Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 1 Food Festival

  Thu 30 Nov 2017 Miss Hanafin and Miss Lemar
  To mark the ending of the Year One topics - Food and Farms and then Festivals - we celebrated with a Food Festival! We tried lots of food that originates from different countries in the world such as India, China, Spain, Italy and more. Some of the foods would be eaten at the festivals we have been learning about this term! The children had a chance to look at some of the food, farm and festivals books we have been enjoying as well as find countries on the maps, have a dance to some music from other cultures and share what they have enjoyed in their learning so far. It was a brilliant morning and the children were so enthusiastic (and brave) to try lots of food. It was also lovely to see the children reflecting on their learning and finishing our topics with a fantastic celebration. 

  

• Great Fire of London in Year 2!

  Wed 29 Nov 2017
  This morning, as part of their current history topic, Year 2 built their own Pudding Lane and then set it alight to recreate the Great Fire of London of 1666. As the fire started to rip through the houses, London burned before their eyes! They discussed the reasons as to why the fire spread so quickly and the measures that King Charles II took to save a fire like that from ever happening again.

  

• Oak Class GIST Road Safety Trip

  Wed 22 Nov 2017 Miss Hunt

  This morning, Year 5 had the pleasure of visiting the head office of GIST, in Basingstoke, to learn about road safety when a lorry may be around. The children had a great time learning lots of facts about the stopping distances of a lorry and the blind spots that could prevent them from being seen. Oak Class then had the opportunity to sit in the driver's seat of the lorry and see the blind spots for themselves. They all had a thoroughly enjoyable time! Have a look at our photos to see how much we enjoyed ourselves.

  

• Our School Remembers .....

  Sun 12 Nov 2017 Miss Lyddon

  On a bright and very cold Sunday morning, our school council represented Great Binfields today at The War Memorial Park for the Mayor's Remembrance Day Parade with Miss Khan and I. 

   

  At big thank you to them, and their families, for supporting us on this very special day.

  

• Tesco Remembrance Display

  Sun 12 Nov 2017 Miss Lemar

  This time the children in KS2 have created the display for the window in Tesco and it looks absolutely stunning. The children have been learning about the significance of the poppy, reflecting and thinking about those who have/ are serving for our country. 

  Miss Lemar set the children the challenge to create the poppies by developing their weaving skills. Everyone had to follow a set of detailed instructions with a great amount of perseverance and determination. The best part of the project is how unique each of the poppies are, just like the real flowers. Thank you to all the children as your perseverance has really produced a very special display, that reminds others of the importance of the poppy. Whilst Miss Lemar and Mrs Barnhouse were popping it up lots of shoppers stopped and made lovely comments, a display worth having a look at. Well done everyone. 

   

  

• Diwali Fun in Year 1

  Fri 10 Nov 2017 Miss Lemar & Miss Hanafin
  This week the children in Year 1 have been learning all about Diwali as part of their Festivals topic. Everyone has enjoyed learning about this and it has been wonderful to see the children so engaged with their learning. In literacy we have been focusing on information texts all about Diwali. Can the children point out a at heading, caption, image and the text at home, in a non-fiction book? They then used this information to create their own Diwali information booklets, which they will be bringing home to share. In Art the children have been having a go at making their own rangoli patterns, a particular favourite was creating them using colourful rice. We have also been listening to music that would be used in a Diwali celebration and watched videos all about Diwali and the Diwali story. The children should be able to tell you some facts about this at home. Here are some photographs of what we have been up too.