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 💻👐👥.

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 🙏💚.

Our S1 SSR parents enjoyed some Halloween themed literacy and numeracy activities today. St Matthew's Academy

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 RHET and The King's Foundation for organising this event !🚜

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

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 💚.

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.

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!! St Matthew's Academy

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!! St Matthew's Academy

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.

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 🥹.

Our S6 Powering Futures 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 ☺️👏.

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 😊.

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