Sam McGuire Cup 2018!
Last Monday we had a visit from the Sam McGuire Cup. Dublin were the winners of this cup for a 4th year in a row!
Lego workshop
4th class took part in a Lego workshop recently. The workshop involved using LegoWEDO to build and program a mini robot called Milo. When we perfected our Milo’s we then put our programming to the test. We had to program Milo to move as close to edge of the table without him falling off! Overall,…
Another successful Colours Cup!
St Matthew’s held their second annual Colours Cup. The day was jam-packed full of sport, games and laughter. All classes were put into teams, each team was given a colour. Team members worked hard to earn points for their teams across all the activities. Overall the Orange team came out victorious! Well done to all…
The Triple Crown and the Six Nations Championship Trophy came to St. Matthew’s for a visit!
Visiting 6th Class
Ms Swanton invited us to partake in 6th classes experiment to test if food price effected its taste. We loved testing the different foods and had lots of feedback to give them.
SNAG 2018
Here in 4th class we had an amazing Seachtain na Gaeilge. Each day we had a special event that got us ag labhairt na Gaeilge. Here is a list of the events: Monday: Comórtais Éalaine Tuesday: Leathuair Spraoi Wedesday: Tráth na gCeist Thursday: Céilí Friday: Tionól SNAG Along with these events, we used…
Static Electricity
We experimented with static electricity in 4th last week! As part of this, we learned all about atoms and the protons, electrons and neutrons in the atom! We had lots of fun at home trying to create static electricity.
Making Biscuit Cake!
Ms Clements was teaching us about weight this week in maths. We were VERY lucky to then put our measuring skills to the test by making chocolate biscuit cake . We were given a weighing scales and the ingredients and had to ensure we were using the right quantities of all the ingredients. We each…
Aztec Projects
4th class have been working hard over the last 4 weeks learning all about the Aztecs. Each group researched and presented their project work in class today. Allegra baked traditional Aztec tortillas at home and very kindly brought them in for us to try! We all agreed they were quite tasty. Along with project work,…
Cricket
Cricket with Kamal has started for 4th class. Last week we had our first training session with Kamal. In this training session we focused on our hand positions and bowling technique. Kamal is a great cricket teacher and we will learn loads of skills from him in our cricket lessons!