Have you been to the boundary of our school to see the crane popping the frame in place?

Exciting times and we are all away...typical eh?!

Please do not enter the school grounds as building sites are dangerous places.

Our Year 5s walked across to Christchurch with our Year 6s for their Leavers' Assembly this morning. We are very grateful to Vicki and the team for such a lovely assembly all about soaring to new heights. The children got so much from the talk and linked beautifully to what we have been learning in school - growth mindset!

Our Year 6 Parents will be in school later this week so that we can do our own inhouse special Leavers' Assembly.   

Year 1 children had a very exciting week last week.... 

The children went on a minibeast hunt and collected some of their own using pooters. They were then able to study them and create a poster about the minibeast. They also used compasses to direct themselves around the school grounds. The children learnt the difference between evergreen and deciduous trees and created some Art work to show deciduous trees at different seasons in the year.

The Scouts kindly gave up their time to come in and organize some activities. These included; going tracking around the Chineham area, fire lighting and cooking sausages and marshmallows, creating shelters and testing these to see if they were wind proof and water proof!

We had a great time and really appreciate the Scouts coming in to help us!

Year 2 had a fantastic day on the Watercress Line today. It was certainly a fun-filled, busy day right from the start! We started our journey at Alresford, before travelling along the train line on a steam train. The children loved hearing the chugging of the train and the whistle blowing. The rest of the day saw us travel to Ropley and Alton. At Alton we saw the locomotive engine be reattached in order for us to return to Ropley. We could also see the men working hard to refill the fire with coal, preparing the engine to get us moving again. At Ropley we had a tour of the engine yard. We learnt about the different parts that hold the train together before going around the engines to search for the nuts, bolts, rivets and many more parts...ask your child if they can remember what else they needed to look for. On the train there were lots of conversations about our journey, following the route on a map and discussing forces and how the train moved. Lots of children (and adults too!) said what a great day they had. I hope the children are able to tell you lots more about our day too!

Thank you to all our parent helpers who also came along today. It was really appreciated!

Year 6 completed their third day of Bikeability today which was a lot trickier than yesterday as they got to cycle on busier roads! They focused on: signaling, left and right turns out of a junction, giving way to other vehicles and claiming their lane. 

Once again, the Bikeability staff commented on how well the children had done. Well done Year 6!