Pupils at two Ramsey schools that will merge for next term have helped shape their own identity by working together to design a new-look uniform.
In September Auldyn Infants’ School and Scoill Ree Gorree will become a single school: Bunscoill Rhumsaa.
The schools sit side by side in Lezayre Road, and children progress from the infants to the juniors at the age of seven.
They are both already operating under a single head teacher, Mrs Jacqueline Barrow.
The Bunscoill Rhumsaa name was chosen after consultation with the local community, and now pupils’ ideas for logos have been considered and incorporated into the final design, after the school councils gathered the input of classmates and their parents with suggestion boxes.
Mrs Barrow explained that the sweatshirts would still be the distinctive red associated with Ree Gorree and the old Albert Road School as that was the most popular choice.
‘The logo was designed with input from all the children and incorporates elements representing the old schools; the swan of Auldyn and the Albert Tower of Ree Gorree and Albert Road, as well as new ideas,’ she said.
‘The children wanted the Ramsey landmark of the swing bridge included and it was agreed that the supports of the bridge would be people holding hands – representing the support of the community for one another.’
Mrs Barrow added: ‘The children also requested the Three Legs of Mann so that anyone looking at it would know we are Manx. All these ideas were cleverly put together by Sarah Stephenson, a member of staff, and we are all delighted with the result.’