What a great half-term it has been in 6th Class, despite the strangeness of this year. We have done a lot, so here’s a short summary of a few of our highlights. The most exciting event by far was our Christmas play, which we were able to perform, albeit in a very different way to…
On Wednesday 30th September, 5th and 6th Class gathered in the yard (social distancing, of course!) awaiting a very special visitor. Róisín Upton, for those of you that don’t know, is a World Cup Finalist Irish hockey player, who plays centre-mid/back. She is also the ambassador for the charity Goal, and that’s why she came…
6th Class have been kept busy with lots of tasks from Ms Fallows during lockdown. Here are some of the highlights from the last number of months. Tessellations Tessellations are when things fit together without overlapping or gaps, and are all around us in nature and society. We looked at some of the amazing work…
6th Class have been reflecting on their time in St. Matthew’s and all their many happy memories. Here are some of their favourite things about this school and the reasons we all love it so much! The best part about St Matthew’s is that it is filled with truly great people. Allegra My favourite memories…
One of our favourite pieces of work this term was our project work. 6th Class each chose a topic they were interested in and spent a lot of time researching and creating presentations. There were a lot of varied topics. When they were all done, we then spent time reading one another’s projects and giving…
In the week before all the schools closed, 6th Class had a blast at the RDS with the ESB Science Blast. Their experiment was to see if the brain predicts the taste of a drink based on its colour. They had 3rd, 4th and 5th Class do two experiments in their classroom. Each experiment was…
Some of you may remember that back in October, 6th Class entered a 3-D printing sustainability competition, which Gilles won with his water filter design! Well, because of this success, we were very fortunate to have Sylvia Leatham from i-Form, and Ronan McCann, from DCU (who is working with Gilles on his prototype), come out…
Well-being Week took place from 19th-23rd January across the school and certainly succeeded in making us feel good! The week was divided into different days and each class had a range of activities each day. Here’s a reminder of what we did – perhaps it will re-inspire you to take care of your well-being! Why…
Election fever hit 6th Class in the week before mid-term! Inspired by the General Election, we decided to conduct our own election to show what we would do if we formed the government. As preparation, we learned about the General Election and the major parties and their leaders. We researched what constituency each of…
6th Class thoroughly enjoyed some delicious pancakes for Pancake Tuesday! Thank you very much to the PTA for slaving away in the kitchen and for giving up your time to serve us all today. It was very much appreciated. Have a look at some happy faces and some interesting topping choices here!