Christmas in Class 2

What a lovely last week we have had here in Class 2.  I have updated our class page for the final time this year with photographs of our Christmas makes, our wonderful Christmas performance and our jam packed Christmas party.  I hope you have a fantastic Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year!

Choir singing at Tesco Lichfield

Well done to the choir, Mrs Collins and Mr Watts who performed at Lichfield Tesco this evening.
The children sang carols and Christmas favourites beautifully.
It was a pleasure to listen to you.

They also raised more than £150 for Birmingham Crisis, which is fantastic.

Extended School Club Status

Clubs going ahead next term are:

Mondays (Dance) KS2 - places still available

Tuesdays (Netball) Yrs 4,5 & 6 - places still available

Wednesdays (Gymnastics) yrs 1-3 FULL

Thursdays (Arts & Crafts) KS2 - places still available

Fridays (Football) yrs 1-3 -places still available

Clubs cancelled for next term due to lack of demand:

Wednesdays (Orienteering) KS2


Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from all at Moorhens

Lord Mayor's Website

It is well worth checking out the Lord Mayor's new website. See if you can spot our Moor Hall children?


http://lordmayorbirmingham.co.uk/could-your-school-win-the-debate/

Class 5 Visit to Barnardo's

Throughout this half term, Year 5 have been reading the book 'Street Child', which is based on the true story of an orphan called Jim Jarvis who inspired Dr Barnardo to set up orphanages for street children in Victorian London. We have researched the life and work of Dr Barnardo and his legacy lives on in the form of the well known charity - Barnardo's. Therefore, Class 5 visited our local store in Mere Green and everybody took a gesture to give to shop to sell to help poor children in the UK. Ross, the manager of the shop, was very welcoming and Class 5 would like to offer our huge appreciation for Barnardo's for letting the class visit. I am proud of the children for supporting this great charity. It's so important to keep remembering people who are less fortunate than ourselves, especially at this time of year. Thank you Class 5!

KS2 Carol Concert

Thank you to everyone concerned who made this evening's concert such a special event. We are all very proud of all of the children who attended and sang, spoke and performed so well.

Positive Parenting Course January 2015

I have added information about a  positive parenting programme being run by Our Place Sutton Coldfield under or 'correspondence'  section of our school website.

http://www.moorhall.bham.sch.uk/correspondence 

A HUGE THANK YOU ..

Thank you to Zoe Harold and the PA team who organised such a wonderful PA Christmas Fayre last Friday. As one member of staff commented, this was a 'great community event and the atmosphere in school was lovely.'

Sincere thanks to everyone. We really do appreciate all of your support.

Thank you to our visitors

A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Bahra who came in to school today to tell us about their visit to India.
All the children found what you had to say very interesting - they have been talking about it all day!


I will put some pictures into the Class 3 area of the website over the weekend.

Abernant Meeting

Thank you to all the parents and children who attended the Abernant meeting last night. I have uploaded the PowerPoint presentation onto the school website under 'useful documents for parents' . Any questions or queries please do not hesitant to contact me. I know the children are really looking forward to this fantastic opportunity!

Year 3 homework

The homework for year 3 has been sent out in the children' s bags today. I have tried to upload it to the website but the links appear not to be working... I'll discuss it with people who understand these things and try again tomorrow!!

Thank you

Year 2 Twycross Zoo!

Class 2 had a great day out today!  I have updated our Class page with photographs from today's trip.  Enjoy!

Year 5 Spooky Snacks

A big thank you to the children and parents who supported Class 5's Spooky Snacks Stall at the end of school today. The children in Class 5 have worked incredibly hard to prepare and make the food and use their knowledge and understanding of money to sell their products. Please check out the Year 5 gallery to see fantastic pictures of our terrific treats: Frankenstein angel delight, boo-nanas, Dracula denture, apple owls and doughnut and pretzel spiders. Well done Year 5!

Children in Need Fundraising with Y6

Year 3 homework will be sent out tomorrow!

A quick note to tell you that we didn't have time to give out this weeks homework today- we were knee deep in our "makes" for the PA Christmas fair!

It will be sent home tomorrow!

Bikeability

Year 5 pupils were given the opportunity to participate in a Bikeability course, the course enabled children to learn about road safety and they had to apply this knowledge to cycling around the local area under the supervision of trained instructors. Children completed a 4-day course and at the end of the course they were assessed by the instructors and told if they had passed the programme. The majority of the children did! Therefore, today in assembly Mr Steggall handed out bikability certificates to every child in Class 5 because each pupil had got involved with the course. Well done Year 5 this is a super achievement and the instructors were very impressed with you. What a great scheme to be part of!

