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

• Year 5 STEM trip to QMC

  Wed 13 Mar 2024

  Today some of the Year 5 pupils (Science Ambassadors and a few extras pulled from a hat) were lucky enough to attend the Basingstoke Primary Schools STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Fair at QMC. The children took part in a range of interactive activities ran by different businesses. The aim was to educate them about STEM industries and career options, as well as challenge perceptions and job role stereotypes. Mrs Franklin was immensely proud of all the children who came along and she received fantastic feedback about their engagement and attitudes. 

  

• Year 2's trip to Milestones Museum

  Thu 29 Feb 2024

  Yesterday was a very exciting day for Year 2, as they prepared for their trip to Milestones Museum. The year 2 children have been eagerly awaiting this trip after starting our new topic 'Journey'. In our English writing we have been inspired by the book 'Journey' by Aaron Becker, where we have looked carefully at the pages to come up with some creative ideas about the main character and the journey she will go on. As part of this, we have been deciding what mode of transport the girl might chose to use for her journey. Our trip to Milestones was an opportunity to develop our ideas and creativity for our writing. 

   

  The children enjoyed the quick bus trip to the museum and were fantastic at showing Great Binfields respect to the volunteers at Milestones who greeted us there. We had a chance to explore the museum in our groups for the first part of the day. This included going on the bus, looking around the fire engines, looking through the various shop windows and of course a visit to the sweet shop!

   

  After this, we were ready for some lunch! During this time, the children were excited to find out about the afternoon workshops that they were about to do. One workshop gave the children a chance to learn about Victorian transport and answer questions about the range of vehicles they could see. The children learnt lots of brilliant information and impressed us with their descriptions. The second workshop was all about the 'Thornycroft Steam Wagon company' where the children used their observation skills to find key features of vehicles, compare historical vehicles to modern versions and matched types of vehicles to the items they would have delivered. 

   

  The children asked some brilliant questions and demonstrated lots of creativity throughout the day, the Year 2 team are looking forward to the next part of their English writing where they will use their experiences at Milestones to continue their stories.

  Thank you to all the helpers who made the trip happen and well done Year 2 for being brilliant representatives of the school! 

   

  Mrs Ellis and Miss Heath

   

  

• Early Years Balanceability 19th-22nd February 2024

  Thu 29 Feb 2024

  Early Years had a fantastic time last week as they were lucky enough to have the opportunity to take part in Balanceability! Using balance bikes, the children learnt how to ensure the vehicle was safe, by checking the tyres and making sure the brakes were working. They also made sure that they wore their helmets and had correct footwear. They were then ready to walk and ride their bikes, learning how to use their co-ordination skills to manoeuvre around the playground. We were so proud of how well the children listened to instructions from their instructor, as well as displaying their perseverance and resilience - as the weather was not always kind to us! Well done Early Years!

  

• Year 3 First Aid Day

  Mon 05 Feb 2024 Miss Thomas + Mrs Gough

  Year 3 were extremely lucky to have Mrs Gilham (one of our school governors) come into school to help out with First Aid Day today. The children were able to come away from the day with so much knowledge about how to help people when they need it, and they even have their own pack of bandages to take home and practise using. The children really impressed us with their determination when trying CPR, and their resilience tying bandages. They had curious and insightful questions which really helped push their learning forwards. The children also learnt how to make an emergency phone call, the difference between accidents and emergencies, how to deal with nose bleeds, and the use of the emergency services to us. 

  

• Year 5/6 Netball match

  Fri 02 Feb 2024 Mrs Gough

  Yesterday, our Year 5 and 6 netballers showed great determination and team work in our match against the Priory. Mrs Gough was blown away by the super improvement made since our last match. Thanks to all our hard work and sportsmanship, GBP won 3-0! A special shout out to Lexi, Eliza and Conner for getting the goals. However, none of that would have been possible without everyone else's super netball skills! Thank you to all the parents for all the super encouragement. It was lovely to see so many of you!

  

• Year 4 Maths Challenge

  Mon 29 Jan 2024 Miss Thomas

  Four of our wonderful Year 4 Mathematician's travelled to St Gabriel's School in Newbury today to represent Great Binfields at the Mathematics Challenge for 2024. They had a fantastic time completing a range of activities including playing dicey dicey, using Tangrams to make specific shapes, magic number, and domino challenges too.   

