Class 5 Mock Election

Due to the 2015 General Election, children in class 5 spent some time discussing and furthering their knowledge of politics. We discussed what voting is and how it works and then we spoke about the different political parties. Children were then given some time to research the different parties to gain an understanding of which party they would be most inclined to vote for. In the classroom we then set up a polling station, children were issued with their own poll card and Mrs Russell and Mrs Parsons acted as Poll Clerks. Children put their votes into a ballot box. Hopefully this activity has helped us to gain a better understanding of the process and the importance of an election.

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!

Latest Poll Results: Pets

We asked if you had any pets and the results were quite interesting! It seems we have some animal lovers here at Moor Hall with a whopping 94% of people either already having or wanting one or more pets.

Click on the pie chart to see a large version and examine the breakdown!

Look for more polls coming up soon!

Latest Poll Results: Christmas Presents

Christmas has been and gone, and we can now reveal the results of what everyone wanted for Christmas. Click on the pie chart to view it full-size!

It seems a lot of our blog readers have a sweet tooth, as chocolate and sweets (alongside Music CDs/MP3s) came out as the favoured gifts. Books however were the least popular present this year.

Some of you picked 'other' - feel free to leave a comment below and let us know what else you were hoping for for Christmas, and also what you did end up getting!

Also have a go at our new poll - it's all about pets!

Latest Poll Results: School Houses

It's official - the majority of the blog readers over the last month have been from Ennis, with 29% of the vote!

A whopping 22% of the vote (nearly a quarter) was from outside school - either children in other school or other people just browsing. Click on the pie chart to see these interesting results in full size!

Our new poll is now live; with Christmas fast approaching, why not take a second to let us know what you're hoping for?

Latest Poll Results: Summer Holidays

The question asked: What are you most looking forward to about the summer holidays?

The results were interesting - unsurprisingly going away on holiday was the favourite activity, with spending family time at home following in close second.

On the other hand, 10% of the vote was actually for doing chores and housework!

Click the pie-chart to see an enlarged version of the results, and feel free to leave a comment on why you voted the way you did.

In the meantime, why not have a go at our new poll -based around our new school houses!

Latest Poll Results: Favourite Outdoor Activity

The latest poll results are in, and we now know which activities Moor Hall blog readers enjoy doing outside the most. As you can see on the chart (click to enlarge), swimming and cycling were firm favourites, with sports almost as popular. Poor old gardening got no votes at all!

There were a few who picked other - if you were one of these, why not leave us a comment below to let us know what your favourite activity is?

The latest poll is also now up - why not look to the right to let us know what you're most looking forward to about the summer holidays?

Latest Poll Results: Favourite Book Genres

Another poll has ended today, and by the looks we got some very varied results. The question was "What are you favourite types of books?" From the graph we can see that fantasy and comedy are the strongest genres, followed up by horror.

Why not have a go at our new poll on the right - now that the weather is getting warmer (or should be!), we want to know what your favourite summer activity is!

Latest Poll Results: TV programmes

The latest poll results are in, and we now know what type of television programming Moor Hall blog readers enjoy most. As we can see from the pie-chart, drama and comedy are firm favourites. Surprisingly, sport got no votes at all!

As it was World Book Day last week, why not have a go at our latest poll on the right to let us know what your favourite type of book is?

Latest Poll Results: Ideal Christmas Present

Click on the pie chart to the left to see the large version of what the Moor Hall Primary community wanted for Christmas this year. Books and videogames were top of the wishlist, closely followed by dolls or action figures and DVDs.

Hopefully everyone got what they wanted!

The latest poll has also now gone live - check the column on the right to answer a new poll about your favourite type of television programme.

Latest Poll Results: Favourite Seasons

The latest poll results are in! (click the image for the larger version!)

We asked you what your favourite time of the year was. Unsurprisingly a whopping 45% of you preferred the hot weather of Summer.

Spring was also very popular with 30% of the votes, while autumn remains rather unpopular with a measley 10%.

Our new poll is now live - why not take a moment to tell us what your ideal Christmas present would be!

Holiday Poll Results

Why not have a look at the results of our most recent poll on what you did over the holidays?

Shopping, watching TV and using the computer seem to be popular activities. Quite a few of you were also doing chores - what a shame!

Click on the pie chart to see a larger version of the results, and feel free to have a go at our new poll!

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!

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!