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Last Week's News 22nd Nov 24
Wed 27 Nov 20246CB Assembly: Year 6 performed a fantastic assembly all about the human circulatory system on Friday 22nd November. We learned from them that there are four main components of the blood – plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets – that all have an important part in how the circulatory system works to keep us alive and healthy. The children also showed off their marvellous sewing skills, modelling their 1970s inspired T-shirts that they have created. Well done, 6CB! An amazing assembly!
Nursery Trip to the Transport Museum: Our Nursery children went to the Transport Museum on Wednesday 20th November, many of them being joined by their parents. The children have been learning about different types of transport and enjoyed looking at how vehicles have changed over time. They also enjoyed their journey of leaving school, waiting for and travelling on a bus. While at the Transport Museum, the children had an opportunity to hands-on explore forces and how things work using different objects. The Transport Museum offers this session free every Wednesday to all Coventry families, as well as a Saturday session building cars for older children. Just take along your CV card to join these sessions for free!
Year 4 author workshop: On Wednesday 20th November, Year 4 took part in a Waterstones author workshop with Alex T. Smith who illustrated and wrote his most recently published book 'Murder by Narwhal'. Alex T. Smith explained the inspiration for his latest book and introduced the children to each character. After this, he read an extract of his book which the children are excited to continue reading as a class novel! The workshop ended with a Q&A with the author and the children were fascinated to learn more about the publishing process. He gave the children some helpful advice about the editing and revising process which was fantastic. The children thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and it really inspired them with their own writing too!
Year 6 Energy Summit: On Tuesday 19th November, some Year 6 children attended 'The Youth Energy Summit' at the CBS Arena. Throughout the day, they explored the energy crisis through discussions, performances, interactive workshops and exhibitions. The main learning focus was through arts-based workshops, which used arts approaches and physical theatre techniques to help students understand renewable energy technologies, energy conservation strategies and policy advocacy. Although it was quite a mature topic, the children listened thoughtfully and participated fully in all of activities. They will feedback what they learned to the rest of Year 6 so that they can all develop an understating of the energy crisis and make better choices about their energy usage.
Design Technology: As part of the Design Technology curriculum, Year 2 made and baked their own pizzas in the week beginning November 18th. As well as making their own dough, they got creative with their toppings and used peppers, sweetcorn, chicken, ham and even the rather unusual option of carrots! In the week starting November 11th, Year 6 upcycled plain white T shirts by creating 1970s themed felt designs which they then sewed onto their T shirts, using three different stitches. The children have all thoroughly enjoyed their learning in Design and Technology over the last couple of weeks!
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Last Week's News 15th Nov 24
Mon 18 Nov 2024More Football Success: On Wednesday 13th November, the football team played a friendly match against Henley Green Primary School. Max (the captain) managed to score two early goals and it finished a very comfortable 6:0. Our goalkeeper (Ezekiel) did brilliantly to keep a clean sheet. Well done Moat House!
Racing Driver Interview: On Wednesday 13th November, we were visited by a real life racing driver – Kevin Hansen from Veloce. Eight of our children (Munirah, Marafi, Milosz, Joshua (Year 6), Maci, Jan (Year 5), Marley J and Michal (Year 4) had the amazing opportunity to meet Kevin and ask him questions about his life and career. This was all captured on film and will be published on their You Tube channel. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were fantastic representatives for Moat House.
Children in Need: Thank you to everyone who participated in helping to raise money for Children in Need by coming to school wearing their pyjamas on Friday 15th November, in exchange for £1 or purchasing merchandise.
Anti-Bullying Week: Anti-Bullying Week is an annual UK event, which aims to raise awareness of bullying of children and young people, in schools and elsewhere, and to highlight ways of preventing and responding to it. The theme this year is "Choose Respect" and the importance of treating people how we would like to be treated ourselves. We started our week (on 12th November) with 'Odd Socks Day' and continued to discuss the difference between unkind behaviour and bullying. The children were reminded that bullying is intentional repeated acts, which target the same individual.
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Last weeks News 8th Nov 24
Wed 13 Nov 20244NL’s Class Assembly: Thank you to 4NL who shared a very appropriate assembly on Friday 8th November, all about Remembrance. They shared artwork, sang a song and read poems that they had written themselves. It was wonderful for us all to be reminded about this important commemoration to remember those who lost their lives in past and current wars. Thank you 4NL.
Football Success: On Wednesday 6th November, the Moat House football team competed in their first match of the Harry Shaw Cup tournament against Joseph Cash Primary School. Moat House played extremely well and kept possession by passing the ball around. By half time, the score was 0:3 to us and we were looking very comfortable. The final score was 3:8 – four goals each for Bradley and Max. What a great start to the tournament! Reported by Ezekiel and Jamal.
