6th Class (Class of 21-22)
6th Class Farewell
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 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. …
6th Class Trip to Carlingford
6th Class Trip to Carlingford 6th Class had a wonderful overnight trip to Carlingford last week! We headed off on the bus extremely early on Thursday morning (we found it hard to get up!) and got to Carlingford at about 9.30am. We dropped our bags off and were then ready for our first activity of …
Green Week in 6th Class
Green Week in 6th Class Here at St Matthew’s caring for the planet is an integral part of our school. Our aim is to help preserve the beautiful environment we live in by educating the next generation. A few weeks ago our wonderful Green Schools Committee organised Green Week, filled with fun and educational activities …
Neurodiversity
Neurodiversity We learned about neurodiversity. It has a symbol that is a rainbow infinity loop. It means that everyone’s brains are different and everyone should be treated the same. We learned that there is autism, dyslexia, dyspraxia and ADHD. They are all different ways that the brain works. We all have something unique and special …
Mindfulness
Mindfulness For the last few weeks Sixth Class have been working on mindfulness with Niamh. We’ve been learning to control our ‘animal mind’ and learning to be aware of our bodies and our torch light of attention. A few lessons ago we did a temptation session. We started by all receiving a Kinder bar. We …
Seachtain na Gaeilge in 6th Class
Seachtain na Gaeilge in 6th Class For the lead up to St. Patrick’s Day weekend, we did Seachtain na Gaeilge where the teachers came up with many fun and enjoyable activities for us to do over the week. We tried to speak as much Irish as possible, and every time we spoke Irish we would …
A Christmas Peter Pan
A Christmas Peter Pan 6th Class recorded our annual Christmas play for our school community this month. It was a very different type of Christmas play because of all the Covid regulations but we still had a great time. Our play was called A Christmas Peter Pan. In it, Peter Pan went to the North …
6th Class Tessellation Art
6th Class Tessellation Art Over the past few weeks 6th Class have been working on our tessellation art. We found it quite hard to begin with, but after a while we got the hang of it. We took inspiration from M.C. Escher. There were many different designs including: shapes, people and animals. Some of M.C. …