A busy day in Year 2!

Friday 1st February was a busy day in Year 2! In the morning, we had a visit from INTECH. In the first workshop, we learnt how to be 'Circuit Detectives, investigating broken circuits and how to fix them. Some of them were very tricky, but we got there in the end! In the second one, we turned an ordinary nail into a magnet, and then used this to make a motor! It was really good fun.

In the afternoon, we set up the classroom as a museum to display our fantastic home projects on our topic, Florence: The Soldier's Friend. Lots of hard work went into them and we were pleased to show them off!
Well done everyone!

PICs: Personal Internet and Cyber Safety

Pupils in Year 5 and 6 were visited by our local safe neighbourhood team from Hampshire Police for a talk about staying safe when online. The talk covered issues around Facebook, online games, mobile phones and cyber bullying. Children were given advice on what to do if they had concerns including the following 6 point plan:

There was an opportunity for parents to hear the same advice - if you missed that opportunity and would like to know more, please let us know!

Alien Adventures in Year 2!

Last week, Year 2 were very busy making alien puppets, which are characters from our Power of Reading book, 'Bob-the Man on the Moon'. We looked at a variety of puppets and investigated how they were made, before designing and making a model from paper. We then used our sewing skills to create the final version, which we used to retell the story. We hope you like them!

Snow Day!

I'd like to thank the staff who endured the difficult conditions to make their way into school today and ensure we were able to open at least for the morning. I'm sure that those children who made it to school appreciated that - enjoy the pictures!

Fantastic projects by Year 6!

A HUGE well done to Year 6 who have produced some amazing work for their 'Kenya' projects. They carried out detailed research and presented what they found in a wide variety of ways. The models, films, drawings, animations, and stories are all brilliant & the children should be very proud of their hard work.

Theatre Production

We welcomed back M&M Theatre Productions for a performance of 'Sleeping Beauty'. The whole school was thoroughly entertained with a performance of the fairy story with some modern twists! Everyone enjoyed the lively characters, song, dance and, of course, audience participation

I'm looking forward to joining you!

Happy New Year!

I hope you've all had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to 2013.

My name is Miss Blightman and I'm taking over Miss Cowen's Year 2 class for the rest of the year. 

I've worked as a teacher for over 7 years, mainly in Years 1, 2 and 3. I came to Bitterne Manor about 2 years ago to work with Mr Adams for a week. I loved it so much that I couldn't believe my luck when I was offered the chance to work with you all!

You have already made me feel so welcome, and I'm really excited about this year.

See you all on Monday for what I know will be a fantastic term!

This picture is of myself (on the right, wearing red and gold!) and my colleague dressed up as Superheroes for our last years Year 1 topic. Can you guess who we are?!