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

• Parliament/ Democracy Week

  Thu 27 Nov 2025

  This week in school it has been Parliament/ Democracy Week. As part of this, children in Key Stage 2 were given the opportunity to share a speech with their classmates if they were interested in becoming their class' Pupil Parliament representative for this academic year. Each class then held a secret ballot to elect their new minister.

   

  Alongside this, we have also held whole school elections for Year 6 children who would like to be this year's Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Watch this space for the incoming results!

  

• Year 2 Multi skills event at QMC

  Tue 18 Nov 2025

  The children demonstrated excellent cooperation, resilience and aspiration as they took part in a range of engaging activities. A big thank you to QMC and their students for leading each fun and energetic station. It was a wonderful afternoon filled with physical activity, teamwork and smiles all round!

   

  Well done Year 2!

  

• Avon Tyrrell - Day 3

  Thu 13 Nov 2025

  Last night, the children were happy to have an early night after a dinner, a shower and a movie night. Raring to go, we woke up to good weather again today (thank goodness) and even had sunshine this morning, lighting up the glorious grounds. After filling up on a delicious cooked breakfast, we have been able to make the most of our activities today. 
   

  The children have been throwing themselves down the zip line (some even hanging upside down - by choice), have made catapults in pioneering and survived ‘storms’ in their shelter building. Today, the staff have been so impressed by the growing teamwork and cooperation amongst the children - especially evident during the challenge course. We have been fuelled by delicious food - burgers and homemade chips for lunch and stir fry this evening. 
   

  We enjoyed a camp fire this evening. The children enjoyed singing songs and playing games, alongside toasting marshmallows. After another busy day, the children will be looking forward to bedtime before the last day, tomorrow.
  
  “I was feeling nervous to begin with, but I managed to grab the bar in the Leap of Faith in the High Ropes.” Elijah

   

  “I got drenched in mud during the challenge course.” Fearne

   

  “I’m not usually good with heights but I challenged myself to my limit and was so pleased I did the jump off during the High Ropes.” Rayan

   

  ”I really enjoyed the den building as I didn’t get too wet during the shelter building as my den was somewhat waterproof.” Bella J

   

  Have a look at our photos to see everything we got up to. 
   

   

   

  

• Micheal Rosen Poetry Party!

  Thu 13 Nov 2025

  Today, Year 2 were invited to Michael Rosen’s virtual poetry party! 🎉

  We are all feeling so inspired by his energy and creativity — we aspire to be the fun and imaginative poet he is! ✨

  He read lots of our favourite class poems, with the best one being Chocolate Cake! 🍰

  A very smiley way to start a Thursday! 😄

  

• Year 3 Iron Age Day

  Wed 12 Nov 2025 Miss Marshall and Mrs Wood

  Year 3 had a fantastic day exploring life in the Iron Age! Iron Age Matt began with an engaging talk about the journey from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, bringing along fascinating artefacts for the children to investigate. The pupils learned how Iron Age people dressed and even got to hold replica shields, spears and swords. 

   

  Throughout the day, the children rotated through hands-on activities - grinding flour with a quern stone, examining furs and animal skins. In the afternoon, everyone took part in warrior training, practising with foam swords and spears and the children even got to create their own Iron Age shields. 

   

  It was an exciting and memorable day that brought our new history topic to life!

  

• Avon Tyrrell - Day 2

  Wed 12 Nov 2025

  The children settled really well last night and were excited to spend their first night away! They slept brilliantly after enjoying an exciting (and very soggy) night walk yesterday evening where they got to try pine needle tea! They have all been working well with the children in their rooms to keep everything tidy and organised.

   

  To launch day two, the children energised themselves with delicious pancakes, berries, maple syrup or chocolate sauce! We then enjoyed a jam-packed day full of activities, including: abseiling, mountain biking, zip wire and bush craft. We have been really impressed with the amount of grit, determination and courage that the children have displayed throughout the day. Some children even confronted their fears and despite feeling nervous, truly gave their all to each activity. Lunch was spaghetti bolognese, garlic bread and jacket potatoes which was much appreciated after a busy, high energy morning.
   

  We have honestly been so impressed with the children and can see the Great Binfields values shining through in their attitudes and behaviours, despite it being quite rainy. Teamwork, resilience, creativity in their problem solving and aspiration to succeed have been in abundance over the past few days. It has been so wonderful to see the children working together so beautifully and encouraging each other in some high-adrenaline activities!

