Nightingales become Archaeologists

Today, Nightingales were visited by Tricia from Creative Histories, who led us on a Stone Age journey!
We started off by thinking about how long ago the Stone Age period really was, by creating a human timeline.
We then thought about all the things that a Stone Age person would have had with them when they were buried, reflecting the things that they would have had in their life. Some of us tried on some clothes, and all of us were able to handle the artefacts, drawing them in our log books and labelling them. ALL of us became Master Historians by asking questions about the objects and comparing them using Venn diagrams- Tricia said that it was very unusual for a whole class to achieve this- well done Nightingales!

In the afternoon, we took part in 3 activities- learning about food, ochre cave paintings and discovering artefacts by digging in sand.

We had a brilliant day- thanks to the team from Creative Histories for making it so fun! 

Fun at Osmington!!

Mr Adams and I had a great day visiting year 6 at Osmington Bay today and YES...I took the rain!! They had great pleasure at laughing at me and Mr Adams getting very wet from the heavy downpour! The children are having an amazing time and have achieved so much. The giant swing, which they did yesterday, has definitely been a favourite. They did climbing today and the zip wire - lots of children conquered their fear of heights! Tomorrow is raft building... So lots of dirty washing is going to be coming home!! I was also put on bedroom inspection duty!!! I'll let you be the final judges... 

Super home learning!

Owls have a fantastic display of Home Learning Projects in the classroom showing off their creative and imaginative ideas.   The children have been busy making Victorian toys, games and dolls. Some of them got into role as a Victorian child when they wrote a diary, and others chose to research facts about the Victorian era.  We are looking forward to finding out much more about this time period in our learning this term.

Rag Bag Recycling...

We regret to inform you that the Rag Bag textile recycling scheme will no longer be available. The company have informed us that the collection scheme is no longer viable. As a consequence, the Rag Bag bin is closed and will be being removed shortly. Thanks to all of you who supported the scheme and helped raise a significant amount of money for the school. We will be looking into alternative schemes as and when they become available. Apologies for any inconvenience!

Off to Osmington...!

We've just said goodbye to our Year 6 who are off for their residential week at Osmington Bay near Weymouth. They'll have a fabulous time. Hopefully, we'll be able to provide more news as their week progresses. In the meantime, it might be a little bit quieter here for the week...

Poppy Apeal

Bitterne Manor will be supporting the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal this year as usual. However, as an alternative to poppies, the appeal has sent schools a collection of various other items that can be obtained for a small donation. These will be available on the school desk in reception throughout this week. Please support if you can!

A great first half-term for Year R!

We have been very busy in Year R with each day filled with lots of activities! We recently enjoyed our trip to the bear factory where each class made a bear who will soon be visiting each home! We also enjoyed our picnic, thank you to all those who were able to make it and we hope you enjoyed your sandwiches!

We also enjoyed attending our first assembly to celebrate our Harvest Festival, thank you very much for the donations! This half-term we will be joining singing assembly each Thursday with Year 1 and 2.

We look forward to our next topic, Jack Frost, and learning all about Autumn and Winter!