Year 1 Super Spellers

Today Year 1 'Super Spellers' were rewarded with a special 'Tea with me'. We had orange squash, gingerbread cookies and a lovely chat. Keep up the good work Year 1. Who will be joining me next?

Moor Hall KS2 Christmas Performance

Pictures of our KS2 Christmas Performance have been uploaded to our website, under Special Events. Click here to have a look!

Year 1 Super Spellers

Today Year 1 'Super Spellers' were rewarded with a special 'Tea with me'. We had orange squash, cookies and a lovely chat. Keep up the good work Year 1. Who will be joining me next?

Thinktank Museum Visit

On Thursday 13th October, Year 1 went to the Thinktank Museum in Birmingham. We had a fantastic time! We learnt all about our 'Amazing Bodies' and had lots of fun exploring the different sections of the museum. We have added a selection of photographs to our class page for you to have a look at. Enjoy!

Class 4 art overalls!

Calling class 4! Please bring art overalls tomorrow!

I hope you all enjoyed our Anglo-Saxon workshop today! Tomorrow we will be using you handkerchiefs to do some artwork. If you haven't brought in the handkerchief yet, please try to bring it in tomorrow and remember your art overall!

See you soon!

Spelling for 3P and 3W

Here are the  spellings for this week:

boys

girls

books

foxes

boxes

glasses

fly

flies

baby

babies

memory

memories

country

countries

family

families

glasses

matches

pianos

photos

memories

countries

dictionaries

journeys

computers

colours

matches

exercises

potatoes

volcanoes

Have a lovely weekend.

Remember the test is on Thursday;)

Moorhens Contact Details

If parents need to get hold of Moorhens at any point, the mobile number and e-mail address is on all booking forms. They are also found on the school website, Moorhens noticeboard outside Moorhens chalet and on the club board within the school porch.

Telephone number: 07778207295                E-mail address: moorhens@moorhall.bham.sch.uk

A Note to Parents About PE Kits

Dear Parents,

It has been brought to my attention that a number of PE kits have gone missing from the cloakroom outside year 4’s classroom.

 As you may be aware, Moorhens have to share this area with the year 4 children, therefore lots of bags accumulate at the beginning and the end of each week.

It’s easy to pick up another childs bag due to all bags being the same colour, but it would make life easier for school and parents if the childrens names were put on the outside of the bag. This would make the childs name more visible.

If you do find that you have taken another childs bag home by mistake, you can always telephone Moorhens to notify us and we can pass the message onto the class teacher. Please return the bag/items to school as soon as possible as this saves both class and Moorhens time, searching for PE kits.

Many Thanks,

Mrs Conrad (Moorhens manager)

Moorhens telephone number: 07778207295

Class 4

I'm very pleased to see lots of you have already been onto mathletics to complete your rounding activities! Remember that I will be able to give you support and time in school on Monday or Tuesday if you can't access mathletics at home!

There have also been some updates on our class wiki page! Keep it up class 4 :)

You can access the wiki with this link:
http://year4moorhall.wikispaces.com

Information for Parents

Information for parents have been added to our school's website. This can be found in class pages. The route is -

Children
Year
Useful documents for parents

Moorhens - New Inset Day

We have a  new inset day for Friday 21st Oct (last day of term). As some of Moorhens parents have already booked sessions for that day, any sessions which have been booked, will be credited for the Nov-Dec term.

Calling Class 4

Calling Class 4... If you've got any boxes at home, don't put them out for recycling just yet!

If you have a small cardboard box (such as a cereal/tea/small shoe box) then please can you bring it into school with you this week. We will be using them as part of our learning on Wednesday and I'm hoping that we can at least have one between two!

See you tomorrow!
Miss Hall

Year 1- Our First Week!

We have had lots of fun in Year 1 getting to know each other and our new routines. We have added some photographs to our class gallery for you to have a look at. Please keep your eyes peeled for more exciting updates!

Welcome Back Everyone

Miss Phillips and Mr Winter are really excited.....


