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

• Celebrating Mothers' Day this week

  Fri 09 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers

  Our children have been busy making Mothers' Day Cards this week to show their appreciation for their Mums, Grans, Nans and other special females in their lives. In addition to this, we had our Annual Mothers Day Sale, where the school community donated a small gift from home and then the children had the opportunity to purchase a gift yesterday for £1. Our children loved going to the GBP make shift shop to choose. Thank you to our lovely volunteers who helped run it after it was all set up. It is hugely appreciated.

  Today our EYFS children held their Mothering Sunday Concert and Activities afternoon. As usual, there were many happy tears and laughter. The children did remarkably well to sing and read out their special messages to their mummies. The portraits the children created were brilliant. I know that Mrs Davis and Miss Khan were all extremely proud of the children.

  As a school, we hope all of our Mums have a lovely Mothering Sunday.

  

• Year 5 and 6 Basingstoke Trip

  Wed 07 Mar 2018 Mrs Osborne and Miss Hunt

  Oak and Maple classes had great fun in Basingstoke town centre today. The children explored the history and culture of our fantastic town.

  We took a trip to Thomas Burberry's old shop. Did you know that Thomas Burberry is well known for designing the waterproof trench coat for soldiers during WWI which he patented as 'Garbardine'? As well as this, we visited his grave which is situated in the Holy Ghost Cemetery.

  The Willis Museum was a popular stop off point and gave the children lots of interesting facts about the history of Basingstoke. Luckily, there was also a Star Wars exhibition in the museum, which went down a storm!

  Finally, we visited St Michael's Church, which was badly hit during the WWII bombings.

  The trip was finished off nicely with a run around in Eastrop Park. We expect the children feel just as tired as the adults do after all that walking and exploring!

  

• We have some great 'Snow Challenges' for you!!!!

  Fri 02 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers

  1. Play out in the snow - making sure you are all wrapped up warm as that wind is very cold!!!!!

  2. Make something creative - snowman, snow angel or any type of snow creation.

  3. Take a picture of your creations with you (and your family in it) and email them to adminoffice@greatbinfields.hants.sch.uk so we can share the fun you have been having in assembly.

  4. Snuggle up with a favourite book - and then perhaps you could then recreate one of the characters by drawing, collage, junk modelling or even with snow.

  5. Play maths games on Abacus or Education City - your username and passwords are on in the inside of your Home School Reading Diary Book.

   

  I look forward to seeing you all safe and sound back at GBP next week

  From everyone at GBP.

• School is feeling lonely without you all!

  Thu 01 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers

  Here are some photos of school covered in snow. School looks so pretty!  I am really hopeful that it will be safe to open on Monday and that we will still have some snow so that we can enjoy playing in our school grounds.

  Have you also noticed how quiet everything can be when it snows? Perhaps you can talk to your family why that may be?

  

• SCHOOL IS CLOSED FRIDAY 2nd MARCH - Sorry for any inconvenience caused

  Thu 01 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers
  Due to the worsening conditions and further forecasted snow and ice overnight and tomorrow, the decision has been taken that the school will remain closed on Friday 2nd March - this is to ensure the health and safety of our children, staff and parents. It has not been an easy decision to make but has been done with the best of intentions. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes you. Hopefully we will see everyone on Monday.

• SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY - THURSDAY 1st MARCH

  Thu 01 Mar 2018 Ms Rogers

  Great Binfields Primary School has made the difficult decision to close today (Thursday 1st March) due to the adverse weather and travel conditions. The drop off and collection of children from our site during severe weather conditions would create a high degree of risk to safety and the majority of our staff travel some distance to get to/from school. We are therefore very concerned about children and staff being able to get home safely if conditions further deteriorate as they have done in the past few hours.
  Rest assured we will reschedule Book Day and Dress Down Day for next week. Further details to follow. We will of course inform our school community regarding Friday’s plans by 3pm today so please watch out for text messages, emails and web site information.

  We apologise for the inconvenience caused, but hope that you realise we have not taken this decision lightly.

  Perhaps the children can get into World Book day by reading a favourite book. Further activities can be found on our school website and there are lots of activities to choose from on Education City and Abacus once the children have come in from enjoying the snow.

  Thank you for your understanding, Ms Rogers

• Weather and School Update

  Wed 28 Feb 2018 Ms Rogers

  Many of you would have seen that some schools have decided to close already.  We are planning to open tomorrow morning (Thursday 1st March) if it is safe to do so and we will of course keep you all informed of our decision making so please check our school website, emails and texts before you set off on your journey to school in the morning.  I would like to make it clear that if you do not feel safe about bringing your child to school then you will have to make the decision whether you can make that journey as school cannot make that decision for you.

  I suggest that the children plan to bring in sensible shoes/boots, warm coats, hats and gloves as well so that if there is snow we can have a play.  World Book Day dress down will go ahead but feel free to pack a change of home clothes in a named carrier bag for the children to change into if their attire is rather skimpy!  Please tell your class teacher if you have done this so that they are aware of this extra change of clothes.

  If throughout the morning the weather becomes too severe we will inform you of any decision to close part way through the day, so please do keep your phones and emails open and regularly check our website.

  Once again keep safe and hopefully we will see you all tomorrow for some snow fun, but of course I'm sure you'll understand, I will have to close the school if I consider that the children and staff's safety are at risk and we certainly don't want anyone stranded at school.

  Kind regards,

  Jules Rogers

• Year 1 Grandparents' Day linked to the children's Toys Topic

  Wed 21 Feb 2018 Ms Rogers
  This morning Cedar Class had a lovely time showcasing their learning to their grandparents and parents who came along to support them. Everyone got involved in all of the activities provided and very much enjoyed the tea and cakes the children made for them too. It was so lovely seeing the closeness between the children and their families as well as seeing the absolute pride in their faces as they shared what they had achieved throughout the term.  Well done children you did a grand job of sharing your Toys Topic learning with your visitors and I am 100% sure this will be a memory that you will all cherish for a very long time. 

  

• Welcome back everyone - it is Reading and Writing Week.

  Mon 19 Feb 2018 Ms Rogers

  The children have come back refreshed after their half term holiday and are very excited about our special week this week. We are having our annual Book and Writing Week and this year the theme is 'Without Words'. The staff have been busy preparing lots for the children to get their teeth into and the children are already busy creating some wonderfully creative work based on their class' picture book. I can not wait to see how this learning progresses throughout the week.

  Here are a few pictures of our children involved in their learning that I captured this afternoon. KS1 also had their weekly Open The book story assembly too - always a good part of their week.

  

• Dress Down day and Cake Sale Fundraiser

  Fri 09 Feb 2018 Ms Rogers
  Thanks you to all of you who supported us today. The response was overwhelming and we received a grand total of £575. So £287.50 will go to 'Jed's Physio Cause' and the other half will go towards a school grounds project we have in the pipelines - which is fabulous.
  Have a great half term everyone and enjoy your cakes!!