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.
Yn çhiaghtin shoh ren Y Vunscoil prowal dy yannoo coad. Ren shin ooilley goaill soylley jeh troggal reddyn magh ass lego as cur orroo dy yannoo stoo ayns oardagh. We enjoyed trying out coding this week. We built lego models and made them flash, turn and make a sound. An enjoyable way to practise th…
Last week we were investigating plastic packaging. The children wanted to find out more about how and why plastic was made and what were its advantages and disadvantages. We even had a go at making our own eco-plastic, but we still have some work to do to perfect the recipe! We learned about the Ir…
Gira mie ayd Miles son cooney lhien fuinney arran. The whole school enjoyed the bread that Brastyl Barrule and Miles baked on Tuesday.
It was rubbish in Brastyl Barrule this week! Well that was what we were learning about anyway.. On Wednesday morning we donned our thick gardening gloves, got out the litter pickers and some sturdy bags and then we set off around the village. Although the village looked very neat and tidy, we still…
Mooinjer Veggey is a registered charity (No. 793) and we rely on support with fundraising events throughout the year. So a big Gura mie mooar eu to everyone who helped in any way with the fundraising events on Tynwald Day and at the Artisan Fair at Yn Chruinnaght. We raised £1,255. Also thanks to D…
After a week of investigating the insulating properties of materials we finished with a class challenge. Each team had to design and make an 'up-cycled' insulating toast carrier to take their group's toast to the top of the hill in the arboretum. Each group had a different design, but they all took…
