Extended School Clubs Updated

The new extended school clubs for next half term are now up on the website! Visit the Extended School Clubs webpage for details on what is on offer, and for the latest form to fill out to book your places.

ICT Club learn to blog!

In ICT Club this half term, we have been learning about blogging. So far we have learned how to write a quality post, how to write a quality comment, and how to be safe online when blogging.

Yesterday we were "let loose" on our very own ICT Club Blog. Please take a few minutes to read some of our blog posts and leave a comment - we'd love to get some responses to our writing!

You can access our blog by clicking on the big picture above, or by clicking here.

Moor Hall Mix - Watch it Now!

Remember recently we posted about a new show that we were creating in ICT Club called Moor Hall Mix?

Well we managed to get all of our recording done last term, and the show is now complete and ready to watch. Have a look:

Moor Hall Mix.... Coming Soon

In ICT Club we have been very busy planning our new show, Moor Hall Mix. We won't reveal any details about the show just yet, but stay tuned for more information over the coming weeks!

So far this half term we have used mind mapping tools to brainstorm our ideas and word processing tools to write our scripts. We have also dabbled with some image editing programs to create some logo ideas for Moor Hall Mix.

Soon we will be recording our show and if all goes well, Moor Hall Mix will be available to watch on the school website and here on the blog! Keep an eye on the blog for future updates!

Who Likes Wordsearches?

In ICT Club for the last few weeks we have been exploring different activities. One of these activities has been creating our own wordsearches.

Why not have a go at the wordsearch below, designed by Sebby? Click on the first letter of the word, then the last to 'find' the word:

Why not create your own wordsearches by visiting http://www.wordsearchmaker.net/?

Feel free to paste the link to your wordsearch in the comments below to share it with us!

ICT Club Create Talking Avatars!

In Moor Hall ICT Club, we have been creating talking avatars using Voki and our Easi-Speak microphones. See some of our examples below:











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More avatar creations from ICT Club!

This week in ICT Club, we have been continuing our work with avatars. Here are some more of our creations:

ICT Club design their own avatars!

Today in ICT Club, we have been creating our own avatars using a range of websites and Paint programs. Avatars are useful to use online to protect our identities.

Some of the avatars we made are shown below - can you guess who they are?

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!

ICT Club - Some More Work!

Here are a few more videos created during ICT Club this half-term.

By Antonina and Ella-Mae:


By Sophie:


By Jemima:

ICT Club Summer 2011 Work

In ICT Club this half-term, we have been creating video-stories using a program called Photostory and some Easi-Speak microphones.


"This is for year R and we hope they enjoy it.
this is about when jasper went shopping and he got a teddy just like jasper."
by Matt and Hasa





"This is a movie that I think ages 1-6 will like and theres alittle bit of humor in."
By Isaac.

Animation Time!

This short animation showing Sheep doing ballet was created by one of our Year 3 pupils this term during ICT club - it was created single-handedly using an array of ICT equipment, some paper cut-outs, a recorder and some imagination!

A Message From ICT Club

ICT Club at Moor Hall School is brilliant! All of the fun things to make and do are simply cool and you never want to stop! You can make things like: powerpoints, publisher things and you can even do textease turtle. The back-up teacher, Mr Pitaway, knows everything about a computer inside and out! The school would be lost without him!
Finally, I would like to say that if you are in KS2 at our school to join ICT Club next term!

From Chloe Mellor
(a year six pupil)