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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Reading over the Summer - please keep it up everyone. The rewards are worth it!!
Wed 22 Jul 2015Please do not forget our Great Binfields Summer Reading Challenge 2015. If you have mislaid your form with the madness of the last day of term etc, you can print one off on the Letters page of this website. The prizes are great if I do say so myself and we all know it is important to keep your reading skills top notch or otherwise we get really rusty!!!
You can also become a record breaker this summer by completing the Hampshire Library Challenge! The Summer Reading Challenge 2015, produced by the Reading Agency, takes place across all libraries in Hampshire on the 11 July through to 13 September.
This year, it’s all about Guinness World Records, and in Hampshire they want record breaking results, encouraging as many children as possible to pick up their books, read them and get involved. Hampshire Libraries also have a range of exciting events lined up, for 4-11 year olds, including crafts, workshops, and in some libraries there is even the chance to take part in an official Guinness World Records title attempt!
Not only is this an opportunity to make reading fun and interactive, it also helps prevent the summer reading slump, where children’s reading skills can take a dip when they’re not at school. Last year a quarter of 4-11 year olds in Hampshire took part, and nationally the Summer Reading Challenge helps get 3 quarters of a million children into libraries , and reading for pleasure, every summer. Unfortunately not many children took part from our school last year. We actually came last which made me feel sad! Let's ensure that this doesn't happen again everyone!!
To take part in the Challenge, each child will be able to choose and borrow any library books that they want to read, and can collect a poster and stickers (some smelly) along the way. There’s even a medal at the end, when they’ve read at least 6 library books. To sign up, it’s easy, just go into your local library, and of course, it’s all completely free!
Happy reading everyone!
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Binfields Got Talent
Tue 21 Jul 2015Wow what a treat we had yesterday afternoon when 11 finalists showcased their acts. Jonathan, Darcy, Mrs Cullinane (our Chair of Govs) and I enjoyed being the judges and we hadn't laughed so much in a long time. . The range of talent was really, really good, bringing happy tears to our eyes on some occasions. Well done to everyone who entered the competition and we shall be announcing the winners this afternoon during our Year 6 leavers' assembly.
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What A Wonderful Afternoon Tea!
Fri 17 Jul 2015Today our Year 5/6 children made, prepared and served a glorious Afternoon Tea for their families in order to raise some funds for our new Outdoor Grounds Project. They all did a tremendous job and so many parents commented on how proud they were of the children. Not only did the children, make, create, serve and pack away but we also had photographers capturing the event, designers who created the menus, raffle ticket sellers who impressed the public with their persuasive skills and we had musicians who wowed everyone with their superb playing!
All in all, it was a perfect afternoon and a memory maker for all of us. Well done children, you have done us proud yet again!
Pictures to follow
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Key Stage 1 travel back in time!
Thu 16 Jul 2015Key Stage 1 children travelled back in time to the medieval era today and wow did they have a great day! (Be sure to ask your children what they have learnt today!) Year 2 researched what people ate in medieval times before creating a menu, trying to persuade others to eat some unusual food! Year 1 were busy creating shields, making bread and learning medieval dances. In the afternoon Years 1 and 2 had a rotation of activities, including jousting, medieval games and shooting handmade bow and arrows! It was great to see the children dressed up ready for the occasion, getting involved in every aspect of the day. I know the adults certainly enjoyed the day too! Have a look at some of the photos to see what we got up to.
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We are being inspected!!
Wed 15 Jul 2015Just to let you all know that you will be receiving an email from Mrs Worgan this afternoon outlining that we are having an Ofsted inspection tomorrow 16th and Friday 17th July. Please read this email as it has some important information for you to respond to.
Many thanks,
Miss Rogers
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Thank You Cream Tea
Tue 14 Jul 2015Our School Councillors enjoyed serving our super volunteers their Cream Tea this afternoon as a special thank you for giving up their free time to come and help us in school. We are very grateful for the work our volunteers do. They assist with guided reading, cooking, hearing individual readers, leading assemblies, assist with art and DT projects as well as ferry our children to various events and sporting competitions/tournaments.
A good time was had by all and our children really enjoyed setting up the tea room as well as serving our visitors. Our School Council did a grand job of presenting their 2014-2015 achievements too.
Check out the photographs below
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Years 3 and 4 Roman Day
Wed 08 Jul 2015Years 3 and 4 enjoyed their Roman Day. Look at our fantastic costumes! In the morning we made laurel leaf crowns to wear to the grand banquet in the afternoon. The 'slaves' prepared the food and entertainers practised their acts ready for the feast.
We 'met' Boudicca and thought about the reasons for going into battle against the Romans. We then worked up an appetite by practising our battle formation... the tortoise with our Roman shields!
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Year 5 and 6 Viking Day
Mon 06 Jul 2015Today the Year 5 and 6 children, teachers and LSAs were transformed into Vicious Vikings! They enjoyed a fun filled morning of: jewellery making, longboat and weapon construction and cookery.
This was followed by a huge battle on the field in the afternoon (girls against boys.) Much to the boys' disappointment, the girls' army outnumbered theirs and as a result, the girls were victorious!
After a gruelling battle, the children then ventured into the woods where their stew had been cooking all day. They enjoyed sampling the stew and listening to a Viking story before home time. A great day was had by all! A big thank you to Mr Wood and his wife Helen for organising the outdoor cooking equipment and fire. A huge thank you to Mrs Chestnutt too for coming in to help with the cooking! Take a look at some of the photos!
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Friends of GBP Summer BBQ
Sat 04 Jul 2015I would like to take this opportunity in thanking everyone for their fantastic support for this year's Summer BBQ Event. It was a great opportunity for our existing school families to get together with our new families who start in September on a social basis. It was also great from my point of view to get the chance to thank people for their continued support, to informally celebrate the success of children and to review the year generally. A highlight of course, was seeing the children milling around and playing so nicely with one another. The Sumo suits were definitely a hit with the children!!
All of this couldn't have happened of course without the support of our wonderful group of volunteers, The Friends of Great Binfields. We are truly grateful to the committee members who as usual put in copious amounts of their free time to prepare for, organise, purchase, set up, run the event and then pack away. You are simply all fabulous!!! I would also like to thank our teachers and members of our support team who have put in yet another late night this week to support our school. You really do show your dedication.
I am pleased to report that we have made a tidy profit. The exact amount will be shared in our next newsletter due out early next week.
Thanks again to everyone involved.
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Love of People Who Help Us Day
Sat 04 Jul 2015As part of our Moral, Social, Spiritual and Cultural (MSSC) curriculum we have a special day every half term where the whole school join together to gain greater awareness of different issues and aspects of life. Yesterday our children had lots of time to learn, think and discuss about how different people really do assist us in our lives. Our youngest children learned about how their families and our local school community guide them in their lives. Our Year 3/4 children focussed on how people within our communities support one another. For example, the need for farmers, dentists, councillors, MPs, doctors, nurses, midwives, fire-fighters, paramedics, teachers, vicars, shop keepers, etc in our society and the fact that we are so interdependent. Our eldest children thought about international charities who help people in a crisis or disaster.
This learning was shared in a whole school assembly at the end of the day and we were all amazed at the incredible insights and learning the children encountered. They definitely got a huge amount from the day. We are going to create a display for our front entrance using the children's learning material and Miss Lyddon will also add some of the children's fantastic learning in our Love of Journal which is also kept in our front entrance.
