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Year 3 Interviewing Joey Thompson
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Year 3 had an exciting visitor this morning. We got to interview TT rider, Joey Thompson. Some of us even got to sit on his bike! It was great to connect our TT learning and literacy work with meeting a real TT rider . Thank you for coming in Joey!

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Fair Trade Conference
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On Friday, four of our Year 5 students (along with Mr Higgins) were invited to the Legislative Buildings in Douglas to attend the Fair Trade Conference hosted by the charity, One World. We ran a Fair Trade poster competition to decide who the lucky attendees would be. In the morning, we took part i…

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KS1 Visitor from IOM Post
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As part of our 150th Anniversary KS1 were learning about 'communication' this week. They learnt that if you wanted to send a message to someone it didn't just come instantly like lots of e-mails and text messages do now, people had to write them by hand and post them. We were also lucky enough to h…

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Reception's Nursery Rhyme Day
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Reception have been having a wonderful time today to bring our Nursery Rhyme Week to an end! We started by sharing all of our favourite nursery rhymes and costumes. We then did a performance for the school — another chance to build our confidence, practise performing in front of others and showcase…

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Reception Visits Meadow View
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The children had the best time visiting Meadow View Day Centre on Tuesday to sing all of the Nursery Rhymes that we have been practising in class. We explored some of the oldest and most traditional Nursery Rhymes, including 'Three Blind Mice', 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' and 'Pop Goes the Weasel'. W…

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Onchan Choir at The Guild!
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Our choir made us extremely proud on Saturday afternoon! We sang 'What is this feeling?' and 'Unwritten' beautifully and with so much energy. The adjudicator gave us 91 marks and awarded us 3rd place! She commented on our passion and energy and called us "pocket rockets" and we have to agree with t…

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Year 5 Take on Cycling Proficiency!
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This week, our Year 5 pupils took part in their Cycling Proficiency training — and they did a fantastic job. Over the course of the programme, the children learned essential road safety skills, including how to control their bikes confidently, signal correctly, observe traffic, and make safe decisi…

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Girls Football Tournament Year 5 and 6
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We are very proud of our girls football team who did not lose a game throughout the tournament. We played Bradden, Ballacottier, Peel Rockets and Rushen. Our team narrowly missed a place in the semi final but there was some excellent football skills and sportsmanship throughout the afternoon. Well…

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