World Children’s Day

Sunday 20 November 2022 is World Children’s Day and we want you to take over our social media!

If you are under 18 we want to hear your views. Share a 30 second video clip letting us know what you think about Southampton.

 

We are working with UNICEF UK to become a Child Friendly City and your views can help us shape what we do in the future to make Southampton a great place for you.

 

Follow our Social media @childfriendlysouthampton to see your views being shared and take

part in voting on our Child Friendly topics in the coming weeks.

Stronger Communities

Southampton City Council

Ways to connect with Child Friendly Southampton

Facebook:  Child Friendly Southampton

Instagram: Child Friendly Southampton

Email: child.friendly@southampton.gov.uk

Website: www.southampton.gov.uk/childfriendly

Events in Southampton to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Southampton is celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee which marks the Queen's 70-year reign. Many events are taking place across the city to celebrate, which can be seen below:

Thursday 2 June 2022

Afternoon Tea at Tudor House and Garden café - Book tickets here.

Arts and crafts - From 11am, join the Friends of St James' Park at their community picnic.

Beacon lighting - At 9:45pm, a Beacon will be lit at Queen’s Peace Fountain in East Park, simultaneously with other Beacons being lit at 9:45pm throughout the UK. Find out more information here.

Friday 3 June 2022

Afternoon Tea at Tudor House and Garden café - Book tickets here.

Sunday 5 June 2022

The Big Platinum Festival at Mayflower Park - A special family-friendly celebration by Unity 101 Community Radio station, 10am to 9pm. Book tickets here.

The Big Jubilee Lunch - A chance for neighbours and communities to celebrate their connections and get to know one another a little better (various locations). Visit their website.

From April until 12 June 2022

Southampton's Platinum Jubilee Beacon Trail - Free, magical augmented reality story-trail by Visit Southampton and High Street Safari. Book tickets here.

To find out further information on the events above and other events taking place around the city, please go to our Visit Southampton website.

Mayor of Southampton Visits Bitterne Manor Primary

We were very pleased to welcome the Mayor of Southampton to Bitterne Manor Primary School yesterday. He kindly agreed to be interviewed by pupils in our assembly following a tour of the school. Cllr Alex Houghton is the 799th Mayor of Southampton and, as the children found out, an ex pupil at Bitterne Manor Primary School himself. We even found a picture of him (below - seated in the front and right) from the 1990's.

Healthy Living Survey (Southampton City Council)

Southampton City Council are conducting a survey to understand healthy living and how food, diet or amount of physical activity are impacting people’s health, particularly since COVID-19. If you are 18 or over, we would like to hear your views. 

The results from this survey will help us build a campaign to support people to lead healthier lifestyles in the long term. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete, and you will have the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw for a £100 voucher*. The deadline for responses is Wednesday 8 December.

_{Please note that this survey includes questions about your perceptions of, and experiences with, food, weight, mental health, and alcohol. Please do not continue with this survey if you are not comfortable with reading or answering questions on these topics. We are conducting a survey to understand healthy living and how food, diet or amount of physical activity. are impacting people’s health, particularly since COVID-19. Thank you in advance for your time}

 

Annual Community Safety Survey (SCC)

Please see below from Southampton City Council:

The Annual Community Safety Survey is now live and will be running until 24^th September 2021.

It is important we obtain as many views as possible from across the city and would appreciate your help in cascading the survey’s far and wide.

 

The link below can be used to access the survey, which will shortly be made available on our website.  Please can you cascade through your networks and feel free to publish in any community engagement bulletins you have.

 

CommunitySafetySurvey2021 (researchfeedback.net)

 

This years results will inform our Safe City Strategy which is also out for consultation.

 

The consultation is now live on the website here: Consultation on a Draft Safe City Strategy 2022-27 (southampton.gov.uk). The closing date is Monday 01 November 2021.

Holiday Activities - Southampton HAF Project

Over the second week of the Easter Holidays, Southampton HAF project will be launching its online platform to support pupils during the holidays. Further opportunities will become available for pupils to access face to face activities during the school holidays.

All parents need to do, to access the platform you need to visit www.hafsouthampton.org and click on the 'SIGN UP' button (Available from 31st March). This will take you to a pre-registration page that you need to complete and submit. 

Parents will then get an email once the platform is live with a link to complete their registration. 

The platform will then go live on Monday 12th April where pupils and families will be able to log in and access a range of online activities. 

 

Your City, Your Say....

The message below has been sent to residents who have signed up to Southampton City's Portal but for those that haven't you might be interested in responding to this survey. Link below!

