The children in Early Years were very excited to have their parents/ carers to come into school today. The parents/ carers were invited into decorate plant pots and plant bulbs with us. Everyone had a great time getting messy and working together to do this. Keep an eye out as out wonderful plants will be making an appearance around the school - we cannot wait to see what they grow into!!

On Thursday 26th February, Miss Grainger took our super athletes to Brighton Hill Community School for the finals as they qualified 3rd in a previous round. The team have been busy preparing for this event prior to going on Thursday by coming in on a Wednesday morning at 8am for their training. Each child had to compete in a sprint event, a throwing event and a jumping event to which they all did so, so well. There were 8 schools at the finals although 22 schools across the town have taken part and I am very pleased to announce that our school finished 5th overall. We are so proud of our team.

Faye came 2nd in the sprint event and Amelie came 3rd. Harry came 1st in his Sprint event and Jett came first 1st in the target throw. Faye had a good day as she also came 2nd in the standing long jump event. Wow! Thank you to all of you for representing our school so brilliantly - your sportsmanship was also fantastic. You are a credit to our school.  We would like to thank the crowd of supporters - they really did appreciate your support. I would also like to thank Miss Grainger who has coached the children and made this event possible.

Last Friday afternoon, the whole school enjoyed their Golden Time treat. All children had the opportunity to access a variety of activities, from making Red Nose cookies to playing games, soft play to dressing up. Fun was had by all! Have a look at the pictures to see what everyone got up to!

Maple class had a fantastic time at the Gordon Brown Centre taking part in lots of exciting activities. The day was based around the stories of Percy the Park Keeper as we enjoyed reading the books at school. We did some activities based around using our senses, including making smelly cocktails and feeling different trees. We went on a treasure hunt and found gold coins, which tasted very yummy!! We then got to make shelter for our teddies and had a surprise visit from Percy himself! The day ended with us meeting all the animals they have at the centre!! We all had a super fun packed day and behaved impeccably.

At the end of last half term, Writers' Club held a themed writing competition. All of the entries that were submitted were exceptional and it was extremely difficult to choose the overall 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place winners.

After much deliberation Writers' Club finally came to the decision:

1^st place= Isobel from Chestnut Class

2^nd place= Sarah from Willow Class

3^rd place= Summer from Oak Class

Take a look at the photos to see their amazing writing...

 

 

 

What a great day we have had at Great Binfields! As our finale to Book and Film Week, where children were given a specific book and film adaptation to learn about throughout the week, today we dressed up as a character from the book we focused on. Whilst Year 3/4 turned into Hogwarts for the day, Year 5/6 had a LOT of gnomes after learning Gnomeo and Juliet. There was lots of effort put into costumes, by children and adults alike! Some fantastic writing came out of this week which we look forward to sharing in classes. Have a look at the pictures below to see what a fantastic day was had.

 

Today a story teller, called Chris Thomas, visited the school as part of our Book, Film and Writing week. She told a variety of stories and myths about giants, heroes and  mythical creatures. All the children thoroughly enjoyed her visit and have been inspired to write their own stories!

Have you told your parents and carers what you have been up to so far this week? I have been in EYFS and Year 5/6 today and I was very impressed with what the children were learning. Tomorrow I will be visiting Y1, 2, 3 and 4. On Wednesday the children are looking forward to welcoming a story teller into school. We will report on how that goes. I am also looking forward to seeing you in your costumes on Friday.. I'm busy thinking about mine!