At St. Matthias’ School we provide an environment in which each child is expected and enabled to achieve his/her potential. Team work and collaboration are encouraged so that pupils learn to work together and to help each other.
This Church of Ireland School is a community where all pupils are equally valued and respected, irrespective of gender, social background, family circumstances, educational achievement, physical characteristics or intellectual ability.
The Board of Management is one that brings a wealth of experience to the governance of St. Matthias. Since coming to office, the Board has shown a collective determination to improve all aspects of school life and ensure its growth.
We have 10 new Junior Infants this year at St. Matthias NS. They are in the room with 1st class and everyone is settling in really well. There is lots of play, working on our fine motor skills and phonological awareness. Our 1st class class are working hard on catching up on last year’s work
We have lovely new artwork on display at St. Matthias NS this year. The shed has been given a woodland scene make over. Our new extension, which we built on 2 years ago is now covered with lovely flowers and foliage. Any visitors to our school will not miss the front door as a lovely
Mr Haseldine sends the following message to all of our 6th Class pupils: “I am very proud of this year’s 6th class pupils. You are about to begin a new and exciting chapter of your lives. I hope you will be able to look back on your time at St Matthias National School with fondness.
Parents should note that our e-mail address has changed. It is now: stmatthiasns.ias@gmail.com
As part of an art project, our teacher told us about the amazing Sistine Chapel in Rome and how Michelangelo painted it. He had to lie on his back and work by candlelight! We decided to try it out and see how easy it would be. So we attached paper to the underneath of our
For World Book Day the children enjoyed dressing up and talking about their favourite books. As part of our peer writing whole school project, we worked on writing and illustrating a book of short stories. Each junior room student was paired up with a senior class member. The younger student thought up a story, the
The whole school embarked on a day trip to the Everyman theatre in Cork. We saw a production of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes complete with a live orchestra. We really enjoyed it, especially those who had not been to the theatre before.
In the Junior room we had great fun designing and building houses as part of our “Homes” Aistear theme during February. It was a very collaborative activity and of course full site safety requirements were observed, although we were not actually “on site”
We had a busy start to February in school. On February 5th the whole school travelled to Abbeystrewry NS to sing with Peter Stobart. Afterwards we went to the Uillinn arts Centre in Skibbereen to engage with a children’s art exhibition currently on display. Art in Action is an interactive multi media exhibition that invites children
Sadie Budd in 2nd class wrote an essay “The best Christmas ever” and her story was published in the Southern Star (Bantry magazine issue) along with those of other students – great examples of West Cork’s budding literary talent. Well done Sadie, we are so proud of you!
