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Last Weeks News 7th June 24
Mon 10 Jun 2024Year 2 visit to Twycross Zoo:
On Thursday 6th June, Year 2 enjoyed a trip to Twycross Zoo to support their learning in science this year. The children looked closely at the different habitats created for the animals at the zoo and discussed whether the animals were omnivores, carnivores or herbivores. A great time was had by all! Kyrese had the shock of his life when a monkey swung into the screen in front of him and Luke loved watching the penguins swim in their pool. Michaela said, 'The butterflies were so beautiful, they were flying around our heads'. Our special day was topped off by a dip in the Wet 'n' Wild play area. We had some tired explorers by the end of the day. Well done to all of the children for their incredible behaviour and representing our school so wonderfully.
Year 6 First Aid:
On Thursday 6th June, our Year 6 children took part in a first aid workshop. They were taught about what first aid is and how they can help, if someone needs medical assistance. They were shown how to help if they come across someone who is unconscious and were introduced to a useful acronym to help in this type of situation – DR ABC (danger, response, airways, breathing, call). They also participated in a practical session, whereby they practised resuscitation on a dummy. Useful numbers and their purposes were also explained to the children ie: 999 for an emergency and 111 for medical advice (which is not an emergency).
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Last Weeks News 23rd May 24
Tue 04 Jun 2024Deputy Lord Mayor Visit: On Thursday 23rd May, we were lucky enough to be visited by the Deputy Lord Mayor (soon to be Lord Mayor of Coventry – Councillor Mutton). She joined us to watch 2BD’s class assembly, enjoyed a tour of the school and even participated in our School Council meeting – we were reliably informed that the children were much better behaved than the representatives at the Council House in Coventry!
RNLI Fundraiser: As part of our School Council meeting on Thursday 23rd May, we welcomed Samantha, Sue, Anne and Danielle, who talked to us about the fundraising that they are leading in order to support the RNLI after 18 year old family member, Callum sadly passed away in a tragedy at sea, in 2021. They are holding a fundraising event on Saturday 13th July at Pinley Rugby Club at 11 am, where there will be various fun activities and prizes, for all of the family – everyone is welcome! We will also be holding a non-uniform day on Friday 14th June, in order to support this cause.
2BD’s Class Assembly: On Thursday 23rd May, we enjoyed watching 2BD’s class assembly and were amazed by the children’s depth of knowledge about the different planets of the solar system. The children have also been finding out about the continents of the world and learnt some interesting facts to help remember the names. They were full of enthusiasm whilst singing the songs that have helped them to learn so much and the children (and adults!) across the school couldn’t help but join in!
Recorder Assembly: On Wednesday 22nd May, we were treated to a special assembly led by Miss Sinclair, who has been teaching our Year 4 children how to play the recorder. We were surprised to find out that the children had only started learning the instrument in January but were very proficient and were able to play along to some familiar songs including Eye of the Tiger and We will Rock You. Parents and children alike enjoyed this special assembly.
Online Safety: On Tuesday 21st May, Year 5 and 6 were visited by two PCSOs for an assembly about online safety. The children were taught about the steps that they should put in place to ensure they stay safe when online, especially when they are using apps and taking part in online gaming. They also had the opportunity to ask the PCSOs any questions or share any concerns that they had about staying safe online.
Tour de France: The school football team returned to Coventry after a very enjoyable tournament in Hordain, France in the early hours of Tuesday morning (21st May). The team did brilliantly and finished 9th out of 20 teams, having played against some very competitive European teams. They won all three of their matches on the second day, including knocking out the host team in a penalty shootout! The children especially enjoyed experiencing European culture by staying with host families, which included them tasting local cuisine and trying to communicate in a mixture of English and French.
