Abernant Day 2 (Tuesday) - More Pictures!

Here is a selection of new pictures from yesterday! Click on the pictures to see the bigger versions!

Abernant Day 2 (Tuesday)

A message from Mrs Collins:
"I must apologize for the lack of Blog activity this year.  Sadly the computer is unable to access it so I do not think I will be able to update you this way.  The plan is to send information via email to Mr. Pittaway who will then distribute it to the school Blog. Not ideal, but hopefully better than nothing.


I am delighted to say that the children have remembered to pack their manners and this is wonderful to watch with lots a giggles and smiles on suntanned faces.


Postcards should be written and posted today (although they will probably arrive sometime during the Easter holidays!!).


Activities for today:
Activity grp 5: Obstacle course, Nature trail and orienteering
Activity grp 6: Abseiling, Blind trail and Fencing
Activity grp 7: Zip-wire, Obstacle course and Blind trail
All groups joined together for a Hill Walk with Mrs. Clewer and Mrs. Russell whilst Mrs. Collins tried (without success) to activate the Blog.


Food for the day:
Breakfast:  cereal, Sausage, bacon, beans, hash browns, scrambled egg and toast
Lunch: spaghetti, chicken dippers or tuna pasta bake with chips, salad, coleslaw, cheese followed by fresh fruit or a hot crossed bun
Tea: BBQ (very exciting - the children are really looking forward to this)


The children appear to be having a super time and I know the staff are really enjoying their company, as well as the activities.


I will try and get another update to you as as soon as I can, however, sadly I do not think the Blog is going to get as regular updates this year.


Best wishes to everyone back home from sunny Wales!!!!"

Abernant Day 1 (Monday)

Apologies for the delay in getting these up - Mrs Collins has been having technical issues with the blog over in Abernant!

In the meantime, she has provided us with a rather nice Powerpoint file containing a great selection of pictures and descriptions of the activities from yesterday. Click here to have a look! (Note you will need Powerpoint Viewer to view this - it can be downloaded for free from here.)

More pictures (hopefully) to follow!

Class 1's Trip to Dudley Castle

Today was the day of Class 1's trip to Dudley Castle and Zoo.  We had a fantastic day which allowed the children to get a hands on experience of all the things we have learnt this term. 

We were greeted by the Lady of the Castle who took us into the dark, cold, smelly Castle! 

 It was so smelly that people used to carry lavender bags with them ...

We learnt about crime and punishment of Castle times ...

Thomas was punished for being drunk and was put in the stocks where we pretended to throw rotten apples at him! Robert was punished for hunting on the Lady's land and almost had his head chopped off ...! Alyssa was punished for kissing a boy before she was married and was put in hand locks.  Kate was accused of being a witch and Campbell was punished for stealing the Lady's bread.

We learnt about the types of food that would have been eaten.  It looked and smelt horrible ...

although someone seemed to like it ... !

We were then introduced to some of the creatures who would have been around in castle times.  We got to stroke the Lady's ferret.

We also learnt about the plague and other illnesses that people suffered with.  A rat climbed on MacAndrew as he slept so Luca, the Doctor came to check on him ... with his protective mask on of course!

We were then allowed to get our hands on the Castle weapons ... We had lots of fun doing this!

 At the end of our time in the Castle, Elizabeth was knighted a Lady and Toby was knighted a Lord!

We have had such a brilliant day, it was extremely worthwhile and fun for the children so I would like to take this time to thank all of the parents of children in Class 1 who contributed to the trip and made it happen.  I hope you enjoy looking at our photos.

Miss Highfield

Moor Hall Wildlife Garden Rejuvenation

One of the outside areas here at Moor Hall School has just undergone an amazing tranformation! As part of their silver and bronze RSPB Wildlife Award, Bird Club were tasked with creating a brand new wildlife garden at school.

For this feat, Bird Club members had to clear, survey and dig the area, which they have been working extremely hard on for the last month. They also gave up their Saturday last weekend to come into school to plant up the area. Mrs Glare and an artist had designed some signs, and the children spray painted them before they went into the garden. The garden itself has numerous features to attract new wildlife, such as a birdbath and feeders, a log-pile and a marshy area. All this can be seen on the before and after picture above - click on it to see what a difference the wildlife garden has made!

Huge thanks to Mrs Glare and the Bird Club for undertaking this task, to the helpers on the day, and to those parents and garden centres who donated plants for the garden!

Latest Newsletter

The latest school newsletter (dated 12th March) is now available on our website.

This newsletter covers dinner money, school clothing, swimming events and more! Click here to read it.

Moor Hall Mix.... Coming Soon

In ICT Club we have been very busy planning our new show, Moor Hall Mix. We won't reveal any details about the show just yet, but stay tuned for more information over the coming weeks!

So far this half term we have used mind mapping tools to brainstorm our ideas and word processing tools to write our scripts. We have also dabbled with some image editing programs to create some logo ideas for Moor Hall Mix.

Soon we will be recording our show and if all goes well, Moor Hall Mix will be available to watch on the school website and here on the blog! Keep an eye on the blog for future updates!

Come on Class 4 get blogging!!

Mr Winter really wants to get class 4 blogging -can you join in?

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?

World Book Day

Here are some of Class 4's favourite books.
We thought about them because it is World Book Day this week!

Lucy wrote:
I love the Smartest Giant In Town; the front cover attracts me straight away, the reason it attracts me is because the picture is brilliant, somebody in our classsaid (and I agree) that a picture shows a thousand words.

I have had this book since I was 2; I read it every night after a different book because if the different book is scary or sad it prevents me from having nightmares. In this book a scruffy giant gets some smart clothes but on the way back home he meets various animals who desperately need his help, and his clothes!

I explained to my mates and teacher why this is my favourite book.