Poll results in!

Our first blog poll has come to an end, and the results show that most people are comfortable with using the school blog - this is good to hear! Click on the pie-chart to see an enlarged version with the final results.

For those of you that voted for it being difficult to navigate, we welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to click on the comment button below and leave your thoughts.

Also, to try to make things a bit easier, we are now adding a pages link bar at the top of the blog underneath the banner. On this, you will find Home, Sort Posts and Help links.

Home - this will take you back to the frontpage of the blog, with all the latest blog posts.
Sort Posts - this is a new way to search for the content you want, by simply clicking on a link to see related items.
Help - any time you need it, you can click on this link to get some quick instructions on using the blog.
Have a great holiday - and don't forget to have a go at the new poll which is now live!

Extended School Clubs (Nov-Dec)

All clubs will be going ahead for next term (Nov-Dec), however, there are still places avilable for mini-games for years 1 and 2, Tag-Rugby for years 4, 5 and 6 and Glee for years 1-6. Booking forms are available to download from the school web site, the school office or Moorhens.

Glee Show

The children from Glee club showed parents, teachers and children how well they could sing, act and dance, as they done their rendition of the X Factor. Both an infant and junior child sang a cappella to an inspired audience. The whole cast sang and danced their way through their performance to a rapturous applaus at the end. Well done to Anita, Kerry and all the children of the Glee club .

Year 1 paint some fantastic self-portraits!

In Art recently, class 1 have been painting self-portraits.They have looked at famous self-portraits and used them for inspiration. They also designed the backgrounds for their self-portraits by thinking about their own personalities.

To the right is a sample of their work - to see the complete class set visit the Year 1 Work page on the website.

Fantastic work Class 1!

Moor Hall News

The latest school newsletter has just been published on the school website. You can grab a copy by clicking on the newspaper, or by visiting the school news webpage for a complete list of recent newsletters.

This latest newsletter covers details next terms Extended School Clubs, the new infant gazebo, the latest diary dates and much more.

Extended School Club Update

Monday Club - Zumba:

Zumba has been changed to street dancing with Caroline Wilson due to the Zumba instructor cancelling at the last minute. This club is now full, but if you wish to cancel due to the changes, please get in touch with me (Mrs Conrad),straight away.

Tuesday Club - Mini-Games, Wednesday Club - Tag-Rugby and Thursday Club - Glee:

We still have plenty of places left for these clubs, however if we do not get enough children booked in, they may have to be cancelled.

Friday Club - Football:

As usual, the football club has been doing really well. We only have one more place available, so if you need that place for your child, you need to book it quickly.

Website Updates this Week

This week we have a few updates on the website.

First up, the newest files are now up for choir members to learn their words. The newest songs added are:

• Janie Mama
• Hey, Mister Miller
• Gospel Medley

You can access these files by visiting our choir webpage.

Secondly, we have the latest school dinner menus, taking us right up to April. You can download these files from our school meals page.

The third item to be added is a uniform-buying survey. Over the summer, the company we use for providing our school uniforms has changed hands. To quote the accompanying newsletter: 

"We wish to have a full picture of the experience parents have when ordering uniform from the yourschooluniform.com website. Please can you fill in the attached survey form with any comments you wish to make, both good and bad, and return it to the school office before we break up for half term."

So if you have bought uniform using the company during or since the summer, we would greatly appreciate your feedback - click here to open the form, and return to the school office when completed.

Lastly, a couple of tweaks to the website - we have now added Diary Dates and the School Blog to the side menu so that they're even easier to find!

Update Summary:

• Choir Resources
• School Dinner Menus
• Uniform Feedback
• Diary Dates
• The School Blog

Hector's World - Internet Safety

This week ICT Club have been learning about Internet Safety.

They have enjoyed spending some time exploring "Hector's World", a cybersafety initiative designed to help young people learn about safe online practices and digital citizenship. Why not click on the Hector's World logo opposite to visit and take a look for yourself?


We also discussed Hector's World Safety Button, which helps to protect you when you're on the computer:

"After you have installed the Button, a Hector's World character will swim in the top right-hand corner of your computer screen.
If you see something that makes you feel confused or scared when you are using the computer, you can click on Hector (or one of his friends) to cover the screen while you get some help."

Hector's World Safety Button can be downloaded from this website, or by clicking on Hector below.

ICT Club Create Their Own Comics

In ICT Club, we have been looking at different ways to create our own comic strips.

One of the ways we have done this is to use a site called MakeBeliefsComix. Below are some examples of our work - hopefully we will have more to come!
Click on the comic to view it full size:


"Animal People" by Oliver.



"The Vampire" by Isaac.

Please leave us a comment below to let us know what you think!

Newsletters, Newsletters, Newsletters!

A load of newsletters have just hit the website today. Make sure you catch up with all news from Moor Hall Primary School!

First up we have the latest school newsletter, dated October 3rd 2011. The newsletter discusses our new school pavilion, issues around road safety, free school meals and the Harvest Festival. Click here to catch up on all the details.

Secondly, we have the parents evening letter for this term. You can print this off and return the form to book your sessions. Click here to read the letter.

Lastly, we have a "Be Bright, Be Safe" newsletter. This letter includes a form to return to school to book your children in to have a hot and tasty school lunch and receive a reflective sticker. Click here to read it and to book your place!