Year 5 at the GREAT hall!

Yesterday, Year 5 went to the Great Hall in Winchester to see the round table hanging on the wall, that is fabled to have been used by King Arthur and his knights during Saxon times.  We took part in lots of activities to help us understand more about some of the stories told about theses times, before visiting the Cathedral for a Guided Tour.  Here we learnt about when the Cathedral was built and how it has changed since Saxon times.  We also found out about many famous Saxons, including St Swithun who was the Bishop of Winchester.  We ended our visit with an opportunity to sketch some of the beautiful architecture at the Cathedral, applying some of the skills that we have been working on in Art this term.  Thank you to all the helpers who made this trip possible.

The Golden Lock...

This half term a 'Golden Lock' has been revealed to the children at Bitterne Manor Primary School! To help encourage children to bike or scoot to school they will be given a chance to win a special prize! Mrs Rice will place a 'Golden Lock' on a bike or scooter and that child will win something just for coming to school on it! How cool is that? Ruby was the lucky winner when it started last week.  Well done! I wonder who will win next...? Good luck! 

Roald Dahl Day!

Wow! What an amazing event 'Roald Dahl Day' was last week!  The whole school was busy creating props for our fabulous JRock team! As you know the theme this year is linked to 'Roald Dahl' so each class were given a creative task to complete from some of his famous books.  From dream jars, clay mini-beasts to a yummy chocolate cake Bitterne Manor pupils were hard at work! The JRock Team then collected up the coins from each learning leader to create the chocolate river outside the KS1 area.  Congratulations to Finches who won the competition!  They were presented with a special Roald Dahl book as a prize! A HUGE thanks goes out to Lia and Hannah for helping to organise this fun afternoon!  Take a look at some of the pictures captured below...

Year 4 get sharky

This afternoon for the Roald Dahl rock challenge event year 4 had to create sharks. We were given large boxes and left to it. We have now got 4 very convincing looking sharks. What an amazing job year 4 you should be very proud of how they look.
Well done Rooks
Mrs Carter

Bench Marked For Success!

We're very proud to have just received a special bench completely recycled from plastic bottles. A group of our pupils took part in a competition to promote and encourage everyone to do more recycling. Their efforts have been rewarded with this fantastic bench which will now find a home in our school grounds. Well done!

Crime Scene Investigation!!

On Monday morning, Year 1 came into school and there had been a crime committed!!

We were sent a letter by PC Bob, asking for a class who knew a lot about Fairy tales to help him investigate.

We went outside to investigate - what had happened? Who could have been involved? Watch this space for our newspaper reports to find out!!

Special performance!

Year 5 put on a very special performance today to their friends and family.  In teams of 6, they wrote the script for one scene of the Anglo Saxon legend 'Beowulf'.  They prepared the props and costumes for their scene and performed it beautifully! They really thought about the tone and expression of their voices, and after watching the film back, they decided that they need to work on the volume of their voices to make sure that all of the audience can hear.  Well done Owls!