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Last Week's News 24th Oct 24
Fri 25 Oct 2024Black History Month: Thank you to everyone who has supported us celebrating the end of Black History Month by dressing in black (resilience), red (love), yellow (optimism) and justice/fairness (green = greenery/nature). There were many children also dressed in traditional clothing and it was wonderful to see so many cultures reflected throughout the school on Thursday 24th October.
Read Write Inc: Thank you to those parents who came in to school to learn about how we teach our children to read. On Wednesday 16th October, the expert Caroline Carter from Read Write Inc spoke to Reception parents about the principles of the scheme. On Thursday 24th October, our Year 1 parents were informed about the statutory phonics screening test, which will happen in June and they were able to watch Read Write Inc in action with their own children. We hope it was helpful and hope that you can support your children with their reading at home, as a result. Here is a link for useful resources that you could purchase to support your child: https://www.amazon.co.uk/read-write-inc/s?k=read+write+inc
Dodgeball: On Wednesday 23rd October, a group of Year 5 children were selected to take part in a values-based dodgeball competition at the AT7 centre. When they arrived, they were given the name of 'Moat house Giants'. There were nineteen teams from different schools across the city of which Moat house Giants competed against four of them. After they had finished a game, the children shook hands with the opposing team and then scored the opposition based on the following values: teamwork, honesty and respect. At the end of the morning there was a presentation where all children were awarded with a certificate for taking part. Moat House Giants demonstrated great team work, respect and honesty during each game! The children enjoyed every minute of it with smiles on their faces and were great ambassadors for Moat House! Thank you and well done to Hishaam, Yekta, Zuzanna, Laila, Kian, Del'Fariah, Maimuna and Olivia for representing our school!
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Last Week's New 18th Oct 24
Mon 21 Oct 2024Football Winners: Moat House welcomed St Patrick’s football team on Wednesday 16th October and they played their first football match of the season. The match started with both teams passing well and causing each other problems. The deadlock was opened by Bradley with a smart finish and was quickly followed by two goals from Max. Another Bradley finish made it 4:0 at halftime. Bradley and Max both completed their hat tricks in the second half with Alex chipping in with a couple of goals. Final score 8:0 - what a great start to the season!
Dodgeball Success: On Wednesday 16th October, a group of seven Year 4 children attended a values based dodgeball competition at the AT7 Centre. When they arrived, they were given a team name which was 'Moat House Tigers'. There were a total of nineteen different teams at the competition and each school played against four different teams. After playing against a team, the children scored the opposition based on the following values: teamwork, honesty and respect. At the end of the morning, there was a presentation with a medal ceremony for the top three scoring teams. Amazingly, the Moat House Tigers came third place and each child was presented with a certificate and a bronze medal! The children were incredible ambassadors for Moat House Primary School and demonstrated our own school values throughout the whole competition. Well done to Jaffary, Shreenav, Mercedes, Leo M, Cole, Omniya and Sofia for this amazing achievement!
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Last Week's News 11th Oct 24
Mon 14 Oct 20246ST’s Class Assembly: We enjoyed a wonderful assembly on Friday 11th October, based on the class novel that 6ST have been reading entitled “The Nowhere Emporium.” The children shared how the shop in the story is magical and can travel through time with lots of interesting and exciting characters. The children can’t wait to find out how the story unfolds and they ended their assembly with a very catchy song based on the 1980s song Abracadabra. Thanks 6ST – we really enjoyed your assembly!
Attendance Rewards: To encourage our children to engage with attending school every day, we are currently holding a contest whereby the year group classes are in competition with each other to earn money. Each week, the class with the highest attendance in the year group earns £1. In addition, if a class achieves 100% they will earn £5. This school year, 3ML have already had a week where they achieved 100% attendance, so their money pot is the highest in the school at the moment. Let’s see which class will be the next to achieve 100% attendance! Towards the end of the year, the children will discuss with their teachers how to spend the total amount of prize money. Good luck!
Fundraising: As a result of our Macmillan Coffee Morning, as well as the break time cake sales, we managed to raise a grand total of £529.05. Thank you very much for all your support in raising money for this fantastic charity.
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Last Week's News 4th Oct 24
Mon 07 Oct 20245JK’s Class Assembly: It was lovely for parents and children to watch our first class assembly of the year on Friday 4th October. Thanks to 5JK, who led a very topical assembly about harvest; many of us learnt that there are harvest events all around the world. It was a good reminder for us to be thankful for the food that we have and to donate or volunteer where we can eg: to food banks or supermarket collections.
Year 1’s Local Walk: On Thursday 3rd October, Year 1 classes enjoyed a local walk as part of their geography learning. They became cartographers (map makers) and created their own maps. These included symbols that the children had chosen. They learnt the importance of maps being accurate and enjoyed making more maps on the return to school.
Black History Month: October signifies the start of Black History Month. In school, we have been discussing why it is important to participate in Black History Month through the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ campaign. Throughout the school, children have been be researching different significant individuals of black origin, who have overcome racism and adversity to achieve great things in sport, science, human and civil rights and performing arts.
