HADO Event:         On Wednesday 25^th February, a group of nine Year 5 and 6 children took part in a HADO competition against other Coventry schools. For those people who don’t know, HADO is dodgeball for the digital generation - it is played using augmented reality (AR) visors and it is fast, competitive and fun. Our Moat House team competed well and won several matches however it wasn’t quite enough for them to reach the semi-final. However, everyone agreed that it was a fantastic event!

 

International Day: On Monday 23^rd February, we proudly held our very first International Day, with a special focus on China. The aim of the day was to broaden the children’s understanding of different cultures and help develop respect, curiosity and appreciation for the wider world, reducing the likelihood of stereotypes. The school was buzzing with excitement as pupils took part in a wide range of engaging activities. These included making traditional lanterns and dragons, acting out the story of the Chinese New Year, learning some Mandarin, painting, and discovering fascinating facts about everyday life in China. Thanks to your generous support at our fundraising events, we were also able to invite a specialist dance teacher into school to work with children from Reception to Year 3. The children enjoyed learning Chinese martial arts–inspired dance and even had the opportunity to take part in dragon dancing — a definite highlight of the day! Thank you for your continued support in helping us to provide such enriching experiences for our pupils. Watch this space — next year our International Day will focus on Spain!

 

Year 6 Trip to Dol-y-Moch: Some of our Year 6 children (Fabian, Laila, Zuzanna and Ameerah) have written this report about the Year 6 trip to Dol-y-Moch wc: Monday 9^th February: “on the first night, we did an amazing activity where we climbed a mountain, in the dark with no flashlight, which was quite scary because Mrs Nab was making spooky sounds!  We did lots of other activities and it was great fun. Some of the activities were: climbing, kayaking and the famous Dol-y-Moch Dive (where you dive into the water)! We had the best time ever and we wish we could go again.”