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

• Year 6 Boys football match at Castle Hill

  Fri 13 Dec 2024 Mrs Gough

  The Year 6 boys had their second football match yesterday at Castle Hill school. Mrs Gough and Miss Thomas were so impressed with their skill, dedication and team work. A special shout out to Logan, our super star goalie and man of the match! Another special shout out to George who showed super sportsmanship to the other team and got a special mention from the Ref. 

  The game was very close throughout and we ended up drawing 2-2. 

  A super game, well done! 

  

• Year 2 Paddington Performance

  Thu 12 Dec 2024

  Year 2 blew us away with their awesome Paddington performance. It was excellent to see the pride on the children's faces whilst they showcased their super learning.  We had children reading out their Paddington Adventure stories, showing their art work, performing the bells and lots of singing! 

  Well done for showing so much bravery and resilience Year 2. We are all super proud of you. 

  

• Year 4 Microbits

  Tue 03 Dec 2024

  In her Computing lead role, Mrs Holdsworth recently tasked the Y4s with a coding challenge! She provided us with 30 Microbits and set us on a mission to get to know how they work and how to code some very (VERY) cool effects onto them. Miss Heath and Miss Hanafin were a little nervous at first as these little devices looked very new, very tricky and very complicated. Time to show our value of resilience, we thought. But as soon as we had a play around and started learning some tricks, we absolutely fell in love with this new Computing topic and got started right away.

   

  The Year 4 children have already been able to pair their Microbits, create flashing patterns, show words, smiley faces, messages and use them to play 'yes' 'no' game. Pine Class even got onto adding Music! The excitement in the room was wonderful and everyone had a real wow moment as we saw our coding come to life. We will be carrying on using the Microbits throughout the year and as the first year group in the school to explore them, we give a 10/10 review!

   

  If you are interested in finding out more about these devices or want to have a go at home, please visit:

   

  https://microbit.org/teach/featured/

   

  https://makecode.microbit.org/

   

  Microbits are funded by the BBC so there are some great links to familiar shows (like Gladiators!) out there.

  

• Early Years Nativity!

  Mon 02 Dec 2024

  In December, the Early Years children took on the huge task of retelling the Christmas story, by working together to perform the Christmas Nativity for everyone to enjoy. We began by learning the song words and actions, and then moved on to acting out our parts and learning our lines. We even learned Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in Matakon!  After lots of practise, we then performed in front of the KS1 and our parents and carers!  Everyone was so proud of what they achieved!

  

• A visit to the School Library Service

  Wed 27 Nov 2024 Mrs Osborne

  Yesterday, 8 children joined Mrs Osborne and Mrs Taylor to visit the School Library Service. When they were there, they had the very important job of choosing some new books for our class book corners. They also enjoyed talking to the staff at the library about their favourite books. 
   

  “I enjoyed looking at all the books; my favourite was ‘The Chocolate Dog’. I also chose a book about cars which I know my friend Alby will love reading.” - Summer.

   

  “I loved looking at all the books. It was fascinating. My favourite book is called ‘The Song From Somewhere Else’ because it really caught my eye. I have started reading it already.” - Arliyah-Rose.

  

• Year 4 - Aviation adventure, careers in the sky

  Wed 20 Nov 2024

  Today, Year 4 were lucky enough to attend a virtual webinar run by Education and Employers, talking all about careers linked to aviation. The children could name a few jobs they knew would be linked but we heard about many others that we had no idea even existed until they were shared. There were three guest speakers, one a pilot for Easyjet, one a radio engineer and the other a control room operator. We learnt all about their roles, including the best bits and the challenging parts as well as hear about how they ended up in that career. It was incredibly interesting and even the adults felt inspired by the career paths chosen. The speakers told us how they used many of our values in order to be successful, including resilience and cooperation as well as key skills linked to effective communication and patience. 

   

  The top tips from the three speakers included:

   

  Will the pilot- Always persevere and show passion. If you are passionate about aviation, you could find yourself in the flight deck.

   

  Kim the control room operator- When you find yourself doing lots of things at the same time, remain calm and try to continue multi-tasking.

   

  Stuart the radio engineer - Ask lots of questions- don't be afraid to ask what you might think is a silly question. Go ahead and ask.

