19th March 2021 - Congratulations to our National Winner - Moyles Court School
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Congratulations to our National Winner
Re
sur
Issue 22
gam
19th March 2021
“Seven days without laughter makes one weak.”
Mort Walker
Whilst reflecting on the events of this last year, one
Head’s of the factors that has clearly helped many people ‘get
Words through’ and survive such a traumatic year has been
the support of others and the humour that comes
It’s quite remarkable to think with that. There really is nothing like a good laugh
that it is now a full year since to make things feel a little better and my thoughts
our Prime Minister announced on the importance of ‘happiness’ in school and in life
the start of social distancing are pretty well known by now. As Andrew Carneg-
to help combat the spread of ie famously said, “There is little success where there
coronavirus in the UK. is little laughter” and how wonderful has it been to
On the 16th March 2020 everything changed and the see and hear our children laughing and enjoying
following weeks passed by in something of a blur. their days back in school once again. Comic Relief
Schools closed on the 20th, quickly followed by res- harnesses that power of laughter and as they quite
taurants and other services and we all started to get rightly proclaim at the start of this year’s fundraising
used to working and learning from home (well, sort event, ‘Funny can change things. It can connect us.
of). ‘Lockdown’,’ unprecedented’ and ‘new normal’ be- It can be the difference.’ Humour does indeed con-
came the phrases of the moment and we clapped for nect us; it creates a wonderfully close bond between
the NHS and carers every Tuesday night. I remember those involved and a shared sense of enjoyment and
thinking at the time that life would be back to nor- being. This last year hasn’t always been full of laugh-
mal after Easter or, in the worst possible case, after ter, but when it has, it has made an enormous differ-
the May half term of 2020 and yet, here we are, one ence to us all. I hope you all enjoy the good humour
year on and still waiting for that sense of normality that Comic Relief will provide this evening, whilst
to return. We all have our own memories and stories also raising money for a wonderful cause. We will
from the last year and, unsurprisingly, many are refer- be doing the same here next week, as we transform
ring to 2020 as ‘the worst year ever’. That has inevita- Moyles Court into Hogwarts for our Harry Potter
bly prompted a discussion in school and our seniors day. I have no doubt that it will be a day (and a week)
have been comparing the last year with other ‘horrific full of happiness and laughter, and as the wonderfully
years’ in history such as 536 when a disastrous volcan- profound Albus Dumbledor once told us, “happiness
ic eruption in Iceland dimmed the sun for a year and can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only
a half; or 1347-49 when the Bubonic Plague was at remembers to turn on the light.” Brilliant.
its peak; or 1918 when the conflict of the First World
War was joined by the outbreak of the Spanish Flu; or Wishing you all a wonderfully happy and laughter
1943 when the world witnessed some of the deadliest filled weekend.
battles of WW2 and the Nazi’s genocide of the Jewish
population reached its peak. However, for most peo-
ple alive today, no event has had such an impact as
Covid-19. Even huge catastrophes, such as 9/11, and Mr. Milner-Smith
political upheavals, like Brexit, rarely define a whole
year in the way that this pandemic has. Will it be the
strangest year of our lives?
House Points
House Points Strikes Total
court s
chool Dockens 1750 3 1747
Moyles
Harry Potter Day
Latchmore 2409 1 2408
25th March
Linford 1686 0 1686
Junior School Early Years
Reflections News
Well done to all of our Junior Pre-school have been exploring
School pupils on yet another fan- an under the sea topic, through
tastic week. It’s very hard to be- our daily circle times we have
lieve that we are approaching the been thinking about all the dif-
final week of this extraordinary ferent creatures that live under-
term, but we are nearly there! Not only that, but we are water.
now firmly in that beautiful season of Spring. The daf-
fodils are blooming on our wonderful front paddock Our arts and crafts activities have been focused on
and lawn, the trees are starting to come to life again and making paper plate jelly fish and turtles. Through
you can hear the birds at breaktimes. music and movement we have been focusing on the
different ways in which the animals move and reen-
It truly is a wonderful place to be right now. Spring is acted this to music. We will all be budding deep sea
that much-loved season where we begin to reap our re- divers one day!
wards for all of that hard work throughout the year. It
has been a pleasure to see how our pupils have grown
in confidence and have blossomed into wonderful,
young human beings. Those seeds have been carefully
planted earlier in the year and now we are beginning to
see just how good they all can be. The famous actress
Audrey Hepburn once said something remarkable and
beautiful about Spring:
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.”
A gorgeous quote, but also one that carries a lot of im-
portant meaning, especially in this strange time that
we are living in. Keep planting those gardens, children!
Keep planting those seeds of knowledge, inspiration,
enthusiasm, a desire to help others and resilience, and
who knows what tomorrow could look like for all of us.
Congratulations Mariama!
Mariama T. in Year 11 has won 1st place in the KS4
Textiles part of the ISA’s national competition. Within
the Independent Schools Association (ISA) there are
over 500 schools, which makes this awar all the more
incredible. We are so proud of Mariama’s achievements
and also want to say a big thank you to her textiles
teacher Mrs. Sharp
Stars Year 1 - Seth
of
Congratulations, Seth! Mr. Legg is delighted with
your outstanding hard work and progress in all
areas of your study, particularly with your read-
the ing, sounds, and writing! You have made the most
amazing contributions to class and really shone
week
when thinking of ideas to include in your Jumbled
up fairy tale. Well done, Seth!
