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This fabulous 'Food and Farming Week' the Puffins were lucky enough to receive a visit from local farmer Mr Kermeen, along with four of his beautiful calves! The children were utterly delighted to meet the four furry babies on the playground, two of which were of the Brown Swiss variety, and two of…
The Puffins have settled in nicely to their new nest, and are getting on beautifully with each other and with their tasks. We have looked at Alan Peat's Sentences in Literacy, and we are learning how to write captivating and interesting prose, using descriptive sentences (2AD and List Sentences) an…
This week we say goodbye to our wonderful, kind, and caring Mrs Campbell, whom the Capybaras will miss greatly! Mrs Campbell has supported us since Christmas, and her support of both staff and students has been second to none. As a farewell treat, Mrs Campbell took the class for a special Art Lesso…
Congratulations to Foxdale School football team, who had an excellent morning at Union Mills in the 2023 Millennium Football Tournament. They won their group with 6 wins and one draw, keeping a clean sheet throughout the group stages thanks to some excellent goalkeeping from Harry! They came throug…
This week we learnt about Viking Runes. Runes are symbols that form the Viking alphabet. The Vikings would have carved them into wood or stone, which is why they are often quite simple-looking, with straight lines. The Vikings used to believe that runes were created by the God Odin. In this myth Od…
Today in Bear class we had the luxury of having a visit from the lovely Jeroen Wats. A dutch inventor who has created a fully sustainable material! This material has created wind turbines, boats and now even the worlds first fully sustainable helmet. It was such a pleasure having him in the classro…
We would like to thank everyone who donated magazines for the Magazine Trolley, it has gone down a storm with the children on a Friday afternoon. We managed to obtain a good selection of magazines to cover both Key Stages, and the children enjoy reading an exciting range of materials. We even have…
Congratulations to Foxdale Football Team for Winning the Western District Football Competition held at Kirk Michael School on Wednesday 17th May 2023. A fantastic performance from the whole squad in which they won all 4 group stage games without conceding a goal to qualify for the semi final where…
Last Friday the children in the Capybara's Class had a wonderful time celebrating the Coronation of the King! We wrote and gav speeches (some even threw treats to the crowd!), had a vote and chose a King and a Queen for the day, both of whom had special duties to perform and decisions to make throu…