  

• Equality and Rights Advocates (EARA) meeting

  Fri 15 Nov 2024

  Yesterday, Mrs Franklin took our brand new Equality and Rights Advocates to their first EARA group meeting. Hampshire Equality and Rights Advocates (EARA) are a group of students from Hampshire schools who work collaboratively to promote equality and children's rights in their schools based on the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act and UNCRC. 

   

  Yesterday's session was an opportunity for our advocates to learn a little more about what their roles will entail and how they can promote equality and improve the understanding of a child’s right to the other children and adults at Great Binfields. This term, their specific focus is gender equality.

   

  Mrs Franklin was really impressed by the ideas our group shared and how well they all displayed GBP values.

   

  They were also lucky enough to be the first group of children to take a ride in the new school minibus! Thank you Mr Ellis!

  

• Avon Tyrrell

  Fri 15 Nov 2024

  A huge well done to all of the year 6 children for such a successful residential trip to Avon Tyrrell. We hope they have a lovely, relaxing weekend and are full of exciting stories to share with their families. 

  

• Avon Tyrrell - Day 3

  Thu 14 Nov 2024

  After another hearty breakfast (a Full English), the children embarked upon a morning of activities and adventure. We have, once again, witnessed some incredibly brave and courageous children who have achieved great success and surprised themselves with their achievements. The Zip Wire has been a particular highlight of the morning as the children zoomed across the water. With those on the High Ropes facing a huge challenge of climbing to the great heights and then leaping off a wobbly platform to grab and suspended bar! Many children have conquered their fear of heights and are now grinning from ear to ear with pride. 

   

  Another highlight of the day has been the challenge course. The children have not only enjoyed testing themselves as individuals and working as a team on lots of challenges, such as balancing a giant seesaw and escaping without touching the wires of ‘The Cube’ as a team, but have loved chucking themselves into the mud under the cargo net, when racing through the course.
   

  The adults have received such lovely feedback from the Avon Tyrrell staff today regarding the children. We are so proud of them. We are looking forward to enjoying a relaxing evening after dinner, with a movie night in our pjs - ahead of our final day of activities tomorrow. 

   

  Here are some quotes from the children themselves:

   

  “The zip wire was so fast; I zoomed across the lake. I was worried my shoes were going to slip off but in the end I was doing funny poses in the air for my friends who were watching.” Hridan 

   

  “My team did so well when we were making a shelter. I helped carry big logs and collected lots of leaves so we didn’t wet when they put water on the shelter!” Alby 

   

  “I felt scared during the High Ropes because it was so high up but in the end I did the ‘leap of faith’ and I felt really proud of myself.” Isla EM

   

  “I really liked the mountain biking as we went on the red route which was very tricky as there were lots of tree routes!” Oliver M

  
  I’m so proud that I did the leap of faith during the High Ropes as I’m a bit scared of heights!” Dylan. 

   

  

• Avon Tyrrell - Day 2

  Wed 13 Nov 2024

  The children settled really well last night and slept brilliantly after enjoying an exciting night walk yesterday evening. They have all been incredibly respectful of one another and very understanding of how important sleep is to ensure that everyone is feeling their very best. 

   

  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. All of the adults have been blown away by the sheer 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. We have honestly been so impressed with all of the children and can see the Great Binfields values shining through in their attitudes and behaviours, despite it being quite cold. Cooperation, 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. The respect and kindness the children have shown each other reflect the same values being taught at school during our Anti-bullying week. We will continue to ensure these messages are being encouraged throughout the week. 

   

  This evening, we have enjoyed pie and mash before we are going to set off for a camp fire as a whole year group. Whilst it’s been a beautifully sunny day, now the sun has set we definitely need to wrap up for the cold. The children will enjoy campfire songs and games, plus toasting marshmallows. I’m sure they will be straight to sleep tonight after another busy day.

   

  Here are some reviews of the day:

   

  “I really enjoyed the Mountain Biking. I loved being able to go really fast down the bumpy hills. Oscar H.

   

  “In Bushcraft, we had to work really hard as a team to collect our firewood and use the flint and steel to light our fire - that was tricky! I was proud I didn’t give up.” Huxley. 

   

  “I enjoyed the abseiling although the archery has been my favourite so far!” Nazaaha. 

   

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