Firstly, jeant dy mie to our fell runners, especially Finbar who won first place! We are enjoying listening to all the musical instruments that have been coming in (see the Brastyl 2 gallery) and had a good boogie to Mnr Kilgallon's keyboard on Friday. Gura mie eu for the additions to the sound wal…
This week B3 have continued their work on adjectives. They have worked well together in small groups to come up with an adjective alphabet in Manx. With these words they have tried to improve some simple sentences by using some of these adjectives to describe things. On Friday they have also done s…
This week in Brastyl 2 we started off with some work on shape. We started off by reminding ourselves of the Manx vocabulary for common 2D shapes. We then tried creating some repeating patterns with shapes. We used a set of 2D shapes to try and find solutions for one of the nrich interactivities: ch…
This week B3 have been continuing their alien topic. They have designed an alien planet for their made up creatures and spoken about different habitats and how creatures survive in these different environments. In English this week B3 have completed their first English written assessments of the ye…
Last week in Brastyl 2 we did a lot of measuring. We used standard and non-standard units to measure length and capacity. One day we had a challenge to find out who could collect 20 items to fit in a small pot. Everyone worked hard, but it was tricky to keep track of how many items had been collect…
Ren shin gobbraghey er cur earrooyn ayns oardagh ayns Maddaght yn çhiaghtin shoh veih yn fer sloo gys smoo. Ren shin goaill toshiaght lesh y chooish ain, Gynoaltee as ren shin çheet neose lesh ram eieyn dy yannoo trooid y chooish. We have been working on number value and ordering numbers in our Num…
We love forest school activities at Bunscoill Ghaelgagh, as you'll know if you regularly read our blog. We always find the Autumn term is great for using our fabulous local woodland spaces. This term we will be joining forces in Years 1-6 for Autumn 'clubs in the forest'. Watch this space for furth…
Have you got any noisy rubbish that Brastyl 2 could use for their sound wall? If so, please drop off to Bnr Clague-gura mie eu!
Do you like Finn's 'soundcheck' machine? We've been investigating sound in our outdoor classroom this week. For more pictures visit the Brastyl 2 gallery. The new children have settled in well and Blein 2 are doing a great job of 'showing them the ropes'. Last week in maths we were thinking about d…