6th Class had a busy first couple of months of our last year in St. Matt’s! We have done lots of work and had some fun along the way. See below for a couple of our highlights! In History, we have been learning about World War II. We have been reading Goodnight Mister Tom by …
5th class spent the first part of the school year learning all about the local area in history. We had a visit from a local historian, visited St Matthew’s old school house and went on a walk to see some points of interest around the school. Historian Visit Mr Holohan visited 5th class and told …
We ended a great half term in 4th Class with writing scary stories. The children worked hard in groups writing scary stories about haunted houses, curses, spiders and so much more. When they finished they used a Hallowe’en story sound board to add noise effects and bring their stories to life! We then all gathered …
We have had a busy few weeks in Third Class. We were lucky to complete lots of science experiments. We spent time exploring tooth decay and we were discussing what we think happens to our teeth when we drink different drinks. We set up an experiment to see the effect on our teeth. We used eggs as they are similar to our …
It has been a busy and fun-filled first term in 2nd Class! This year we celebrated ‘International Dot Day’ on 15th September 2022. International Dot Day is celebrated every year on the 15th of September. This holiday was created by a teacher named Terry Shay back in 2009 as a way of celebrating creativity, courage, and collaboration. The …
We have had a busy first half term in 1st class this year. We learned about Autumn and did lots of art work and science experiments. We learned about 2-D shapes in maths and even went on a shape hunt outside in our playground. We couldn’t believe the amount of 2-D shapes that we were able to …
Senior Infants have been learning about the Fire Station. In Role Play we pretended we were driving a fire engine and going down the fire pole. In Small World, we drove the fire engines on the mat and pretended to put out fires in houses. In Junk Art we made fire engines and fire stations. We have been …
Junior Infants have had a busy 2 months since they began school. We have been learning lots, working hard and doing lots of fun activities! Over the last two months: we have started Aistear, had a virtual visit from a fireman, played lots of new games, made wonderful junk art creations, learnt lots of new …
6th Class Farewell 6th Class Farewell 6th Class are leaving St. Matthew’s and we’re really going to miss it! It has been a wonderful time for all of us. Here are the farewell statements we read during our graduation (a very emotional day!). We wish the rest of the school all the best as we …
UCD Poetry as Commemoration Project UCD is marking 100 years of major events in Irish history, and St. Matthew’s 6th Class got involved this year! We joined with the poet Lucinda Jacob to learn about the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, and to create our own poetry inspired by the period. …
