Our School hours do differ slightly on each site...

Gates open: Infants                               8.30-8.40am

                   : Juniors                              8.35-8.45am

School begins: Infants                           8.40 a.m

                       : Juniors                          8.45a.m

Morning Playtime Infants                      10.45-11 a.m

Morning Playtime Juniors                     10.45-11 a.m

Lunchtime Infants                                 12.00- 1 p.m 

Lunchtime Juniors                                12.00- 1 p.m.

End of School Infants                            3 .10 p.m

End of School Juniors                           3.15 p.m

At St. Matthew's we aim to offer a Creative Curriculum and as such the lines between subject areas can appear blurred as we seek to engage the children by emersing them in a particular topic or theme.

A Typical School Day (In Key Stage 1)

- Children arrive between 8.30 and 8.40 a.m.

- Registration between 8.40 and 9 a.m.

- Numeracy or Literacy

- Milk and fruit

- Break at 10.45 a.m.

- Numeracy or Literacy

- Lunchtime begins at 12.00pm

- Registration at 1 p.m.

- Afternoon session could include Science, Art, Geography, History, P.E., Design and Technology, R.E., Music or ICT. Story / Show and Tell / Aerobics

-2.45pm Assembly

- 3.10 School ends.

A Typical School Day (In Key Stage 2)

- Children arrive between 8.35 and 8.45 a.m.

- Registration between 8.45 and 9 a.m.

- Numeracy or Literacy

- Break at 10.45

- Numeracy or Literacy

- Lunchtime begins at 12.00pm

- Registration at 1.00p.m

- Afternoon session could include Science, Art, Geography, History, P.E., Design and Technology, R.E., Music , French or ICT.

-2.45pm Assembly 

- 3.15 p.m. School end