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Family Fun Day Out, 8th July
First Poulner Scouts invite you for a fun family day out at Blunts Barn, just down the road north of the school,on 8th July. Lots of fun outdoor activities, BBQ, drinks, swimming and fancy dress! For more information, click here.
Posted by Greg Meakin on Tue, 15 May 2012
Easter Collection for Orphanage
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Easter collection for the Nanyuki orphanage. The many bags of clothes, shoes, food, toys and other items collected are being shipped out in a container later this month. On arrival in Mombasa these items will be delivered under army escort to the children we support in Nanyuki. Everything you do to help makes such a difference, enriching young lives with the basic things they find so hard to come by. We are so grateful for your continued support of this good cause.
Posted by Greg Meakin on Wed, 4 Apr 2012
Sport Relief and Rabbit Runners!
All pupils at Moyles Court School have been involved in fundraising for Sport Relief and other local charities, this and last week. Reception to Year 3 children ran their mile, supported by parents, teachers and grandparents on 23rd March (pictured). A team of staff (Mr Towler, Mr Crist, Bursar Mr Batchelder and Headmaster Mr Meakin) joined the pupil squad in the 5K and 10K Ringwood Rabbit Run on Sunday 25th March. Moyles Court pupils dominated the 12-17 year category leader board at 5K including Toby Blake-Watkins who came 2nd. Mr Crist and Mr Towler were placed in the top 15 of the 10K race. The Rabbit Run is part of 1st Poulner Scouts fund raising to build a Multi-Activity Centre for local children. The rest of the school will be running 1.3 miles cross country on 28th March, completing the fund raising for Sport Relief. In total over 300 miles run and more than £600 will have been raised by the end of the week, in a school of less than 200 pupils. Well done to everyone!
Posted by Greg Meakin on Mon, 26 Mar 2012
Moyles Court to Host RAF Ibsley Revival
RAF Ibsley was one of a dozen WWII RAF and USAAF bases in the New Forest, Hampshire. It closed as an operational fighter station in 1946. A group dedicated to conserving its history and what's left of the airfield will be bringing it back to life on 3rd June with a special day held at Moyles Court School, the main building of which was used for the actual station headquarters.
The theme for the day will be to recreate the atmosphere of a wartime airfield, giving visitors a glimpse of what life was like on a fighter station during WW2. Plans include a wartime cinema, a jubilee street party, military and civilian vehicles of the period, aircraft plotting, wartime fashion and beauty parlour, as well as static and flying aircraft. Ways for visitors to visit the control tower and the battle headquarters bunker are also being investigated. We hope all Moyles Court families will join in, as well as many members of the local community and beyond!
More information is available via the links below:
http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?261-Ibsley/page9
Posted by Greg Meakin on Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Never forgotten, our local heroes - War Memorial Service, Ellingham Drove,
The new vicar of Ellingham, Harbridge and Hyde, Rev. Jenny Alidina, attended her first public engagement on 11 November. She led a group of WW2 veterans accompanied by pupils from
The service was held at the end of the old runway just off Ellingham Drove. The names of all the fallen were read out by the pupils of
A total of 88 people lost their lives whilst stationed at RAF Ibsley and of those 53 were British. Other nationalities included American, French, Dutch, Czech, Australian, South African, Canadian and New Zealanders.
Posted by Greg Meakin on Thu, 17 Nov 2011