Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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New Display Pictures Posted
Sun 15 Mar 2015Just to make you all aware that we have posted some new display pictures for you all to have a look at. They can be found in our 'Children's Section' in 'Our School Displays'. Ensuring our school environment is safe, inviting, rich and vibrant is very important to us and we work hard to showcase our children's achievements. -
Football in KS1
Fri 13 Mar 2015On Friday afternoon 8 children were selected from Year 2 to join a friendly football session at the Power League Pitches to play 6-aside football. Schools from across North Hampshire participated in the afternoon activities where each school played 4 games. I have to say how proud I was of the children; not only did they play well but they were respectful and supportive to both children on their own team and those of other teams. It was great to see the confidence develop in players as the afternoon went on. Well done to Jaden who was named player of the match. Another well done goes to Kaiden who scored a significant number of goals, scoring 6-0 in one game alone!
As this was the first time the team had played together they did a fantastic job, drawing one game and winning another three. A fantastic team effort!
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Jungle Jonathan's Roadshow
Thu 12 Mar 2015Today Year 5/6 had several amazing visitors to school...ranging from a crested gecko to a Taiwanese beauty snake! An animal enthusiast ,called Jungle Jonathan, came into school with a range of animals that you would expect to find in the rainforest. The children had an amazing time learning about how they adapt to their habitat, and they even got to hold some of them too. Take a look at the link below to find out more about the amazing animals he has in his collection.
http://www.jonathansjungleroadshow.co.uk/
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Our Secret Shop Success
Thu 12 Mar 2015Thank you to all of you who brought in items for our Mothering Sunday Sale. The quality of produce was really good. The children who brought in a £1 to spend enjoyed choosing their gift and was very appreciative of our willing volunteers who came in to help wrap. I am sure many mums, step mums and nans will be very happy on Sunday when they open up their presents.
I would like to thank our super Office Team for running this event and I would also like to thank our willing volunteers who stayed to help wrap...next year we will be canvassing more support as the wrapping part did take more time than we first anticipated.
Rest assured we will be also doing something special for our dads, stepdads and granddads when it is Father's Day in June.
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Netball qualifying competition
Wed 11 Mar 2015Great Binfields once again entered the Basingstoke schools netball qualifying competition. Jessie and Ethan of the team have done a write up of the event below;
On Tuesday, Miss Grainger took a group of nine year 5 and 6 children to a netball competition at the Russell Howard centre. Great Binfields competed against seven other schools for a chance to compete in the final.
The first two matches were tough, resulting in a loss and a draw, but, with a lot of teamwork, they ended up winning the next two and drawing the final one! When all the matches had been played, they waited nervously to hear the results. As they had got 11 points, Great Binfields qualified to the finals with 4th place! Next week they will compete; we hope they do well!
This is a great accomplishment as last year GBPS failed to qualify. A big well done to the whole team and a massive thank you to Mrs Howard for supporting.
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Rugby at Great Binfields
Tue 10 Mar 2015Last Wednesday three other schools travelled to Great Binfields as part of the rugby league matches. South View, Marnell, Winklebury and Great Binfields all played each other in six gripping matches, all hoping for a win. We started a bit slow, loosing our first match, but soon warmed up after we were supported by our very own cheerleaders in the shape of drama club, teachers and parents. Thanks to all that made it. Below are our results and we're really looking forward to our next lot of matches in two weeks time.
A massive thankyou to Mr Wood, who along with myself, has been training the children twice a week in preparation.
South View 3 - 2 Great Binfields (lost)
Marnell 2 - 2 Great Binfields (drew)
Winklebury 3 - 1 Great Binfields (won)
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Cross Country Relay
Tue 10 Mar 2015The week before half term, Miss Brooks and I took 4 teams to the cross country relay event for schools in Basingstoke. This was a first for Great Binfields and the children were really excited. Each member of the team, consisting of four, had to run a certain distance in turn (500 meters for year 3/4 and 600 metres for year 5/6) and work as a team in order to complete this relay event against 16 other schools. Every child worked exceptionally hard and represented Great Binfields excellently, not only running their distance but cheering for their team mates too.
