1st Class have been learning all about space! We have read stories and learnt poems. We learnt about the sun, the moon and the planets. We created rocket models at home and we drew rockets in school using chalk. We have learnt about astronauts and what it is like to be up in space! We…
We had a great time during special visitors day in junior infants. we had loads of visitors to our class room to see our hard work and play some games with us we really enjoyed it! we also want to thank all our special visitors for the brilliant show and tells they brought to share…
Each week a new Mystery Reader has been coming in to Junior Infants to read us a story. During the week we are given clues as to who it will be and we have to guess! So far we have had Annabelle’s Mum, Ben’s uncle, Ms.McConnell’s brother and Ethan A’s granny! We wonder who it…
This week in St. Matthews was Seachtain Na Gaeilge. There was a different activity on every day including Lá Glas, Céile, Cartún, agus Comórtas Ealaíne. On Tuesday 2nd Class were paired up with Senior Infants and we took part in a Toraíocht Taisce. The children had lots of fun finding the different patterns on the…
2nd class thoroughly enjoyed the Pancake Party that was held in the school hall. The only problem was deciding which toppings to put on!
6th class recently took part in the ESB Science Blast exhibition in the RDS. They researched a project based upon the title ‘How does sound effect concentration’ Everyone agreed the event was amazing. Each group got a slot to present the project to onlookers and judges and time to visit other school’s projects. There were…
Senior Infants really enjoyed celebrating World Book Day in March. For this special day, we all got to bring in one of our favourite books from home. We shared our books with the rest of our class. Have a look at some of our favourite books below. Senior Infants started ‘Mystery Reader’ on World Book…
On Friday 1st March, 5th and 6th class visited St Matthew’s Church. Rev Marchant spoke to us about the meaning and purpose of some of the features of the church. We were able to walk in the front doors of the church; through the newly renovated area. We were shown the lectern, baptismal font, organ…
On Friday 15th February, all children in 3rd – 6th class got the opportunity to watch the Irish Rugby team train in the Aviva Stadium. It was amazing to see so many of our favourite rugby players as they trained for their country. Alex even won 2 tickets to an Ireland game in the Summer….
Preparations are underway for our school’s entry to Science Blast 2019. 6th class have come up with an investigation question which we will keep under-wraps for now as we are in the process of expressing the findings. Stay tuned for updates!