Frisbee-Fun and More!

We have new work on the website this week from Years 3 and 4.

Year 3 have been working more on their musical skills, learning how to play Ultimate Frisbee, and planting Petunias in the Moor Hall Primary grounds.

Year 4 have been continuing their African-themed work, this time using fabric paints on silk to create pictures of artefacts from Mali.

Year 3 - Music, Petunias & Ultimate Frisbee
Year 4 - Mali Artefacts


On another note, the events page has been updated with a picture of when one of our very own pupils became an Aston Villa mascot! Click here to take a look!

Four Oaks Cluster Choir In The News

Four Oaks Cluster Choir is a choir made up primarily of children from the Four Oaks Cluster Schools. It's open to anyone in years 5 through to 8, and is currently about 60 members strong.

Recently, the choir attended the BBC Choir of the Year 2010 contest, and have made it through to the final 15! Last week they appeared in the Sutton Coldfield News because of this!

Congratulations to all the children who are a part of this choir!

Click the image above to read the full article, or for more information on the Cluster Choir, see their website here.

Moorhens - Second Fox Cub Finally Emerges

Second Fox Cub Finally Emerges

Moorhens children finally got the chance to see the second fox cub. Mum and dad were lying in the morning sun; the two cubs were playfully tumbling with one another, whilst both parents looked on. The children were watching this beautiful sight, whilst standing outside on the terrace even though the fox family were quite aware of their presence.

The children have given the foxes names: Father fox has been named Foxy (of course), mother Roxy and the cubs were named Basil and Bingo. I'm sure the foxes will be quite happy with there new chosen names. Well done children!

Website Issues Resolved!

If you've been looking for your children's work or latest website updates over the last week, you may have noticed that links to some of the newer work wasn't working correctly. This was due to a technical error, but the issue has now been resolved and everything is as it should be!

So to start, we have some new work on the website ranging from music lessons to arts and crafts!

Feel free to click on any of the following links to explore each year group's work!

Year 1 - Baa Baa Black Sheep Music Lessons
Year 2 - Baa Baa Black Sheep Music Lessons
Year 3 - Circle Time Music Lessons
Year 4 - Circle Time & Tie-Dyeing
Year 5 - Circle Time Music Lessons
Year 6 - Circle Time Music Lessons


Also new to the website is a whole host of new choir resources from Mrs Collins. There are new choir songs to listen to and learn the words for, and also words for all the new class songs. Visit our Choir Page to take a peek!

Moorhens - Health & Safety in the Home

Health and Safety in the Home Competition

We asked the children to make a poster about health and safety in the home. We had two lucky winners. Samhita Rao was the winner for the infants and Jayna Hassan was the winner for the juniors. Miss Jones chose the winners and Mr Steggall gave out the certificates in assembley. Everyone who entered the competition had a certificate. Well done to you all!

Moorhens - Foxy Neighbours

Foxy Neighbours

Over the past few weeks, the children at Moorhens have been able to see the comings and goings of our new neighbours, the fox family. Two adults and two cubs have decided to make their home in the far corner of the field. The children have been able to get a first hand view of wildlife on our very own doorstep. This photo shows the mother fox with one of her cubs in the early morning sunshine

TIMETABLE CONSULTATION

Thank you to the parents who spoke to me this morning regarding timetable changes. Two things I didnt make clear are -

1) The timetable is not planned until SEPTEMBER 2010. This is a consultation period so that we can guage the impact of the changes on parents and then consider your views before a final decision is made.

2) Children in KS2 will get an afternoon break but this will be flexible to the class. A teacher may want a slightly longer first session to teach a skill thoroughly and then take a break.

Details of the proposal can be found here.

More Children's Work!

Up on Year 3's page are a collection of photos from Fun Singing where the children were taught a dance routine. Also on show as another demonstration of Fun Singing are some photos showing some of our musically talented pupils showing their skills off to the rest of the school!

Continuing the musical theme, you can take a look at Year 3 performing on recorders and other woodwind instruments during assembly.

Lastly, some more work on SEAL was done, which had the whole school involved - see the pictures on Year 3's page!


Year 4 have also had some work up this week. African Masks shows the first two weeks worth of work on their new African Art project. Click into Year 4's page to see the children with their African masks!



Year 3 - Fun Singing, Woodwind Assembly and SEAL
Year 4 - African Masks

Class 4 Tie-dying Tuesday 4th May

Hello Class 4, we are tie-dying tomorrow Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th May. Can you bring an old t-shirt to change into to prevent dye splashing onto your school uniform? (We are providing the material to dye!)

Pass the word around.

Thank - you,
Mr. Winter & Mrs. Glare