   

  They worked collaboratively in partners to achieve wonderful success and most importantly, they had great fun doing it. They should be extremely proud of their accomplishments today, we are lucky to have so many great Mathematicians at our school. Well done all of you, you should be very proud of yourself - thank you for representing Great Binfields!

  

• Year 6 - Hampton Court Trip

  Fri 26 Jan 2024

  The Year 6 children thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Hampton Court Palace today and will hopefully be coming home with lots of new facts that they learnt throughout the day. The children were shocked by the sheer size and grandeur of the palace but equally loved exploring the meaning behind some of the more intricate details too.

   

  The children were incredibly well behaved throughout the trip and enjoyed retracing Henry VIII’s steps through the never-ending corridors. Particular highlights included Henry VIII’s kitchens and peeking down into the Royal Chapel, where the heart of one of Henry’s wives heart is said to be buried. I wonder if the children can remember which one it was and can tell you more? The children were also infatuated with learning about previous ghost sightings and tales of two of Henry’s wives.

   

  Alongside exploring the palace, itself, the children took part in an intriguing workshop called ‘Investigating Henry’. This session, which was led by the staff at Hampton Court, encouraged the children to think critically and evaluate a variety of primary and secondary sources to help them understand more about the type of man Henry was. Using replica artefacts and excerpts from contemporary Tudor sources, the children were curious to weigh up the evidence and construct a balanced opinion of Henry VIII by asking key enquiry questions. It was fascinating to find out that there was more to Henry VIII than the popular stereotypes!

   

  We are sure that the children will be eager to share the facts they have learnt and describe the array of artefacts witnessed throughout the trip as the children demonstrated such excitement and a genuine love of learning, immersing themselves in Tudor life within the walls of Hampton Court Palace. Take a look at some of the photos from today to find out more…

  

• Parent Reading Afternoon

  Fri 26 Jan 2024 Mrs Osborne

  A huge thank you to all of the parents who came in this afternoon to read with the children. It was so lovely to see the children so excited about the stories they were sharing with you. We look forward to the next reading session next half term.

  

• Year 6 Bikeability

  Fri 19 Jan 2024

  This week, Year 6 have absolutely loved taking part in their Road Safety proficiency sessions delivered by the Hampshire Bikeability team. Despite the freezing cold weather, it thankfully remained dry and beautifully sunny which allowed the children to maximise their time cycling on the road. Thank you for ensuring that your child came to school wearing lots of layers so that they could enjoy their sessions much more too. The children were able to thaw out in between sessions and even enjoyed a warm hot chocolate on Friday thanks to our PTA team.

   

  At the beginning of the week, the children learned about some of the essential checks necessary to ensuring their bike was safe before setting off on their journey, including the ABCD check – air, breaks, chain and drop out. Following on from this, the children learned how to confidently signal, how to perform a U-turn in the road and how to safely exit a junction using the 'Primary Position Prevents People Passing’ strategy amongst other road safety skills. The children were incredibly polite and sensible throughout the week and were able to follow clear instructions before practising the manoeuvres themselves. The children will bring home their road cycling proficiency certificate this evening and will be able to explain all of the different elements that they learned this week. The certificates are individualised for each child and show how confident and independent they are when cycling safely on the road in each of the different areas. Please do make sure you take a look at this certificate before allowing your child to ride independently on the road without an adult.

   

  We have seen a fantastic level of resilience and determination from all of our riders this week and we are so proud of the accomplishments and progression that they have made from their individual starting points. It has been lovely to see so many children feeling more confident when cycling on the road – even in some busy areas.  

   

  Take a look at our pictures to see how much fun we had during our Bikeability sessions.

  

• Year 2 Titanic Day

  Tue 16 Jan 2024

  On Monday 8th January, Year 2 welcomed Divergent Drama to Great Binfields to lead us in some learning about our new topic - the Titanic!

  The day began with the children discovering some key information and dates about the famous ship. During this time we were given some items that represented passengers from the different classes. Some children then acted out scenes that would have been common on board, such as eating in the 1st class dining room, working in the boiler room and even engineering the Titanic before it set sail from Belfast. 

   

  During the afternoon, the children enjoyed beginning our new book 'Samson's Titanic' and found out even more facts about the Titanic. We were really impressed with the questions that the children asked and the discussions that were had. We are looking forward to exploring this topic even more over the coming weeks.