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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…
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…
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 "…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
On Tuesday, the Manx Hedgehog Conservation Society came to school to lead and assembly and to do a workshop in Y4. The children found out about the habitats, diets and behaviours of the hedgehog and also how they can play a part in taking care of this inquisitive creature.