Wednesday 16th March 2016

We had a chilly start to the day today, but the weather brightened up this afternoon in time for our adventures on the lake.  

Honestly, I don't think I've ever had so much fun! I just hope the children enjoyed themselves as much as we did.  Your children are such sports and will literally give anything a go.  All three of us have shed a tear of happiness and pride at the varied and challenging targets they have set themselves and are conquering.  

The instructors hadn't quite seen anything like their method of keeping warm once the lakeside activities were over.  Somebody happened to mention that penguins keep warm by huddling together. I'll let the photograph tell the rest of the tale...

KS1 Sport's Stars!

Well what a week it has been for children here in KS1 this week.  Yesterday children from Classes 2 and 1 came second in an indoor athletics competition and today they have taken part in a run for 'Sport's Relief'.  I have uploaded a selection of photographs from both events onto the Class 2 section of the website.

Tuesday 15th March 2016 - Fun in the Sun

The day began with a hearty breakfast - the children loved the full English - as did the staff!  What an array of activities: compass skills, archery, obstacle course, rifle shooting, fencing, orienteering, survival skills, the blind trail (by far the muddiest task this year), nature trail, zip wire, lake challenge and climbing!!  The children are happy, healthy and really enjoying the sunshine and fresh air.  They have impressed instructors with their manners - and the three of us with their immaculate rooms - room inspections have never scored so highly.  You should be extremely proud of your children; they are working collaboratively, playing inclusively and taking responsibility independently - it is a privilege to watch them learn in such a fabulous setting - thank you.  Here is a sample of photographs from today...

"Messy Easter" at St James Church, Mere Green

Arrived in Abernant Monday 14th March 2016

The children were absolutely fabulous today.  We left school promptly. Got Welshpool without any problems and enjoyed a lovely picnic lunch together.  Even having a bit of bother with the fan-belt didn't stop our fun.  A local company came to our rescue and took us the remaining 12 miles.

Once at Abernant Lake Hotel we were thrust straight into the thick of it.  The children were given their room and activity groups and once the fire drill was complete we did our first two activities and had a lovely dinner.  We ended the evening with a hot chocolate and all the children were in their beds at 9:30pm with lights out at 10:00pm.

Parents, please feel very proud of your children; they did both you and the school proud today.

Abernant

It was really good to hear that the children had arrived at Abernant safely this afternoon. The journey had certainly been eventful - the coach was within striking distance of the centre when it broke down. Thankfully, the team at Manor Adventure came to the rescue and provided transportation for the last few miles while the coach company sent out the repair team!


The weather forecast looks promising for this week  -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643905

KS2 SATs evening presentation

The presentation used on the KS2 SATs information evening has been uploaded to the school website.

http://www.moorhall.bham.sch.uk/correspondence

Thank you to everyone who attended.