The year 3/4 girls ran first and, after a sprint finish from Sarah, finished 5th.
Next was the turn of the year 3/4 boys, running well and finishing in 6th.
Year 5/6 boys was a tough group but Great Binfields pushed out and came 8th.
The year 5/6 girls ran brilliantly as a team and finished in 3rd place to receive a bronze medal. A special mention to Bethanie, who dug deep and sprinted the last 100 meters to overtake the runner in front ON THE FINISH LINE!! Well done to all the children who took part and a big thankyou to Miss Brooks and the parents who supported.
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Stranger Danger and Road Safety Talk
Mon 09 Mar 2015Just to let you know that this morning one of our Governors, who is also a police officer, led an assembly talking to our children about Stranger Danger and Road Safety. This was obviously dealt with sensitively so as not to worry the children unnecessarily, but to give them an awareness of what could happen and what they should do in certain circumstances. Perhaps you could follow this up at home by having a discussion about keeping safe generally. -
VIP club play Goal Ball
Fri 06 Mar 2015At Friday VIP club, we were lucky to have a visit from Adam Knoll, a member of the GB Goalball Paralympic team!
We had each invited 2 members of our class along to join us in VIP club.
The afternoon started with a short talk by Adam, telling us a little bit about Goalball and how it is played, as well as a little bit about his background in the sport. Adam is very busy with his sport, he has just returned from the Europeans in Rome.
Goalball involves 3 players on each team. All the players are blindfolded to make it fair for everyone, as some of the players may have more sight than others. The whole Goalball game lasts 24 minutes, 12 minutes each half.
The ball is thrown along the floor, and can be heard by the other players, as it has bells inside. The defenders lie stretched out along the floor, as you can see in our photographs. We scored a goal if the ball passed the defenders and hit the wall!
We started with some fun skills, getting to know how to handle the ball; we played games passing the ball over and under our legs, and tried out skills like passing the ball behind us and doing a figure of eight around our legs.
Then we were on to the real game! It was great fun! Bobby-Jack , showed us just how it was done! He plays in Adam's Goalball team and loves the sport! Who knows what the future holds!
We now have a new sport that we can add to our selection for Multisports/Multiskills club on Wednesdays, and will definitely be practising our skills in VIP club sessions too.
Goalball can be enjoyed by everybody, Visually Impaired children and fully sighted children alike.
Thank you Adam for teaching us new skills and a brand new game!
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Grandparent's Day in Beech Class
Thu 05 Mar 2015Beech Class had an extremely exciting afternoon on Thursday when their grandparents came to visit. This was linked to our Toy topic where we have been learning about old and new toys and games. Beech Class were able to invite their grandparents to school for the afternoon so they could teach them about games they played when they were younger. Children learnt some of the rules to chess, had great fun playing tiddlywinks and had to have real concentration and focus when playing jacks. There were lots of smiles and laughter throughout the afternoon and even though not all grandparents could make it children still joined in with others. One of the favourite toys was blow football; the children loved it so much they wanted to carry on playing even after the grandparents had left! It was also interesting to see one grandparent bring in her memories from own childhood, including a school reading book, cats cradle and some pictures of when she was a child. This was a great talking point and something we could think about for future events so experiences and memories can be shared.
Have a read of some of the comments below to find out what the grandparents thought. It was great to have this feedback so we know what we can do for next time:
Very pleasant and very different to when my nan was at school. When is the next!!
I really enjoyed this afternoon. It was lovely spending time with [my grandson] in his school environment.
We had great fun. It would be fun to play outdoor games one afternoon, perhaps in the summer?
It...was very good fun. It helped the children mix with adults and share their childhood experiences. Thank you.
