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

• Individual Table Tennis Competition!

  Wed 16 Jan 2019 Miss Hunt

  Yesterday, eight fantastic children took part in Basingstoke and Deane’s under 11 individual table tennis competition. The children played against several opponents from different schools around Hampshire and were able to compete with skill and confidence. Some of the other children attending the competition are current County Champions in table tennis, so I was extremely proud of our children as they showed SUPERB growth mindset and perseverance. They really should feel delighted with themselves. After the main matches had been played, the children were grouped into a ‘main group’ and a ‘consolation’ group. Liberty and Sienna both made it to the final of the girls’ consolation group with Sienna just pipping Liberty to the post to win the girls consolation category. Fin made it all the way to the semi-final of the boy’s consolation group and played brilliantly. Orla and Curtis competed extremely well and progressed to the main group of the competitions where they faced some tough contenders. Both children held their heads very high and represented Great Binfields extremely well. Connor, Olli and Tallulah also played with fantastic confidence and skill but were unlucky with some of their matched competitors. Thank you for those parents who attended and supported their children. It was lovely to see the pride of your faces too! A big thank you to Ms Rogers too who taught my class for the day, allowing me to take the children along to participate.

  Have a look at some of our photos to see what we got up to!

  

• Year Four and Mount Everest

  Fri 11 Jan 2019 Miss Hanafin

  Year Four have had a busy week launching our Extreme Earth topic. We started it off on Wednesday with a shelter building task. We went out into the woodland and used our resources to create a shelter that could withstand heavy rain and strong winds. Ash and Pine mixed up and it was great to see the children working as a team, strategy planning and showing high levels of determination. Mr Wood and Mrs Ellis were very impressed. Having completed some research on Mount Everest, we began writing diary entries as if we had just arrived at Base Camp. We did some of our writing in tents, imagining what it would be like to reflect on our travels after a long day. To round the week off, we were lucky enough to have a visit from Mr Clark who has completed the challenge of climbing Mount Everest. He delivered a fantastic talk all about his experiences which taught us all an incredible amount. He talked to us about the conditions, the training, the prep, the risks and hazards of such an amazing climb. He also showed us some of the kit he used for the climb. We will be using his talk to inspire our future diary entries and will even be sending him a few of our best to review.

   

  What a brilliant start to the half term! Have a look at the pictures to see what we got up to. 

  

• Happy New Year to you all!!

  Sat 05 Jan 2019 Ms Rogers

  Happy New Year Everyone! Let’s hope that 2019 brings our school community much happiness. 

  It will be lovely seeing you all on Tuesday morning (8th January) and I hope our children are looking forward to catching up with their friends too. We have all had a good break and I hope that is the case for you all too. Let’s hope our children settle back into our school routines well as we have lots of great learning opportunities and activities planned for this Spring 1 half term. I also hope the children are very much looking forward to their new topics.

• Merry Christmas children

  Fri 21 Dec 2018 Ms Rogers

  Dear Children, 

  It is nearly time for us to close our school doors and gates until January 8th so we can all get ready for the Christmas break that is around the corner. This is a time where we can be with our families. I hope you are all really excited as I am certainly looking forward to spending time with my loved ones as well as some of my old friends too.  

   

  I’m sure you will join me in wishing the staff and volunteers here at Great Binfields a wonderful, well earned restful holiday. They have worked so hard this term (especially being an 8 week term) and they are very much all ready for a break!

   

  I will be thinking of you all getting very excited on Christmas Eve. I wonder what Father Christmas will bring you all? Remember (from our assemblies and school learning) to spare a thought for those children and adults who are less fortunate than us. As unfortunately for some people, Christmas is a sad time where they feel very lonely. 

   

  We must also not forget the true meaning behind the Christian festival of Christmas. Our EYFS, KS1 children and Mrs Lowe at Church helped remind us all about the Christmas story so please think back to these plays and the service as we are all unwrapping our presents on Christmas morning. 

   

  Have lots of fun everyone and Happy New Year. I hope that 2019 is going to be happy year for you. I’m hoping 2019 is going to be a good year for us all at GBP with lots of new learning experiences to look forward to.

