RESPECT Drumming assembly

School got going with a bang today! The children were introduced to a RESPECT Drumming session led by a music teacher from the Southampton Music Hub. Very interactive, great fun and it got us buzzing. An after school drumming club begins next week.

Cricket Winners

Our site manager Mr Rowles has led Bitterne Manor cricket team to Victory in a match against Townhill. We have had 3 matches, so far, and the scores have been very close. Each time the children have been steadily improving their cricket skills. Cricket at this level is new to Bitterne Manor this year and we also have coaches in curriculum time for other year groups. All the children are enjoying this new and exciting challenge .
The only way is up!!!

Year 3 Lifeguard training camp!

Year 3 enjoyed lifeguard training camp! We learnt all about how to keep ourselves safe near water.

Road Safety Training...

Safety clubs have started today! Our team of JRSOs from Year 6 are supporting younger children in learning how to cross the road safely. They set up a pretend road in the playground with safe places to cross and children practised following the Green Cross Code.
Find the safest place to cross.
Stop just before you get to the kerb.
Look all around for traffic and listen.
If traffic is coming let it pass.
When it is safe, go straight across the road - do not run!

Outdoor Survival Club!

Over the past few weeks 'Bitterne Manor Survival Club' members have been making dens, fishing rods, and traps. This week they have survived their own 'I'm a celebrity get me out of here' bush tucker trial! No worms, slugs or woodlice were harmed in the process!

Friday clubs get active!

Last Friday saw this terms clubs get active. Children were given the options of joining clubs that were all going to be doing something active in the hall and grounds, on the field and playground. That's 200 children all doing something energetic at the same time!

Biodiversity

Our Green Team work is almost finished! Last Friday, biodiversity group went out into the school grounds and started to find suitable places for their mouse mansions and beetle hotels. Here are some pictures to show what we've been up to...

Green Team - Biodiversity

The Biodiversity team are busy at work constructing minibeast mansions, hedgehog hotels and other shelters to encourage wildlife into our school grounds. Once finished, we'll place them in a 'Green Zone' in our school grounds safely away from the playground.

Green Teams - Healthy Living

The healthy living green team group have thought of different ideas to live a healthy lifestyle. One idea was walking more, so with the help of a pedometre the whole group comlpeted 1064 steps in 10 minutes. GO GREEN TEAM!

Global perspectives

Children from Year R all the way up to Year 6 have been collaborating to create posters about the journey of a banana from the tree where it is grown, to our lunch boxes. We have been looking at the impact the different stages of the journey have on the world around us!

Key Stage One Guildhall choir

Well done to the Key Stage One choir who were excellent at the Guildhall concert. They worked very hard at the rehearsals in the morning and had lots of fun. They were fantastic at acting 'Christmas with the aliens' and their singing was beautiful. The costumes looked wonderful and the children made us all very proud. What a superb evening!

Multi-skills coaching

Year 2 have had the opportunity of a multiskills coach this half term. They have been learning sports skills that will transfer to many other sports.

Movie Makers

The movie maker university course reaches its final stages!
Premieres are scheduled for this Friday. Lights, cameras, action, popcorn!

Year 5 classroom taken over by masterchefs!

Today the year 5 classroom was taken over by the masterchefs of Bitterne Manor! They had lots of fun creating red and white peppermint cream, before moulding it into christmas shapes! Here are the results.....

Masterchef

Here are the children learning about best before and use by dates as part of their 'Masterchef' university course on Friday afternoon! They quickly managed to spot the 10 year out of date bottle of vinegar we found in the staffroom!

The Green Team

The Green Team have been out and about in the school grounds looking for litter - they were shocked to find some as you can see! They are going to challenge the school to be litter free this week and have some special prizes for those children they see being Greener and keeping the school cleaner!

Football Match

Our school football team took part in a few friendly matches against Springhill, another local primary. We managed 2 wins and 2 draws and the games were played in a very friendly spirit and watched by, literally, dozens of fans! Well played!

Eco Action Teams

This week we start our whole school review of the sustainability of our school environment. All the pupils are being split into action teams to investigate an environmental topic or theme. We are aiming to become a more sustainable and environmentally freindly school!

For more information about the Eco-School programme head over to http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/

Or watch this short film:
http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/assets/uploaded/resources/21_film.mpg