STEAM week is always a class favourite when it comes around each year. This year, we focused on a different element of STEAM over the 5 days/ Robots were an area of focus. In pairs, we planned and designed robots that could help our everyday lives. We then used KNEX to build a prototype of …
We had the opportunity to analyse novels we would read later in English stations. The session was fun and we got to enjoy some treats too. Book-tasting sessions are when a group of people get together and sample various books, usually of a certain genre or style, in order to decide which ones they would …
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 …
Dun Laoighre Trip In 5th Class, we have been lucky enough to do JEP. After JEP, we went to Dun Laoghaire as a reward for completing JEP . We all voted to walk in the pier, go to People’s Park and then walk to Scrumdiddlys. On the day, we were very excited because we …
Ocova Manor Once a year every class in St. Matthews N.S goes on their annual school trip. School trips are greatly welcomed by students as they get to get away from schoolwork for a day and have fun with their classmates. Fifth class (my class) this year took the bus to an adventure centre in …
Perspective Drawing This term in art we did perspective drawing. Perspective is a task in art which you can use in many situations in our drawing skills. For an example, say you wanted to join an apple drawing competition you would have to draw the apple realistically and would probably draw highlights and shadows. In …
JEP 2021-22 This term, one of the most interesting things we did was JEP. JEP stands for Junior Entrepreneur Program. It was really enjoyable, we also learnt a lot about business. First, we came up with our ideas and had a vote, the top five stayed in and we split into groups. We spent a …
