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

• Year 6 Bikeability

  Mon 11 Sep 2017 Mrs Osborne
  The Year 6 children had a fantastic first session of Bikeability today. They started off in the classroom learning facts about the Highway Code. After this, they went onto the playground to learn how to check their bikes correctly and how to signal right and left. Tomorrow, they will be venturing onto the roads to test out some of their new knowledge!

  

• EYFS Open Mornings Dates - For children starting school in September 2018

  Mon 11 Sep 2017 Ms Rogers
  Check out the flyer below for details of our EYFS Open Mornings for new children starting school in September 2018.

  

• Expectation Meetings

  Mon 11 Sep 2017 Ms Rogers
  Don't forget that it is our Expectation Meetings tomorrow Tuesday 12th September for KS1  parents and Wednesday 13th September for our KS2 parents. Both starting at 5.45pm and finishing at 7pm. We will be sharing a whole host of information so that you can work with us to ensure your children have a successful year at GBP. Parents only please.

• It is lovely having our wonderful children back in school...

  Wed 06 Sep 2017 Ms Rogers

  As much as we all love our summer break and the chance to be free of routines... our children and staff have come back happy, refreshed and eager to start the new school this week.

  Our children have impressed our staff with how quickly they have settled back into the throws of school. It certainly has been lovely seeing them catching up and playing with their friends during playtimes and lunchtimes.

  Check out the photos of them below. They really are caring, sharing and  playing fair

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• School Meals Update

  Sun 03 Sep 2017 Ms Rogers

  Dear Everyone,

  I hope you are all well and that your children feel rested and now excited about returning to school.

  We have over the summer break, had our final 2 phases of building works to make us into a fully fledged 2 form entry primary school. The two temporary classrooms have been removed and our main school kitchen has been extended. Mr Quilter, Mrs Worgan and I have been on tender-hooks for the past three weeks as there has been various problems during the kitchen upgrade and as a result the deadline for the contractors to finish has been stretched week on week which has been highly frustrating for us. Hampshire Property Management Services have been very apologetic on the contractors behalf but unfortunately this does mean that our kitchen is not operational for Monday and Tuesday of next week.

  So the plan is as follows:

  Monday 4th September - another local school is cooking our school meals for us as they are on Inset Day themselves. So tomorrow the children will be choosing from the normal HC3S menu. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hc3s/hc3s-primary/primarymenu.htm . These meals will be shipped in to our school.

  Tuesday 5th September - as all schools in the east of Basingstoke are back for the start of term, we will have to have a packed lunch option instead. Children can choose from tuna or cheese lunch bags. They will need to tell their teacher their choice tomorrow morning so orders can be processed before the end of the school day. If your child does not like these two options then you will have to unfortunately provide your child with a packed lunch for this day. Sorry if the latter is the case but we only have the two options open to us.

  I have been promised that everything will be certified and operational by Tuesday PM. I hope they keep this promise but I will of course let you know if anything changes as soon as I know. If you do not hear from us - everything has gone to plan.

  We are very much looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Gates open at 8.30am and our teaching staff will be greeting you at their classroom doors from 8.40 sharp through to 8.50am.

  I am so sorry that this has happened at the start of a new year but I hope that you can work with us over the next couple of days...we will then be free of extension building work forever - yippee!!

  Kind regards,

  Jules Rogers

  Headteacher