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

• Our falconry display at Stone Farm

  Wed 18 Apr 2018 Miss Lyddon
  On Wednesday evening, we all went into one of Mr Hatton's barns for a falconry display. It was great fun seeing the birds of prey, and owls, fly around the barn, swoop down for the food and sit on the high ledges watching us, watching them. Wow! another memory maker for the children.

  

• Our day at The Eden Project

  Wed 18 Apr 2018 Miss Lyddon

  WOW!!! What an amazing day. Our day started by exploring the outside of the Biodomes in the grounds of the Eden Project. We spotted some interesting sculptures amongst the plants, flowers and trees. There were even three cows on the roof! After lunch we had a workshop called 'Puzzling Plants'. Here, we were plant detectives finding the different plants in the Rainforest Biodome (The biggest one). It was great fun and VERY HOT! At the top of the Biodome, we found a wobbly bridge and a bridge with a cloud maker on it. It was great fun. We pretended that we were in the jungle. 

   

  Back at Stone Farm, we had free time with the animals before tea.

   

  Tonight we are having a falconry talk and display by one of Mr Hatton's friends. We will keep you updated with our adventures.

   

  (I am having trouble up loading pictures tonight - will try again in the morning. Good night)

  

• Tuesday Morning Farm Duties at Stone Farm

  Wed 18 Apr 2018 Miss Lyddon
  Good morning from a sunny Stone Farm. Farm duties have been completed and now off to breakfast!!! It was absolutely magical seeing the children interacting with the animals so, so well. The Eden Project news will be uploaded later.

  

• We have arrived at Stone Farm

  Tue 17 Apr 2018 Miss Lyddon
  We have arrived safety at Stone Farm. A super, safe journey with a stop over at Buckfast Abbey - which was great fun, if a little wet!! Year 4 have settled into their new home for the week, had a tour around the farm by Mr Hatton and we have had dinner - yum yum!!!. Olivia says that the chips were amazing! Everyone has now learnt a new farm duty and completed this tonight. The animals are now in bed and the children are just off to bed too - Night, Night. From Year 4 in the Farmhouse - Day 1

  

• Footway closure at Binfields Roundabout - diversion route as of Monday 9th April

  Mon 16 Apr 2018

  Please see the attached newsletter and map linked within our Travel to School page regarding the upcoming roadworks that are taking place at Binfields Roundabout. A pedestrian diversion route will allow access to and from Chineham Shopping Centre via Binfields Woodland Park, which will continue for 6 weeks. As advised, you may need to allow for extra time when walking to and from school. To access the above links for further information, please see our Parents drop down tab and visit the Travel to School page. Thank you for your patience during this time and please ensure that you travel safely despite the diversions.  

• Easter activities

  Fri 30 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers

  Why don’t you try some of these fabulous family activities? I’m sure you will have lots of fun if you do. 

  Happy Easter everyone. 

  

• Some of our children visit Southampton Art Gallery

  Wed 28 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers
  Our children really enjoyed their art gallery experience today. They not only produced a superb wire sculpture which are all now displayed in our library at school but they saw some beautiful art within the gallery itself. A huge thank you to the Education Team for making our day so special. The children really appreciated the different styles of art and the mediums used. Together we all looked deeply into some of the many beautiful paintings... which gave us lots of historical clues about the time period. We hope there will be lots of discussion tonight and that your children will eagerly share their special day with you.

  It goes without saying, all of our kids made Miss Lemar and myself very proud. They were courteous, calm, interested, enthusiastic and very respectful throughout. Thank you to Miss Lemar who helped me enormously by organising the trip this year - you did a grand job.

  Check out the photos below that were taken throughout the day. Some are of the children practicing their new found skills and others are of them appreciating art. Please do come into school to see the children's wire creations as they are so good. The children will be teaching the wire sculpting skills they learned with the rest of the children in their classes during our next Art Festival week.  We can't wait.

  

• Year 4 trip to Christchurch

  Wed 28 Mar 2018 Miss Corcoran
  Yesterday, a mixture of children from year 4 had a great time at Christchurch , learning more about the Easter story and taking part in some fun activities. Each group spoke about the symbol of the cross and reminded each other about why we celebrate Easter, we learnt about why the Friday of  Easter weekend is called Good Friday and then we were able to place our own crosses made of twigs onto the Easter garden. We also made Easter Basing stones which we were able to take home with us, so look out for some more around! Everyone took part in a quiz about Christchurch as well. It was such a lovely afternoon and it was great to hear the children sharing their knowledge about Easter and the Christian faith too. 

  

• Easter Activity Ideas

  Wed 28 Mar 2018 Miss Lyddon

  Please see below a couple of links showing ideas for Easter holiday activities:

  https://www.visit-hampshire.co.uk/ideas-and-inspiration/top-10-ideas/top-10-days-out-for-free

  https://www.visit-hampshire.co.uk/things-to-do/activities-and-sport/walking-and-hiking

   

• Challenge Evening

  Thu 22 Mar 2018 Mrs Osborne
  Our second Challenge Evening was held yesterday after school. It was lovely to walk through the building and see children and adults working together to solve problems using our school values and Growth Mindset. It was very clear that lots of fun was had by all! Take a look at the photos to see for yourself...