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

• Year R Bikeability!

  Thu 01 May 2025

  Last week the new term started very excitedly as Early Years took part in Bikeability training , using the Balance bikes.  They started by learning about how to make sure our clothing is safe when going on a bike and we then all did a helmet check to make sure that everyone knew the correct way to wear a bike helmet.

  Next we moved onto making sure our bikes were safe. The children were taught how to check their tyres to make sure they had enough air in them, then how to ensure the brakes were working and finally how to make sure that the handlebars were tight enough.

  Once all the checks had been completed, the children were shown how to walk safely with a bike and steer it around cones. We then moved onto riding our bikes. We started by using little steps to move from one place to another and then gradually made these bigger and bigger until we were pushing and gliding all the way across the playground.

  Over the rest of the week the children continued to work on their gliding skills, as well as learning to navigate between and around cones. The children also had to control different speeds and played games to make them stop and start on command.  Finally the children had a range of routes to use around the playground. These criss crossed each other, meaning that they would be travelling into each other's paths. This meant that the children had to stay focused and watch out for other moving bikes that might be travelling towards the same space as them.

  The children all looked forward to their bikeability session each day and it was lovely to see the increase in confidence and resilience throughout the progression of the week. 

  

• Year 2 cricket festival

  Wed 30 Apr 2025

  Year 2 had a great afternoon in the sunshine learning new cricket skills and having fun with Hampshire cricket.

  

• Year 2 Football tournament

  Fri 25 Apr 2025

  Well done to our Year 2 football team for showing our super school values during today’s football tournament.  

  

• Letters from Luke Murphy MP

  Wed 23 Apr 2025

  Today some of the children were very excited to have received a letter in the post from the local MP, Luke Murphy. He thanked them for meeting with him on his recent visit to our school and emphasized the importance of them continuing to make their voices heard. 

  

• World Maths Day 2025

  Mon 31 Mar 2025 Mrs Greehy

  On Wednesday 26th March 2025, it was World Maths Day. To celebrate that 'Maths is for everyone', we all discussed our aspirations for the future and realised that Maths really is involved in so much! We had lots of practical activities and investigations to help us get into the spirit of the day and so much Maths learning was happening around the school! Mathletics and TTRS were also used to help support our learning!

  

• Early Years Mother's Day Afternoon

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  Early Years have had a wonderful afternoon, as we invited our special loved ones to spend an  afternoon full of lots of fun! The children loved playing various games such as a 'blindfolded obstacle course' and 'crack the code' as well as some lovely craft opportunities and many more activities.  It was so lovely to observe the children thriving in their school environment and spending special time with their loved one. The afternoon ended with the children presenting their family member with a beautiful hand crafted vase with flowers. Thank you to our children for being such wonderful hosts and to our families for taking the time to visit us! 

  

• Year 3 African percussion concert

  Thu 27 Mar 2025 Mrs Greehy and Miss Wynne

  What wonderfully, upbeat performances Year 3 children did today! We were extremely pleased with the children's attitude and effort to their African percussion learning this term. With the help of Mr Balch, the children have learnt which countries the instruments came from, how they are played and also more about the instrument and how it was made. Some of the instruments the children played were: dun duns, djembes, caxixis and cow bells. 

  Well done to all involved, and thank you to those who were able to come and see it. 

  Next up....the violins! We cannot wait to hear the beautiful sound that the children make next term!

  

• Rugby

  Tue 25 Mar 2025

  A big well done to our super rugby team for some awesome play in their tournament yesterday.   
  Great Binfields showed excellent team work and all our school values on the pitch. This resulted in us winning every match! Well done team GBP and thank you to Mr Wood for being a super ref! 

  

• Amazingstoke trip

  Fri 21 Mar 2025

  Luckily, the sun shone for us today and the Year 6 were able to thoroughly make the most of their Basingstoke Trail trip into town. All of the children were respectful, polite and showed great intrigue in our local area. We even had compliments from members of the public! Because of this, we feel they were able to gain lots from the trip and will hopefully be able to impart lots of this knowledge when they are next in town with you, further demonstrating what a fantastic day we all had. The children were genuinely surprised to notice and learn so many new facts about our town centre which they had never spotted before yet walked past numerous times!

   

  Our Basingstoke trail included:

  - Exploring the beautifully historic St Michaels Church, which has links to both WW2 and the Tudor period (previous topics that we have studied this year).  

  - Learning about the tragic tale of Mrs Blunden who is said to have been buried alive (twice!) near the Holy Ghost Cemetery. We also visited Thomas Burberry’s grave which is located here too.

  -  Noticing the informative blue plaques dotted around town referencing the importance of a number of locations relating to great historical figures such as Jane Austin, Thomas Burberry and the history of the Basingstoke market.

  - Locating what used to be the residence of Thomas Burberry’s first retail shop, which has now been converted into a new supermarket.

  - Visiting the current exhibition at the Willis Museum and taking a look at the history of Basingstoke exhibition on the middle floor.

   

  And these are to name just a few of the activities we took part in today. We also enjoyed spotting the fairly recent artistic additions to our town centre and were fascinated to see Kev Munday’s artwork up close and in real life – an artist who has inspired us with our artwork this half term. 

   

  Take a look at our photos to see what a fantastic day we had.

  

• Year 5 STEM Science trip

  Thu 13 Mar 2025

  Today some of the Year 5 pupils were lucky enough to attend the Basingstoke Primary Schools STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Fair at QMC. The children took part in a range of interactive activities ran by different businesses. The activities/ companies included:

   

  AWE - problem solving with a focus on how light travels 

  Institute of Engineering and Technology - electricity and making circuits

  Jackson Rowe - designing their dream house thinking about choice of materials

  QMC Primary School Science Centre - making and launching rockets

  Chartered Institute for IT - creating instructions to think about coding

  Blatchford - focusing on putting together and taking apart prosthetic limbs

  Hampshire and IOW Air Ambulance Service

  ThermoFisher - microbiology and DNA

  FAAC - sensor challenge

   

  The aim was to educate the children about STEM industries and career options, as well as challenge perceptions and job role stereotypes. They had a great day and Mrs Franklin was very impressed by how well they took part and displayed the GBP school values.