On Thursday 16^th June, parents with children who are due to start our Nursery in September were invited into school to find out about the setting, the school routines and the learning at Moat House. The teachers and teaching assistants introduced themselves and parents were given the opportunity to ask any questions that they may have.

Our children have been excited to earn Golden Tickets in the week commencing 13^th June; these can be earnt for good behaviour, good play and/or taking care of friends at lunchtimes. Every Friday, two tickets from each class are randomly pulled out of a special box and the winning children get to enjoy having a drink of squash and a biscuit or similar treat at three o’clock on a Friday in Mr Black’s office. The winning children this week were: Arla, Melahar, Hunter, Shalom, Harron, Maili, Vera, Ezekiel, Cham, Laura, Zainab, Sennai, Ekaterina and Madison

On May 26th, we held a Jubilee Quiz, which tested the children’s knowledge of Queen Elizabeth II. There were three rounds, consisting of a numbers round, a multiple choice round and a picture round. There were three winning classes and these have been rewarded with an extra playtime. The royal experts are as follows: 2EW, 3DW and 5ST – congratulations!

On May 26th, our football team achieved their biggest ever victory – it was truly historical! They played local rivals, St Patricks and proved that they have got lots of skill, as well as confidence and determination. The final score was 8:0, which included Furaha achieving four of the eight goals. Man of the match was Harry for making some great saves and keeping a clean sheet. This also turned out to be excellent preparation for the football tournament in France.

On June 4^th and 5th, the Moat House football team played very well against European opposition in France. The children battled hard in every match and had to perform under many different weather conditions, including storms, rain and sunshine. When a vital match ended in a draw, the children had to take part in a nail biting penalty shoot out. It was a victory for Moat House and particular mentions must go to Riley for scoring the winning penalty and to Harry for making a crucial save. Credit goes to all of the children who took part. We also had some lovely feedback from the host families who all commented on how well behaved the children were and what good manners they have.

During the week commencing 6^th June, our Year 1 children  showed off their amazing reading skills in the national phonic screening assessment. They used their sounds to read real words, as well as nonsense words. They have all put in lots of effort and we are very proud of them.

On Friday 10^th June, our children in Year 4 and 5 took part in well-being workshops, to promote calmness through breathing techniques. The programme is run by Amy Dickson and is a breathing awareness programme designed to teach primary aged children how to combat and build a resilience to stress and anxiety, through a series of relaxed breathing techniques.

On Friday 20^th May, at our school council meeting, we welcomed some special visitors from the Mental Health in Schools Team. They attended to discuss more about how our School Council could incorporate a Wellbeing Council.  We chatted about how wellbeing for children can be improved at Moat House and our visitors were impressed with the amazing ideas that the children came up with. Watch this space for further information.