Year 2 - Ava Year 3 - Connie
Well done, Ava! You are Year 2’s Star of the Week. Congratulations, Connie! Miss Turner has said that
Mrs. Cheal has lots of beautiful things to say about you have had a “super week!” You have worked real-
you! According to Mrs. Cheal, you have ‘bounced’ ly hard in Literacy, producing fantastic report writ-
your way back into school since the recent lock- ing, and you have worked well through your maths
down! You are full of energy and excitement every work on measurement. Miss Turner also has this
single day, consistently producing work of a high to say: “Connie always works well independently
standard and eager to learn more! Thank you Ava or as part of a team and is very supportive to her
for always bringing such great energy to our class- classmates. She is always keen to learn and keeps
the whole class smiling! Well done, Connie!”
Year 4 - Samuel Year 5 - Oliver
A big congratulations to you, Samuel! Mr. Hutch- Congratulations, Oliver! Mrs. Walbrin has called
ings is very, very pleased with how you are applying you a “Maths whizz!” According to Mrs. Walbrin,
yourself and working hard in these last few weeks. you are always prepared to take on the challenge.
You have continued to work hard across all sub- If you make a mistake, you are always determined
jects since returning to school, especially applying to try again, discover where you went wrong and
yourself to English and listening carefully to new achieve the correct answer. You’re also a friend to
inputs in maths lessons. Very well done, Samuel! everyone you meet and always work well in group
situations.
Year 6 - Tom
Well done, Tom! You are a superstar. I have been very
impressed with how you have applied yourself this
week in a range of tasks. Your science investigation
work with parallel circuits was fantastic, as were your
acting skills in your video news reports. I have also
enjoyed reading your volcano non-chronological re-
port! Overall, you are a very friendly person and can
always be trusted to bring laughter and joy to the Stars of
the week
group with your brilliant one-liners. Well done on a
superb week.
year three by Miss Turner Year 3 have had a great week! We planted some sun- flowers last week in our science lesson, the class have been split into groups and have placed their plants in different locations to test how the different environ- ments effects how their sunflowers grow. We are start- ing to see growth in some of our plants which is very exciting!! We have been on a virtual tour of the Harry Potter Studios in London and compared some reports and opinions of this tour before they wrote their own re- port of the tour. They have thought about the different language used to describe their thoughts and ideas of the tour. We had an exciting week learning about measure- ment and even went outside and measured flowers, leaves and sticks before measuring each other's height against the trees! Year four News By Mr. Hutchings Ready for Roman Day The Year 4 children have been busy preparing for being signed up to the Roman Army next week. Here you can see some of the amazing helmets and gladius swords already designed, as well as the excellent progress be- ing made building their own Roman shields. The papi- er-mache is complete and the shields are now ready for their read coat and symbols. Roman Day - Wednesday 24th March.
Red
Nose 19/03/2021
Day
Year six science By Mr. Babur
Year 6 have had a fun-filled few weeks with their
Science work. Last week, we all enjoyed participat-
ing in British Science Week 2021. This week, Year 6
continued their love and passion for the subject by
learning about circuits. In particular, the group
began to learn about how parallel circuits could
be constructed. We were lucky enough to have
access to the super-fun electricity packs that Mr.
Stickley kindly let us borrow, which the children
then used to create fantastic series and parallel
circuits, using components such as cells, light
bulbs, buzzers, push switches, and many more! The
children's minds were blown when parallel circuits
were demonstrated to them and they had lots of fun
creating these in their groups. A special mention
has to go to Ellis, Lucas and Tom's group, who came
up with all sorts of fun experiments of their own
using this equipment. Truly a creative bunch!
For more photos check out @moylescourt on Instagram
Year six News reports
By Mr. Babur
Year 6 have had a very exciting week. After lots of prepa-
ration, we were able to film our news reports! Their top-
ic in Literacy is "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" and the
children were split up into groups and given the task
of creating a news report based on an Earthquake in
Nepal. The pupils all worked very hard in their groups,
sharing responsibilities to ensure that everyone had an
equal and vital role in preparing for this task. When
it came to the filming, the children were model pro- Overall, all of the groups performed very well and
fessionals, and many groups completed their report in have continued to raise that bar with the quality of
one or two takes! Special mentions have to go to Jack their work. Well done to you all!
for his wonderful presenting, Sienna for perhaps be-
ing the most flamboyant presenter Moyles Court News
has ever seen, and the group of Eli, Monty and Rory,
who went for the serious and realistic route with their
approach, which came off to great effect! The groups
learned about asking open and closed questions when
preparing to interview each other and this led to some
really thought-provoking moments in their reports.
Year 11 - back in the
Artroom
HEADMASTER’S
COMMENDATION
Last week we brought you an incredible piece of artwork from
Raff in Year 5. Mr. Milner-Smith was so blown away by his won-
derful efforts, that he awarded Raff with a special Headmaster’s
Commendation.
You can also read
