Year 1 "All About Me Gallery!"

Year 1 finished their 'Funny Bones' topic by hosting an "All About Me Gallery" for Year R and then their parents. They worked hard to change the classroom into a gallery and set out their class work for everybody to see. They also laid out their homework projects which was a collection of their favourite items as well as lots of great writing about things they have done. We enjoyed sharing their work, well done Year 1 for your fantastic homework projects!

Year 6 Spy Kits

For their homework project Year 6 put together some excellent 'Spy Kits' containing all the essential items to become a spy (including secret codes, gadgets and new identities). They shared their kits with Year 2, who enjoyed learning how to become top spies!

Florence: The Soldiers' Friend

Year 2 enjoyed retelling the story of Florence's Life. They loved making all the props and acting as the different characters. It was almost as good as a West End production! Well done Year 2.

Football coaching

Years 5 & 6 have been lucky enough to receive football training from visiting coaches this half term. They have enjoyed learning new skills & using them in matches. Here Year 6 are eagerly awaiting the results of their final tournament!

Victorian Day!

Year 5 had lots of fun yesterday dressing up as Victorians to re-enact a Victorian day at school! We studied subjects such as arithmetic, dictation, reading, handwriting, drill and even learnt the countries of the British Empire in geography!

At the end of the day, we performed the dance we had been working on this half term to some of our parents. The dance was inspired by the Victorian factory machines of the industrial revolution. We finished our performance by reading out some sentences about what we had enjoyed most during our Victorian day! Strangely, several children thought that wearing the dunce hat was the best part of their day!

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who made this day a success! The children's costumes were absolutely fabulous!

Year 3 rock!

To conclude their dance unit in PE this term, Year 3 performed their Rock 'n Roll dance to a couple of other classes. Children began their dance together then moved into pairs to perform their own dances which they ended in a pose - very effective. They concluded with the learnt rock and roll steps again. The audience were very impressed and it certainly looked like Year 3 enjoyed themselves. What stars!

Year 3s Dragon Show

Year 3s Dragon Show was enjoyed by parents and the school in the hall. We began with a dragon themed dance wearing the masks we'd made. Different groups then entertained the audience when they performed dragon poems - well done everyone.

A range of our fabulous moving dragons was shown to the audience. Some dragons breathed fire, some had opening mouths and some dragons had flapping wings! The children had worked hard to make their pneumatics work.

At the end of the show, parents had a chance to look at

all the dragons and see how they moved. What a great way to conclude a popular class topic.

Bitterne Manor Go for Gold in Athletics

Year 5 and 6 Athletes took part in Southampton indoor athletics on Friday and proved that Bitterne Manor children are our future stars. With lots of 1st, 2nd and 3rd places on various races and activities, their combined scores secured 1st place above some tough competitors. All the children went home with medals, lots of smiles and a winners cup for our trophy cabinet. Well done again!

A Wet Day Out for Year 4!

Today Year 4 visited Cheriton. It was all part of our river topic. Little did we know how wet we'd get without even falling in!!!! The weather was against us.....but it did not dampen our spirits, just made our paper soggy! Whilst we were there we compared the location to Bitterne, sights and sounds. We took measurements of the river at 3 different places - the oranges serving a key role in finding the speed of flow of the river!! We also measured the depth and width of the river - we got to put our maths work from this week into practice! Now tomorrow in maths, we are going to use the data we collected to find the answer to the question: Does the river flow fastest at it's widest?

Green Teams - Healthy Living

The healthy living green team group have thought of different ideas to live a healthy lifestyle. One idea was walking more, so with the help of a pedometre the whole group comlpeted 1064 steps in 10 minutes. GO GREEN TEAM!

Year 4 Maths Madness!

Year 4 have been learning about measuring this week. Today they spent the lesson reading lots of different scales. They especially enjoyed 'playing' with the water!

Chinese New Year in Year R

Last Thursday, as part of our 'Around the World with Barneby Bear' topic, Year R celebrated Chinese New Year.

After writing a list of ingredients, we made Chinese noodles. When we had our party we ate these. Some fo us enjoyed the noodles so much that we had thirds!!!

We enjoyed making up actions and learning the words to the song 'Chinese New Year Is Here'.

The class also watched dragon and lion dance video clips. We then made up our own dragon dances.

Year 2 Puppet Show

Year 2 loved sharing their puppet shows. They were proud of their homework projects and enjoyed making circuits with their parents.

Year 1

Year one have been working hard to explore their senses as part of our 'Funny Bones' topic through poetry! They have been reading different sense poems and having a go at describimg different items found in the poems! They have also performed poems using the instruments they think best fit. They then write their own sense poem, well done Year 1!



In PE they have also been learning lots of new skills, partciularly throwing and catching and improving their aim.

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