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Junior School Tour
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
Walking on air!!
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
Congratulations to our Tidy Towns winners!
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.
Well done Junior Room!
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
Safety on two wheels
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
“A River runs through it!”
It was all things aquatic in St. Matthias during the month of May. The students commenced their annual swimming lessons for 6 weeks in Schull swimming pool. The Senior room hosted their ” Hopa ma boata floata ” regatta in their classroom. Mr. H constructed an impressive stream in the room where the children raced
Local Wildlife Exploration
We collected samples of wildflowers ( from Rev Steve’s garden!!) and the heritage worker identified them for us. We caught and identified leeches, mayflies, flatworms, invaded and cased caddis. We explored the nearby stream located at end of the Rectory to see what wildlife we could find. A local heritage worker visited our school and talked
” Don’t sit – get fit!”
April 2017 brought with it another active week for all the students at St. Matthias. Maths trails, basketball Maths, Zumba, circuits, yoga and a walk to the local playground all featured in this year’s calendar. The shone shone all week as the children concentrated on becoming more active in a variety of ways with this year’s
Gubbeen Farm and Easter egg hunt
The Junior room visited Gubbeen farm on the day of our Easter holidays. We heard all about the story of cheese, petted new calves and bonhams followed by a picnic on the lawn dining on lots of delicious cheese and chorizo. When we arrived back at school it was just in time for our annual
Yoga and Jazz
Last Friday marked the end of a very enjoyable 6 week yoga course with Lisa at the school. The pupils enjoyed being flexible and performing some seriously impressive poses. On the Friday of the May bank holiday some visiting jazz performers visited the school to kickstart the Ballydehob Jazz Festival. It was wonderful to hear