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5th March 2021
“A room without books, is like a body without a soul”
Cicero
I will be reminding our children, every time I see them
Head’s next week, how enormously proud I am of them. We
Words are approaching a year since our first national lock-
down and for a three year old child, that means they
I love books. I love the smell of have spent a third of their life in lockdown, a four year
a book; I love the sound a book old child will have spent a quarter of their short life
makes when you flick through in lockdown (and so on). These are not insignificant
the pages; I love the feel of a periods of time and our single most important aim
book (especially a new one), at Moyles over the next three weeks will be to re-in-
and there’s something very comforting and reassuring tegrate our children back into school life and being
about the weight of a book and that sense of anticipa- back with their friends. Speaking as a parent, as well
tion of something exciting held within. World Book as a Head, please do not get swept along by the media
Day is always such good fun and it was wonderful maelstrom of children having to ‘catch up’ on their re-
to see our pupils and staff enjoying dressing up and turn to school. I’m astonished that this seems to be be-
sharing their love of books even in the remote world ing given a higher priority over their social and emo-
that we have been living in recently. It has been wide- tional development. Let us never forget that happy,
ly reported that the number of people reading in the settled and self-confident children will always make
UK has increased significantly during lockdown and good academic progress as a result of their emotion-
perhaps this could be another one of those unforeseen al well-being. Telling children that they are ‘behind’
benefits of this period of forced isolation. A factor and need to ‘catch up’ is not going to help in anyway
which is often overlooked when discussing the bene- whatsoever.
fits of reading is the role it plays in creating a sense of
inner peace and tranquillity. Diving into a book takes Life at school is still going to be different for a while,
you into a different world; it takes you away from the but we are working on making it as normal and as we
hustle and bustle of everyday life; it removes you from possibly can and the finishing touches to classrooms
the online crazed world where our attention spans and corridors and outdoor spaces are being complet-
seem to be diminishing by the second. It provides a ed today. We are all so very excited about seeing you
calmness and a peace, which sadly cannot always be all on Monday, as we start yet another chapter in this
found. Let’s keep building that love of reading in our amazing book we call life. What a great story our chil-
children, not just because it is the right thing to do dren are writing.
academically, but because it is the right thing to do
for them.
At the time of writing, I am sat in our school library
with our boarders, and I am playing (rather loud-
ly apparently), ‘One Day More’ from the incredible
Les Miserables. It’s a strangely emotional moment if House Points
I’m honest. Here we are, on the brink of our whole
school being back together again and facing just one House Points Strikes Total
more day of remote learning. I would imagine it’s a Dockens 1699 3 1696
sentiment that’s being shared around the country;
that sense of relief that our children will be return- Latchmore 2300 1 2299
ing to school on Monday, combined with that slightly
euphoric feeling of having successfully managed and
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manoeuvred one’s way through tricky times.
Junior School Early Years
Reflections News
This was our last week of “virtu- It has been a very busy week
al learning” and what an event- in the early years celebrating
ful and remarkable week it has Global Development Day, Dr.
been. Our Juniors kickstarted it Seuss’ birthday and World
by taking part in Global Devel- Book Day this week. We have
opment Day, led by the fantastic Mrs. Benham. For loved seeing all the children dress up in their cos-
many of our Juniors, this would have been their first tumes and share their favourite stories!
experience participating in Global Development Day.
We were delighted to see such high levels of partici- As we look forward to the week ahead and every-
pating and such enthusiasm when learning about the one returning to school I just have to mention how
environment and the world around them. Our pupils proud I am of Reception class and how well they
showed great resourcefulness, fantastic critical think- have managed during this lockdown with their re-
ing, and a hunger to complete as many tasks as they mote learning. They have all signed on everyday,
could. We were all seriously impressed. participated in all of the activities and worked so
hard. I know we are all very excited to be returning
Then, as if the week could not get any better, we all on Monday and looking forward to seeing every-
participated in one of the most eagerly anticipated one again! Well done Reception!
events in our calendar...World Book Day! I could not
have been more proud of our Junior School and the
way that they didn’t let lockdown dampen their en-
thusiasm and energy for this event. The photographs
were wonderful. The videos were superb. But, above
all, their eagerness was infectious and I sincerely hope
that we all take this wave of positivity back into school
with us for Monday morning. What an end to our
time learning remotely. Thank you to all of our pupils,
parents, and staff for continuing to all work tireless-
ly during this time. Well done and I look forward to
seeing you all soon!