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Last Week's News 27th Sept 24
Mon 30 Sep 2024Macmillan Coffee Morning: Thank you to all of our parents, family and friends, who attended our coffee morning on Friday 27th September and ensured that it was a great success. The children did not miss out on the cake sale and enjoyed buying a cake (or two) to support Macmillan during the day. We will let you know how much we have managed to raise in a future newsletter.
Parents’ Evening: Thank you to everyone who attended the ‘settling in’ parents’ evening on Thursday 26th September. It is important that we meet with you throughout the year so that we can update you with your child’s life at school.
Visit to Parliament: On Wednesday 25th September, last year’s School Council members enjoyed a trip to London, where they experienced a boat trip along the River Thames and had fun spotting some famous landmarks, including Tower Bridge and Big Ben. Following this, they were treated to a tour of the Houses of Parliament, where they were even allowed to enter the Houses of Lords and Commons. They learnt many interesting facts and were fascinated to learn that the King is not allowed to enter the House of Commons! The children behaved beautifully throughout the day and were a real credit to Moat House.
Year 2 Local Walk: On Tuesday 24th September, Year 2 enjoyed a walk around the local area. The children identified both physical and human features which linked nicely to our geography topic. We even encountered some flooding of a field as a result of the heavy rainfall which sparked some discussions! Our next steps will be to record our walk in our English topic when writing a recount. We thoroughly enjoyed exploring the area and look forward to more trips in the future.
Early Mental Health Assembly: On Tuesday 24th September, we welcomed Amanda in from Compass Shine who spoke to our children about emotional wellbeing. She introduced a character, called Sam and shared how his emotions changed throughout the day, depending on what was happening eg: he was excited about seeing his friend at school but became disappointed when his friend was poorly. He then became happy again when he received an invitation to a party. Amanda explained that it is normal to experience several different emotions over a day. Amanda also gave the children some ideas about what they could do if their emotions change.
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Last Week's News 20th Sept 24
Tue 24 Sep 2024MP Visit: On Thursday 19th September, we welcomed our local MP, Mary Creagh into school. She was keen to meet our School Councillors (from last year) who are excited about their trip to Parliament. Our children had lots of questions for her about her job and what to look out for in Parliament. She was also keen to meet our parents and carers and we hope that you had a positive interaction with her if you met her out and about on the playground yesterday afternoon.
School Council: As it is the start of the new school year, each class has elected two children to represent their class on the Moat House School Council. The aim of the School Council is to involve pupils in decision making, in and around the school. The following children are the successful candidates. who have been nominated by their peers:
Class
School Councillors
Class
School Councillors
1ET
Muhammad and Nadia
4MW
Lianna and Carter
1RW
Logan and Nabeelah
4NL
Marley J and Zara
2MM
Angel and Nahyat
5JK
Olivia and Umar
2BD
Brooklyn and Jacob R
5LM
Evie and Planely
3KS
David and Macie
6CB
Nadia and Jamal
3EW
Julian and Melaher
6ST
Shamil and Vera
3ML
Jayvire and Michaela
We held our first meeting this afternoon and used it as a great opportunity to get to know each other and to discuss the roles and responsibilities involved in being a school councillor.
Non-Uniform Day: We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone for your contributions of cakes for our Macmillan Coffee morning.
Message from the Police: Recently we have noticed an increase in burglaries in Coventry. There has been a rise in incidents during school drop off and pick up times most specifically. Our ask is for all parents to be extra vigilant and to utilise all methods they can to deter and prevent this from happening to them. If you spot anyone acting suspiciously, please call the Police on 101 for non-emergency or 999, if urgent. For any local alerts please look to sign up for our messaging service on the following link: www.wmnow.co.uk
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Last Week's New 13th Sept 24
Mon 16 Sep 2024Clubs: You will have received a letter giving details of a wide range of after school clubs available for your child. These include: football, gymnastics, arts and crafts and nature. You will need to sign up for a club using the My Child at School app.
Macmillan Coffee Morning: On Friday 20th September, we will be holding a non-uniform day in exchange for a donation of shop bought cakes (which will need to be in date and edible for at least a week). Please also ensure that they do not contain nuts. The following week (Friday 27th September), we will be participating in the national Macmillan coffee morning. Parents, carers, relatives and friends are invited to join us in the school dining area from 9:00 am – 10:00 am, to enjoy a coffee (or tea) and a cake for a small donation. Our children, of course, will not be missing out - there will be a cake sale during the day, so children are invited to bring along 20p to buy a cake. We look forward to welcoming you in school and we would like to thank you for supporting us to raise money for the fabulous work that the Macmillan nurses do.
Jewellery: Just a reminder that the only jewellery which children are allowed to wear at school are stud earrings and watches (as long as they are not smart watches).