Children In Need

Pictures of our 'super heroes' day have been posted to our website under 'special events' at http://www.moorhall.bham.sch.uk/special-events Thank you to everyone who supported us with Children in Need this year. We raised over £240 and had a lot of fun too.

Class 2 Page Update

Where has another week gone?!  Children have been very busy continuing with their Literacy, Numeracy and topic work and have now also began rehearsing our Christmas production.  We finished our busy week with lots of fun dressed as our favourite Super Heroes.  I have updated the Class 2 page with photographs of our Numeracy and Geography work and photographs from today as our heroes.    

Year 3 homework and spellings

Year 3 homework and spellings have been uploaded.
Please note there is no literacy homework this week because the children did so well thinking about their DT homework earlier in the week.
Thank you

Year 5 visit to Ironbridge

Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic day, exploring the Victorian town -  Blists Hill at Ironbridge. We dressed in Victorian costumes and participated in a Victorian school session, where we wrote on slates, were told off for putting elbows on the desk and even had to have our hands inspected!  After lunch we split up into small groups to explore the Victorian shops and businesses. Some of the places we visited included: a chemist, a bank, a wood-shop, a cottage and a locksmith. Of course we had to stop at the sweet shop too! We will do lots of follow-up work about our visit to Ironbridge in class, especially now we have experienced a little bit of what life was like for Victorian children. Here are some photos of our visit (please see the Year 5 class page for more photos):

Class 2 Page Update

Children have made a great start to the first week back and have been very busy!  I have updated the children's work section of the website to showcase their fantastic Geographical 'Vs' posters they have created on the ipads.  Please take a few moments to have a look at Class 2's hard work! :)  

Class 2 half term homework

Paper copies of spellings, timetables, Numeracy and Literacy homework went home with the children this evening.  Online copies are now also available on the Class 2 webpage.

Year Three half term homework

Year Three half term homework and spellings are now on line. The paper copy and a full explanation will be given out tomorrow.

Class 2 Instructional Writing on the ipads *Class 2 Page Updated*

Please take a few moments to have a look in the children's work section of the Class 2 webpage.  Today, children in Class 2 have made fantastic sets of instructions using the ipads!  Children worked in pairs to take sequenced photographs and worked together to write instructions for their pictures.  They really are fabulous!  Well done Class 2! :)

Extended School School (November-December term)

There are a variety of Extended School clubs for next term:

Monday - Pop mobility (yrs 1-3)
Tuesday - Multi-Sports (yrs 4-6)
Wednesday - Gymnastics (yrs 1-3)
Wednesday - Orienteering (KS2)
Thursday - Tennis (yrs 1-3)
Thursday - Arts & Crafts
Friday - Football (yrs 1-3)

Please send in your booking forms as soon as possible to Moorhens if you want your child to receive a place at one of the above clubs.

Remembrance Poppy Display

Class Three are in the process of creating a display to commemorate the centenary of the beginning of the First World War.

We have been inspired by the display of poppies around The Tower of London .

There are more than 800000 clay poppies on display to represent all those people from UK and the Commonwealth who died in the First World War.

Today the children in class three made poppies to add to our display.


If you would like to make a poppy to add to our display please bring it into school before half term and give it to Mr Winter or Mrs Glare.

Year 3 homework

Year 3 homework is now available on the website.
Paper copies will be distributed tomorrow.

Class 2 Page Update.

We have been very busy in Class 2 over the last couple of weeks with our trip, cross country and making mini chocolates!  I have uploaded a few new albums in the children's work area of our page for you to have a look at to see all of the children's fantastic work!

Class Three homework and handwriting

I have uploaded next week's homework. I will explain it and hand out a paper copy to the children tomorrow. (Thursday).

Today we started working on the second handwriting join. I have uploaded a sheet to help practise this new join too.

Thank you.

Club Booking Forms

Reminder:

All booking forms for Moorhens and Extended School clubs will be sent out in the childrens red bags on Friday 10th October. 

All clubs are on a first come first serve basis, so I would recommend that parents  bring their booking forms personally to Moorhens rather than through the childrens red bags.

Please make sure all booking forms are correctly filled out including telephone numbers and names of  people who can collect your child for that day.

Please take note of dates and times of the Extended School clubs, as some clubs are not available on certain days, which may affect  Moorhens bookings.

All bookings need to be paid in advance of any club being booked and only bookings made for the whole half term will be charged £3.00 per child per session. All other bookings will be £4.00 per session.

P.E kits need to remain in school for the children to participate in any of the Extended School clubs. Also please make sure all P.E kits have your childs name clearly marked on them as all P.E kits look exactly the same and they will be easier to find.

