On Wednesday afternoon Miss Rogers and I took 8 nervous year 2 children to their very first competition. The children took part in 3 different skipping events, each one worth points towards the schools total. Some children had to skip with a single rope individually as many times as they could, others had to skip over a long rope turned by sports leaders both individually and in pairs, while some had to keep their cool in front of two judges with a free style routine. The children did brilliantly with these routines showing hops, hopscotch, criss-cross and even backwards skipping. Their execution was exceptional and they did themselves as well as the school proud.

 

A big well done to all the children involved.   

On Thursday 21st January the hockey team took our brand new kit out for the very first time to play in the second round of the league matches. We braved the cold weather and had two teams competing in 9 matches altogether. The children again displayed excellent behaviour and attitude throughout the matches and looked pretty smart too. They didn't lose a match, winning 5 and drawing 4. A huge well done to everyone involved and a great big thank you to Ms Brookes for training the teams at lunch times and taking them, along with myself, to the tournament.

 

Let's hope our new kit continues to encourage positive results.

 

 

 

 

On Monday 18th January 12 children took part in an athletics competition at Costello. They each had to compete in a throwing event, jumping event, sprint and a relay. The children have been practising hard on Wednesday mornings before school (8am!) to get ready for the competition.

 

All of the children that took part represented the school excellently and I was very proud of their behaviour, positive attitude, determination and sportsmanship on the day. Great Binfields finished in fifth position with some excellent high scores. A very well done to Malacki who finished first in the three length sprint as well as finishing second, along with his partner Jasper, in the boys 2x2 length relay. Malacki also finished first in the triple jump, his final jump measuring in at a whopping 5.42m. Madison jumped 4.44m in the girls event finishing forth, with Emily coming second in the target throw.

 

Unfortunately we didn't get through to the final but a successful afternoon of sport was had by all.

 

Well done to the athletics team.

 

    

Year 5 and 6 had a fantastic day at Hampton Court Palace today. Luckily none of the children had their heads cut off by Henry VIII!

They enjoyed a guided tour of the palace by a 'real life Tudor lady' named Miss Harris. She taught them all about the hierarchy of Tudor society.

As well as this, they explored other areas of the palace in small groups. Did you know that Jane Seymour's heart is buried under the altar in the Royal Chapel?

 

Take a look at some of the photos from the day to see what they got up to...

Early Years have been enjoying their kids aerobic sessions, with Amanda, during our Friday PE lessons. She has been getting our hearts racing by teaching us energetic dance routines and core stability exercises. We can tell we have been working hard, from our red faces and our need for a drink of water! Everyone certainly feels worn out, but eagerly await for the next week's lesson, as they are great fun!!

Key Stage 1 Science Club began on Thursday after school. We learnt about and made our very own rockets (very relevant with Tim Peake being in space at the moment!) Children worked in threes to create a balloon rocket. They had to think about how to speed up or slow down the rocket, and with any budding scientists we had a few questions that we had to solve first before the rockets worked well. We had to understand how forces were being used to make the balloon move. It was a great experiment to start off the club. Hopefully children used their balloons they took home to try and make another, even better rocket! Have a look at the pictures to see how they did.

On Wednesday 13th January, nominated children were selected, by their class teacher, to work with Miss Finnimore, Miss Lyddon and Mrs Davis on an 'Outdoor Art Project'.

 

The children in Key Stage 2 created dragonflies from wire, broom handles and beads. These will be displayed by the pond initially.  Please see the pictures below of our work in progress. Then both Key Stage 1 and 2 children worked on a second project where the children worked on creating mosaic tops for our logs that are in our new play area.  

Yesterday, Willow and Sycamore Classes had a fantastic day learning about fire safety from the Hampshire Fire Service.

 

During the day, they took part in a variety of activities. Their favourite activity was visiting the fire truck (which was set up inside as a living room) and spotting the potential fire hazards.

 

The fire crew were so impressed with the children's superb behaviour and questions that they gave them a special mention to Miss Rogers at the end of the day. Well done Years 5 and 6!

Take a look at some of the photos from the day...

In VIP club, we spent a number of weeks creating handicrafts. We made some lovely items, including: ornaments for the tree, painted plates, cinnamon stick decorations to name but a few!

We were delighted when we held our handicraft stall before Christmas, to make over £30 for our project school for the blind in the Gambia!