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• Last Week's News 12th July 24

  Mon 15 Jul 2024

  Timings:    It has come to our attention that our school day is 5 minutes short (despite extending it last year). To resolve this we will be starting 5 minutes earlier from September. Doors will now open at 8:35am with registration at 8:45am. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

   

  Governors’ Awards:      On Thursday 11^th July, a special ceremony was held to recognise children at Moat House, who have worked hard or shown good behaviour or attitude during the Summer term. The following children were awarded with a certificate and a voucher, in front of a very proud audience of parents, governors and staff, for their hard work and achievements.

   

  YN	Filip and Muqadas	Y3	Inayah and Declan
  YR	Melanie and Bella	Y4	Maimuna and Alan
  Y1	Angel and Fadheela	Y5	Sudi and Shamil
  Y2	Macie, Zainab and Skyla	Y6	Liam and Juliette

  Sports Day:      Sports day was held on Thursday 11^th July and all of the children competed to earn points for their houses in a range of activities, including discus, javelin and an obstacle course. As well as thoroughly enjoying the event, the children behaved brilliantly and this was complimented upon by Beth (our sports coach) who visits other schools and rated Moat House as being exemplary. We would like to say a huge thank you to parents, carers, friends and family for coming along to support the children and especially our Year 6 children who did a super job of supporting the younger children to ensure that the events ran smoothly.

   

  Recorder Concert  Our Year 3 children performed for their parents and carers on Wednesday 10^th July; some of the other KS2 classes were also in the audience. They played a few pieces as a whole year group and a few in individual classes. The children were magnificent and a real credit to their music teacher (Miss Sinclair). We were all singing Eye of the Tiger for the rest of the afternoon!

• Last Week's News 5th July 24

  Mon 08 Jul 2024

  Year 1 Visit the Library:    Year 1 classes have been visiting Bell Green Library to explore books and activities. They have been given the option to open their own library card, which allows them to borrow books as they wish. The children all chose a book to borrow and we will be returning it on our next visit. The children were also introduced to a special Summer Reading Challenge, which encourages children to visit a library three times and read six books. You can visit any library - it doesn't have to be in Bell Green. If you complete this, you will be awarded with a special medal and certificate, so make sure you plan in some library visits over the summer holidays. Remember this is for all ages and it is totally free of charge! Happy reading!

   

  Transition Day: On Wednesday 3^rd July, all of our children were excited to be told their new classroom and teacher for September. They spent the whole day in their new classrooms and the children and staff enjoyed getting to know each other. These are the classes for the new academic year:

   

  Nursery	Mrs Machin and Mrs Elms (NAM)		Mrs Machin and Mrs Elms (NPM)
  Reception	Mrs Dalton (RSD)		Mrs Ling (RJL)
  Year 1	Mrs Thompson (1ET)		Mrs Walker (1RW)
  Year 2	Miss Dillon (2BD)		Miss Maxwell (2MM)
  Year 3	Miss Wilson (3EW)	Miss Smith (3KS)		Miss Lane (3ML)
  Year 4	Miss Lynch (4NL)		Miss Wooding (4MW)
  Year 5	Mr Kelly (5JK)		Mrs Meininger (5LM)
  Year 6	Miss Bird (6CB)		Mrs Taylor (6ST)

   

  Year 5’s Busy Week: Many of the Year 5 children had a brilliant time in Derbyshire in the week commencing 1^st July (and mostly managed to avoid the rain) whilst taking part in lots of outdoor fun and activities. Apart from the excitement of sharing a room with their friends, the highlight of the trip was the low ropes course at Conkers but the children enjoyed all of the activities, including a seven kilometre nature walk. On Tuesday 2^nd July, the Year 5 children who did not attend the residential trip in Derbyshire made their way to Go Ape at Coombe Abbey. Although many children were initially nervous about the height of the activity, they were all very brave and the majority managed to complete the activity on the highest level! We were all very impressed with the resilience they showed when they found the tasks difficult and with their impeccable behaviour. Two children who stood out during the trip were Kasey and Jamal who effortlessly made their way around the course with no fear and even encouraged others to have a go at the more challenging parts! Well done Year 5.