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

• Equality and Rights Advocates (EARA) summer meeting

  Tue 17 Jun 2025

  Today, Mrs Franklin took our Equality and Rights Advocates to the summer 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. 

   

  In today's session, the children were focusing on the rights of the child and becoming more familiar with the articles of the UNCRC (United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child). They looked at a picture showing different images and discussed whether the graphic displayed rights being met or denied. 

   

  After that, the various schools who had attended the meeting were given the opportunity to share something from their own school with the wider group. The GBP Equality and Rights Advocates shared a presentation which they had presented to the rest of Great Binfields in a whole school assembly. Mrs Franklin was incredibly impressed, as it is not easy to speak in such of a large audience. GBP EARA also answered many questions throughout the meeting and showed great participation. 

  

• EYFS Dad's Afternoon - Friday 13th June

  Mon 16 Jun 2025

  On Friday 13th June, our Early Years children had a wonderful afternoon hosting our dads, grandads and special people for an afternoon of fun! 

  The children directed their special people to the activities such as a blindfolded obstacle course and making newspaper towers! During the week the children had been working hard on making a special gift for the upcoming Fathers Day celebration ( a fantastic 'nuts and bolts' keyring person) and designing personalised cards. The children made a picture of themselves and their special person using natural resources such as twigs and leaves and the results were amazing! These were presented to their loved ones at the end of their special afternoon. The children and adults alike had so much fun, which you will see from the attached pictures! Well done Early Years for making Fathers Day such a lovely event! 

  

• Year 5 trip to Gilbert White's House

  Sat 07 Jun 2025

  Yesterday the Year 5 children had their school trip to Gilbert White's House and Gardens. As part of the trip, the children visited the river in Selborne to calculate the velocity of water, plot a cross section of a stream and explore the invertebrate life in the river. They also created a map of a river system using natural materials and completed an orienteering activity, learning lots of facts about nature and the naturalist Gilbert White along the way. The children were praised by the Gilbert White staff for their enthusiasm. A great day was had and it was a brilliant opportunity for the children to undertake some hands on learning linking to their current 'Journey of a River' topic.

  

• Creative Week 2025

  Thu 05 Jun 2025

  This week we have been enjoying our Creative Week, which has focussed on celebrating the subjects of English, Art, French and DT. We have been very excited that our work will join other Hampshire schools in taking part in the Small Worlds: Little Things Make a Big Difference exhibition about climate change at the Winchester Gallery (in partnership with Children's Services at Hampshire County Council.)

   

  We have taken inspiration for this topic from the book, 'Here We are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth' by Oliver Jeffers. Each year group has explored a different element of the book. We have used our resilience and cooperation to create individual and collaborative 3D globes, which will be travelling in our school minibus to Winchester to contribute to a globe installation for the exhibition. The children have also been working hard to create a piece of art, based on their theme, which will be selected by Pupil Parliament and turned into a banner by Winchester Art School to be displayed along Park Avenue in Winchester. 

   

  The children have been amazing. They have shown such creativity and have engaged in wonderful discussions about Planet Earth and our responsibility to look after it. Have a look at the photos to see what we have been up to but also make sure you head to the exhibition. The details of which are below: 

   

  Location: The Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Park Avenue, SO223 8DL

  Dates: 11^th July – 16^th August 2025

  

• Girls rugby tournament

  Thu 22 May 2025

  A big well done to our year 5 and 6 rugby team for winning the plate at today’s rugby tournament! 
   

  

• Year 2 Road Safety

  Wed 21 May 2025

  This afternoon, Year 2 were road safety detectives! We joined a virtual teams call with over 70 other schools. It was lead by the senior road safety officer for Road Safety Education and she reminded us and taught us lots about crossing the road safely. We thought about what to do if there are parked cars in the way. We know to always hold an adults hand and to stop, look, listen and think before crossing the road. 

  

• Year 6 - SATs Fun Friday

  Fri 16 May 2025

  What a way to end SATs week! Year 6 have had a wonderful day celebrating the completion of their tests and boy did they deserve it. The children chose a long list of activities for their treat day. Throughout the day, we have had: a busy room of arts and crafts with children making hats, 3d felt fruit and vegetables and watercolour scenes; children relaxing watching films of their choice, some playing a range of educational games on the IPADs, football on the field, playing on the go-karts, playing hide and seek and den building in the forest and enjoying time together on the table football and ping pong tables. It was the perfect day to let off a bit of steam and everyone has been able to make special memories with their friends.

