A Day of Poetry with Ian Bland!
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Our children enjoyed a wonderful couple of days of poetry and laughs with top poet and friend of the school Ian Bland this week. He had the staff and children in stitches during a whole Key Stage assembly with his clever, hilarious poems (highlights included 'The DinnerLady Dance' and 'The Cowboy T…

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Planting the Micro Forest!
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It was our huge pleasure to get involved with a terrific community project here in Ramsey this week, as our Year 6 children got stuck in with helping the team from Hartford Homes and the Manx Wildlife Trust to plant the new micro-forest at Royal Park! As you can see in this video, the children thor…

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Lempen Puppet Theatre Visit
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We were enthralled and entranced this week as the Lempen Puppet Theatre visited our school to share with us their magical show, Flotsam & Jetsam. This magical, mystical experience was enriched with colourful lighting effects, a stunning soundscape and, of course, the excellence of the Lempen puppet…

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Reception | World Book Day!
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Our Reception children had a blast this World Book Day! As well as dressing up as some of their favourite characters (including some of our favourite Monster Phonics characters - can you spot them?), the children were also treated to a trip to our Year Two classrooms, where the Year 2 children read…

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Y3 | World Book Day Library Visit
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It's World Book Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a trip to Ramsey Library to get all of our pupils signed up as members! That's just what our Year 3 children are getting up to - and as well as signing up to be able to access a wonderful selection of brilliant books, they've also had…

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Y6 | Cracking The Code!
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When it comes to coding, our Year 6 children have shown they can really hack it! They're busy developing their HTML skills, by setting out to create their very own webpages from the ground up - what a fantastic thing to learn how to do! We're very grateful to the always fantastic Mr Townsend, who i…

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Y6 | Brilliant Biographies!
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We love seeing how proud our children are of a job well done - and here in the picture is a great job very well done! Writing a biography is no easy thing, but our Year 6 classes have really got the hang of it as they have found out about the life of Dr William Harvey - using organisational and pre…

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Rec | Once Upon A Time...
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Our wonderful Reception children are having a great time this week as they are planning and creating their very own fairy stories! Using story maps to plan their ideas to writing (all on their own!) about some of their ideas, it's a great project which supports the children in developing a love of…

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Mastering Maths!
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We love our Maths lessons at Bunscoill Rhumsaa! From Reception to Year 6, our children enjoy a complete UK curriculum which makes maths an adventure. The lesson begins with a Power Up fluency task to sustain prior learning, consolidate number facts and establish the lesson’s confident, can-do tone.…

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