Bitterne Manor dazzle at Humble Plumb!

Yesterday was a very special day for some of the pupils at Bitterne Manor Primary School!  They had been invited by the manager of the Humble Plumb Pub to sing a selection of Christmas songs.  The staff have saved all year to provide a group of elderly, lonely and vulnerable adults with a Christmas dinner, gifts and a nice social afternoon spent with others -  something they may not be as fortunate to get as others around the Christmas period. They had gifts donated by Bursledon House NHS and the company Easy Networks called offering a large monetary donation to buy more gifts!

Our children did us proud and sang their hearts out!  Well done to them all :)  A special thank you to Samantha Daniel who organised this event and allowed our school to be part of something special!

Southampton Carer Parent Forum FREE INFORMATION DAY For Special Educational Needs & Disabilities this Saturday

This free event for families of pupils with SEND, will take place on Saturday 10th March 2018 from 10am to 3pm at the Oasis Academy, Romsey Road, Lordshill, Southampton, SO16 8FA

When you arrive, please head to the Forum Reception to sign in and receive further information. You will also be entered into a FREE raffle (one entry per family) for a selection of fab prizes. The Mayor of Southampton attending the event between 10am – 11am so if you would like to meet him, pop in earlier rather than later.

Parking: 
There is a large car park at Oasis Academy, Lordshill so parking will be really straightforward. During the day you are also able to use the Rugby Club Car Park just down the road (next turning off Redbridge Lane after Oasis Academy) from Oasis Academy for overflow parking.

Food and refreshments:
The wonderful young people from Café Down the Lane, Southampton Mencap are providing the catering for the event. There will be a selection of savoury and sweet baked goods, sandwiches, canned drinks and chocolate bars on sale. There are some Gluten Free options also available. Tea and Coffee and Orange Squash is FREE for anyone attending throughout the day and will be available from the Café Down the Lane area.

Workshop and Talk Providers/Minecraft Café/Kessy Therapy Dog:
The Workshop and Talks will be based in the classrooms at the end of the corridor that is to the left of the Forum Reception, there will be signs on the doors noting which workshop/talk is in which classroom. To book onto the workshops/talks, there will be a form to book your place at reception when you arrive or you can request to attend a workshop/talk later in the day depending on spaces available. NO BOOKING AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE EVENT. The organisers are only running one of each workshop and in some cases spaces are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

The organisers have invited a wonderful Facepainter, Caroline Blay who will be providing Glitterart tattoos FREE of charge to families and have also invited Mr Giant, a children’s entertainer who will be entertaining the kids throughout the event.

Asperger’s Adventures – Minecraft and Meltdowns Minecraft Café: 
Michelle Rebello will be travelling down for the day to provide a “Minecraft Café” for the event. Kids can log onto their unique Minecraft server, join the game and play together. This will be available throughout the day but Michelle will take a lunch break at some point, most likely 12pm – 1pm. Please bring a laptop so that your child can take part in the café if they would like to – unfortunately the organisers cannot provide spare laptops.
Please note – children will require parental supervision.

Kessy the Therapy Dog: 
Kessy, Anna and Ben will be at the event from 11am until 3pm and families will be able to meet Kessy and watch her do some tricks. Anna will be giving an overview of Canine Therapy and the benefits of this type of therapy. Access will be restricted to 3 families at a time to ensure Kessy and Ben do not get too overwhelmed. This will be happening in the one of the classrooms down the corridor to the left of the Forum Reception. And of course, Kessy will be taking a few short doggy breaks!

Other local service providers attending the event include: 

• The Challenging Behaviour Foundation 
• Alex Kelly Ltd 
• Saints Foundation 
• SEND Service Team, Portage, Post 16 (Southampton City Council) 
• Epilepsy Action 
• Active Nation 
• The Rainbow Trust 
• Break Out Youth 
• The Rainbow Centre (Fareham) 
• Early Years Advisory Team (Southampton City Council) 
• Southampton Opportunity Group 
• Naomi House 
• Re:minds Support Group 
• Autism Hampshire 
• The National Autistic Society 
• The Buzz Network (Southampton City Council) 
• Adhara Autism Trust 
• Sophia’s House 
• Great Oaks and Rosewood Post 16 Pop- up Shop 
• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association 
• Rose Road Association 
• Solent Youth Action 
• Usborne Books 
• The Supported Internship Programme Team (Southampton City Council) 
• The Community Nursing Team 
• Southampton SENDIASS Team 
• CAMHS (West) 
• Carers in Southampton 
• Southampton Mencap 
• Southampton City College 

Assistance throughout the day: 
There will be a number of Southampton Parent Carer Forum representatives in pink t-shirts at the event if you need any help with anything throughout the day.

SAM visits Bitterne Manor!

Something special happened today...SAM visited our school! He made a guest appearance at our gate congratulating children as they made their way in.  Definitely a more exciting face to see hey? Take a sneaky peek below at some of the children that he spotted and rewarded just for coming to school and on time!  You're definitely in his good books and Mr Adams of course. He was delighted that you all couldn't wait to get into school and start learning :)

Sports Day Results 2016

Well done to Heroes who were this years overall winners. The full results are as follows:

Heroes: 2556 points

Champions: 2539 

points

Superstars: 2499 

points

Legends: 2374 

points

The individual team top three results were as follows: 

1st place: Champions 1 with 979 points
2nd place: Superstars 3 with 966 points
3rd place: Heroes 1 with 912 points

Children placed either 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their respective class races will also have received a certificate. Well done to everyone for doing their best!

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.

Love Your Bike & Scooter Day...

We all know that children enjoy cycling and scooting so lets allow them to show their bikes and scooters how much they are loved by decorating them with their favourite items and pictures! We also want everyone to love their heart by being healthy and cycling and scooting in to school on the 10th February. When children get to school we will have a parade around the playground to show off the beautiful bikes and scooters. If they feel creative, write a short poem about how much they love cycling and scooting. There will be prizes for the best poems. Hand the poems in to class teachers.

Christmas Dinner...

A few of the children enjoying their Christmas dinner today with their special Christmas hats, of course!

It's Rehearsal Time!

We were very busy on Friday morning rehearsing and rehearsing in preparation for our whole school Christmas show. This year the show is called 'Baubles' and is based on the tale of the Elves and the shoemaker. We've replaced the shoemaker with a certain site manager and the Elves getting up to mischief are Kestrels class. Everyone gets a to do a little something and we look forward to seeing you at one of our performances. We will be filming it this year once again.

Tent Day!

Today was 'Tent Day' in Kestrels class! Conditions were ideal to test out the children's plans for constructing a waterproof shelter - the rain made things a little 'tense' :) Some fantastic constructions were built by the teams and they learnt a lot about planning, preparation and working together. Great fun, too!

Solar Eclipse 2015

We really tried today to experience the eclipse but disappointingly the clouds were against us. There was a definite darkening in the skies and a big drop in the temperature - but no sun! Most of us will have to catch up with events on the television later...

Shelfies for World Book Day!

We have asked the staff to send us pictures of their book shelves for World Book Day. Here are a few of them. We thought it would be a good idea to see if the children could spot which teacher was which shelf...? It's really hard! What do you think?