2015 WINNING TEAM! CHAMPIONS OF THE LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND THE JEWEL SHIELD!

Yesterday evening was the finale of an amazing football season for Bitterne Manor. After a fantastic performance from the boys throughout the league group stages and some close games in the Champions league, the final prize was in sight -  The Jewel Shield.
It was a very exciting end to end match against Blackfield who were worthy opponents and showed some great skills. But Bitterne Manors boys demonstrated relentless determination and team spirit to win the match. Mr Puckett encouraged some great tactical play with a strong defense, skillful midfield and some great speed and finishing from the boys to win 3-2!
Well done to Mr Puckett for coaching the team and Mr Smith who has been helping out. A big thank you to Mr Humphries for organising the tournaments and matches. Also to the parents, friends, families and teachers for all your support.

The FINAL, the story!

The preparation

The Team Talk

The warm up

The match

Concentration

Never giving up

Another corner

The presentation - Team captain lifting the trophy!

An amazing team!
Very Proud!
Well done!

The Jewel Shield is the Southampton schools final prize and has been presented to schools since 1966. This is the first time Bitterne Manor will have its name engraved on this piece of History. I will get it engraved shortly and it will take its place in our trophy cabinet for all to see.

Year 6 SATS relief time!

Well done year 6 for completing a very challenging week of SATS. Thursday afternoon they were able to let their hair down. Worked as a team to build towers and knock them down too. A bit of fun after such hard work.

Jewell Trophy final - Monday!

As you may know the Bitterne Manor football team have made the Jewell final trophy by initially winning their league, then the Champions league.

The final will take place at BTC Sports ground at Stoneham lane. Gates open at 3.30. Kick off at 4.

Please come along and support our amazing boys on Monday 18th.

Good luck Bitterne Manor!

Challenge complete...

Until the next one!! I completed my set challenge today! Even though I have been doing 10ks as part of my training, I have never ever run as part of a race. I was very nervous to begin with, but as the crowd started cheering and my children waved me on, I just thought this is what the training has been all for. Don't get me wrong, I'm not an Olympic athlete, but I never ever thought I could run 1 mile, let alone 6!  I would like Y6 to remember this tomorrow... Their chance to show 'learning to be the best we can' because hard work does pay off. I am hoping I got my best time (personal best!) but the timings are not up yet...!!! And yes I have the run bug... New Forest 10k and The Great South run next (I think!!). 

Before...

                            

And after...! 

                                         

Truely terrific tie dye

Year 3 tie dye t shirts have come out SO well! We are all really impressed, every t shirt looks different, the colours and patterns are amazing!!! All of Year 3 were in the Golden book this week for such hard work. Well done!

Year 3 Tie Dye- Step 1!

On Tuesday, we started our Tie Dye project as part of our 'Carnival' topic. We all brought in a t-shirt from home and were shown ways to tie up our t-shirt:

This is the spiral method:

The tiger stripe method:

We then secured them with elastic bands.

We chose our colours - we had 5 to chose from pink, blue, red, yellow and green. We had to be careful not to dye our clothes or the classroom! We then wrapped them up in clingfilm and left them overnight. We can't wait to see the results!!

A very "chocolaty" science experiment in year 2!

Year 2 have been learning about what happens to materials when thay are heated.  Last week we toasted bread and found out that it is an "irreversible" change because we can't get the bread back. Today we heated chocolate until it melted and then cooled it again until it turned back into a solid.  We found out that it was a "reversible" change.  Another great science lesson from our student teacher Mr Drayton.  I hope year 2 enjoyed eating the yummy chocolate too  - I certainly enjoyed the leftovers!