Hundreds of seeds have been sown by 250 St Thomas’ and Scoill Vallajeelt primary school students.

The ’campus’ event comes before the first year anniversary of when St Thomas’ school moved in with Scoill Vallajeelt at Meadow Crescent, Douglas.

Children from both schools joined together to walk to Ballaughton Park in Saddlestone where they planted wild flower seeds side by side.

’It was a nice morning,’ said St Thomas’ head teacher Clare Manser.

’We went down as a campus, but it was staggered so all year ones from both schools would go down then the next year group and so on.

’The seeds were provided by Douglas Corporation.

’There is a Flower Festival coming up and both schools are working together to create a display for Braddan Church.’

Over the academic year, the schools have teamed up through initiatives such as workshops or the Meadow Campus Choir, which has given performances at the Villa Marina and at Braddan Church for a Christmas celebration.

St Thomas’, the island’s only Church of England primary school, left its old premises on Finch Road, Douglas, where there was damp and limited space for resources and play.

Although it has moved into Scoill Vallajeelt, the schools operate separately within their own space having their own head teachers, teachers and governors.

However, they share certain facilities such as the school playground and food hall. Mrs Manser said: ’It’s been a wonderful year. From my perspective, the co-location has been absolutely fabulous.

’When I have asked the students about the move everything has been positive. They said how they’ve liked making new friends in the playground.

’We’ve done quite a few events together in the year and have had great support from Vallajeelt parents for our summer fair and hope we’ll be supportive in theirs.

’Denise Lyon, head teacher of Scoill Vallajeelt, and I work really well together. It’s nice to have another head on the premises to bounce ideas back and forth with.’

She added that staff from both schools also ’work well with each other’ and through joint meetings have been able to discuss policies and ideas together.

’We’re still maintaining our own identities. We’re both completely separate schools, but working really well together on the campus,’