Choir performing the songs for the 'Dementia Awareness' event

Please see the link below to download/listen to the recording of our choir singing the song for the 'Dementia Awareness' event. Andrew Clayton has written this song and combined the voices from the three choirs for this free download.

https://vox-ignis.bandcamp.com/

Tickets for the dementia awareness event at St. James Church - Thursday 4th October

Family members of children in the choir can register for free tickets for the dementia awareness event at St. James Church on Thursday 4th October, 12:30-14:00. Please see the link below if interested:

https://hopeforsuttonprojectlaunch.eventbrite.co.uk 

Christmas Concert at St James 7pm tonight

We are all looking forward to our special KS2 concert this evening. Please can children who have instruments arrive at the church from 6.30 ? All other children should arrive at 6.45 so that we can start at 7pm. The concert should last for just over an hour.

Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Choir Arrangements for the Mitchell Centre

Dear Parent / Guardian,

Our first ‘gig’ for the Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 choir is fast approaching; Saturday 12th December 2015… TOMORROW!!! I have to say I am really excited. Thank you for your support because, at the end of the day, without you transporting your children to and from an array of venues, opportunities like this simply aren’t possible; thank you.

Saturday 12th December 2015 – The Mitchell Centre Sutton Coldfield

Children can wear Christmas jumpers and if possible a Christmas hat! (Please do not buy them – I have a few we can loan). If your child uses an inhaler, please be sure to bring their medication from home. We will not be taking the inhalers from school. Please could you also ensure that your child has been to the toilet before they meet us. We will be unable to take children to the public toilets.

Mr Watts and I will meet the children at 12:45pm at the centre. Please park in the main car park and walk through the covered walkway towards the Hungry Horse. If the weather is wet, we will meet under the covered walkway, if not, in the open. One thing is certain it will be chilly, so please wrap up warm; hats, scarves and gloves.

Please do not leave your child unattended, keeping your child safe is the priority given that it is such a busy time of year for shoppers. Please ensure that Mr Watts or Mrs Collins has acknowledged receiving your child. Could we please also request that you do not leave the Mitchell Centre. We are responsible for your child when they are singing, but ultimately the visit can only take place if parental responsibility, whilst visiting the Mitchell Centre, is acknowledged.

We will be singing from 13:00 to 13:45/14:00 (we could be repeating some songs!), so enjoy wandering around the shops or having a coffee, as we entertain both yourselves and shoppers whilst raising money for the Birmingham Crisis Centre.

See you all on Saturday.

Karen Collins

Young Voices Concert

Wow! What a fantastic experience Class 5 had last Friday!! The class took part in the annual Young Voices concert at the Genting Arena (formally the NEC), they joined with schools across the country to perform as part of a huge choir. The children sang beautifully and enthusiastically and their hard work really paid off! We had a great time singing and dancing alongside some great artists such as: Urban Strides, Lucy Spraggan and Mic Lowri. Thank you so much to all the parents and family members who came to support the children at this brilliant event and thank you to Mr Steggall, Mrs Curwen and Mrs Parsons for accompanying the children. But most of all, thank you to the children, I am so very very proud of you :)

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.

Lichfield Choir Performance

A huge thank you to Mr Watts, Mrs Collins and the children who sang at Tesco in Lichfield on Saturday. They raised over £100 for th Birmingham Crisis Centre. The centre supports victims of domestic violence.

Lichfield Cathedral Carol Concert

We are looking forward to the Carol Service at Lichfield Cathedral on Wednesday 4th December.

Please can children who are in the school choir wear school uniform and sit with the massed schools choir. Children in the Cluster Choir or Training Choir will wear their purple or yellow uniform and sit with the Cluster/Training Choir.

If you haven't already purchased tickets, they can be bought on the door.
The Cathedral will open at 6:45pm in preparation for a 7:15pm start.
And finally, a little reminder that the Cathedral does not have any toilet facilities!

New choir songs on the website

All of this years Christmas songs have now been added to the choir page of the website so that you can learn them!

No fewer than 25 songs have been added - why not click here to take a look!

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

New Choir Words and Track Added to Website

The latest choir resources have now been added to the website - grab them to help you practice at home!

New Class Song Words Available on Website

Christmas is fast approaching, and as a result of this the children have been practising their newest class songs.

The choir page has been updated today to include all the most recent song words as downloadable files - perfect for practising at home!