Stars Year 1 - Ella
of
This is fantastic news. Well done, Ella. Mr. Legg
says that you “always have a massive smile on your
face and are a beacon of light - sharing all of your
the wonderful home learning experiences.” You have
shown such a fantastic effort in your Maths and
week
Literacy this week. You have even produced the
most wonderful writing, using adjectives to de-
scribe fairy tale characters. To top it off, you have
even completed some extra tricky challenges in
Maths when adding and subtracting. Wow! Well
Year 2 - Matthew done, Ella!
An enormous well done to Matthew! Mrs. Cheal
has many, many great things to say about you this
week. You have worked tirelessly online since the Year 3 - Jonathan
start of lockdown. You always complete every task Congratulations for being Year 3’s pupil of the
and continue to throw yourself into every chal- week, Jonathan. Miss Turner has been so very im-
lenge and outdoor activity. You’ve even managed to pressed with your effort, determination and hard
link this outdoor work to your Beavers group, too! work in maths over the last few weeks. Miss Turner
Mrs. Cheal also says, “well done, Matthew! I am ex- also says, “he has been working hard to understand
tremely proud of your efforts throughout. Keep up the topic and his confidence has grown massively,
the good work!” which has supported his learning further. Keep up
the great work, Jonathan!”
Year 4 - Coco
Well done, Coco! You have had a fantastic week Year 5 - Layla
and you really, really enjoyed yourself on Monday’s Congratulations to Layla! Well done. Mrs. Walbrin
Global Development Day! You made some lovely is very pleased with your efforts over this period of
buns in the kitchen, designed a brand new choc- remote learning. You have worked very hard and
olate bar and built your own shoebox house. Mr. always seem to do this with a smile on your face.
Hutchings is very happy with your efforts this week Mrs. Walbrin was also very impressed with the
in all of your studies. A big well done! amount of kilometres that you accumulated during
the half-term period! Keep working hard and well
done for all of your efforts.
Year 6 - Harvey
A big well done to Harvey. He has had a good year
in Year 6 and he has worked well during this lock-
down period. What makes Harvey stand out from the
crowd is that he has continued to work in a different
time zone, which is not an easy thing to do. I admire
his determination and resilience, which are two very
Stars of
important characteristics. We are all very proud of
Harvey and look forward to seeing you soon. Keep
working hard Harvey and well done for your work
over this whole term. Keep plugging away!
the week
World Book Day -
Thursday 4th March 2021
At Moyles Court, we always look forward to World
Book Day and this year by no exception. Despite
taking place in a virtual sense this time around, we
were so very pleased to see that that special Moyles
Court spirit was not dampened at all. Our pupils
(and staff!) continued to wear and show off their
costumes very proudly and we had such a good
time seeing them. The photographs that the pupils
took throughout the day were spectacular, and the
videos that many of them participated in were ex-
traordinary. We were treated to a special dramatic
reading of “Who’s in the loo?” (filmed in an actual
loo!) by Jacob in Year 2, who proudly donned his
rhino costume to great effect. His brother in Year 6,
James, waited especially for nightfall to film his dra-
matic reading, as he took part this year as one of the
“Midnight Gang”, which we all found very fun. Year
5 was taken over by Hobbits this time around, with
Noah and Sebby showing off their terrific sense of
humour with their costume ideas - and a hilarious
video from Sebby, too!
We were delighted to see our Seniors and Board-
ers taking part, too! Brooke dressed up as Zero
from the book “Holes”, a story which she fondly
remembers reading with Mrs. Walbrin in the Jun-
ior School. Jack dazzled us with his impersonation
of Bear Grylls, keeping up his tradition of always
blowing us away on World Book Day! Perhaps the
most random costume idea has to come from Ol-
ivia and Sienna in Year 6, who both decided (at
4pm on Wednesday!!) to dress up the next day as
characters from Thomas the Tank Engine. The art-
and-craft expertise shown by the pupils and their
parents paid off, as the costumes were fabulous and
both pupils brought some of the biggest laughs of
the day.
competitioN time
Don’t forget to send in your
entries for the 500 word 8th March 2021
creative writing competition.
Send them to:
The deadline is 8th March! jamal.babur@moylescourt.co.uk
As always, World Book Day wouldn’t be complete
without the opportunity to see our beloved members
of staff in costume, too! We were very, very impressed
with Mr. Milner-Smith’s costume, as he impressed us
all as “The Hungry Caterpillar” this year. Mrs. Corlett
entertained the pupils as “Kira the Koala” (or Corlett
the Koala, as she calls herself!) and we always look
forward what hilarious characters Mr. Legg can con-
jure up!
