Wildlife Club Full

The Wildlife club which Mrs Glare runs has proven again to be very popular. The Wildlife club for the June-July term is now full.
Parents rushed into Moorhens yesterday afternoon and this morning to try and secure places for their children within the Wildlife club and within 1 hour it was full. We apologise to anyone who has tried to secure a place for this club, but we only have a limited number of spaces available for a very popular club.

Places are still available within the other clubs that we will be providing for Summer term 2, such as Athletics, Netball, Tennis and Cricket/ Rounders.

Wildlife Area Developments

This wee we have had further development with our wildlife area. This is now starting to look really impressive in line with the drawings that the children made. In the pictures below you can see our bug hotel, a new pathway and seating area, an area where we can start an outdoor fire and new planting and bird feeders. The children are restoring some garden furnishings (including the shed) and there will be a new pond arriving soon!

Mrs Glare and the wildlife club have been doing a marvellous job!

Expansion Update 8th February part 2

 We have lots of exciting plans for our school as opportunities will arise as the result of expansion. At present, Mrs Glare and Miss phillips are working with the children to deign a new environmental area. This is with the backing of Balfour Beatty and Sutton Town Council. You can see below a design that has been produced by one of our chidren. We are aiming to create an outdoor 'forest schools' area so that the children can access outdoor learning in a natural environment.  This will be situated using some of the area that is presently scrubland on the field.

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

Climate Action Awards

Taking action for climate change is important at home, but it's just as important at school.

Children taking part in the RSPB Climate Action Awards have been keen to take action. They have spread the message using posters and our club's noticeboard, they have been proactive checking taps, thermometers and lights, they have organised the composting bins and have planted seeds to form wildflower beds.

This morning more 'Greening our School' took place. The school pond is very active with tadpoles at present, helping protect this wildlife area of the school is part of our award action.

Mrs Glare said: "Well done children, you are all doing your bit to help combat climate change."

The 'Wildlife Explorers Club' go on a 'Forest Experience'.

Children in the 'Wildlife Explorers Club' were 'environmentally friendly' today as they walked instead of using transport to an exciting 'forest experience' event.

We made 'God's eyes' out of wood and wool which we found hidden in the forest, then we made dens and finally drank hot chocolate. 

You can see by our photographs what a wonderful nature filled time we had.

Climate Award warriors at work!

Children who are taking part in the RSPB Climate Action Awards got busy this morning painting the fence around the school pond.

This Award looks at ways all of us can help reduce the effects that Climate Change will have on the Earth. It shows us how 'every little helps' - we can all do something to make a difference. The children have been taking part in various activities over the last few weeks to help save our planet. Today their focus was to take part in making our school more attractive to wildlife.

We all had fun while doing something to help combat climate change.

You too can find out how to take action for climate change at home and school - all those who complete this Award will gain a certificate and badge. If you're interested, please join via Moorhens.

Year 4 trip to Tyseley Recycling Centre

Today Year 4 went to the Recycling Centre at Tyseley in Birmingham. We had a great time!!! One of the children said, "I didn't know rubbish could be so interesting!" I have put a couple of photos on the blog to show you a bit about our morning. Hard hats on and we are ready to go!! This centre recycles so many things and uses the energy it creates to provide heat for 40000 homes! The Tyseley Site deals with the 350 million tonnes of rubbish that the people of Birmingham produce every year! I bet that's the first time you have seen plasterboard on a blog!!! It will be recycled to make.......bedding for cows to lie on. Over the next few weeks the pupils in class 4 will be thinking more about their environment and how we asa a school can recycle more.

Year 4's Recycling Work

In preparation for their trip to Tyseley Recycling Centre on Thursday, the children in Year 4 have been thinking about the importance of Recycling at home and at school. Why not visit the Year 4 work page on our website to take a look at some of the great presentations they have created!

Moor Hall in the News - Solar Panels

Solar panels save Moor Hall Primary School £2,000-a-year  

The first two phases of the Energy Savers scheme have seen solar panels added to more than 1,300 homes and 20 other buildings across the city.

Birmingham City Council's Vicky Hewitson, Moor Hall Primary headteacher Andrew Steggall and Coun Brigid Jones inspect the new solar panels at the school.

New solar panels are set to save a Birmingham school more than £2,000-a-year – equivalent to the cost of powering more than 200 computers.

Moor Hall Primary School in Sutton Coldfield has fixed 160 solar panels to its roof as part of the Birmingham Energy Savers initiative.

The first two phases of the Energy Savers scheme have seen solar panels added to more than 1,300 homes and 20 other buildings across the city.

Moor Hall headteacher Andrew Steggal said: “It is extremely important that the children learn about being ‘eco friendly’.

‘‘In this way we can not only improve our efficiency as a school but, most importantly, encourage children to be proactive in sustaining the world they are growing up in,” he said.

In the third phase of Birmingham Energy Savers, which is set to be launched before Christmas, the council will work with Carillion Energy Services to deliver energy-saving projects to up to 60,000 homes and 1,000 other buildings by 2020.

Taken from The Birmingham Mail, 2nd November 2012