"Empowering our students to be confident and self-motivated learners who have respect for others and clear aspirations for their future success."
After having to cancel this event at the beginning of March due to snow, we eventually managed to reschedule the event on the last day of the spring term. Over 40 service users from the Manx Blind Welfare Centre, the Douglas and Onchan Live at Home Schemes and their helpers, spent a lovely afternoo…
Last week Year 12 politics students took a trip to Tynwald to gain an insight into how the Manx political system works. Students received a very informative tour of all three legislative chambers with information on the work of each chamber, its history and how it connects with the other two chambe…
As we get ever closer to the summer external examinations series, we know how challenging it can be for parents as well as students. You can find some advice on our examination preparation page under the 'Parents' section of our website. (Link: Exam Preparations ) Below are some poster resources th…
After the Easter holidays we will be trialing our new student reward system called 'E-praise' with Years 7. 8 & 9 at Lower School. As a school we very much value all the hard work and effort that the vast majority of our students make each and every day and this system will allow us to more easily…
George Dickinson in Year 13 has been selected by Project Trust to work in Guyana. "I am very excited to have been selected for the placement in Guyana where I will be stationed at a rural school teaching sciences. In addition, I will be talking extra-curriculum activities such as coaching sports cl…
This morning our Sixth Form enjoyed an end of term breakfast with the Sixth Form tutor team to celebrate the end of another successful term. We hope that they have a well earned break!
iPads can be used to support learning in many ways. One way iPad Band have been exploring is the use of the application GarageBand with the aim of enabling students who have never had the chance to learn an instrument, or to perform, to be able to do that. Formed at the beginning of this half term,…
At Sixth Form we offer an Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) to those students who enjoy independent study and have an area of research they would like to explore further. It is highly regarded by universities and is also worth UCAS points. Congratulation to Sorcha Osborne who submitted her EPQ (…
The winners of the Year 7 eSafety Manx Telecom Competition were announced in assembly today. The competition was launched on the eSafety PSHEE day and students were asked to design a poster, or series of posters, based around aspects of eSafety. The winners were Sophie Greene, Lauren Thompson, Ava…