In each and every classroom, the day was filled with
laughter and we hope that lots of memories were
made. We shall look back on World Book Day 2021
very fondly and with happy thoughts. Our pupils cap-
tured that important spirit and magic of reading, and
we hope that Thursday has inspired them to keep dis-
covering new and wonderful stories to read and ex-
plore.
The photographs and videos speak for themselves,
and you can view more of these on our Facebook and
Instagram. Trust us, you won’t want to miss out!
Mr. Babur
World book
day 2021
Year 3 - Weekly Review Year 3 this week have been brilliant! We have all had a super week creating adverts in our literacy lesson, they have come up with brilliant slogans and have started designing their adverts. I tasked them to recreate ‘A Starry Night’ by Vincent Van Gogh this week and they have produced some amazing paintings! I have attached some of these for you to check out. We had a fabulous day on Monday celebrating ‘Global Development Day’ and they enjoyed this off timetable day completing a range of activities and getting out- side on scavenger hunts and animal tracking. World Book Day was awesome! They all came onto teams dressed in their costumes and enjoyed complet- ing some of the activities and challenges that had been set. I am so proud of the whole class for the amazing work they have been doing over this term so far, remote learning is not easy and with the addition of a new teacher they have adjusted well and worked really hard! I can’t wait to get into the classroom with them on Monday!
Year 4 - Weekly Review Well Done to all of Year 4 for their incredibly hard work over the last ten weeks. Isla, Samuel, Evie, Jax- on, Coco, Max and Maximus, you have all been Bril- liant! Highlights this week include, Global development day, learning more about Fairtrade and Climate Change, dressing up for World Book day, writing Biographies and our own Autobiographies, paint- ing an abstract Spring, finding different areas in Maths, discovering Boudicca, taking a closer look at micro-habitats and making our own Where’s Wally pages. Arabella - Year 1 Home Challenge Activities
Year1 - Weekly Review Wow!! This week in year one has been a cracker! In addition, to having the most amazing last week of online learning taking part in GD day and world book day, we have been designing our very own fairy tales. This was one of the first times year 1 have undertaken the complete writing process from planning to final draft. I think you’ll agree they have produced some of the most amazing, creative and unique fairy tales. What steps did they go through to produce such amazing work; Firstly, we designed our setting, hero’s a villains. We then planned the main plot using story moun- tains. Thinking about our opening, dilemma, res- olution and that all important happy ending. Next, we started writing the stories and adding so much amazing detail from start to finish. Finally, we composed our final drafts and wrote up the stories ready to enter into the school 500 word creative writing competition. I think you’ll agree they are amazing. Stay tuned to see even more of their finalised stories in the coming days. Some budding, aspiring writers in the making I think you’ll agree!! Olivia Me. (Year 1) is on the hunt for footprints
Year 2 Weekly Review Well the work has continued with great enthusiasm from Year 2 in our last week of online learning! In Maths we are beginning to look at multiplication and division by using arrays to help formulate our number sentences. In Literacy we have been really focussing on sentence structure and how we can vary our sen- tences by using questions, exclamations, statements and commands, all in preparation for writing our own witch stories when we return to school next week. On Monday the class threw themselves into many of the Global Development day activities, searching out food with Fair trade labels/making dens/ scavenger hunts and creating some yummy food to eat- a big thank you to Mrs Benham from us all for organising this and helping raise awareness! In Topic we contin- ued to look at explorers and thought about what ex- plorers would need to take with them for a variety of expeditions from Deep Sea exploration to deserts! It was good to see so many well thought out ideas as to what was really important to pack! The whole class dressed up once more for Word Book day on Thurs- day -thank you to all of Year 2 and your parents for encouraging this and getting involved. Year 2 have worked tirelessly these past few weeks and must be commended for this. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents and grown ups involved who have helped the home schooling to continue. We know it has not been easy (!) but with your help and support education continued through- out which is wonderful! I look forward to welcoming you all back into class on Monday.
Boarding News
Last Saturday the borders enjoyed another walk
in the glorious sunshine. It’s amazing how quick-
ly parts of the forest have dried up, although Miss
Turner did still manage to get a foot stuck in some
mud! (I was too slow to get a photo) Fun was had
balancing on tree branches, soaring through the air
on the rope swing, and of course, kilometres were
added for the Moyles Court Summit Quest Race.
Charity
Annabel is clocking up the miles & is on target to com-
plete her 120 miles for Bournemouth Food Bank! It’s not
too late to donate! Please follow the link below to help
her reach her target.
https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFund-
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