Ballaugh School

Nurturing Independent, Aspirational Learners. Supported by Strong Partnerships with Home and the Community

Skipping Workshop
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On the afternoon of Monday 4th April we welcomed Lizzie Cox, a national skipping coach to our school. She ran works with all of the children, from reception to year 6, to help them develop their skills and learn new techniques through practice and constructive feedback. Since then we have seen lots…

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Medieval events
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This week, in the glorious Spring sunshine, Class R2 enjoyed archery and jousting as part of their "Castles" topic. Special Thanks to Michelle for helping to make it happen. More photographs can be found in the gallery.

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Oliver!
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This week we welcomed back the performing arts for the first time in 2022. Class 4 performed this Dickensian classic for their parents before treating the rest of the school today. Thank you all.

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Fun Race Afternoon
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Thank you to everyone that joined us on Thursday afternoon. The weather was perfect and the children were a credit to the community, cheering everyone, being resilient and demonstrating personal courage. It was such a busy afternoon that we were unable to take many pictures but there are a few more…

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IOM FA Schools' Football Tournament
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Well done to the Ballaugh School Football Team that represented their community on Saturday 26th June in the IOM FA Schools' Millennium Football Tournament. They all showed great resilience and teamwork, finishing runners up in their group and progressing to the quarter final stage for only the sec…

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Bring your Wheels to "Work" Week
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Bring your wheels to work week! This week we have been learning a new skill every day through practise on our wheels. We set ourselves an aim at the start of the week and we saw if we were able to achieve our challenge today. Some people learned to ride one handed, some do jumps, wheelies and even…

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School Council and Sustainable Development Goals
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Ballaugh's School Council have been using the U.N.'s Sustainable Development Goals to help us to focus on peoples' needs both here in Ballaugh and further afield. Coming up to Christmas we thought we would focus on number 2 (zero hunger). We have had a collection of food to help others. Erica, from…

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Famous Person
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As part of Class R2's Famous People topic, David Knight came to talk to us about his talent and help us think about a positive growth mindset. He told us all that if we do everything the best we possibly can, then even if we don’t get it all right, we can never be disappointed with ourselves. More…

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Road Safety Visit
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Today, Wednesday 18th November, we were visited by the Road Safety Team to help us learn, and check, that we know how to cross the road safely because one day we will be doing it on our own.

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