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Y3 Trip to Jurby Transport Museum Tuesday 13th June 2017
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Y3 went to Jurby Transport Museum to have a look at the historical vehicles displayed there. They also had the chance to make their own vehicle using DT skills. They had a super time and the staff at the museum commented how well-behaved and polite the children were. Excellent day out!

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Y3 Visit to Barool Suite Thursday 1st June 2017
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Y3 visited the Barool Suite in the Legislative Buildings as part of the Isle of Architecture Year and had the opportunity to draw the skyline of Douglas with some architects. They had a fantastic time and also were able to share their favourite Manx building and give reasons why it is something the…

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Y5 Science 16th June 2017
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Y5 have been learning about flowering plants-labelling the parts of the plant, learning about their functions and also how the plant reproduces. Last week, they dissected lily flowers and labelled the different parts.

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International Week 22nd May 2017-China
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During this week, the children took part in activities to learn about a different country. This year we chose China and all the classes spoke about what they would like to find out which meant there was a complete variety in our learning. Amongst other activities, Y4 made some excellent dragon pupp…

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School Summer Fayre-Saturday 20th May 2017
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We really appreciated all your support for our Summer Fayre. We had scrummy cakes, fantastic donations for our Pamper Hamper and Italian Hamper and also choctastic and bottletastic contributions for our tombola. The weather held out for us and lots of people came to support us. Big thank you to Y5…

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Y5 Cyclefest Friday 12th May 2017
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What a busy week for Y5-but that is how Mrs. Dixon likes it! Y5 went to Ramsey to take part in the Primary School Cycling Pursuit Championships on the specially constructed track which the professionals would be using the following day. Although only 4 children took part, the rest of the class went…

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Peter's Railway-Thursday 11th May 2017
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Y5 has a fantastic day crammed full of history, engineering, literacy and FUN! They started off with a trip to Douglas Railway Station where they had a tour of the locomotives and sheds and learned about the engineering behind our wonderful steam train heritage on the Island. Joiner's and carriage…

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A visit from the Manx Bard-Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Y3 have been doing a topic on poetry writing and what better way to get some inspiration than a visit from the Manx Bard, John "Dog" Callister! The Bard shared his thought processes as he writes poetry and also gave the children some useful insights about how to improve their own poems.

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