   

  The Year 6 children have been absolutely incredible this week; we are SO proud of their determination to succeed, superb Growth Mindset and never-ending perseverance to demonstrate how brilliant they are. We hope they are feeling very chuffed of themselves for all they have achieved this week. SATs Breakfast Club went down a storm as always and the bacon and veggie sausage rolls and cereals were a real hit. The children have also been incredible at showing their appreciation for all the staff who have kindly rallied around to support us this week. A big thank you to just a few people who have helped make the week as smooth, motivational and as successful as possible: the wonderful team in the kitchen who came into school super early to ensure we all had a cooked breakfast roll; all the amazing staff and children at Great Binfields who have been so patient with waiting for a slightly later break time or for helping support the children through their SATs tests; and of course, to Miss Lyddon and Mrs Holdsworth for providing motivational treats and rallying us together for a stress-free week. Equally, thank you to all of the parents and carers of the Year 6 children who have been working behind the scenes to support their children in the build up to SATs but also helping to calm nerves, listen to worries and provide motivational pick me ups throughout the week. What a team effort!

   

  Here is a collection of photos for you to see how much fun we have had this week in amongst the tests 😊

  

• Year 1 Trip to Portchester Castle

  Wed 14 May 2025

  On Wednesday 14th May 2025, Year 1 visited Portchester Castle as part of our History learning on Kings, Queens and Castles. We were very excited to visit a real life castle and look out for the different castle features, such as the keep, battlements, moat, drawbridge, portcullis, and bailey. Despite some of the castle being in ruins, the children were still able to imagine where some of the features would have been, for example, the drawbridge, and to imagine what life in the castle would once have been like!

   

  The noise level on the coach erupted with pure excitement when we first arrived and the children caught their first glimpse of the castle. We had the most wonderful time exploring the castle and its grounds, including climbing the many stairs to reach the different levels of the keep. Some of the children even tried out a section of the spiral staircase, which was steep and narrow! The castle museum was really interesting and contained artefacts from an archaeological dig on site, such as a skull, jawbone, a cannonball and even a hairbrush! 

   

  The children also took part in a workshop, run by members of English Heritage. They told us interesting facts about the history of Portchester Castle, including information about the Kings who once lived and ruled there! Some of the children were given the opportunity to dress up as kings, guards and servants, as well hold a long bow and a piece of chain mail! The children were so enthusiastic during their workshops, and impressed with their knowledge of castles.

   

  To end the day, we walked around the outside of the castle walls to the beach. We had a fruity snack and the chance to throw some stones into the sea. It was a fantastic end to a fun and informative day!

   

   

  

• Year 3 Trip to Fishbourne

  Tue 13 May 2025 Mrs Greehy and Miss Wynne

  What an exciting Friday Year 3 had! They visited Fishbourne Roman Palace near Chichester. Throughout the day, they were able to explore the palace, learning facts about how it was found and what happened to it a long time ago. They also had an interactive workshop which involved playing games, making mosaics, looking inside a replica kitchen, spinning wool, wax and ink writing. After this, they walked around the museum learning facts and exploring about roman buildings, coins and houses. In the palace, they have real mosaics on the floor from the Roman time which the children found fascinating to look at the intricate detail. Around the palace, the children wandered around the replica gardens, and realised how it would have looked if they went back in time! It was a wonderful day for the Year 3’s. Their behaviour was excellent and it bought their Roman learning to life!

  

• KS2 Rugby

  Fri 02 May 2025 Mrs Gough

  Our KS2 rugby team have had excellent success this year thanks to their outstanding efforts and Mr Wood’s expertise. 
  
  Here is a lovely recount from some of our team…

  ‘Great Binfields competed in the 24/25 Tudor league. We played 12 games, won 11 and drew the last one. We drew against St Mary’s after a big team effort. First we played at Fairfield’s home and then St Mary’s. After that, we played at Rucstall and finished the league at Great Binfields. We had the biggest win of the season with a 6-0 win. Our wins would not be possible without our amazing coach- Mr Wood! Thank you so much for making this possible. Thank you to all the teams who we played against. You all played brilliant tag rugby.’