Learning Leaders 2016

Congratulations to our newly elected Learning Leaders who were presented with their badges in assembly today. We are looking forward to how they can help us make the school even better!

Learning Leader Elections 2016

Bitterne Manor Primary became a polling station today for the annual election of our Lead Learners. Each class has voted for two pupils to represent them on our School Council as Lead Learners. Each year we borrow real ballot boxes from Southampton's electoral services department and carry out a proper ballot democratically. The two children receiving the highest numbers of votes in each class are then officially elected. We will announce the results later today to the children.

The School Decides...

Today candidates from across the school were given a last chance to persuade their peers to vote for them in tomorrow's Learning Leader elections. Children have been nominated and the ballot papers are prepared for the secret ballot in which all the children get to choose the two children in their class who will represent them. This is democracy in action!

Meeting the Mayor of Southampton

Our Learning Leaders went to meet the Mayor of Southampton yesterday and had a very interesting tour of the Mayor's offices. Councillor Linda Norris is the 793rd 'Right Worshipful Mayor of Southampton', to give her the correct title, and was pleased to meet the children and talk to them about her role. She was assisted by one of the city's Town Sergeants and each of the children got to handle some of the collection of ceremonial objects and try on some robes of office. We learnt a lot more about the role of the Mayor in supporting a range of local charities like the Saints Foundation, Rose Road and Air Cadets. For more information follow this link.

Learning to Lead...

Congratulations to this years school council who held their first meeting today. This year we are changing their role to 'Lead Learners' and the children have all sorts of ideas already about how they are going to make Bitterne Manor a better place to learn.

Badge Day!

It's badge day! They have finally arrived! Those children who are our new class learning leaders and the new team captains, who have been patiently expecting their badges, will get them today.

Election 2014

Elections took place today for this year's school councillors. We have a new theme for our school council this year - 'Learning to Lead'. We'll be announcing our new class leaders next week - so the children will have to wait for the result a little bit longer!

Voting for our Lead Learners has started...

Year 3 have started the voting off. Good luck to all the candidates! 

Visiting the Mayor's Parlour

Here are some pictures of the School Council's visit to the Mayor's Parlour in the Civic Centre, Southampton. We were very kindly hosted by the newly appointed Sheriff of Southampton, Linda Norris and one of her Town Sergeants, Alan. The visit is a fascinating look at Southampton's traditions and history and we always learn something new about the city each time we visit.

Mayor Making 2014

Two of our school councillors were invited to attend the annual Southampton Mayor Making ceremony at the Guildhall. This is the occasion where the existing Mayor of Southampton passes on the office to a new Mayor, a tradition which goes back several hundred years.

Kindness...with Kevin!

Meet Kevin...our kindness bear! The school councillors have been helping Kevin spread the K-factor - encouraging kindness - by designing posters to go up around the school.

School Council Elections 2013

Using a device we think is called 'Frank'.

 Today was School Council Election 2013. The votes have been cast and counted and the results are in...but they won't be announced until Monday! You will have to wait a little longer...

Our official vote counters

Weekly report by year 3

We have had a very busy week!  We have enjoyed playing basketball in PE.  Our favourite part of literacy was writing our reports and we enjoyed our poster competition.  Our geography rain guage was AWESOME!  We are enjoying counting up how much rain has fallen.  We have voted for our school councillor today.

We are looking forward to finding out who is going to be our school councillors.

More from us next week!

By: Natasha, Ehren, Issac, Akil, Lennon, Ether

Summer Fayre Cake Competition

This morning our school councillors have had the enviable task of judging the many superb entries in our Cake Competition, a responsibility which included tasting the sponge cakes!

You can find out which cakes they selected as winners at this afternoon's Summer Fayre, the cake tables will be located in the keyhole play area.