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Last Week's News 17th My 24
Fri 17 May 2024RSP visit to Pizza Express: On Wednesday 15th May, RSP enjoyed their visit to Pizza Express, where they got to make their own pizzas, whilst learning all about the skills needed to work in a professional kitchen! The children rolled out the dough and added sauce and cheese! They couldn’t wait to take their pizzas home to share with their families.
Year 6 SATs: Our Year 6 children completed their Key Stage 2 SATs in the week beginning 13th May. Staff were very impressed with the attitude and behaviour of all of our children and we know that whatever the results are, the children couldn’t have worked any harder. We would like to say a huge well done to all of the children for their excellent efforts this week. As a reward, the children came to school in their pyjamas today and had a movie morning in the school hall!
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Last Week's News 10th May 24
Mon 13 May 2024Dentist in Year 1: On Thursday 9th May, Year 1 were joined by some oral hygienists who talked to them about the importance of brushing their teeth and eating a healthy diet. They explained what happens when you visit a dentist and how to keep teeth and gums healthy and strong. They all agreed to make sure they brush their teeth twice a day to help keep them in great condition.
Reception trip to Warwick Castle: On Wednesday 8th May, our Reception children enjoyed a trip to Warwick Castle. When first arriving at the castle, the children were greeted by some very beautiful peacocks as well as an archer who was perfecting his target practise! The children were wowed by the size of the castle and enjoyed exploring both the king maker exhibition and the state rooms, which demonstrated how and what the castle would have looked like in the past. We were treated to a fantastic birds of prey show with condors, owls, eagles and vultures swooping over our heads! The day ended with a play in the Zog playground as well as the unique experience of putting the teachers in the stocks! A fantastic time was had by all, and the children were a credit to the school.
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Last Week's' News 3rd May 24
Tue 07 May 20242JL’s Class Assembly: On Friday 3rd May, we learned a lot about King Henry VIII, a very famous king who had six wives. 2JL sang a great song to remind us what happened to each of his wives: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. We don’t think King Henry was a very nice man!
Year 4 Trip: Year 4 visited Wroxeter Roman City on Thursday 2nd May. They looked at the remains of what was the fourth largest Roman city in Britain which is gradually being uncovered by archaeologists. The children toured the site and explored the ruins with their guide who was dressed in Roman attire. They listened to stories of that time.
RSR Visit to Pizza Express: On Wednesday 1st May, Miss Renshaw's class enjoyed a visit to Pizza Express, where they got make their own pizzas, whilst learning all about healthy eating. The children rolled out the dough, added sauce and cheese and even learnt how to throw the pizzas in the air! Afterwards they were able to enjoy their pizzas, picnic style, in the park before having a great time in the adventure playground.
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Last Week's News 26th April 24
Mon 29 Apr 2024Bikeability: 5LM have been enjoying their Bikeability training this half term (Summer 2024). The children have gained confidence using two wheels, boosted their cycling skills and, for our more confident riders, have been learning how to cycle safely on the roads. The cycling team have praised the class for their excellent listening skills and fantastic attitude to improving their cycling.
Visit to China: In the week commencing 15th April, I was part of a delegation from England to visit Wuhan in China to set up exchange visits between our schools. I was overwhelmed by the hospitality and kindness that I was shown while I was there. It was fascinating to see how Chinese primary schools are run and interesting to see the scale of them; the ones I visited had between 3000-5000 pupils and they are all desperate for us to send some pupils to visit them. They also want to send some children to see how we teach at Moat House. I have applied for a grant to enable us to take some children to visit our sister schools in Wuhan and if we are awarded the funding I'll be talking with children and parents to arrange the trip. It will be the trip of a lifetime!
