Ascension's Light Party

 Please see the flyer below from the Church of the Ascension, Bitterne as an alternative to Halloween.

https://www.ascensionsouthampton.co.uk/

New School Menus - 31st October 2022

We are excited to announce that from 31st October, City Catering will now be offering 4 different options for lunches:-

Blue - hot dinner from the main menu

Yellow - hot dinner from the main menu

Purple - Jacket potato with a filling of baked beans, cheese or tuna mayo (set filling per day)

Green - packed lunch containing a roll with cheese, ham, egg mayo or tuna mayo (set filling per day)

Please see below the new menus. Lunches will still be ordered by your child in the same way, with the addition of the new coloured lunch band if they select a packed lunch.

 

Autumnal Tidy-up of the Wild River Itchen

 Saturday 5th November 2022 10am-2pm

Chessel Bay should be an excellent habitat for nature, but is also strewn with rubbish - much of which is plastic, brought by the tides - which is not only unsightly but dangerous for wildlife. There are big things happening with projects to help reduce ‘nurdle’and other local pollution here - but litter-picks are still an important part of the overall efforts - especially as we have been unable to run large events for a couple of years now!

If you would like to come and help with our ‘Autumn-Clean’ at Chessel Bay, it would greatly improve the habitat for the wildlife which depends on the Nature Reserve. So, we hope to see you there.

Help to ‘turn the tide’ on plastic pollution at Chessel Bay!

Chessel Bay is situated at the end of Quayside Rd, S018 1DP, near Bitterne Manor School. Please wear old clothes. Under 16s need to be accompanied by a responsible adult. N.B. Parking is very restricted and there are no toilets on site. 

For more information contact Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre - 023 8067 1921 or email hawthorns@southampton.gov.uk

www.chesselbay.org.uk

FREE Fire Station Days for October Half Term

 FREE Fire Station Days for October Half Term

 You will be covering……

•            Home Fire Safety

•            Firework Safety

•            First Aid (Burns)

•            Trick or Treat advice

•            Tour of the Fire Station

•            Demo/hands on session with the Fire Brigade

 

These will be FREE ticket only events for 7-15 year olds but you must be a member of the Junior Wardens Facebook Page to qualify for a ticket (QR link below Join Today)

If you know people who would love to join in but aren't a Junior Warden Facebook member, get them to sign up Now so they don't miss out.

Hope to see you there. Drop off your child/children at 12:15, leave them in our capable hands and collect promptly at 4pm. Yes, you get 3hrs free of your little cherubs 

 

 Save the date: All 3 are 12:15 to 4pm Tickets will be available via our Facebook page

• St Mary's Fire Station 25th Oct
• Hightown Fire Station 26th Oct
• Redbridge Fire Station 27th Oct

Easy Fundraising

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!

Harvest Festival

Thank you so much for all the kind donations to our Harvest collection.  We were able to provide City Mission with an abundance of food and toiletries, to support families in the city who need it.  The children thoroughly enjoyed their assembly this morning with Charis from City Mission.

Jays vote for their new learning leaders!

 Today, the class were able to vote for their new learning leaders.  Amazingly, there were over 20 names on the ballot papers! We are still waiting to hear the final results which we are all eager to hear.

Rocking Robins lead the way!

It's Learning Leader elections week and the Robins class are very excited. We have some keen Robins that have put themselves forward to represent their class as a Learning Leader! They have worked extremely hard on their speeches and presented them to the class. A huge thank you to parents/carers for your support in this ⭐ I am so proud of them all and whoever is elected, I know that they'll do an AWESOME job 😀

Take a peek at some of their speeches...