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

• Art Festival Week - Day 3 Whole School Discussion and an update about Friday

  Wed 24 May 2017

  Where could you go and see some real paintings? What is the special name for a place where art work is exhibited? Do you know of any famous buildings were art is stored and hung? Is there an exhibition locally that you could go to with your family?

  We are already half way through our Art Festival week – what a great week it has been so far. The children are already building up a super collection to share with you all on Friday during our annual Art Festival Exhibition.

   

  A reminder about Friday also: Children are invited to come into school in summer wear - no swimwear or flip-flops please. The children will also be finishing off art work - so old gear is a must!

  Our very special activity will be taking place in the courtyard. make sure you arrive before 3.10pm and stand in the new courtyard as I think you will be impressed with our whole school surprise.

  After this has happened the children will meet you from their normal classes and then you can visit the art exhibition together. It promises to be a lovely event.

• Art Festival Week Day 2 Discussion

  Wed 24 May 2017 Miss Rogers

  Discussion points for today: What other famous artists painted the seaside? How do we know if the paintings were created in the olden days or more recently? What clues are we given? Perhaps you could print out some examples to share with your classmates, if you have a printer at home.

  Can the children explain what they have created in class today today? What mediums/techniques have they used? What were the difficulties they encountered? Did they evaluate each others’ work? Were they particularly impressed by one of their friend’s pieces of art work – why was that?

• Day 2 of Art week

  Tue 23 May 2017 Miss Finnimore

  Check out the pictures of another great day, with a wide range of skills being carried out across the school.  

   

  Listed below are a few projects which took place today....

   

  - The children were excited to see Mrs Connell return to Great Binfields today, working with 15 children to create a seaside picture using glass. They looked fantastic and we look forward to seeing the finished result, once they have been fired in the kiln. 

   

  - A group of children were working with Miss Rogers to create seaside canvases, with a different twist on each.

   

  - Miss Lyddon also worked with children in Year 4 to create batik work, using hot wax and ink on fabric.

   

  - Children in the school has been given a square of hessian to create 'INCHIES'. Year groups have been given a different theme (EYFS & Year 1 - sea, Year 2 & 3 - sand, Year 5/6 - Sky & sun). These will then all be put together to create a large seaside scene.

   

  We are looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings!

  

• Looking deeply into a picture created by Lowry - The seaside - Homelearning opportunity

  Mon 22 May 2017 Ms Rogers

  Today we have looked at a Painting by Lowry that you all have seen at home. What can the children tell you about Lowry? Perhaps something about his work or his life…. Did you know that a song was made up about his paintings also? Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRX6_Txpaw How many of you remember this track? One of our guest artists Mrs Clement was singing along when she heard it.

  

• Art Festival Week has been launched

  Mon 22 May 2017 Ms Rogers

  This morning we launched our Art Festival Week with an assembly. This year's theme is The Seaside. We reminded ourselves of the values we would be using throughout the week and also what growth mindset skills would be required along the way, as some of the activities were going to be tricky.

  We watched Austin's Butterfly, a video clip that proves that making drafts enables us to get better especially if we take on specific advice from others that we trust. We also learned more about Lowry who painted a picture of the seaside. His work has been the focus of our Big Picture work. All of this will be displayed at our exhibition on Friday - please do come along at 3.10pm until 4pm.

  

• Golden Time Fun!

  Sun 21 May 2017 Ms Rogers

  Our half termly Golden Time session was a week early this term due to our annual Art Festival Week coming up. The children all got to choose one of the activities on offer and goodness gracious me - they had a huge list to choose from!

  There were sporty ones, woodland ones, crafty ones and cooking ones! The children really enjoyed themselves and many had something they could proudly take home too. All of our children have the right to Golden Time if they have fulfilled their responsibilities in our school and it is very much looked forward to.

  Thank you to all of our super staff who ran an activity - you were very creative as usual and it was hugely appreciated by everyone.

• Art Festival Week Coming Up

  Sat 20 May 2017 Miss Rogers

  We love to ensure that The Arts are celebrated and taught throughout the year at our school and part of this means having an Art Festival Week. This wonderful week which starts on the 22nd May this year is themed 'At the Seaside.' We have 3 guest artists working with us throughout the week who are working with different year groups plus we have a whole host of different art and music techniques to share with our children. Just like in previous years, the end of the week culminates in a Art Festival Exhibition where all of our school community are invited to come in and share what the children have been learning and experiencing throughout the week.

   

  We also have some optional arty themed home learning for you. Look really carefully at the picture below.

  • Respond to the ‘At The Seaside’ painting by Laurence Stephan Lowry in any way you like. We will also be responding to this picture across the school. You may choose a certain technique e.g. painting, oil pastels, watercolour. You may choose to create a sculpture or respond through performing arts such as a song, dance or drama. We look forward to sharing your individual responses! We will be finding out more about him as an artist too!

     

  This home learning will not be marked, but will be shared within your child's class and at the Art Festival Exhibition itself on Friday 26th from 3.10-4pm.

   

  We look forward to seeing you and the rest of your family for this very special occasion.

   

  

• Year 3/4 Rugby Team have brought home a silver trophy!!!

  Thu 18 May 2017 Miss Rogers

  On Thursday our cracking Year 3/4 Rugby Team went to Overton to play in a tournament. 30 schools were involved on this day and our children were pretty nervous as for many of them, this was the first time they had played rugby competitively.

  The team, a mixture of girls and boys, have been training for over a year now and wow have they made super progress. The group of schools they were up against in the first round were tough but our rugby stars managed to win all but one of their group games and the one they didn't win was a draw.  

  The children just got better and better as the day progressed - working so well as a team by encouraging one another, being there for one another and using their growth mindset skills to the full!

  In their last game, the final - the children were up against Fair Oak which is a very large 5 form entry school near Southampton. Our children battled through and were really impressive but just couldn't hold Fair Oak back so we ended up losing the game but by a very small margin!

  We are so proud of the children who represented our school so brilliantly. The trophy is proudly sitting with our others just outside our hall.

• Year 6 Jump Factory SATs treat!

  Fri 12 May 2017 Miss Hunt and Mrs Osborne

  This afternoon, the Year 6 children enjoyed another well-deserved SATs treat by visiting Jump Factory for a manic bouncing session. As expected, the children were absolutely fearless and enjoyed showing us their many talents from seat dropping and back flipping to a very skilful dodge ball aim - Miss Hunt and Mrs Osborne were subjected to some serious bullying! We hope that they all had a fantastic time. Take a look at our photos to see just how fearless they all were!

   

  The Year 6 staff would just like to say a big thank you to all the adults that helped with the SATs this week. Many hands went into buttering loaves of bread and more importantly, putting the children at ease throughout the testing period. We'd also like to thank the Year 6 parents who have worked tirelessly over the past few months to support their children with their reading, homework and completing revision packs!

   

  The children have all seemed really relaxed this week and have worked their absolute socks off; we are incredibly proud of them all. Now it's time to rehearse for the play!!

  

• Year 2 Geography walk

  Fri 12 May 2017 Mrs Barnhouse
  On Wednesday afternoon Year 2 went for a walk in our local area to investigate human and physical features. There were two groups that went on different walks; one walked through the fields and back through the houses whilst the other group walked down to Bartons Mill. This was so children could get a broader understanding of where we live. Children identified lots of different features; we were able to walk through beautiful countryside seeing what crops the farmer was growing whilst also seeing the incinerator in the distance. Other children walked to Bartons Mill to see the river and saw ducks and geese chasing each other! We all really enjoyed our walk, especially as we had such beautiful weather! The walk helped us further understanding rural and urban features.