Latest Poll Results: Favourite School Subjects

We asked which school subject was your favourite from a list - readers of Moor Hall's blog have spoken and selected art as the clear winner, taking more than half of the vote.  Maths and PE also proved to be a popular choice.

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Obviously we can't say if most of the votes came from pupils or parents, but there are clearly some creative people out there! Feel free to leave a comment below telling us why you picked the subject you did.

While you're at it, why not have a go at our new poll on the right and tell us which children's authors you have enjoyed the books of? You can pick multiple answers so tick as many as you want!

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.

Come on Class 4 get blogging!!

Mr Winter really wants to get class 4 blogging -can you join in?

Blogging made easy!

It's official, for today only Feb29th.net has opened its doors to everyone, whether a pupil, a teacher, a parent or someone completely unrelated to education!

The aim of Feb29th.net is to get everyone blogging, without any hassles such as signing in or using complicated interfaces. You can blog about whatever you want; perhaps you'd like to say what you'll be doing or have been doing today? Maybe just talk about what you think of Moor Hall Primary School? You could even talk about your hobbies, your pets, or even make up your own story!

Remember that your thoughts and opinions will be read all over the world, so make sure you think carefully about what you write!

Feel free to post in the comments below if you have added something to Feb29th.net. Hve fun blogging!

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!

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

School Blog Updates

Today, a few new things have been added to the blog.

The first one you'll probably have noticed immediately - a new poll element has been added to the side bar on the right. This will be updated with new questions regularly - sometimes these will be serious (and we appreciate the feedback), but sometimes they'll just be for fun. So come back regularly and have your say!

Secondly, I have included the ability to search the blog  - and the school website too! Can't find the information you want using the labels or the archive? No problem - just search for it! This feature won't interrupt your reading in any way as it has been deliberately placed out of the way for when you need it - right at the bottom of the page! Why not give it a go?

Don't forget, if you're unsure of how to do anything on the blog - you can always take a look at our How to Use the School Blog page on our website!

Newest Blog Features Explained

In the last week, a couple of new features have been added to the blog. Here's an overview of them:

Reactions: Below each post, you will now see a series of checkboxes. These allow you to quickly show us how you feel about the post. Did you find it useful or interesting? Or do you think it is an excellent post? Let us know!
Don't forget that if you want to have your say or express an opinion about a particular post, you can always click on the 'comments' button to leave your own comment!

Labels: This little element, found at the bottom of the right side-bar allows you to filter posts to quickly access the content you are most interested in. For example, if you click the 'work' label, you will see a list of the posts that have been created to show off the children's work. Hopefully, as more is added to this blog, this will be a very useful tool in filtering posts and finding the content you're looking for.

Enjoy the next features, explore the blog, and feel free to post a comment or check a reaction box!

Moor Hall Primary's Blog is Born!

Welcome to the Moor Hall Primary School blog. This blog has been created to provide parents and children with all the important up-to-date information as soon as it is available. You'll be seeing all sorts of information posted here, from the dreaded snow days to announcements of events, and coverage of them. We'll also post here when a new important resource becomes available on the website - just in case you miss it!