We would like to know what you think about a draft budget for 2020/21 and onwards to 2022/23.

This year we are taking a slightly different approach to the budget. We are continuing to find and deliver efficiencies but we want to grow our way out of the budget gap. By this we mean making bold investments in the areas which are important to the city, and by investing money in things which can generate income to the council and therefore support services. We feel this is the best way to create a city of opportunity where everyone thrives.

This is your opportunity to have your say. For example, we want to hear how it may affect you and if you have any suggestions for us. We will consider all the feedback received before any final decisions are made.

To read about the proposals and give us your views, please complete the following questionnaire.

Please complete this questionnaire by 7 January 2020.

Youth Forum Event at St Marys

A small group of our pupils attended a great event organised by Southampton Youth Forum at St Mary's stadium last week. A range of fun activities were organised for the children around getting along together, getting to school and managing budgets. All the children enjoyed the event and we even took away a couple of nice prizes!

Harvest Collection: Thursday 19th October

Please could children bring in small tins, packets and jars and take them to their classrooms where there will be a collection point in each classroom—who can collect the most?

The produce will be distributed to Southampton City Mission Basic Bank who will thendistribute the food to those in need.

Thank you very much for your donations. 

Ever considered fostering...?

Southampton fostering service need more foster carers from Southampton to provide care for local children. 
"We provide an excellent level of support and training , competitive allowances and fees, a welcome grant of £1635 and a very active foster carers association.  Come along and join us at our information evening on Wednesday 18 October, 6.30pm – 8pm at the Civic Centre. The session is very informal and  will cover the realities of fostering, what happens during the assessment and panel process, challenges you will face and the training and support you will receive. This will be followed by a Q&A session and an opportunity to ask current carers about their experiences. You will also be able to take away an application form and information pack."
Find out more on the Southampton City Council fostering web page.

Learning Leaders visit to the Mayour's Parlour

Our Learning Leaders had a brilliant visit this afternoon to the Mayor of Southampton's offices in the Civic Centre. We were hosted by Councillor Les Harris, the Sheriff of Southampton, who was sharing with us some of the city's collection of artefacts from all over the world. We also had a tour of the Mayoral chambers and the City Council meeting room. Thanks very much to the Sheriff and Mayor's office for their time showing us around and sharing their pride in our great city!

Zebra Location Revealed...!

Here's one of our intrepid explorers managing to find and locate our own 'Head, Hearts & Hands' Zebra in the central library, Southampton. Can you find them all...?

Being Great Sports!

A great day had by all at the recent City Wide Athletics Championships. Special mention to Amber who made it through to the final of the girls 60m and to Maurice for winning the upper school long jump competition.
Bitterne Manor was also represented at the Southampton Schools swimming gala. We took part in some very competitive races across a variety of strokes. All children took part in the spirit of the event and did themselves proud.

Saints Raffle Winners

Well done to the winners of our 'Saints Raffle' announced yesterday. Lucky winners receive some fabulous Saints memorabilia. Thanks for all the support in raising over £200 for the school!

City Athletics Events Order

For those parents attending the City Athletics competition today, we have been provided with the following running order. All times are approximate but we hope it might help if you are planning to visit.

Southampton Safeguarding Week

National Oceanography Centre Open Day

The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton is hosting its annual open day on Saturday 21st May 2016.

The world leading science undertaken at the NOC focuses on marine science “From Coast to Deep Ocean”. To enable this to take place they work with many other national centres and partners.

For the first time, they have invited these centres and partners to join them and show visitors the varied and exciting world of SCIENCE.

City Road Safety Event - 7th May

There is a Family Road safety event on 7^th May, 10am-3pm at the Guildhall Square, Southampton.  All children, young people and their families and carers are welcome to attend. This is a multi-agency partnership event where there will be a lot of experiential learning and opportunities to talk to experts on road safety.

Our Talented Musicians

We would like to say how fantastic all the children were at our music concert this week. They have all worked so hard at their music lessons this year and we were so impressed with all their performances. Thanks to all those parents who continue to support and encourage their children and to the music service in Southampton who make this possible.

Imagine the Future...

Bitterne Manor was represented today at a special event organised by Southampton City Council to gather young peoples views about their own future and that of the city. 'Imagine the Future' was also supported by Red Funnel who organised a special sailing of 'Red Osprey' to host the event. We enjoyed sharing our opinions and working with other groups of children from across the city. The weather was also perfect for some great views of the Solent.