   

  I will look forward to seeing you all back in school on Tuesday 8th January as we have an Inset Day on the 7th January. 

   

  With the warmest of wishes,

  Ms Rogers

  Headteacher

• Pantomime comes to Great Binfields

  Tue 18 Dec 2018 Miss Lyddon

  " It's behind you"

   

  M and M Productions visited Great Binfields this morning and entertained all of the children (and staff) with this year's Pantomime - 'Beauty and the Beast'.  Great fun was had by all - the staff, children and actors! Lots of singing, dancing and joining in parts, which entertained us until lunchtime. Thank you for a great morning M and M Productions and Merry Christmas.

  

• Relating – Connect with People

  Tue 18 Dec 2018 Ms Rogers

   Feeling connected to people is very important for our happiness – even if we feel we are shy! This doesn’t mean we have to get on with everyone, but having at least a few people that we can trust implicitly and can share things with matters for our happiness. This may include members of our family and our close friends. We can learn skills to help us build good connections, to help us feel cared for and be able to care for others too.

  Quick start: Teaching our children to learn how to listen well to others is a great foundation to build good relationships. It is a quick skill that you can practice with them straight away.

  When someone speaks to your child, encourage them to:

  STOP what they are doing and give their full attention to the speaker.

  LOOK at them and smile in a friendly way.

  LISTEN carefully to what the speaker has said and how they say it.

         WAIT until the speaker has finished before your child replies. When the speaker has spoken,  your child should be encouraged to ask one or two questions to show that they are interested. This can be modelled by adults for the children to parrot talk initially.

  Being a careful listener shows that you care! We practice these skills in school and the staff will continue to role-model this. Please can you encourage your children to practice this at home with you too.

  I have popped this update alongside some curious conversations and interview a friend/family member questions activities below, for your children to ask someone visiting over the Christmas period.

   

  

• Great Binfields Netball Match Against Tadley Primary School

  Mon 17 Dec 2018 Miss Lyddon
  On Monday 17th December, the Great Binfields Year 5/6 netball team played their second home match of the season and this time it was against Tadley Primary School. This time we played a 5 a-side game, so other team members had a chance of playing in different positions. The final score was a draw ... 4-4. Well done to both teams and thank you for Tadley Primary School for coming to Great Binfields for the match.

  

• Year 3 Listen to Me - Samba

  Fri 14 Dec 2018 Ms Rogers

  The children have progressed so well over the last term and yesterday they showcased their learning with a real life audience. Over the past term, our children have experimented with the different samba instruments - most of which are unpitched to create different rhythms. Not only that they have developed their cultural understanding as they have watched clips of samba bands from Brazil perform but the children have also learned about pitch, tempo (including the Italian names for the different speeds) and structure too.

  It was a delight to hear the different rhythms and for some the children sang alongside too. It was also great seeing the children's concentration and determination shine through as well.

  Thank you to our parents and grandparents who attended - it really does mean a lot to our children and gives them a real purpose for their learning.  

  

• Lights Camera Action Round 2!

  Thu 13 Dec 2018 Ms Rogers

  The children did remarkably well once again.. What a superb production. Thanks to our wonderful staff team for working so well with the kids to put on a brilliant show!

  Here are some more photos for you all to enjoy!

  

• Lights, Camera, Action.... what an incredible show!!

  Wed 12 Dec 2018 Ms Rogers

  I know it doesn't take me much these days to get emotional when I beaming with pride but my goodness me.... our KS1 children were absolutely incredible this morning when they performed their Christmas Play called 'Lights Camera, Action!'. The songs were fabulous and very catchy...although very difficult to learn I imagine. The acting and dancing was superb too - so well choreographed and the audience laughed so much. It was great seeing the children go into role so well - watch out Craig, Bruno, Shirley and Darcee.... our children are after your jobs!

  I hope our audience this morning loved it as much as I did and if you are coming tomorrow, you are in for a real treat!! It is incredible how they have all grown in confidence.

  Check out the photos below - they all look adorable!