Welcome to the Bunscoill Ghaelgagh website! Bunscoill Ghaelgagh
is the world's only Manx Gaelic medium primary school. Based in
the historic former St John's school building, the school is set
in the heart of the beautiful St John's village. The school faces
the ancient Viking 'Thing' site, Tynwald Hill, where new
laws are read out in Manx and English every year on Tynwald
Day.
She yn Vunscoill Ghaelgagh yn ynrican scoill sy theihll raad ta ny paitçhyn gynsaghey trooid Gaelg Vanninagh. Ta'n scoill ny shassoo ayns mean y valley beg çheerey aalin, Balley Keeill Eoin, er beealloo shenn ynnyd 'Thing' ny Loghlinee, Cronk Tinvaal, raad ta leighyn noa er nyn vockley magh ayns Gaelg as Baarle dagh blein er Laa Tinvaal.
This week in Brastyl 2 we have been using our knowledge about pushes, pulls and friction to help us move heavy objects. We carried out experiments in and out of the classroom and discovered that rollers could reduce friction ('screebey'), but that using them was a tricky technique requiring teamwor…
Brastyl 3 have been working very hard over the last week to produce their own animated films. They have worked as a class to draw their backgrounds and characters for the animation. They all produced small clips which they then put together with the music to create a wonderful animation. It is in t…
Friday, Archaeologists came to class 3 to discuss their work. The children got to excavate some bones and they learnt how to record what they found.
Our Corneil Troggal continues to provide a stimulating creative space for cooperative play. This week I have seen it used as a restaurant, a pirate ship and a stage!
Traa as Argid-Time and Money! Last week in our numeracy lessons we did a lot of work on coin values. We also did some work on time, thinking about the timings in a typical school day. It would be really useful if you could do regular practice at home with your child to see how well they understand…
As paart jeh'n cooish 'Ny Shenn Eajiptee" ta shin gynsaghey mychione kirp. Yn çhiaghtin shoh ren shin gynsaghey bit beg mychione organeyn as ushylee. Here are some pictures of class 3 creating pictures of skeletons out of twigs in the arboretum. They then labeled their skeletons with the names of s…
