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.

Year 1 broad beans

We all got very excited as we picked our first broad bean from the plants we have been growing. They taste delicious!

Year 1 Superhero day!

The Superheros looked fantastic today! We had great fun training outside for missions. They also wrote beautiful letters to Traction Man. We hope to hear back from him soon!

City Athletics 2014

Bitterne Manor had an amazing day in the sunshine yesterday at Southampton Sports centre. The children returned celebrating with 3 gold and 2 bronze medals! One of our year 6 boys set a new high jump record with an amazing 1.40m! Well done to all.

School games roadshow

Last Friday Solent university set up a multi-skills games circuit in the school grounds. Years R to 6 all had a great time improving there physical skills and taking part in an inter-school competition.

Scratching the Surface...

This week we were visited by staff and pupils from Townhill Junior who were giving us an insight into the new computing curriculum. They were demonstrating 'Scratch' which is a free program that allows you to be a programmer yourself using a very simple and effective system of dragging and dropping blocks of 'code' - sounds complicated? It is - but a lot of our pupils are already enthused about creating their own games and taking this further. You can encourage them by heading over to http://scratch.mit.edu/ and giving it a go.

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.