Coventry and Warwickshire Radio visited our school on Friday 20^th May and captured the moment Dave Moorcroft officially opened the Year 6 stairwell.

On Friday 20^th May, we were delighted to welcome Dave Moorcroft in to Moat House to officially open the stairwell up to the Year 6 classrooms, where a unique Coventry timeline has recently been installed. It was a particularly special event, as it was our first whole school assembly, since the Covid pandemic began and so it was wonderful to see the children from Year 1 to Year 6 altogether again. Dave Moorcroft, who was the world record holder for the 5000 metres from 1982 – 1985, gave us all a fascinating insight into the build up to his amazing athletic achievement and inspired the children with his encouraging words to try your best in all that you do. It was wonderful to meet Dave as he is the namesake for one of our house teams and we hope that he will visit us again soon. 

On Friday 20^th May, we were delighted to welcome Dave Moorcroft in to Moat House to officially open the stairwell up to the Year 6 classrooms, where a unique Coventry timeline has recently been installed. It was a particularly special event, as it was our first whole school assembly, since the Covid pandemic began and so it was wonderful to see the children from Year 1 to Year 6 altogether again. Dave Moorcroft, who was the world record holder for the 5000 metres from 1982 – 1985, gave us all a fascinating insight into the build up to his amazing athletic achievement and inspired the children with his encouraging words to try your best in all that you do. It was wonderful to meet Dave as he is the namesake for one of our house teams and we hope that he will visit us again soon. 

After the success of last half term’s Wheel of Winners for children with 100% attendance, we repeated the lucky wheel of fortune on Friday 6^th May. Once again, ten names were randomly chosen to win a voucher. The children were selected by the wheel and they have already received their prize; the winners are as follows: Evie, Leo (Year 1), Kian, Umar, Hope (Year 2), Jayden, Mariana (Year 4), Amelia, Maicey-Leigh (Year 5) and Michael (Year 6), Well done to everyone who achieved 100% attendance - keep up the good work and maybe you will be lucky enough to be chosen by the wheel at the beginning of next half term!

Our “super saving” children were in with a chance of winning an extra contribution to their bank account simply for joining the school bank and depositing their pocket money! The children were selected randomly on Friday 6^th May and will be rewarded with £5 (this will be deposited directly into their bank account in due course). The lucky winners are as follows: Senai, Aariana, Henley, Mohamed, Shamil, Riley, Amelia, Samiha, Inayah and Julian. If you would like to be in with a chance of winning a prize in our next draw, all you need to do is join our school bank or continue to deposit money into your account – it can even be as little as 1p!

After the success of last half term’s Wheel of Winners for children with 100% attendance, we repeated the lucky wheel of fortune on Friday 6^th May. Once again, ten names were randomly chosen to win a voucher. The children were selected by the wheel and they have already received their prize; the winners are as follows: Evie, Leo (Year 1), Kian, Umar, Hope (Year 2), Jayden, Mariana (Year 4), Amelia, Maicey-Leigh (Year 5) and Michael (Year 6), Well done to everyone who achieved 100% attendance - keep up the good work and maybe you will be lucky enough to be chosen by the wheel at the beginning of next half term!

Our Year 6 children completed their Key Stage 2 SATs in the week beginning 9^th May. Staff were very impressed with the attitude and behaviour of all the 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 (and parents!) for excellent attendance during this week.

On Friday 29^th April, some children from KS2 participated in the Young Voices concert at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham. During the show, they sang a range of songs, including hits from 'The Lion King' and a medley of songs by The Beatles, to a full audience with children from twelve other schools. Moat House children were particularly fantastic at singing 'Power in Me'. They were able to work with a conductor as well as sing and dance alongside some very talented performers, including singer Ruby Turner and dance group Urban Strides. They particularly enjoyed learning to beat box with The Beatbox Collective, who are World Beatbox Champions! Everyone had a fantastic day and sang on the coach the whole way home! 

On Tuesday 3^rd May, the Reception children enjoyed a trip to Warwick Castle as part of their topic.  On arriving at the castle, the children were amazed by the size of the castle! The children 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.  They were then treated to a fantastic birds of prey show with condors, owls, eagles and vultures swooping over their heads!  The day ended with fun in the new Zog playground and the children especially enjoyed putting the staff in the stocks!  A fantastic time was had by all and the children were a credit to the school.