Christmas parties tomorrow

Don't forget it is your child's class Christmas party tomorrow. They can bring 1 plate of party food for themselves and a change of clothes. Their change of clothes need to be in a named carrier bag. The children will be getting changed after lunch and can go home in their party clothes... So don't forget to take home their school uniform and shoes at the end of the day, so they have them ready for January! 

                                   

Christmas Dinner

It was Christmas Dinner day yesterday and the staff and children enjoyed sitting together and enjoying their meal. It was also a chance to design, make and wear some very special hats!

Christmas Card winners!

We had some amazing designs this year. Our winners are:

Year R - Daisy Brading 

Year 1 - Lily Thomas 

                               

Year 2 - Joseph McAlpine 

                               

Year 3 - Lucas Raffle 

Year 4 - Katie Brading 

                           

Year 5 - Maria Jacobs 

Year 6 - Henry Ross-Osborne 

                             

A big well done to all! 

Hamper Winners!

We are very pleased to announce the winners of this year's Hamper Raffle. Tickets were drawn out by the children in assembly this morning and congratulations to the winners below. Hampers can be collected from school at the end of the day. Thanks to your generosity we have raised over £450.00 for the school.

	Winner’s Name	Child’s Name
1	Samantha Daniel	Archie (Year R)
2	Sarah Brennan	Sean (Year 5)
3	Jennie Muggeridge	Lucy (Year 2)
4	Miss Kennedy	Year R
5	A Muggeridge	Callum (Year R)
6	Celia Evans	Ruby (Year 3)
7	Kevin Norris	Sam (Year 6)
8	M Walton	Tia (Year 1)
9	Jennie McAlpine	Daniel (Year4)
10	Helen Sydenham	Jake (Year 1)
11	Alison Cox	Ehren (Year 4)
12	Brennan	Sean (Year 5)
13	C Green	Tia (Year 1)
14	S Sims Frampton	Tia (Year 1)
15	Mrs Ditchfield	Year 6
16	Joanne Kelly	Lily (Year 5)
17	Lloyd Fitzgerald	Isaac (Year 4)
18	Brennan	Sean (Year 5)
19	Jane Burton	Imogen (Year 2)
20	Sukhmoni Koba	Kiki (Kirtan) (Year 1)
21	Mike Shaw	Oliver (Year 2)

Hosanna Rock!

We have been rehearsing hard for this year's Christmas Production called 'Hosanna Rock'. This is a traditional nativity story based on songs by Sheila Wilson with a few added bits of our own. Each class makes a contribution to the story and performs a song and Year 6 provide the links between scenes. The final performance is tonight at 6pm but if you miss it, a DVD of the show will be available in the new year and details are available in our office.

Amazing dragon homework!

Well done to Year 3 for bringing in some excellent homework projects based on our 'Dragons' topic. They were all fantastic! Here are just a few...

Buying Christmas presents

The children have really enjoyed having the chance to buy some Christmas presents today for their family. If you forgot to send some money in with your child today, don't panic because the 'shop' will be open tomorrow too!  A big thank you again to all the PTA for organising this! 

                                 

                                 

Christmas Carols and Coffee

 We were very proud of our children today who put on another amazing performance of the Guildhall concert to grand parents and other invited guests this morning. We called the event 'Christmas Carols and Coffee' and it was very nice to see family and friends of our pupils, past and present, and even a few ex-members of staff return to the school to hear our choir and recorders perform.

Christmas Hamper Raffle Tickets For Sale!

These are just some of the amazing hampers the PTA have put together from all the donations collected over the last few days. It's now your chance to win one of these lovely hampers by buying a raffle ticket! Tickets are £1 and have already gone home with children. More are available from the school office. Good luck and thanks for your support!

Welcome to the Super Fruitilicious Cafe!

This afternoon, Year 2 opened the "Super Frutilicious Cafe" to friends and family, serving up fruit dishes that they had designed and made for them.  The children chose to either make smoothies, fruit kebabs or a fruit salad and planned and designed how to serve them. After tasting the delicious creations made by Year 2, visitors to the cafe were then able to take a look at our amazing home learning projects, and some beautiful fruit paintings and poetry created in our "Fruit for Fun" topic. A massive thank you must go to Mrs Stubley, Miss Bradley and Mrs Carter for all their hard work making the cafe possible.  Also, thank you to all the friends and family who visited the cafe. Well done Year 2!!

Easyfundraising - Support the PTA while shopping online

Do you shop online? Did you know that every time you buy something you could be raising money for the Bitterne Manor PTA?

It's like nectar but instead of earning points, each purchase generates a donation. So instead of going directly to a retailer's website, go to easyfundraising.org.uk first and choose the retailer you want to shop with - then everything you spend with that retailer earns a free donation for the PTA. It is completely free to use and your shopping will not cost you a penny more. There is even a toolbar, which once downloaded, will prompt you to donate through easyfundraising rather than having to remember each time.

There are over 2,700 retailers registered with the site, including Amazon, John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, eBay, Tesco and Sainsburys who will donate a percentage of what you spend to say thank you for shopping with them. Retailers will donate anything from 0.5% to 5% of the cost of your shopping - and these donations will soon mount up.

So whatever you need to buy, from your weekly grocery shop, fashion must-haves, business travel, office supplies or mobile phone, buy it via easyfundraising and raise money for the PTA at no extra cost to you!

This really is a simple and effective way to raise much needed funds for the school and there's no reason to keep it to ourselves - please share our link with your friends, family or colleagues - almost anyone who is shopping online could be supporting us.

http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/bitternemanorprimary
 
Follow this link to see how much we have raised so far then imagine how much more we could be raising with your help.



Here's how it works:
 
1. Sign up - go to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/bitternemanorprimary and click on the button to sign up.

2. Shop - from the easyfundraising website, search for the retailer you'd like to shop with and click through to the retailer to make your purchase. This tells the retailer you came from easyfundraising. The price is exactly the same as if you'd visited the retailer directly.

3. Get a donation - after you've made your purchase, the retailer will give you a cash reward that easyfundraising turn into a donation for Bitterne Manor PTA.

4. Tell your friends

No cost, no catch!

Church Service

We held our annual Christmas Service yesterday at the Church of the Ascension in Bitterne. The service was led by the Rev Andy Smith with contributions from pre school, our school choir, recorder club and readings from our pupils. As part of the service, we also decorated the tree with special messages and many families stayed afterwards for a drink and a mince pie. Thank you to all those who contributed and attended.

Disco fun!

The children all had fun at the disco Friday! They danced lots and ate even more! Thank you to all the parents and teachers who helped and a special thank you to Mr Puckett for staying late and helping to tidy up (he even had a little dance!) 

Huge thank you from PTA!

Thank you so much for all your kind donations for the hampers. We have received so many goodies!! Raffle ticket letter will come out Monday. If you want to be in with a chance of winning an amazing hamper, don't forget to buy a ticket!