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Holland Moor children celebrated the Royal Wedding on 29 April 2011 with a corridor breakfast party. They all came smartly dressed, the boys even with ties. Radio Wish FM and Radio Rock FM reported about it. Click on the links to listen to it. We all had a lot of fun and send our good wishes for a happy life together to The Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and his wife Catherine. More pictures are on our Gallery.


Three Cheers for Holland Moor and its children yet again. Today, 15 Dec 2010, we won the Procter & Gamble Community Art Competition.
	Their factory and distribution centre is in Skelmersdale. £500 from them (Thank you) will go into the school funds and will help us to become even better and even more successful. Right: The Mayor came and looked at our displays. Click here to see more.

Our clubs are in full swing again. Click here to find links to ALL clubs, including pictures of their activities; for example: Activity Club, Cookery Club, ICT Club	Our indefatigable photographer, Mrs Causer, has been up at the crack of dawn to capture the beauty of Holland Moor in winter. Click here to see more of her pictures.	Stray giraffe in Holland Moor looking for zebra crossing to return to the warm steppes of Africa. Children are feeding him sandwiches at breaktime. Look also at our Nasobem below.

Visit to Procter & Gamble		More awards for Holland Moor
	On 17 Nov 2010 we visited the factory and distribution centre of Procter & Gamble in Skelmersdale. We learnt how the food is processed in the factory and how it finds its way from there into the supermarkets. We also learnt about food hygience. There are many more pictures in our Gallery.	Holland Moor has received four awards: "Committed to ICT", "Healthy School", "SEAL: Social and Emotiional Aspects of Learning" and "Sports Award".

Work done by our children: Nursery:	Reception S	Work done by our children: Reception Class P
Our children have been drawing and creating artworks out of shapes. See more of there work here.	Our children get hands-on experience of wild plants. Click here to find out what Reception Class S has been doing indoors and outdoors.	Reception Class P has been producing art work depicting Autumn (water colours and computer art). Click here to see more of their work.

Work done by our children: Class 1	Work done by our children: Class 1-2	Work done by our children: Class 2
Children of Class 1 created computer art and beautiful water colours. See more of their work.	Our children have been creating paintings and computer art in the style of Mondrian. Click here to see more of their work.	Children of Class 2 have been looking at toys from the past and described them. Jamie wrote about tin cars. James wrote about a clockwork train, and Reece described a Victoria cup-and-ball toy. Click here to see their achievements.

Class 3	Work done by our children: Class 3-4	Work done by our children: Class 3-4
	Three children from Class 3-4 have had their excellent work published on the website: Niamh published his diary from a tropical island, Shaun observed the fairies at work and play, Ethan published a report about four strange escaped animals, ferocious ones, in a local newspaper. Click here to read these amazing stories in full.	The animal on the left is a Nasobem (Nose Walker). It walks on its noses and smells with its feet. But its feet are not smelly. This is an extremely rare creature, but we have one at Holland Moor. We love our Nasobem. We have more budding journalists in Class 3-4. Jessica and Clara have written about a lorry on fire at a filling station. Imagine the explosion if the petral had caught fire! Alfie reported about the disappearance of chatty children from Hamelin. The town is now quiet as a grave. Shaun reported about the great floods in Skelmersdale. Click here to read these great reports from Class 3-4.

Work done by our children: Class 4	Work done by our children: Class 5	Work done by our children: Class 5-6
Budding reporters from Class 4 wrote about some dramatic incidents for their newspapers. Lottie wrote about a political protest at the Epsom Races resulting in serious injuries, Tiana reported about a hospital fire and Tom wrote about rumours of an invasion of Holland Moor by aliens. Click here to read these amazing stories in full.	Children of Class 5 have been practising various styles of writing. An abused woman with a cruel bully of a brother vows sweet revenge. A computer user reviews the quality of the printed instructions. Click here to see more of their work. The Office Assistant looks pleadingly at the reviewer hoping he won't be sacked.	Budding writers and journalists in Class 5-6: Martin mimicked Adrian Mole, Georgia mimicked Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Luke wrote about Nottingham Castle. Click here to see their work.

Creative writing in Class 6:
	Katie wrote a poem about a day at the beach. Daniel, Grace and Katie were stranded on desert islands and wrote about their astonishing experiences. They discovered that the dodo is not as dead as a dodo, but still alive and well. Click here to read their stories in full.



	Archery practice at Holland Moor Click here to see more pictures of our fantastic outdoor activities	3 minutes skip for your life with Radio Rock FM Doesn't the ice and snow seem such a distant memory, or was it a nightmare?

		Girls' cricket team
Holland Moor now have a wonderful on-line learning aid, called Moodle (and friendly like a Poodle). Children, parents and teachers can access it through the Internet at any time, day and night, to learn something interesting, to chat with each other, do a quiz and many other useful things. For some pages you need a password and not everybody is allowed in. Click here to go to Holland Moor Moodle. If you get stuck, ask the class teacher for advice.

Class 1 and Class 1-2 visited Beeston Castle, Cheshire


Holland Moor plays at Anfield
Holland Moor boys played at Anfield. Click here to see more pictures and to read what the Liverpool Echo had to say about us.

Visit to Beacon Country Park
	Class 5-6 visited Beacon Country Park. They had lots of fun, flying kites they had made themselves, picnicking, rolling down the hill ( ROFL :-) ) and taking their own digital photographs.	Everyone had a brilliant time. Click here to see more pictures of that wonderful day.

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	Left: Class 2 visited Skipton Castle. Click here to see more stunning photographs. Right: Class 1 visited Beacon Country Park. Click here to see really super-stunning photographs.

Holland Moor offers a wonderful range of clubs, 18 in all. Find out more about them. Then join and have fun.	Art, Athletics, Chess, Choir, Cookery, Cricket, Dance,	Football, Gardening, Homework, ICT, Multi-skills, Netball, Outdoor adventure, Tennis

Congratulations to Headteacher Ben Turner wrote in the Liverpool Echo on 19 May 2009: "A HEADTEACHER has been honoured by Ofsted. Michael Beale, who has been at the helm of Holland Moor Primary in Skelmersdale for over 25 years was congratulated by Her Majesty's chief inspector of education, children's services and skills, Christine Gilbert, during a celebratory event recognising outstanding schools in England." More words of praise, click here.	Congratulations to Headteacher Steven Hanlon, Councillor in Moorside, wrote on the web on 20 May 2009: "I visited this school when I was a Councillor in Moorside and it is an amazing place of learning. Mr Beale, the headmaster, has built a school that is equally concerned with the locality and nearby residents as it is with the children." More words of praise, click here. A well-wisher has donated a second walnut tree to the school in recognition to its achievements. Soon there will be a walnut forest in Holland Moore. Is this a nutcase?	New running club We have a new running club for all KS2 pupils.

School gardens

Go to our Gallery to see wonderful pictures of our wonderful gardens and the works of art that live in them.

Listen to our choir Our choir sang at MEN (Manchester Evening News Arena). Click here for pictures or just listen to them. Newsletters If you want to read more about the many things that are happening at Holland Moor, read our newsletters.

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