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Venture Centre - Day 4
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The girls needed to be woken up again this morning! We had croissants for breakfast and collected our wet clothes to go to the park for a morning of kayaking and canoeing. The teamwork shown with the canoeing was great. The children paddled all around the lake and one group even explored the island…

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Venture Day Three!
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After a fun filled day yesterday, we all gathered together for some yummy tea- jacket potatoes! Once all was devoured, we got ready and spent the evening on Maughold coast playing some field games alongside what felt like a billion midges! Once we had got back to camp, it was time to raid the tuck…

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Venture Centre Day Two
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So it was stew for dinner on Monday night which was wolfed down by very hungry children! Mrs Burton, Mr Ledger and Miss Sumner arrived to take over from Miss Rutter, Mrs M and Mrs Lace and they were raring to go on the coastal walk. The children set off at a good pace and enjoyed their ramble throu…

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Year Two have been exploring tunnels!
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In Year Two we have been looking at different types of tunnels. We have learnt a little bit about the Channel Tunnel, the Mersey Tunnel and the Love Tunnel in Ukraine. This afternoon we decided to build our own tunnels on the field using anything we could find. Charlie-Jack and Aaron used a piece o…

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Venture 2022 Day 1!
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What a fantastic first day our children have had today! After meeting in the school hall first thing, showing off our HUGE suitcases and even bigger stashes of sweets, we boarded the buses to The Venture Centre with truck loads of excitement! After arriving, we gathered in the common room where Dav…

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Laxey Shed and CoinCorner Visit Y6!
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Thursday saw our second visitor in year 6 as part of our new Dragon’s Den topic. Bev from The Shed (in Laxey) came in to school to talk to us about how she was inspired to start her business and how it evolved over time and even shared some top tips about how to develop a product of our own. We rea…

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Muggle Club have been busy!
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Muggle Club have been busy designing and creating their own Harry Potter themed rocks. Today we have been out hiding our rocks round Willaston Estate. See if you find them!

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Cooking with Mrs Kirkham catch up!
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This week marks the end of our Tombola for this year. Every child has taken their turn cooking with our fabulous Mrs Kirkham each week and we have enjoyed so many truly scrumptious foods!! Here's what we enjoyed over the last few weeks...

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Mr David Ashford Visits Year 6!
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This week Year 6 have started their new topic 'Dragons Den'. Today, as part of this new topic, we welcomed our first guest speaker- Mr David Ashford! Mr Ashford spoke to the children about various topics, such as public speaking and the skills he has developed throughout his career. We'd like to sa…

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