Harvest
We had a very lovely Harvest Service in St Matt’s church. The children walked down beautifully, with the year 5 & 6 children holding hands with Reception and Year 1. Our year 3&4 children led the service with the highlight being their song about sowing seeds of friendship. Reverend Rob gave a talk about The […]
School Tours for Reception 2027 intake
Is your child ready to start school in September 2027? Each year, we really look forward to welcoming new parents to St Matthew’s. We encourage prospective Reception parents to visit the school. There will be an opportunity to walk round the school and see it in action and a talk with the Headteacher and Deputy […]
Porridge!
What an amazing performance by Year 6! You thoroughly entertained the audience with your fantastic acting, brilliant comic timing, lovely singing, slick back stage work and total enjoyment. Congratulations to you all, and a big thanks to the year 6 team who brought the whole production together. Worthy of the West End!
Year 6 Residential
This year, we took a super group of Year 6s to The Mendips Activity Centre for their residential visit. We spent a week under canvas and enjoyed a wide range of outdoor activities. It has to be said that the weather for the first couple of days was not kind to us, but the children […]
New Additions!
We have three new baby guinea pigs in school. We decided to name our new piggies after three of our school values – Kindness, Honesty and Respect. The children voted in the names democratically. Classes will gradually meet the guinea pigs as they grow a little older.
Chicks!
We received 10 eggs on Monday this week, plus an incubator and a brooder box. A live webcam was set up so that all classes could see the eggs hatch as it happened. The children have found this amazing and have been thoroughly absorbed by the hatching eggs and the growing chicks. Our first chick […]
Art Exhibition Year 5&6
We held an Art Exhibition to celebrate the progress and skills our pupils have learnt in Art since September. Mr Tibbits-Williams has worked with the pupils in year 5 and year 6, to develop their skills, and create wonderful pieces of artwork. The children have explored drawing and painting techniques, 3D clay work, drawn careful […]
World Book Day
World Book Day 2026. We always enjoy celebrating World Book Day, and this year has been no exception. All the children and staff dressed up for WBD, and there were a variety of wizards, witches, pirates, princesses, superheros and animals, which made the school look very colourful! Throughout the morning, the classes did ‘Stop, Drop, […]
Safer Internet Day 2026
10th February 2026 We marked Safer Internet Day, which is recognised in over 170 countries worldwide. We held an assembly in which we asked the children to think about AI, and how it can be used safely and responsibly. Some children have watched a BBC live lesson, and Year 6 had a visit from the […]
A week without water
Due to the water issues affecting the Pembury Water Treatment Works, the school and many parts of Tunbridge Wells have been without water this week. This meant that we could not open the school for lessons and we have had to be a little more creative in our learning this week. Teachers have sent out […]