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D-Day veteran leads school lessons
D-Day veteran Hector Duff led lessons at St Ninian’s Lower School this week.
1 commentMinister hopeful of redeployment of all nurture teachers
Two of the 11 nurture teachers facing redundancy under moves to reorganise its provision have been redeployed as teachers.
1 commentPlan to build a £4.9m facility to train engineers
Plans are being drawn up for improved engineering and construction craft training facilities at the Isle of Man College.
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Students win argument to allow wearing of nose studs
The student voice has been expressed at Castle Rushen High School and that voice has forced a change in the uniform.
28 commentsTeachers could break with the UK on pensions
Options for teachers to break with the English government pension scheme will be outlined at a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday).
Manx children bring a new twist to film-making
Schoolchildren brought a new twist to the island’s growing reputation for film-making with a special screening and prize presentation for the first ‘It’s Not Fair!’ One World Primary Film Competition.
Students aim high at NASA Space school
Two sixth-form students will head to Space school this summer for an experience guaranteed to be out of this world.
Student story-tellers secure Hall Caine prizes
It was the end of a journey for young story-writers who entered a prestigious annual competition.
Hall Caine Prize winner: Leatherbound by Harry Snape
I’m stuck. I have no idea what to do. I can’t write - I can’t think straight.
Hall Caine Prize winner: The Journeyman by Willoughby Whittle
Nestled deep in a sandy rut, the small fox lay with his back toward the stinging sand which was being constantly pitched at him by the wind. The wind chuckled mischievously as he flung sand hither and thither. With his beady eyes tight shut, the fox waited for the wind to tire of its game, and move on, as he knew sometime it would. The desert, and all the creatures that called it home, knew this wind too well. He screamed as he darted between cacti and the rocks he had carved since before anyone could remember. He challenged the life of everything that moved, crawled or stood still. Hours passed, and the wind himself grew tired of the hot white sand. The fox crept from his den. He knew the game was up as the wind gave a last shout of laughter, and was gone.
Hall Caine Prize winner: Carriage 13 by Catriona Dorrian
In the beginning, la-Kreinto (an all-powerful being, parallel to your “God”) made the world, Tero. The people rebelled; la-Kreinto made demons. The most repugnant, foul demons one could ever imagine. The people conformed; la-Kreinto made Infero, a blisteringly heated plain for the demons to dwell. Infero was situated away from the people, but close enough to remind them of His power. Only la-Kreinto forgot that as the people evolved, the demons evolved. And as the people grew stronger, the demons also grew stronger…
Hall Caine Prize winner: The House by Emma Hawke
I winced, wondering if anyone heard me. I scanned the broken twig beneath my foot, and then the landscape around me. I breathed a sigh of relief. The mist didn’t help but I could still make out shapes of leaf-less trees hiding my prize. An old abandoned house, its gutter had snapped off and been buried in the undergrowth, shattered windows sat on once painted window ledges, the decayed and hazardous door frame didn’t possess a door. But I didn’t care.
Pupils explore Indonesian instruments with touring musician
Cronk-y-Berry School children had the chance to play traditional percussion and tuned instruments from Indonesia thanks to touring musician Andy Warn.
Maths challenge adds up to victory for King William’s
A team from King William’s College won an inter-schools maths competition held at St Ninian’s High School, in Douglas.
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Monday 20 May 2013
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