Sometimes there are simple things that can stop us in our tracks. This week it has been elastic bands! While organising some reading books, we needed to keep them together. The school has been bereft of them. We looked high and low at several businesses, but we were saved by our local Post Office.…
One conscientious and hard-working child in Cronk Vane was recognised this week for his devotion to reading at home and consistently trying his ultimate best with his reading in class. After a nomination from his teacher, he was awarded the coveted 'Super Reader' certificate from our wonderful Miss…
Today Mr Chris Fellows kindly visited our class and taught us how to march, and salute! This helped to launch our WW2 topic for the Spring term.
We were delighted to receive the news that our lovely choir came runners up in the 2021 3FM Carol Cup! They sang "Reindeer on the Roof" incredibly well. Thank you to Mrs Callister who has been teaching the choir and helping them perfect their vocal tunes!
Cornelly have been practicing their hand-eye coordination skills by playing Table Tennis this week. We have quickly improved and are able to hold rallies with one another. The children appreicated that although it may look easy, it's actually a difficult sport. Which has produced some very nice cha…
Foxdale School sat down today for a Christmas Lunch! Thank you very much to Marion who silenced all the rumbling tummies!
Cornelly went outside to use the firelighting equipment and sit around the fire pit sharing some thoughts. They also started learning to tie knots.
On Monday, we welcomed guests into school to celebrate Christmas in a traditional way. We sang traditional songs around the Christmas tree and enjoyed a short sermon from Reverend Janice.
On a grey misty morning, the titans of Foxdale met with the giants of Bunscoill Ghaelgagh - making them both seem normal sized. We unfortunately missed out on the Western Tournament a few weeks ago and so arranged another match with Bunscoill Ghaelgagh. We split into 4 teams and played 2 matches ag…