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Managed by the Church of Ireland, Saint Matthias’ has been an important part of community life in West Cork ever since ...
Songwriting Workshop June 2021
Here are some pictures of our song workshop that we did with Clare Sands, who partnered with Levis’ Corner House in Ballydehob to help the children write an original song. She did some fun games with rhythm and sang some well-known songs with the children in our school tent. Then she asked 2nd and 3rd
School tour to Bantry 2021
We had an action packed day in Bantry for our school tour. After playing beach games first, we all got to go kayaking with Bantry boat hire which was such fun. After lunch on the beach the Junior & Middle room went swimming or beach combing while the Senior room went for a boat trip.
Annual Sports Day 2021
On the last day we hosted our annual sports day at the playground in Ballydehob. We had the usual favourites like the egg and spoon race, running races, jumping over hurdles, burst the bubbles and a fun game of skittles also. The fun didn’t stop there! When we walked back to the school there was
We did Open Water Swimming
In June 2021 we were so lucky to get to go open water swimming in Cadagon’s strand in Schull for the week with the lovely Sarah Mc Knight. We really enjoyed it. Each room had their own hour of swimming every morning and it was wonderful to see how the pupils progressed over the week.
We visited Ferguson’s new baby goat
We were taken to meet Emily, a sweet little 2 week old goat at the Ferguson’s farm recently. We all agreed she was gorgeous and had great fun helping to feed her. On the way down to the farm we worked in pairs completing a Spring checklist. It feels good to be back in the
How we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day
We decided to make our own art in the school yard to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. The Juniors helped colour in the rainbow and we all coloured in “Là le Pádraig sona daoibh” . Pupils in the middle room “donned the green jersey” and we think they all look great!
World Book Day
Everyone is so happy to be back at school, following 2 months doing schoolwork via the Seesaw platform. We all got dressed up as our favourite character and brought in our favourite books. We all got a chance to look at everybody’s book and listen to the other students talking about them.
Our Christmas Preparations
In the run up to Christmas, all in the Junior room were very busy. 1st class stitched their own Christmas socks and were delighted with their newfound skill. The junior infants were equally busy: wrapping presents, decorating our Santa grotto, thawing out frozen arctic animals by using their droppers and playing small world on our
Child Protection Policy
Child Protection Policy Parents, BOM, Staff and interested parties may access the complete text of the new ‘Child Protection Procedures’ from the Department of Education and Skills website www.education.ie This document is a response to recent changes in legislation and takes account of the provisions of each of the following pieces of legislation.
Anti Bullying Policy
Anti Bullying Policy 1.In accordance with the requirements of the Education(welfare) Act 2000 and the Code of Behaviour Guidelines issued by the NEWB, the Board of Management of St Matthias NS has adopted the following anti-bullying policy within the framework of the school’s overall code of behaviour. This policy filly complies with the requirements