Summer term clubs

Thank you to all parents who who have booked their children into the Extended School Clubs for the next half term. We have had another great response to all the clubs. The only club we will have to cancel this term is Athletics due to lack of interest. Hope you all have a great Easter and will see you all again next term.

DAY ONE - more photos

Abernant 2011 - 04.04.11 - DAY ONE

After the long coach journey we arrived safe and sound via the trusty SatNav!

We had a tour of the hotel, which by the way is lovely and clean. We are on the top floor and the views will be lovely when it stops raining!!

Activities started last night. The children had fun doing the Compass Training, Initiative Exercises and the Blind Trail. The latter involved a lot of mud, which obviously the children hugely enjoyed!

Dinner was wonderful; everybody found something on the menu that they enjoyed and with the self-service drinks we were all fed and watered extremely well.

The final activities today were Fencing, Blind Trail (more mud then!) and Abseiling. The fencing involved a certain amount of determination, agility and accuracy . . . two out of three ain't bad! For some reason the children took great delight in slapping their teachers round the face with their fencing gloves (this was reciprocated in true dueling fashion). As confidence grew so did the strengths of the slaps, however full body armour was worn by children and staff alike.

We settled down quickly to our first night - I believe we may have set an Abernant record for lights out - although that is yet to be confirmed (all children were sound asleep by 10:30pm, yes honestly!).

In brief: a successful first day and a settled first night with both children and staff anticipating a fun day ahead of us.

We are hoping to update the blog each evening, but please be patient if it happens to be after your bedtime. I'm sure you would agree that bedtime stories have priority.

Club Information

The following clubs are now full:

• Hockey
• ICT .

Clubs with limited places available:

• Bird Club
• Gymnastics
• Spanish
• Fit-Kids
• Tag-Rugby
• Athletics
• Tennis
• Football .

We will only be able to run clubs if we have enough children filling those places. Please make sure you have returned your forms to Moorhens by Wednesday 6th April. We will notify you what clubs will be going ahead by the end of next week.

Year 4 Busy Recording Their Next Big Hit!

Today Year 4 put on their best singing voices and recorded an Egyptian-themed song that they wrote with the help of Mr Watts. The song, called 'Mr Winter Climbs the Pyramid', was performed by the entire class and can be listened to by clicking on the pyramid opposite.

Have a listen - it's brilliant!

Great work Year 4!

Reminder

Just a quick reminder to parents that all extended school clubs finish next week. The last club finishes on Friday 1st April.
Hopefully by now you should have received the new paperwork for next half term. If you want your child to join a club, return your booking forms straight away to avoid dissapointment. Clubs are on a first come, first serve basis. Please check your childs red bag for booking forms.

Latest Star Writers Work on Website

This week Year 6 have done some fantastic Star Writing entitled "The Busy Place".

Click here to go to the Star Writers webpage and take a look!

Year 5 - Gustav Holst Work Video Uploaded

Now up on the website is some exciting new work from Year 5. Children listened to Mars: The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst, and visually interpretted the music with jottings and rough sketches. They listened to the music several times as they visually illustrated the music.

Check out the video below to see all of the brilliant work they produced!


Feel free to leave a comment below telling us what you thought of it!

An exciting letter arrives!

Moorhens children recently designed and made a congratulatory card for Prince William and Catherine Middleton. This was then sent to them through the post.

Not long after, Moorhens children received a letter of reply through the post!

Click on the envelope (or here) to see the card they made and to read the response they received.

School Newsletter updated.

The latest school newsletter (from just before the break - dated 18th Feb) has just been added to the website. Take a look if you missed out on a paper copy - click here or on the newspaper!