some surprises to enjoy on Christmas Day. We hope that this gesture will spread some of the
Our new reception area
Thanks to the work carried out at St. Matthias’ school during the summer, we now have a comfortable working area for our school secretary, Hilary. This means that parents can now come there if they need to see a teacher or drop in something for their child and it affords a measure of privacy which
Welcome to our new pupils
Introducing our new Junior Infants who have settled into life at St. Matthias very well. All have siblings in the school already.
Learning about our world is fun!
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
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
Congratulations and Best Wishes to our Graduates!
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
Great News
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
Our Sports Day
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