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Building bridges and Valentine Art
The Senior room embarked on a hands-on Maths project lately. In teams they had to measure, plan, make and budget for various bridges. On the day of presenting their bridges they had test them using weights to see if their bridges could actually hold some weight. We had great fun exclaiming over the various weights
St. Brigid’s Day
Making our annual St. Brigid’s crosses provided a great work out for our fine motor skills. We also walked down the village to the Working Artists Studio to meet and greet some amazing local artists. Sarah Ruttle spoke to us about her fabulous art exhibition. It was so cool to see the other artists in
Christmas preparations at St. Matthias N.S.
We had a lovely December, getting ready for the Festive season at St. Matthias NS. The month was spent making beautiful Christmas art and of course getting ready for our Christmas play. The Senior room were heavily involved in writing the script, making the props and providing musical effects during the show. The parents really
Science Week in St. Matthias N.S.
St. Matthias NS welcomed back some familiar faces during Science week. Some past students now attending the Schull Community College visited the school with really interesting Science experiments. It was lovely to see them explaining their projects to our students. We also did our own experiments in the classrooms making our mark on Science week.
First Term at St. Matthias
It was a busy first term at St. Matthias NS. The Senior room treated us to some magic and scientific tricks which amazed us. We read a story in the Junior room which we loved called “The chimpanzee’s Happy tree” and decided to recreate a playground in our art class using fruit and other objects.
Music, Jazz and Easter Eggs
Lots of lovely events happening at St. Matthias NS this year. Some of our talented musicians brought in their instruments and treated us to a lovely afternoon concert. Visiting French jazz musicians also played a sunshine gig before the Ballydehob Jazz festival kicked off. Sunshine allowed us to have a fun Easter egg hunt and
Spooky News!
The Senior room once again this year participated in the Halloween school workshops with artist Millie Egan in making super masks. They will be used in the annual Ballydehob Jazz Festival Samhain parade. They had a great day playing traditional Halloween games, participating in a piñata game outside in the yard and being entertained
School Tour Memories 2023
An adventure park in Kilbrittain played host to St. Matthias NS this year for our school tour. “West Cork Secret” was the name of our destination and we had an absolutely brilliant day. The sun shone, spirits were high and the pizza was delicious afterwards. Team building games, orienteering, obstacle course and dance routines were
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The children and staff were busy making musical instruments and colourful flags in preparation for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ballydehob this year. Staff and students along with their parents showed off our school flag at the front of our group as we walked in the lovely sunshine.
Creativity with recycled materials
The Junior room was also very busy in March creating projects from recycled objects and bringing them in for their Show and Tell. The pupils showed amazing creativity and skill. They were so proud showing the Senior room their projects and explaining what they used and how they made their projects. Well done everyone!