Thank You (Moorhens)

Cut out paintings in the style of Matisse

Come back to the class 3 area to see some of the children's art work.
We have been creating 'cut out paintings' in the style of Matisse.
We were inspired by Matisse pictures and poems about Equality that we wrote today.

Today's photographs are examples of the children's work in progress!

Year Three homework and spellings

A quick reminder that this week's home work and the spelling for next week are now available on the website.

Trust news article in Leadership Today

Please see attached article on the Co-operative Trust featuring in the latest edition of SCHOOL LEADERSIP TODAY.

The Trust is now a year old and on Friday we will be looking at some of the cooperative values as a whole school. This will be run simultaneously with other schools across the LTE.


http://www.moorhall.bham.sch.uk/newsletters

Class 3 homework and spellings

You can find this week's homework on the Class 3 section of the website.

This week' s spellings are there too... I've put next week's up as well..I'm on a roll!!


You will also find a worksheet to help with handwriting. It's the first join which we've been practising at school.

Reception Phonic Information

A copy of Mrs Davey's presentation and a useful booklet has been added to the school website.

http://www.moorhall.bham.sch.uk/useful-documents-for-parents-ladybirds

The 'Eat Well Plate'.

Please find attached the 'eat well plate' from this morning's assembly. Further details available on the NHS website.

Year 3 Forces Topic

Have a look in the year 3 area of the website for pictures of the children planning this term's science topic.
The pupils decided that the in the  first lesson they will investigate which forces are used when we run, hop or skip.

September/October Term Extended School Clubs

Extended School clubs going ahead next term:

Gymnastics (yrs 1-3- Wednesdays)
Tennis (yrs 1-3 -Thursdays)
Arts & Crafts (KS2-Thursdays)
Football (yrs 1-3 - Fridays)

Places are still available in all clubs.

Clubs start the first Wednesday we are back at school, so there is still plenty of time to send in your booking forms for any of the above clubs.

Photographs of this evening;'s performance of 'The Tempest' have been added to our school website.

http://www.moorhall.bham.sch.uk/special-events

Team Photographs

As you are aware, we have decided to make team photographs available via download this year. This is in order to provide a more cost effective means of accessing the pictures during the year in which we also have a 50th anniversary picture available for purchase.

The photographs will be taken off line next Thursday (24th July) as they are high resolution.

The photographs are available via our news/ special events page.

Extended School Clubs September-October Term

Clubs going ahead next term:

Gymnastics

Tennis

Arts & Crafts

Football

There are places still available on all the above clubs. Please send in booking forms with payments to Moorhens as soon as possible.

Clubs cancelled due to lack of interest:

Tag-Rugby

Netball

A sneak preview!

We were fortunate enough to have a preview of Y6's performance of 'The Tempest'. If you haven't got a ticket then I strongly recommend that you come and join us on either Wednesday evening or Thursday evening. Year 6 have certainly put heart and soul into this performance!

Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading 

I thought there would be lots of children interested in this summer reading challenge.
Get down to the library and get your nose into a book!

Extended School Clubs Status

There are places still available for all clubs for the September-October term. If you wish for your child to attend one of these clubs, please return your booking forms into Moorhens before next Thursday (17th July). Late bookings can result in clubs being cancelled due to lack of Interest.

Rotary Community Award 8th July

Congratulations to all of the Y6 children who completed the Junior Rotary Community award. We are all very proud of you. Special thanks to Mrs Curwen for leading and inspiring the children.

A Memorable Day

We all had a wonderful day on Saturday. The combination of great entertainment, sunshine and a fantastic atmosphere made for a memorable 50th Anniversary celebration. Sincere thanks go to Lisa, Roy, Claire and John and their team of PA members - without your vision and hard work this could not have happened.

Moorhens Booking Forms

Apologies:

Yr 1 & 2 September classes have not had their booking forms  for the September-October term, therefore booking forms will be handed out with registration forms on Monday afternoon. If you need to book your child in to a club before then, booking forms are available from the porch,  the office, or they are available from Moorhens. Also forms will be available to print from the school web site from Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday Netball:

This club is for years 4 & 5 only, as stated on the club booking form.

Seven Birmingham Schools Celebrate Successful Year

It has now been one year since the Four Oaks Learning Trust for Excellence was formed. Familiesonline.co.uk have published an article about the trust - why not click here to have a read?

Year 3 Homework

Look at a map or atlas. Find places in the UK that you have visited with your family and make them in the correct place,

If you like, use a world map to find other places that you have visited.

More details and an outline map on the the Year 3 page.

Lego Club

Lego Club is back! The children have been busy constructing and creating.

This week we have been thinking about the World Cup. Some children made flags whilst others built stadiums.