Show Respect - Learn Together - Try Your Best
At Braddan we aim to develop the values of Respect, Caring, Listening, Community, Equity and Curiosity in all of the pupils, as well as modelling these as adults on a daily basis across the school.
You can read all about the Isle of Man Essentials For Learning by following this link https://e4l.sch.im to see what all the schools on the Isle of Man work towards together to provide the best education for your children.
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Pictures can be stored in a computer as a grid of numbers. Each number gives the colour of that small area or pixel. This is also the way that digital images are stored and represented on a screen.We used multi-link to code a letter. We used binary code to make binary code bracelets. Some people ma…
We are using an A-Z of Thinking Moves to help us to be even better at thinking about thinking. Our Thinking Moves for the next two weeks are Explain and Formulate.
We are learning to use code and program in lots of different ways. We have already earned a certificate and we will be earning many more this week and next week. Today we used Beebots, a blue coding mouse and a purple coding mouse, two robots called Botley and a coding app with a dinosaur called Da…
We will do some coding and programming activities this week and some next week. You can see some of what we will be doing over the next two weeks by clicking on the link below and then selecting the activities. We will also post photos on here to show you our amazing learning. Key Stage 1 are going…
Year 3 were very lucky to have a special visitor yesterday. Chloe taught us all about the Mheillea and Hop-tu-Naa traditions on the Isle of Man. We learnt songs about Jinny the witch and danced around the Babban ny Mheillea. It was great fun! We were also surprised to learn that Jinny the witch was…
Don't forget to read as often as you can with your child.It really does make a difference.
We are using an A-Z of Thinking Moves to help us to be even better at thinking about thinking. Our Thinking Moves for the next two weeks are Connect and Divide.
The New School Year is well under way - and I'm pleased to say that everyone has settled back really well. We have already spent time updating our School Vision, and set about working to achieve this. We have distilled this into three simple statements to show what everyone at Braddan School aims t…
We are using an A-Z of Thinking Moves to help us to be even better at thinking about thinking. Our Thinking Moves for the next two weeks are Think Ahead and Think Back.
Get your hands dirty! Hartford helps Braddan School grow outdoor learning - Hartford Homes were delighted to make a very special, if somewhat surprising, delivery to the pupils of Braddan School, Douglas: a truckload of topsoil. Fresh from one of the developer’s sites, the soil will find a welcome…
Year 3 had a fantastic time making guardians of the forest to protect the fairies from the Rumple Thump!
This week reception class have listened to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They retold the story using story book…
Miss Gaines and the Year Four held a super Science Fair this week, to showcase some of the learning and skills they have been d…
The whole school had a FANTASTIC time in Ramsey!
Year five spent a wonderful day at the Viking Longhouse - and enjoyed a range of activities trying out their Viking Skills. The…
Today has been freezing but it hasn’t stopped the children from throwing themselves into every activity albeit with about 6 lay…
On what seemed to be the coldest day of the year, the children had to be ‘encouraged’ from their beds at 7.45 but they were soo…
After a torrential rain and thunder storm, the children woke VERY early to blue skies. Unfortunately, they didn’t last long, an…
Year 6 have had a very successful first day at the Venture Centre, and have had a jam-packed itinerary. On arrival, the childre…
