About Us
Managed by the Church of Ireland, Saint Matthias’ has been an important part of community life in West Cork ever since ...
We are an active school
We walked to school as part of ‘Active Schools’ on Wednesday the 22nd of December, our last day before the holidays. We were all treated to hot chocolate upon arrival at the school.Pupils are shown participating in some of the games we organised in the Community hall in November and December. They played rounders, soccer,
How we have grown!
Pictured are the pupils and staff of St. Matthias’ at the start of the school year. Our school community continues to grow, which is a great tribute to the dedication of our hard working staff. The Board of Management is continuing the work, which was started by the previous Board, of improving the facilities in
Learning Orienteering Skills
On the 29th of September St Matthias 5th and 6th class children took part in the autumn orienteering event for West Cork primary schools. The event took place in the community grounds of Schull, using the new orienteering map of the area. This was a great introduction to the adventure sport of Orienteering. The course length was approx.
Our newest pupils
We were delighted to welcome our new Junior Infants class in September and hope that their time with us will be very happy. We hope they will reach their highest potential whilst at the same time building memories and forming friendships that will last a lifetime.
Fond Farewells
Message from Principal for students transitioning to Secondary School Mr Ian Haseldine, Principal had the following message for our four graduates this year: “We would like to wish our 6th class boys Fergus Crockett, Isaac Solomon, Curtis McMurray and Samuel Richards the very best in their transition to secondary school. St. Matthias is proud to
School Outing to West Cork Secret June 2015
West Cork Secret For our end of year school tour, we visited the West Cork Secret. What a great day out for the children and teachers! Students had an opportunity to explore the extensive gardens with their group leader who told them about the different species and life cycles of the plants and trees. The
BALLYDEHOB PUPILS COME OUT TOPS IN WORLD INFORMATICS CHALLENGE
Thirteen young Ballydehob pupils, all attending St. Matthias’ Church of Ireland National School have come out tops in an informatics challenge in which 750,000 young people around the world took part. Called the Bebras Challenge, it is a worldwide computer based maths problem solving test for children of all ages. To undertake the challenge, pupils
CONGRATULATIONS TO SENIOR CLASS
Congratulations to the Senior Class at St Matthias NS who took the Bebras Challenge. The Bebras challenge is a worldwide, computer based maths problem solving test for children. The contests are composed of a set of short questions called Bebras tasks. These tasks can be answered without prior knowledge about Informatics, but are clearly related
SHERKIN ISLAND MARINE STATION COMPETITION WINNERS 2014
We extend congratulations to two of our 5th class pupils, who won prizes in the Sherkin Island Marine Station Competition Isaac Solomon won two books “The Birds of lreland – A Field Guide” and “Life Cycle – River” while Samuel Richards won “Ireland’s Hidden Depths” This was a great achievement and we are very proud
ST. MATTHIAS PUPIL WINS LIBRARY CARD COMPETITION
Eleanor Robb, a pupil at St. Matthias National School has won a county-wide ‘design a library card’ competition. Chosen from over 600 entries, her design has been printed on over 20,000 library cards all over Cork. This is a wonderful achievement and we couldn’t be more proud of her.