Pupil Support

🎉 Huge congratulations to @StMatthewsAc on achieving the Gold #SCQF School Ambassador Award! 🌟 This award recognises the @North_Ayrshire school’s brilliant work in expanding learner journeys! 🔗 Check them out: scqf.org.uk/support/educat… #Qualifications #LearnerPathways

We added some eye-catching pupil-made signs to the garden today, and discovered a few parsnips in the process 😂! It is really time we harvested the last of those luscious looking leeks. A job for tomorrow 😊.

A big thanks to Emma from Learning through Landscapes for all the training, workshops and support provided to our staff and pupils this past year - all made possible through the Local School Nature Grants XL programme 💚🌿.

We had a lovely time in the spring sunshine on Monday as we gathered with friends and families of St Matthew's Academy to celebrate developments in outdoor learning this year ☀️ 🎉 🌻🪻🌼

Watch this space as we build the garden, ready for the online showcase on the @KSBScotland website where the public can vote for their favourite from 13 June – 23 June! Find out more on their website: tinyurl.com/2bfcuvy2 #PocketGarden #EcoSchools

The challenge was to tell a story through a miniature garden design that uses edible plants and plants that attract wildlife, and to reuse something which would otherwise have been thrown away.

We have exciting news! Our Gardening Club stars have been chosen as a winner in the Pocket Garden design competition! The competition is run by @KSBScotland in partnership with the Garden for Life Forum.

Our S6 @poweringfutures pupils did a brilliant job today presenting their challenge solutions to industry judges👌. Proud of all the progress you have made this year, both individually and in your teams ☺️👏.

Plant propagation - This week, S3 Personal Development pupils helped these little spiderettes to move on to a new phase of life in their very own pots 🥹.

Pupils impressed us with their teamwork, creative thinking and STEAM skills earlier this week as they braved the rain to take part in a "loose parts" outdoor learning session with Emma from Learning through Landscapes.

Our annual senior citizens lunch was a great success again, all those invited had a great time and our S6 pupils did the school proud!! @StMatthewsAc

Our annual senior citizens lunch was a great success again, all those invited had a great time and our S6 pupils did the school proud!! @StMatthewsAc

Ready Steady Cook, Mrs Lennon, Mrs Gallagher, Mr Brown & Mr Cumming had fun competing in a cooking competition for Sam & Caden’s S6 leadership project. Well done to Mr Cumming for winning with his risotto.

Ready Steady Cook, Mrs Lennon, Mrs Gallagher, Mr Brown & Mr Cumming had fun competing in a cooking competition for Sam & Caden’s S6 leadership project. Well done to Mr Cumming for winning with his risotto.

Today was all about sustainability in the garden ♻️. We sowed some "green manure" to help replace nutrients in the soil following our recent harvest, and to keep the the soil healthy over the winter months 💚.

Very impressive pumpkin carving at gardening club today, and plenty of seeds reserved for roasting to make a very tasty snack! 🎃 😋

A great day at Dumfries House today for some of our S1 & S2 pupils discovering more about the huge variety of careers available in the countryside. Thanks @TheRHET and @KingsFdn for organising this event !🚜

Our S1 SSR parents enjoyed some Halloween themed literacy and numeracy activities today. @StMatthewsAc

S1 pupils did a fantastic job digging up the last lot of potatoes for 2024. What a great harvest we've had this year 😄🥔🎉. Thanks again to the volunteers at Fairlie community garden for giving us all those top quality seed potatoes back in May 🙏💚.

Very productive use of MS Teams this week by N5 Creative Industries pupils as they collaborated in real-time on presentations and surveys, sharing the load equally 💻👐👥.