Mrs. Gore in India

Global School Partnerships

Tomorrow I am going to India as a representative of Moor Hall School. The funding is through the British Council and the objective is to develop further the partnership we have with Saupin's School in Chandigarh which is the Punjab - North India.

I am going with 4 other teachers all from local Four Oaks schools and we return next Saturday 19th November. I arrive on Saturday 12th November at 16.30 (it will be about 11.00 a.m. in Birmingham).Follow my Blogging and look at the photographs. I hope to be able add some posts from about Monday onwards - when I'll be working in the school itself.

Mrs. Gore

Easyfundraising for Christmas?

As Christmas approaches it is a great time of year to start using http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/.

Easyfundraising is a directory of over 2000 of the UK’s best known retailers including Argos, Amazon, NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Boots, The Entertainer, Toys R Us, HMV, Comet, Virgin Holidays and even Ebay! Just use the links on the easyfundraising site whenever you shop online and, at no extra cost to you, the PA will receive a free donation of up to 15% from every purchase you make. You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from the easyfundraising website first, each purchase will generate a cashback donation for the school. It really is that simple! It’s completely FREE to register and you won’t pay a penny more for your shopping - in fact you can even SAVE MONEY as many retailers offer discounts, special offers and even 'e-vouchers' exclusive to easyfundraising.By shopping through this directory, you won't spend any more than you usually would, but at the same time you will be earning money for Moor Hall Primary School.

For more information on Easyfundraising and a step-by-step guide to using it, see the PA's newsletter here.

Four Oaks Cluster Schools in the News

Moor Hall pupils (and others from the Four Oaks Cluster) attended an event held at the Arthur Terry School just before the half-term holidays. During the event, MP Andrew Mitchell was questioned by the children, with issues ranging from what his job was like to environmental issues and student fees!

Click on the image above to see the full size scan of the article that appeared in last weeks Sutton Observer (dated November 4th 2011).

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!

Latest Newsletter added to the website

A newsletter, dated October 21st has just gone live on the website.

This newsletter went out to parents just before the holidays, and covers Miss Guest's new baby boy, parent governor appointments, clubs, job vacancy information among other things.

You can read this newsletter by clicking here.

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!

Extended School Clubs (Nov-Dec)

All clubs will be going ahead for next term (Nov-Dec), however, there are still places avilable for mini-games for years 1 and 2, Tag-Rugby for years 4, 5 and 6 and Glee for years 1-6. Booking forms are available to download from the school web site, the school office or Moorhens.

Glee Show

The children from Glee club showed parents, teachers and children how well they could sing, act and dance, as they done their rendition of the X Factor. Both an infant and junior child sang a cappella to an inspired audience. The whole cast sang and danced their way through their performance to a rapturous applaus at the end. Well done to Anita, Kerry and all the children of the Glee club .

Year 1 paint some fantastic self-portraits!

In Art recently, class 1 have been painting self-portraits.They have looked at famous self-portraits and used them for inspiration. They also designed the backgrounds for their self-portraits by thinking about their own personalities.

To the right is a sample of their work - to see the complete class set visit the Year 1 Work page on the website.

Fantastic work Class 1!

Moor Hall News

The latest school newsletter has just been published on the school website. You can grab a copy by clicking on the newspaper, or by visiting the school news webpage for a complete list of recent newsletters.

This latest newsletter covers details next terms Extended School Clubs, the new infant gazebo, the latest diary dates and much more.