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

• A fun Advent Assembly by Rev Tim Dennis

  Mon 30 Nov 2020 Ms Rogers

  The simple but fun Advent assembly is available for download from https://www.dropbox.com/s/atednxwfe30b5vt/Advent%20Assembly.mp4?dl=0.

  It's by the (Rev) Tim Dennis, the Curate over in Winklebury, and he's kindly made it available for other schools to use.

  Thank you Reverend Tim

  Enjoy children. 

• Year 2 visitors

  Thu 26 Nov 2020

  Year 2 have been very lucky over the last couple of weeks to have two virtual visitors. 

  We were first joined by the fire service over video calling who gave a really engaging presentation about the importance of being safe with fire. We learnt some catchy songs to remind us of the rules and they even showed us their uniform. We then used this knowledge to think about the difference between the fire service now and the one in 1666. We were really pleased we were able to still chat with the fire service, despite the current situation. 

  We then had a virtual visit from Warburtons who gave us an insight into how the bread is made. Through the video call she gave us a demonstration of each stage and showed us how we could also make our own bread. We learnt about how the Warburton factory works and all the important roles they have their. We then thought about how different this would be to how the bread was made in the bakery in pudding lane. 

  

• Perform - Year 1 and 2

  Mon 23 Nov 2020 Mrs Harvey

  Today Year 1 and 2 had an exciting session with Perform. Today the drama session was action packed, as the children had to rescue the Fairy Tale Story book from the wicked Red Queen! The Funky Fairy helped the children along the journey, where the children had to use fairy flying dust and ride a unicorn! Thankfully the mission was successful and the book is now back in the safe hands of the Funky Fairy. A great team effort. Which part of the session was your favourite?

  The children in Year 1 and 2 will be bringing home more information on how they can attend Perform.

   

  Key Stage 1 Team

• Year 4 Ancient Greek Day

  Thu 19 Nov 2020 Miss Hanafin and Miss Grove

  What a brilliant day in Year 4! It all started with admiring all of the wonderful outfits - well done and thank you everyone for your effort. We then got into character and creating some Medusa gorgon inspired masks using collage skills. Each one was different and everyone could explain their design.

  After a chilly break time in our outfits (Sandals were not made for a cold November day!), we then heard the news that Zeus was retiring as King of the Gods. We each designed our own new God or Goddess that we think could rule the Gods based on what we have learnt about them so far. Many were quite powerful, bad tempered and scary characters. Others were kind natured with interesting powers. Whilst this was going on, the children were called into the kitchen to start cooking. They contributed to the making of Lamb kebabs, flatbreads, tzatziki and a Greek salad. There was chopping of onions, sprinklings of mint and grating of cucumber happening in the  kitchen and the smell filled the corridor of the entire school.

   

  After lunch, we were then given a role within Greek society. Some of us were Greek women, some were scholars, warriors, slaves or Olympians. We read a range of information about our group and then had to convince everyone in the class why we were the most integral, key part of Greek society. This really tested our skills of justification.

   

  Finally, we finished the day with enjoying a plate of the delicious food that Year 4 prepared. Miss Rogers even popped down to have a taste - she had a big smile on her face as she left with her plate. Everyone was really bold when it came to trying something new and we were again really impressed with how polite and sensible everyone was. Perhaps you will try cooking some of this food for your family at home?

   

  We had a brilliant day and loved every minute. Enjoy looking at the pictures.

  

• Year 1 Food Festival!

  Thu 19 Nov 2020

  This morning, Year 1 had their fantastic Food Festival! They tried different foods from an array of countries such as France, Italy and China. The children were very brave and tasted all of the foods - many of which they loved! It was great that all the children had the opportunity to try something new.

  The children also read festival books, and together, we learned even more about festivals from around the world.

  Another great day, another memory made. Well done Year one!

  

• Year 3 Play in a Day

  Wed 18 Nov 2020 Mrs Barnhouse

  On Monday Ben from the Treehouse Theatre visited to complete a Victorian Play in a Day with Hazel and Hawthorn Class. Although the structure of the day was slightly different this year, the Treehouse Theatre worked hard to give the children a great experience, as with any other year. Children worked in small groups to understand more about the variety of Victorian characters within the play, including chimney sweeps, coal miners and richer families. All children had a line to practise and perform before putting the parts together to produce a scene of the play. These scenes were then recorded so that we can watch them back as a whole play! We are looking forward to doing this in the next couple of weeks.

  It was great to be able to create this play as it not only linked with our Victorian theme but also our recent English learning about play scripts and their structure. 

  

• Christmas Wishes shared with Tesco

  Tue 17 Nov 2020 Ms Rogers

  Recently our children thought carefully about what they are wishing for this Christmas carefully considering the year we have had as a nation. Some of our children's thoughts are really lovely. 

  They have been placed on stars which have been made into trees and these are now proudly displayed on the windows of the main Tesco store in Chineham. 

  It would be lovely if you get to have a peek when you are next in the area with your family. 

  Thank you GBP children for contributing, the teachers and LSAs for popping the trees together and for Mrs Harvey and Miss O'Hagan for displaying them this morning.

  A real team effort once again and it will bring smiles to many as they stop to read them. 

  

• Appreciating nature in our area and how happy it makes us all feel!

  Mon 16 Nov 2020 Ms Rogers

  Today for our assembly, we were celebrating the fact that we live in a wonderful part of the world and how experiencing nature is really good for our wellbeing.

  One of our local Chineham residents Darren Burton is a photographer and he has been posting some superb photographs on the local Chineham Community Noticeboard of when he has been out and about with his trusty camera. I had to share these superb shots with our children here at GBP in the hope they would be inspired to continue exploring their local area even now the weather has got cold and grotty.

  The children were blown away with the beauty of each photograph I shared this morning and they gave a huge 10/10 for his work. I reminded them all that Darren would have had to be patient and wait for long time to get some of the shots and he would have had to sift through lots of them before deciding on what he thought were best. He would have had to use a lot of our growth mindset strategies. Many of the children were agreeing they were going to take their cameras out the next time they ventured out with their parents on a local walk. I have challenged our GBP children to post their best picture onto Seesaw so we can have a gallery share in the future.

  Thank you for inspiring us Mr Burton. Our children loved your work - seeing them in awe, getting excited and be thankful of the area we live in was priceless this morning!

  

• English and Maths Annual Information Workshops!

  Fri 13 Nov 2020 English and Maths Team

  Due to the current circumstances, we have uploaded PowerPoints for our annual KS1 and KS2 Maths and English information evenings to our website. Aspects of the presentations contain audio recordings which will help to explain the key messages. 

   

  Click here to access the English Information 2020 Workshop

  Click here to access the Maths Information 2020 Workshop

   

  The English and Maths Team

• Recreating the Great Fire of London!

  Fri 13 Nov 2020
  Year 2 had a very exciting afternoon today. Last week we made our own Pudding Lane houses and today we watched as Mr Quilter burned them. We discussed how the fire started in Pudding Lane and spread to the other houses. We then watched this happen to our own houses! We discussed how this made us feel and how the people who lived in Pudding Lane would have felt.