Attendance Rewards: We are excited to share with you our two amazing attendance and punctuality competitions that we are currently running in school. Firstly we have our brand new Punctuality Challenge, where children can earn a trip to something really exciting like bowling, the cinema, McDonald’s or soft play. The actual prize will be decided after feedback from classes to the School Council. To be entered into the draw to win this prize, children need to arrive at school before 8:50 am to earn a ticket that will go into the draw. Children will therefore be able to earn five tickets every week. If your name is drawn out of the hat, YOU WIN! This will be running until Friday 17th May with the draw being held in the last week of term. Secondly we have our Attendance Challenge which runs until July. The prize for this will be a trip to Smyths to spend £100 on whatever the child picks. This could be video games, soft toys, bikes or Lego; literally anything the children would like. There will be three separate winners for this! To be in with a chance, children’s attendance will have to be over 96% between now and the end of the school year; this means that children can miss no more than two days . More details will be coming out in the forthcoming weeks - keep your eye on the school newsletter and website. Good Luck!
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Last Week's News 19th April 24
Mon 22 Apr 20241RW’s Class Assembly: On Friday 19th April, we enjoyed a wonderful assembly courtesy of 1RW – they shared that they had recently been on a trip to Bell Green Library, where they learnt about different types of books, including fiction, non-fiction and poetry. They have also been reading story books in class and they told us about some of the authors that they have been introduced to, including Alex Scheffler and Julia Donaldson. They also sang a song about their love of reading and did a fantastic job of remembering the words. Thank you 1RW!
Year 5 Visit to Black Country Museum: On Wednesday 17th April, Year 5 visited the Black Country Living Museum as part of their upcoming topic on the Industrial Revolution. During the visit, the children had the chance to visit various shops and buildings from the Victorian era, such as a chemist, homes belonging to rich and poor families and a Victorian school. They also had the opportunity to speak to Victorian characters, who explained what life was like back then. For the final part of the trip, the children went down a coal mine and experienced for themselves what it would have been like to have been a coal mine worker during the time. Altogether, the children had a fantastic time and learned a lot about the era.
Bikeability in Year 5: Over the last couple of weeks, 5LM have been enjoying their first sessions of Bikeability. The sessions have involved the children learning how to safely get on and off a bike, how to push themselves off to start riding and how to ride a bike correctly. For the more confident bike riders, an explanation of how to signal before turning was given and the children then had the chance to try out the skill. All of the children have been really well behaved and cannot wait for their next sessions.
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Last Week's News 12th April 24
Mon 15 Apr 2024Governors’ Awards: On Thursday 11th April, a special ceremony was held to recognise children at Moat House, who have worked hard or shown good behaviour or attitude during the Spring 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
Offrande and Jackson
Y3
Simon and Zara
YR
Makanka and Divya
Y4
Alicja and Jochebed
Y1
Cadeau and Varuntej
Y5
Malachi and Annalise
Y2
Patricia, Manseerat and Colin
Y6
Nicole and Sahr
Year 6 Warwick University Visit: On Thursday 11th April, thirty Year 6 pupils visited Warwick University to take part in a Lego robotics workshop. This involved writing codes to make a robot perform certain actions (such as speeding up, slowing down, turning or making sounds) when their sensors spotted different things. To do this, the children had to create some tricky algorithms and repair them when they didn't work correctly. After this, the children were taught all about university life and took part in a question and answer session with some student ambassadors. To finish the day, the children were taken on a tour of the university. Everyone had a great day and all of the children are now very excited to go to university when they grow up! Well done Year 6.
Year 1 Library Visit: In the week commencing 8th April, Year 1 visited Bell Green Library. They were very excited and many children pointed out parts of the local area that they were familiar with. Once there, we met the librarian and learnt about the different books that they had, which included fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We had time to browse the books and read some of them and the librarian read some of her favourites to us too. We had such a great visit and we hope to return again next half term!
This week’s words:
KS1 (Grasshopper)
KS2 (Shinobi)
afraid
avoid
better
cower
echo
diligent
gang
engross
joy
fragile
Word of the Day: One of our key areas as a school this term is to develop our children’s vocabulary. Every day, your children will be introduced to a new word and as well as discussing the definition, we will also help children use the word in sentences that they say and write. Every week in the newsletter we will share the latest words of the week. Please help us to develop your children’s use of language by encouraging them to use the words at home.