   

  This evening, we have enjoyed pizza night and will be having a cosy film before heading to bed where we are sure everyone will sleep well after another busy day.

   

  Here are some reviews of the day:

   

  “I have loved the activities and my favourite was zipwire because it was really fun going over the pond!” Sienna E

   

  “I loved the abseiling - I was scared but when I did it, it was a lot less scary! We also got a great view for the zipline.” Xena

   

  “I like spending time in my room with my friends and I liked the den building quite a lot. I am looking forward to the pioneering later.” Jamie

   

  “I have enjoyed spending time with my friends. I also love the food here - especially the pizza.” Aydin

   

  “Lighting fires in the Bushcraft activity was really cool. I also love the food here!” Harley

   

   

  Take a look at the photos to see what we’ve been up to in full on our second day.

  

• Great Binfields Remembers

  Tue 11 Nov 2025 Mrs Gough

  At 11:00 this morning, everyone at Great Binfields showed their respect by taking part in a minute’s silence to remember the brave soldiers who have fought for our country. Mrs Holdsworth taught us some interesting facts about the ‘Last Post’ and explained why it is such an important part of Remembrance. We then listened carefully to a lovely poem she shared, which helped us think about the courage and sacrifices made by so many. We all felt very proud to take part and to remember together as a school.

  

• Avon Tyrrell - Day 1

  Tue 11 Nov 2025

  Despite grey skies, we had the most beautiful journey to Avon Tyrrell, through the New Forest; we were spotting the ponies along the way and had to let cows cross the road. Whilst enjoying the beauty of this area of the country, we sang a lot of songs annd were in high spirits.  We were very excited for our final destination.
   

  First on the agenda was to tell the very excitable children who they would be sharing a room with. After plenty of celebrations and jubilations, the cheering soon came to a pause as the children were required to make their own beds. With a little cooperation and lots of adult help, everyone was able to settle into a cosy bed tonight.

   

  Our afternoon started with a delicious lunch (fish and chips or jacket potato) which was swiftly followed by an afternoon jam packed with activities, including: an adventure trail, bushcraft, shelter building, mountain biking, the challenge course, archery and abseiling. During the bushcraft session, the children had to collect fuel and build our own fires. It required a lot of teamwork and resilience, especially whilst using the flint and steel. 

   

  It was also great to see lots of children getting out of their comfort zone as they cycled through the forest and took on lots of hilly and bumpy terrain - ending on a steep, continuous incline. The perseverance was incredible. Mrs Osborne was proud of the children who had been feeling slightly 'rusty' with Mountain Biking but pushed themselves further.

   

  After a filling roast chicken dinner or lentil loaf, we all enjoyed a leisurely night walk where they learnt about the history of Avon Tyrrell and made fresh pine needle tea. We tried hard to keep our torches off to adjust our eye-sight to the darkness. It was remarkable how much you could see. The children have made the absolute most of their first day!

   

  This evening, the children have settled beautifully and are already making all of the adults incredibly proud. Here are a few quotes from the children themselves about their day so far:

   

   “There are so many amazing activities. I can’t wait to try them all. Also the staff are so friendly.” Oliver

   

  “I am really enjoying being with my friends, especially playing on the table football in my free time.” Finlay H

   

  “We got very muddy doing the bushcraft. But it was really fun and I managed to light a fire.” Sophia

   

  “The rooms are huge!” Autumn

   

  “I loved being out in nature today. We found loads of variety of mushrooms on our adventure trail. The staff could tell us about them all.” Evie

   

  Keep checking in throughout the week to see what your wonderful children are getting up to. Take a look at a selection of photographs from today, more will be uploaded over the next few days.

  

• Remembrance Service

  Mon 10 Nov 2025

  Yesterday two of our School Prefects took part in the Basingstoke Remembrance Service, accompanied by Mrs Franklin and Miss Lyddon. The children laid a remembrance wreath, on behalf of GBP, and were incredibly respectful throughout the service. 

  

• Year 2’s Marmalade Sandwich Adventure!

  Fri 07 Nov 2025

  Year 2 followed Paddington’s instructions brilliantly and made their own marmalade sandwiches this morning! Everyone then tasted their creations and mostly agreed with Paddington — thumbs up all round!

  Next week, Year 2 will be using today’s experience as inspiration to write their own set of instructions for making a marmalade sandwich.