Scoill Vallajeelt

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KS2 Author Visit Friday 28th September 2018
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Jonathan Meres visit to school as part of Manx Litfest was a huge success. KS2 were treated to an amazing performance from Jonathan. He is multi-talented! A stand-up comedian as well as an author. He really inspired the children with his story telling and motivation about being a writer. He has wri…

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MacMillan Coffee morning Meadow Campus Friday 28th September 2018
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What a lovely start to our campus year-a joint fundraising event run by Y6 children from both St. Thomas' and Scoill Vallajeelt. Thank you to all the donations from our campus families who sent in scrummy treats that the children carefully displayed ready for selling. It was brilliant to see all of…

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Y4 visit to Tynwald Thursday 14th June 2018
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Y4 went to the oldest, continuous parliament which is of course Tynwald in the Isle of Man. They had a fantastic tour from one of the guides and learned about how Acts are discussed and debated before they become law. The children could even enter the chamber itself and sit in the seats usually occ…

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The IOM Cut Films Award Monday 11th June 2018
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5 children from Y6 attended the IOM Cut Films Awards final at the Villa Marina on Monday 11th June. All the children in Y6 had attended a workshop that explored the dangers of smoking and their follow up task was to write and perform a film to discourage others from smoking. The 5 children's film "…

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Y6-End of a successful week in Wales
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Hello from Abernant Lake! Well, I can't believe that our week in the sun is over. We have had lots of highs and some challenging times but most of all lots of fun. The children have behaved IMPECCABLY: organised themselves, embraced the unknown and even PACKED their own suitcases!! We have conquere…

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Greetings from Y6!
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Hello from Abernant Lake! We are having a FABULOUS time and throughly enjoying all of our many activities. We have done rock climbing, abseiling, archery, zip wire and an extremely long hill walk this morning among other things. Our favourite to date is stand-up paddle board. All of our clothes hav…

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Y6 Residential Trip to Manor Adventure, Wales
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Y6 set off this morning on the boat to Liverpool. It is the beginning of their adventure to Wales!! There was a lot of children amongst the passengers on the Ben my Chree this morning and Scoill Vallajeelt were easy to see in their 2018 Leaver's Hoodies and school uniform. Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Asbridge…

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Thursday 1st March 2018 World Book Day
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What a day! Really enjoyable to see the children coming to school dressed either as their favourite book character or favourite word. Families had put a lot of effort into the costumes and we had children coming as Where's Wally, Robin Hood, Cat in the Hat and also one character who had a pet stone…

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Tuesday 27th February 2018 Off by Heart Poetry Competition
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On Tuesday we held the Off by Heart Poetry competition as part of Book Week. The children had a choice of 3 poems to learn from their class and then the first round of heats were held within the class.The top 2 from each class then went through to the final which was held in the Red Hall. The compe…

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