Proud to be Bitterne!

Here are some pictures from our 'Proud to be Bitterne' day. The photos feature some of the interesting activities that the children were engaged with including badge making, creating 'Brain of Bitterne' quizzes and designing a brand new game of 'Bitternopoly'! We had some really good ideas about what makes our community great and how we could improve it even further.

If we were leader for the day...

Nightingales have been thinking about what we are proud of about Southampton, and what we would try to improve if we were leaders. We came up with some really sensible suggestions (said Miss Blightman!) We picked one in our groups and thought more about how we would change it. We then presented it to the class and had a vote over which one would take priority. The most popular choice was making our roads safer. Watch out Mr Cameron! 

Proud to be Nightingales

Nightingales worked so hard on their shield this morning!  This reflects what we are proud of, both outside and inside school.  We think it looks amazing!

Flag Day!

As part of our 'Proud to be Bitterne' day today, we've been coming up with ideas for new House Team flags. Children worked in their teams this morning to come up with some brilliant designs which they can be proud of. Here are the Team Captains sharing some of the ideas we've had so far...

Thank You for the Harvest!

Our Harvest celebration was fantastic today! Thanks to everyone for your 949 contributions to those in greater need than ourselves. City Mission led our assembly this morning with a message of 'reaping what you sow' to the children which we would like to pass on to you all. We would also like to thank them for the work they do in supporting those in need in our community.

Tent Day!

Today was 'Tent Day' in Kestrels class! Conditions were ideal to test out the children's plans for constructing a waterproof shelter - the rain made things a little 'tense' :) Some fantastic constructions were built by the teams and they learnt a lot about planning, preparation and working together. Great fun, too!

Proud to be a Parent...

It's our parent consultation this evening and next and we would like to ask parents write some feedback to their children about their work. As parents, we're always very proud of our children's efforts in school and elsewhere and while we do tell them often enough, for a change, we'd like to ask you to write a short note and leave it with your child's books. Another chance to tell them how proud you are of them!

Moving Monsters

This week, Nightingales class have been working hard on their moving monsters. We designed the monster first, then spent 2 afternoons making them look as brilliant as possible! We then looked at air resistance and pneumatics, making our monsters mouths open using some plastic tubing and 2 syringes.
We think they have turned out really well! Well done Nightingales.  

J Rock fundraiser!

The Physical Challenge for our fundraiser is now complete!

Mount Everest is 8,848m.  The Physical Challenge was a circuit involving climbing up, along and over numerous obstacles.  Each lap completed was awarded 5m towards our total.  

Puffins - 1060m

Kingfishers - 960m

Robins - 1500m

Swifts - 1320m

Nightingales - 1300m

Rooks - 1480m

Owls - 1445m

Kestrals - 1400m

Our grand total was = 10,465m  So we not only achieved our goal of climbing Everest - we started our descent as well!

Every class approached the challenge with determination and all children showed great enthusiasm, supported and encouraged each other to help reach our target.  

The children should now be completing the Healthy Living Challenge - can they give up sweets for the week?

Please remember children have been asked to collect sponsorship for the 2 challenges - all monies and forms need to be brought into school by Thursday 22nd October.

Lia Chance and Hannah Craggs 

States of Matter investigation

Year 4 have been learning about the air around us and types of common gases.
We have been investigating whether carbon dioxide is heavier or lighter than air.
First we needed to make some CO2...

 

Result: Co2 is much heavier than 'air' or helium