It’s Christmas time in Sixth Class, and we have been getting creative in the classroom! Look at these fantabulous decorations 6th Class made! To start, look at these festive origami trees, handmade by 6th class! We got coloured paper. We cut it into a square. Then, following the instructions, we folded it and cut it …
6th Class put on a production of Christmas in the Land of Oz, an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz for Christmas, where Dorothy goes back to the Land of Oz to find some Christmas spirit for her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and their farm workers, only to find it has been stolen by the …
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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 …
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. …
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 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 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 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 …