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Last Week's News 22nd March 24
Mon 25 Mar 20245JK’s Assembly: Thank you to 5JK who shared a wonderful assembly on Friday 22nd March all about Australia. They shared some fascinating information, including that 10% of all the world’s fish live in the Great Barrier Reef, as well as the fact that there is so much desert in Australia that it appears red from space! We all enjoyed listening to an extract of an aboriginal playing a didgeridoo and the children did a super job of singing the national anthem, Advance Australia Fair.
Book Fair: Our Book Fair was collected on Wednesday 20th March and we would like to thank you all for visiting and purchasing books for your children to enjoy. As an additional bonus, the school will receive a percentage of the total number of books purchased, to buy more books for our school library. Happy reading everyone!
Key Stage 2 Engineering: Our Year 4, 5 and 6 children enjoyed a visit from Warwick University’s Engineering Team on Wednesday 20th March and explored lots of different aspects of engineering and how it influences everyday life. Years 4 and 5 got involved in a range of experiments, including generating electricity with their bare hands and making submarines sink and float. Year 6 enjoyed coding to create their own unique pieces of machine embroidery. All of the children had a fantastic time, and many would now like to become engineers themselves!
Rocksteady: We were privileged to watch the first live performances from our five rock bands on Tuesday 19th March. Children from Reception through to Year 6 played or sang to us and they were all brilliant! Each group had drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and vocals and the children showed how much they have learned since starting in January. I’m already looking forward to the Summer concert!
Parents’ Evening: Thank you to those people who were able to attend parents’ evening in the week commencing 18th March. If you were unable to see your child’s teacher, please don’t hesitate to request a separate appointment, either via the school office or by speaking to your child’s class teacher.
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Last Week's News 15th March 24
Mon 18 Mar 2024Red Nose Day: Thank you for your support by enabling your children to dress in red on Friday 15th March for Red Nose Day. Your children took part in activities in class, which included decorating a biscuit. We managed to raise £227.17 in total. Thank you.
Year 4 Camping: On Thursday 14th March, there were lots of excited Year 4 children because they had the opportunity to stay overnight at school in tents. Despite the rain, the children all had a wonderful time playing torch tig, hide and seek with the highlight of the evening being a camp fire where they enjoyed s’mores.
Year 3 Music Workshop: On Wednesday 13th March, Year 3 took part in Coventry Music's Creature Cantata II - a singing festival for local Schools - at Coventry Central Hall. They have been working hard this term to learn ten songs which celebrate nature and the animal kingdom. In the afternoon, the children participated in a workshop, alongside children from other schools. In the evening, the children then sang to an audience, accompanied by a live band! The children had a fantastic day and sang beautifully. Thank you very much to the parents who were able to come and watch the performance. Mark Steele, who organised the event, complimented our children’s singing and behaviour.
Severn Trent Assembly: On Wednesday 13th March, the children learnt a lot from a Super Sewers assembly, led by Beth from Severn Trent Water. Beth talked to the children in an interactive way about what should and shouldn’t be put down the toilet or down the sink. They introduced a memorable phrase to the children: “don’t be a blocker, be a binner,” which will hopefully keep all of our toilets and drains, at home and school, clear from problems.
Year 5 Visit to Grace Academy: On Tuesday 12th March, Year 5 were fortunate enough to visit Grace Academy to watch their students in a performance of Matilda. It was lovely to see some of our previous students on stage performing in such a confident manner. The Year 5 children thoroughly enjoyed the show and are looking forward to the next one.
School Council: On Monday 11th March, our Key Stage 1 School Council members visited Castle Wood, where they shared the work they have been doing on improving waste collection on the shared school site. They all represented Moat House brilliantly and were treated to an Easter egg hunt, as a reward for their excellent work!