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The Guild - Manx Dancing
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Mrs Collister took all the Manx Dancers to the Manx Music Festival where they competed in 4 groups. They did absolutely brilliantly with two of the groups coming second place and receiving very positive feedback from the judge. They were a joy to watch and several members of the audience commented…

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Forest School - years 1 and 4
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Year 1 and year 4 have been having weekly adventures to our Forest School site this term. Mrs Molnar, Mr Parry and the children have had a great time exploring the area, building shelters, creating art works, learning to be safe around fires and enjoying toasted marshmallows! Thank you to the paren…

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Forest School - year 5
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Year 5 and Mrs Sowrey have had a brilliant time at the school's Forest School site each week this term come rain or shine. The children have particularly enjoyed being there in the rain where they really had to test their shelter building skills! They have explored making paints from plants and flo…

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Manx Folk Awards
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What a wonderful week at the Manx Folk Awards! We have such talented and enthusiastic children. From Reception class to year 6 we have taken part in choirs, action songs, playing instruments, Manx dancing, playing in folk groups and Manx readings. We are lucky to have such a rich Manx culture and h…

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Lambing Live at Knockaloe Beg Farm
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Years R, 1 and 2 have all been to visit Knockaloe Beg Farm in Patrick this week. They had a great time seeing the sheep, pigs and ponies but the highlight was seeing baby lambs born right in front of their eyes! How special! Thank you to Fiona and John Anderson from Knockaloe Beg for their very war…

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Girls Football Tournament
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The girls football team had a great day at the all-island girls football tournament at the Bowl. Mr Parry was proud of the whole team and said they played brilliantly and were a credit to the school. Well done girls.

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World Book Day
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We all had a fun day celebrating reading and our favourite books. Classes joined other year groups to take part in paired reading, children talked about their favourite characters and lots of new stories were discovered. Thank you to Mrs Collister and School Council for organising a faun day of rea…

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Year 1 Chinese New Year
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Year 1 having been learning about Chinese New Year this half term and treated us all to a wonderful assembly sharing what they'd learnt. The whole school dressed in red and spent the day learning about China and how New Year is celebrated. The year 1 dragon dance at the end of the day was especiall…

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Year 5 Church Visits
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As part of their RE topic, Year 5 have been visiting local churches to compare and contrast their differing features and to learn about how the local communities use their buildings. They have visited Arbory Parish Church, Colby Methodist Church, Living Hope Church and St. Columbas Catholic Church.…

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