Bitterne Manor is hosting a public consultation by Highways England about proposed changes in our area over Friday evening (4pm till 9pm) and Saturday (10am till 4pm). For more details, please head to the following links:

Project inbox - M27SouthamptonJunctions@highwaysengland.co.uk;

Project Website - www.highways.gov.uk/m27southamptonjunctions

Project consultation survey – https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/m27-southampton-junctions/consultation/

Parent/ Carer internet safety (E-Safety) workshop

Parent/ Carer internet safety (E-Safety) workshop

Bitterne Manor will be holding a parent/ carer workshop on: Wednesday 11th October at 9.00 - 10.00am or 5.30 - 6.30pm in the school hall. This will include a short presentation on online risks and how to avoid them, the impact of our actions online (including social media), helpful tips and advice on how to maintain an open dialogue with young people regarding staying safe online and an opportunity to ask questions. This workshop will show you some ways to get involved and help to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

Please be aware, this workshop will include content that is not appropriate for children of primary school age; please make arrangements so that you can attend the workshop without your children.

A letter has gone out to parents via email, and a paper copy via your child where a contact email is unavailable. Please respond should you wish to attend, following the request details on the return slip.

A copy of the letter, including the reply slip, can be found in our 'Parent - Letters' section.

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9:00am session
5:30pm session

WOW has begun!

Today we launched our 'Walk Once a Week' initative for this year by coming to school in our favourite shoes! We think the children (and staff!) look amazing.
Remember- walk, scoot, cycle or park and stride once per week to win your badge for the month!

Kestrel's ring of fire!

Today was the day....our volcanoes (Set out to recreate the ring of fire around the Pacific rim) erupted!

Year 1 maths

This week we have been busy learning all about number and place value. We have used a range of our CPA resources to help us to count in 2s and find numberbonds to 10 and 20. I would like to say a big well done to the children this week. They have settled in so well to being year 1. I am very proud.

Owls on an adventure!

This week Owls have been exploring the solar system! We had a fantastic day at Winchester Science Centre exploring exhibits and finding out lots of information for our topic. We went flying through the solar system from the comfort of the spectacular planetarium, built our own rockets - launching them into the atmosphere - and explored amazing space exhibits!

Walk Once a Week - WOW!

Yesterday Miss Blightman launched our new Walk to School initiative- WOW!

Children will be set a challenge to walk/scoot/cycle or park and stride to school once a week for the whole academic year.

If children have walked 4 times in the month, they will be awarded with a badge- the theme this year is 'Walk the Americas'.

To celebrate our launch, we are asking the children (and staff!) to come to school wearing their favourite shoes on Monday 25th September.

Please look out for the letter coming this week which will give more information!

Class Welcomes - this week!

We would like to invite parents to attend our ‘Class Welcomes’ after school on the  20th and 21st September at 5.00pm. These are great opportunities to meet your child’s new class teacher for the first time and to learn a little more about what the year ahead will look like for your child. You will hear about the daily routines, expectations around homework and what topic areas the children will be studying. The session should take around 30 minutes. We would encourage attendance for all parents but for those pupils in the key national curriculum assessment years, 2 and 6 (Swallows, Swifts and Kestrels), please note that we will be looking at what’s involved with the statutory assessment procedures or SATs as well.

All information will shortly be on school website here: www.bitternemanor.co.uk/class-pages/

Don’t forget you will get a chance to have an individual consultation later in the term with class teachers. These dates are on our calendar already and appointment letters will be sent out shortly before.

20th Sept Class Welcome Evening: 5.00pm Swallows, Rooks, Owls, Robins

21st Sept Class Welcome Evening: 5.00pm Kestrels, Swifts, Nightingales

Kingfishers don’t require a session just yet! We look forward to seeing you then.

Owls are out of this world!

Owls have been producing some amazing work for their space topic! We have been creating exciting fact files about our solar system and creating beautiful planets for our display. To top it off the children have made delicious space themed biscuits and some amazing home projects!

Year 4 Bridge Building.

This week we have been investigating how to create a bridge structure strong enough to support a toy car. We used newspaper, tape and glue in various different ways, to bridge the gap between the two tables. Thankfully all of our bridges were strong enough to support the car!

and get it safely to the other side.

Swallows go hunting!

Yesterday Swallows went on a HABITAT HUNT!! We explored our school environment, hunting for different habitats and looking at what mini-beasts might be living there! Super Swallows did a fantastic job identifying the different types of habitats and had A LOT of fun doing so.

Well done Swallows!

House Captains 2017-18

Yesterday afternoon each house team met together to elect this year's house captains.  A huge well done to all the members of kestrel class who put themselves forward and were brave enough to stand up in front of the rest of their house and deliver a speech.  There were some really super speeches made and a lot of thought had gone into them.  However, only 2 could be elected per house and the results were as follows:

Amber and Ruby - Legends

Theo and Mia - Superstars 

Aimee and Jayden - Heroes

Adil and Isobelle - Champions

Congratulations!  

Kestrels get sticky!

Kestrels have had fun this afternoon, getting stuck into their 'natural disasters' topic by beginning to build their own volcanoes!  They showed great co-operation skills, problem solving and resilience in their groups - what a great start kestrels!  The volcanoes may be dormant at the moment but watch this space for possible future explosions!