The holiday is over.....

It is time for Year 3 to get back to work :)

Here we go, see you in the morning!!

Class 2 Awards!

Yesterday afternoon we had a special 'Class 2 Award Ceremony' in our class.  I have uploaded photographs to our section of the school website. Class 2 are fabulous!!  I will really miss you next year.

Our Time Capsule

Today was meet your new teacher day at our school.

Miss Phillips and Mr Winter were very pleased to meet all the children.

The children in 3P and 3W wrote letters about their hopes for the year ahead.

We put each letter in an envelope and sealed them all into our time capsule.

We buried the time capsule deep in the ground and covered it with soil.

We will dig up the capsule in July 2017 at the end of our school year.

Miss Phillips, Mr Winter and Mrs Glare are very excited to be working with the children in 3P and 3W, see you all in September:)

We took other photos of the children burying the capsule but Mr Winter and Miss Phillips were disappointed to find out that they didn't come out properly so we cant show you!!!

Key Stage Two Sports Day

We have just come in from our Sports Day.

Class Three would like to say thank you to Mrs Petty and all her assistants for making our morning such fun.

We had a great time and the rain started when we came inside!!!

KS1 Sports Day!

A huge well done to all children in KS1 today for participating in a very soggy sports day!  You all did a fantastic job!!  I have uploaded a selection of photographs from the morning (before we got rained off) and of our presentation in the hall this afternoon. 

Climate Award Assembly

Well done to twenty children from Year 3 & 4 who passed their RSPB Climate Action Award. These children have completed activities at the 'Climate Club' at school and also at home to show they care about our planet.

The children were presented with certificates, stickers and badges at an assembly this week.

Well done to you all!

Mrs Glare

Moorhens Booking Form Apology

Moorhens booking forms:


The September-October booking form is incorrect. The last week, 24th-28th October is half term. When booking, please remove payment for this week..

Sincere apologies

Turkish Airlines Birmingham Primary School Games Festival

Last Friday (8th July), Moor Hall took part in the Birmingham School Games, which was hosted by King Edwards.

To read more about the event, have a look at this article from the Birmingham Mail.

DfE Programmes of study: key stages 1 and 2

Dear Parents,

We have uploaded the DfE Programmes of Study for Mathematics and English for KS1 and KS2 to our website.

You can view the document by clicking on Children,  Selecting your year group and then selecting Useful Documents for Parents.

We hope you find the documents useful.

14th July Extended School Clubs

Both the Tennis and Arts & Crafts club have been cancelled for 14th July due to  parents evening. Children who normally come to Moorhens will be added to the diary. Children who do not normally attend Moorhens will be credited for that session, which can be used for any future extended school club.

Year 3 spellings for this week

Hi Everyone

The spellings for this week are on the website now

See you tomorrow

Year 3 home work

Hi Everyone
I didn't send the homework home tonight because Miss Phillips, the children and I were having too much fun working on out maps- we ran out of time!

I will send it home tomorrow together with some spellings!!

See you tomorrow

Class 3 Roman Assembly

We have just finished our assembly.

It was great!

Everyone did their best and we think that all the parents and children enjoyed watching.

Thank you for all your hard work.

We are all humming Party Like a Roman now!!!!!

Party Like a Roman help please Year 3

Please try to learn some of the words and actions  to the Party  Like a Roman song.

Just concentrate on the chorus and try and get the actions.. you will need to help Mr W because he can't do it properly!!!

Follow this link or google it ! 

Part Like a Roman

Tell your friends , show your parents too

Lydia you are really good at this help please

Thank you

Masquerade

Children started designing their masks towards the end of December.  It started with their drawings. They had to find out what design they wanted to put onto the mask before they finally put the real                                                                           thing into action.

Gold, silver, bronze and metallic paint was used. It took very fine paint brushes to add that special                                                                   touch to delicate areas.

                                                          It needed a lot of concentration.

                Children searched on line to get ideas for designs and colours they desired  for each mask.

                                     They experimented by mixing different paint colours.

