Last Friday St.Mary's School pupils were due to go to Onchan Park for our annual school outing. Unfortunately we had to cancel, not due to inclement weather but instead soaring temperatures!!! A first in the history of this trip It was our intention to have a fun day in school using our play equipm…
Thank you to our parents and wider school community for joining us on Saturday afternoon. The School Summer Fair was well attended and fun was had by all. The event raised over £800. A big thank you to Mrs Brophy and members of the Friends Association for all their hard work before and during the e…
In the week beginning the 13th of May, Victoria Road School Year 5 visited Port Erin Station where they took part in three tours, one around the old train in the museum, then on to the simulator and miniature railway and finally out on to the railway lines to see the pits and look at how the railwa…
The school library team met with Mr Charles Flynn from the Manx Wildlife Trust and retired teacher Heather Hurt today when they visited the school to donate a beautiful book to the school. The book, called 'The Lost Words', includes poems and fantastic illustrations of wildlife words that are slowl…
VALLAJEELT 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…
On 1 June, over 800 teaching staff on the Island will attend the Department of Education, Sport and Culture’s ‘Essentials 4 Learning’ symposium. The symposium is an Isle of Man learning conference and marks a further development of the Island’s curriculum. A group of around 60 staff from across the…
Watch out for a new E4L flyer aimed to raise awareness of our "Essentials for Learning" programme. It is aimed at parents and carers drawing their attention to this website where they can find out more about what we do in our schools. .E4L provides broad parameters for schools to develop flexible,…
A 15-minute video featuring children and teachers from across the Island's primary and secondary schools. Presented by Emily from Year 6 at Henry Bloom Noble School in Douglas.
