The children from Year 1 and Reception were supplied with Crocus bulbs, compost, pots etc from Douglas Rotary back in the Autumn. Yesterday the President of Douglas Rotary came into school with other members to judge the flowers and colouring competition, the winning children and runners up receive…
Following the public vote, the UK has named the exoplanet and its host star ‘Cruinlagh’ and ‘Gloas’ respectively, names suggested by Cronk y Berry primary school on the Isle of Man. Class 4/5G proposed the names Cruinlagh (pronounced crunlack) and Gloas (pronounced glowas,) as they are Manx Gaelic…
“I’m dreaming of a green Christmas….” The festive season has officially got underway at Ronaldsway Airport. Save the Children Isle of Man's 'Festival of Trees' exhibition has returned - for its 18th year. Cronk y Berry have produced a tree for this year's display thanks to the hard work of Mrs Morg…
In September, Class 4/5G entered a competition to name an exo-planet and its’ parent star. It’s a worldwide competition and out of over 1000 entries in the UK, we’ve made the top 10 finalists! Proposer: Cronk y Berry Primary School, Isle of ManExoplanet Name: CruinlaghStar name: GloasReason for the…
Many thanks to everyone who donated money to Children In Need last week, raising nearly £500 for this wonderful charity. And thanks to the generosity of Barclays' pound for pound scheme, this will be doubled to nearly £1000. The children were delighted to receive a visit from Pudsey in assembly on…
A huge thank you to Simon Murray for coming to visit us in school today. Simon inspired us all to learn about the mischievous character of Icky Dhoo Dah and his various antics. We enjoyed learning some brilliant drawing techniques to capture this character through the use of "Detail, Contrast and T…
Cronk y Berry eSquad have been very busy since the launch of the Safer Schools App in July. They were tasked with introducing the app in assembly and then teaching it to the children in Key Stage 2. As were piloting the app, the Safer School App development team came over to speak to the eSquad abo…
The Isle of Man’s very first Eco-brick chair, built by many of our children at Cronk y Berry School! This Eco Brick Bottle Chair has been made from: 129 plastic bottles and 23,509 pieces of single use plastic ! Our children have connected with the harmful damage that single use plastic causes to ou…
it was a beautiful day at Curragh's Wildlife Park for our Reception children last Thursday. Blessed with wonderful weather, our children enjoyed watching the feeding of the penguins and meerkats and explored the wild's of the Australian outback and the African bush. We all laughed at the acrobatics…