You can access the page here.

New Class Song Words

New class song words have been added to the choir page for the following years:

• Reception
• Year 1
• Year 2
• Year 5

Click on the choir children or here to visit the page.

Children's Work

During the last week, children at Moor Hall have been busy at work as usual.

We have several website offerings this week - Year 1 have been learning how to express through sound and actions by creating stories using Plasticine Bob. Check out some of the pictures on their work page!

Year 4 have been continuing their 'colour' project. This week they have been exploring black and white, and have produced some of their own art based upon 'Birmingham Blue' by Emma Hardicker. You can see their masterpieces on Year 4's work page!

Year 1 - Plasticine Bob
Year 4 - Emma Hardicker Black & White Artwork

Additionally, a new class song for Year 6 has been added to the choir page. Both the words and the musical track are available to download here.

New Additions to Website

We've got a couple of updates today.

On the choir page, there is a new "picture lyrics" file for you to download that will help with remembering the words to In Paradisum.

Also, on the events page we've uploaded some pictures of the Summer Fair which took place last weekend. A great time was had by all - except maybe the teachers who got wet sponges thrown at them!

Four Oaks Cluster Choir In The News

Four Oaks Cluster Choir is a choir made up primarily of children from the Four Oaks Cluster Schools. It's open to anyone in years 5 through to 8, and is currently about 60 members strong.

Recently, the choir attended the BBC Choir of the Year 2010 contest, and have made it through to the final 15! Last week they appeared in the Sutton Coldfield News because of this!

Congratulations to all the children who are a part of this choir!

Click the image above to read the full article, or for more information on the Cluster Choir, see their website here.

Website Issues Resolved!

If you've been looking for your children's work or latest website updates over the last week, you may have noticed that links to some of the newer work wasn't working correctly. This was due to a technical error, but the issue has now been resolved and everything is as it should be!

So to start, we have some new work on the website ranging from music lessons to arts and crafts!

Feel free to click on any of the following links to explore each year group's work!

Year 1 - Baa Baa Black Sheep Music Lessons
Year 2 - Baa Baa Black Sheep Music Lessons
Year 3 - Circle Time Music Lessons
Year 4 - Circle Time & Tie-Dyeing
Year 5 - Circle Time Music Lessons
Year 6 - Circle Time Music Lessons


Also new to the website is a whole host of new choir resources from Mrs Collins. There are new choir songs to listen to and learn the words for, and also words for all the new class songs. Visit our Choir Page to take a peek!

Updates to the Website

This week we have a few new additions to the website.

Year 4's progress this weeks with their D&T project has been added to the year 4 work page, alongside some photos of the Birdwatch they took part in.

Year 6 also have a new class song to practise. Lyrics can be downloaded from the choir page.

Website Updates This Week

We've got plenty of new things to report on the site today!

For starters, we've had a big update with a great selection of children's work across the year groups. Here is a breakdown of the new additions:
Reception - Train collage
Year 2 - Iced-man experiments & work on pitch
Year 3 - New years resolutions & Kuang Li
Year 4 - Take a seat week 3 & work on pitch
Year 5 - Shugborough Hall visit & work on pitch
Year 6 - Work on pitch

On top of this, the latest class song words have now been uploaded to the Choir Page of the website, and the latest Handbell music has also been added.

The new Class Song Words are:
Reception - 5 Little Speckled Frogs, Alice The Camel, Supermum
Year 1 - Warm Up & Stomp, Supermum
Year 2 - Alphabet Athletics, Supermum
Year 3 - 7 Days of the Week
Year 4 - 7 Days of the Week
Year 5 - Be A Friend

The new handbell music is:
- Puff The Magic Dragon
- New World Symphony
- Oranges And Lemons

Bumper Update to Website!

We've had lots of updates to the website recently. Here's a quick rundown of the main additions:

Year group work
Reception: Christmas Activities & Literacy and Numeracy
Year 1: Numeracy - Weight
Year 2: Fairy Tales & Multi-Skills Event
Year 3: Biscuit Making & Viking Day
Year 4: Stories & RE Letter Writing
Year 6: Bullying Poem & Forces Flowchart

The Events section of the site has also had some recent goings-on added, including some pictures and even music!

The Choir page has also been updated to include Year 1 and Year 2's latest songs. You can download all song words here.