It’s time to say farewell to the Class of 2021! Here we are saying goodbye and reflecting on our time in St. Matthew’s NS. We have come a long way since Junior Infants! Abby – Next year I’m going to St. Andrew’s. I am looking forward to making new friends and I’m definitely looking forward…
Our Junior Entrepreneur Programme project had been put on hold from 5th Class because of Covid, but we finally finished it in 6th Class, after some really hard work! Our project was called Bear in a Box. We got pandas and teddies, and gave the bears stories and clothes. Each teddy and panda had a…
We may have missed out on our trip to the Gaeltacht, but we have had an awesome last month of school. To start off, we had our official school trip to Surfdock. We were split into three groups and did paddleboarding and kayaking. There was a lot of splashing! Maya and Millie told Abby that…
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…