Greeting

Happy Holidays to one and all!

Keep safe and warm and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

School reopens on January 3rd 2012 at 8:55.

Mrs de Oliveira

Year 1 performance

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please may I draw to your attention the change in time for the Year 1 Christmas performance. It will now begin at 2:15 pm on Wednesday. It is sure to be as fabulous as the Eid celebration earlier this month.

Thank you to those of you who have begun to leave comments on the blog.Your feedback is much appreciated. Please do click on the comment link to read other comments that have been left.


Mrs. de Oliveira

Winter Weather

As you may know last month was the driest November on record! We have been waiting for winter to start for so long that now the cold weather is here, it has taken some of us by surprise. Here are some handy hints to help you cope with the cold weather.

1) Wrap up warm- dig out your hats, scarves and gloves from last year. When you are in school you can stuff hats, scarves and gloves down your coat sleeves, to keep them all in one place. Putting your name on labels is also helpful.

2) Winter coats- it sounds obvious, but check coats are still waterproof and make sure they still fit!

3) Wear lots of layers- put on your vests! Layers of clothes trap warm air in between them to keep you nice and warm.

4) Set out early- we all know on cold weather days the pavements may be icy or slippy. To avoid slips leave the house nice and early, so that you can take your time getting to school and still be on time.

5) Have a hearty breakfast- Rememer to join us at Brekfast Club, fo a warm breakfast of beans, toast or porridge. A fabulous way to start the day!!

Keep warm, keep safe and keep coming to school on time!

Mrs. de Oliveira

Suggestions

Dear Parents,

You should be receiving a letter informing you that we are hoping to establish an After school Club, in the new year. I will be sending out more information, including prices in the near future.

I would also like this opportunity to remind you that this blog is available to you, for your suggestions or ideas, on how we can continue to make positive improvements to Moorside School and the Fedration of Arthur's Hill Primary Schools.

C. de Oliveira

Achievement assembly KS1

Well done to those pupils in key stage 1 who were awarded for their achievements today. 1R had the most improved attendance. The highest attendance award goes to Ms. Carroll's class. Fabulous!

Thank you for the parents who attended. The children always love to see you there.

I hope you all have a wonderful half term holiday. I look forward to seeing you all on Monday 31st October.

Mrs de Oliveira

Harvest celebration

Thank you to all those families who have given so generously to this year's Harvest Collection. It looks like there will be a dead heat between Nursery and Year 5, for which classes donated the most. The winning classes will have the opportunity to deliver the food to our local charity.
Well done to all those pupils who were presented with certificates in today's achievement assembly. I am really looking forward to handing out more tomorrow.
5P have won the DSs next week for achieving 99.6% attendance last week and 4H have 5 minutes extra playtime for having the most 100% attendees! Keep up the good work.
As a reminder to all families, absence from school will only be granted for exceptional circumstances.

Mrs de Oliveira

Parents' Evening

Thank you to everyone who attended the parents' evening tonight. It was very successful and we had a good turn out. Remember that if you were not able to attend tonight, you can make an appointment to see your child's teacher. Further parent consultations will take place in December and then each month there after, by invitation.
It will be achievement assembly next week, so I look forward to seeing parents there.
After half term I will be providing parents with a monthly dates for your diary. Please remember that we also have 3 plasma screens in school, that will keep you up to date with Moorside events.

Mrs de Oliveira

Attendance

Congratulations to 6SR who have achieved the first 100% attendance of the year. You will of course be rewarded with 5 minutes extra playtime. You will also have use of the DSs this week for having the best attendance.
6VR have the most improved attendance in years 5 and 6 and 4H has the most improved attendance in years 3 and 4.

Well done as well to all those children who have received an achievement certificate today. Remeber you make your families and your school proud!

Congratulations

Well done to all the candidates who attended the interviews today. Mrs. Mussett and I were very impressed by your mature attitudes and thoughtful answers.
You will be pleased to hear that all the candidates were successful and we now have 5 new Breakfast Club Helpers, Vuyo, Wendy, David, Ross and Wayne. I am sure you will join me in congratulating them all.

Mrs de Oliveira

Applicants!

Hi Year 6s,

I hope you have had a good look at the job description. I will have some more letters available tomorrow. There is no need to rush your application as the closing date is the end of Tuesday. Good luck!

Mrs. de Oliveira

Ps. Well done for redeeming yourself David!

Good News!

Today has clearly been a day to celebrate good work. I have handed out 4 head of School, special gold stickers today! So well done Manaswi in Year 3 who read 11 chapters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory last night! Christopher in Year 3 whose behaviour has been excellent! Harvey in Year 3 for writing an excellent piece about Mr. and Mrs Twit! Esha in year 5 who wrote a superb recount! I wonder what wonderful work we can celebrate tomorrow!

Mrs de Oliveira

Well done 4R

Well done 4R you are the first class to respond to my blog! For the rest of you click on the comments section on the first Blog to find out loads of facts about Mozart.
If you are posting a comment, you will be asked to select a profile. Select annymous and when you finish your comment write your name. I hope this helps Precious!

I look forward to reading some more comments and get ready for your next challenge!

Welcome back everyone!

I really hope you have all had a fabulous summer. More importantly I hope you are all ready and looking forward to a great new year at school.
This year I will be keeping this blog. This will help me to give you lots of information and good news. More importantly, the blog is for you to let me know your ideasfor school. Remember if you post a comment on the blog everyone will be able to read it.

I know the new year will be fabulous, you have all settled so well already!

This half term in assemblies you will be listening to the music of Mozart. MRS D'S CHALLENGE: Find something out about Mozart and post it on our blog!