Diamante and beads were added to give the masks a little bit of opulence.

       These are the masks now they are finished and they are hung on the wall within the Moorhens                                                                                   room.

         The close up photo's show just how much work has gone into the making of  these masks

        The top section and the face of the mask above was made by printing of a piece of  music and                                              sticking it onto the mask. I think this has a great effect.

Glitter was added to this mask above and so  gives it a different look to a lot of the other masks the                                                                         children made.

      Mesh and ribbon gave this mask a totally different look as it was the only full mask without a    headdress. However I think the combination of the bronze and the orange work well together here.

                                      A couple of peacock feathers are added to this yellow mask.

As you can see the children have worked really hard on this project. They stated off with just                         drawings and look how far they have come.

Well done to all the children who gave up their playtime to help make these wonderful masks, which                                wouldn't look out of place in one of those beautiful Venetian shops.

British Values

Children at Moorhens helped to put together a collage of all things which relate to our British values, customs and traditions. They came up with some great ideas, such as roast dinners, double decker buses, poppy's at the tower of London and the royal family. We also had a discussion on what they thought British values were and how they relate to every day life. All of this was added to a huge Union Jack which the children had lots of fun making.

Look out Tim Peake is landing....

look out class 3 Tim Peake is landing back on earth this morning.....

I'm watching it live on the telly !

Class 2 Page Update

Wow, what a busy start to Summer 2!  Our last two weeks have been jam packed of fun activities.  I have uploaded three new albums to our section of the website - You can now see photographs of the PA Sponsored Walk, the Queen's 90th Birthday Celebrations and our Father's Day Assembly. 

The M&S Your School Uniform Summer Promotion is nearly here!

"All uniform for your school that appears on the Your School Uniform website will be reduced by 20% from 21^st June to 5^th July 2016.

 

This offer is running during the peak school uniform buying period so parents will get to make a great saving, especially those in need of a complete uniform ready for new enrollments in September!

 

Remember the promotion ends 5th July and all orders should be received by 31st July to ensure delivery for the new term

 

If you have any queries on this please call the support team on 0333 014 8419.

 

The Your School Uniform Team

www.mandsyourschooluniform.com"

* Applies only to uniform available at www.mandsyourschooluniform.com. Subject to availability.

A another link to the BBC radio broadcast ...

For those parents who may not have heard the BBC Radio 4 broadcast earlier this week, please follow the link below for a short extract from the broadcast.  You can hear Class 2 singing the National Anthem and Ronnie and Sophia saying what they like about the song! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36497802

The Queen's Birthday - Moor Hall Pupils on Radio 4 This Morning!

Did you hear Moor Hall pupils on the radio this morning discussing the Queen?

If you missed it, you can head to this website to listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dnxzl#play

The Moor Hall section starts at 1:23:00, and the show is available for the next month.

Or handily, we have made just this section available for you here on the blog:

Father's Day Assembly for KS1 Dads

Just a reminder that our Father's Day assembly for KS1 dads is on Friday 17th June at 9:15am!

Class 2 Florence Nightingale Assembly

Thank you to all of the families that came to watch our assembly today.  I think you will agree that the children did a fantastic job and performed brilliantly!  I have uploaded a few photographs onto our section of the website (although I didn't take many as I was too busy enjoying the performance!).

Thank you to all of the wonderful Year 2 parents for providing such fantastic costumes for the children!  We really appreciate your support! :)

Year 3 Roman work!

Have a look at the Class 3 page of the website. You will see some excellent work created as Powerpoint presentations. The were made following our visit to Wall to learn about Roman life. I'm sure you will agree that the work shows that the children were inspired by the trip.

The Great Fire Of London Assembly

We would like to thank all the parents and relatives that have made, bought and borrowed costumes for our assembly. It was a great performance from year one budding actors and actresses, also dancers. Thank you for all your kind comments which we pass on to the children.

Year 6 Residential

The children have had a wonderful day at Whitemoor Lakes. Here are some of our favourite pictures.