Longdown Mobile Farm

As part of the Summer Fayre we today had a visit from Longdown.  We had the opportunity to meet all the different animals.

 We met Max and Ruby the miniature donkeys.  They wouldn't grow any taller than they already are.  We all got the opportunity to stroke the donkeys, Max had a mixture of long and short hair, this is because he was shedding his winter coat.  They were really dusty as well.

After that we met the hens and got the chance to hold a chick. They were really fast and kept trying to get away. We were really lucky as one of the hens had even laid an egg while we were there, it was still warm!

We even played a game of trying to keep a chick balanced on our heads. It was hard but everyone managed it.

We then finished the session with a goat feeding competition.  Jamie and Lola went head to head. Can you guess whose goat won?

M&M master class

 

Kestrels were very lucky today to get a master class in acting and stage production from the M&M crew who came to perform Treasure Island for the whole school.  In addition to enjoying the show, Kestrel class had the opportunity to learn about what goes into putting on such a production.  We were shown how the lighting, scenery and special effects were used and given lessons in how to 'multi-role' - that is taking on the role of more than one character in a play.  We found out that accent and pitch are key in changing the character's voice and that body language made a big difference to getting into role.  We all had a go at becoming Long John Silver - Arrrrr!  Let's see if we can put some of those lessons into practise for our own leaver's performance!!

 

 

 

 

Summer Fayre 2017: Friday June 23rd 330pm

The Bitterne Manor Primary School Parent Teachers Association are proud to present:

Summer Fayre 2017

Friday 23rd June, 330pm

We have lots of homemade refreshments and items to purchase, plenty of fantastic prizes to be won - as well as lots of fun and games! Please join in with as much as you can - and remember, all proceeds raised from the fayre go towards exciting new equipment for the children to enjoy - every penny counts!

STAGE EVENTS

3.45pm Robins & Finches Song & Dance

4.00pm Street Dance Crew

4.10pm Baton Twirling - Ella & Lilly

4.30pm Maypole Dancing

5.00pm Raffle Grand Prize Draw

5.15pm Gunge a Teacher!

A GREAT CHOICE OF STALLS!

• Face Painting and Glitter Tattoos -
• Chocolate Tombola - Bottle Tombola
• Lucky Dip - Teddy Shy - Beat the Goalie
• Guess the number of Balloons in the Car!
• Smellies & Jewellery Sale - Bric a Brac - Uniform Sale
• Cake Stall - International Food Fair - Hot Dogs
• Pick n Mix Sweets - Ice Pops & Drinks
• Summer Raffle 2017!
• Plus all the fantastic class stalls too!
• Kingfishers (Year R): Homemade Elderflower & Hook a Duck!
• Robins & Finches (Year 1): Grow a Bean Bag & Guess the Sweets
• in a Jar!
• Swifts (Year 2): Coconut Shy, Tinned Cans Shoot & Selfie Stand!
• Nightingales (Year 3): Homegrown Veg & Hit the Petals off the
• Giant Flower!
• Rooks (Year 4): Bitterne Manor Newspaper Sale & Soak Mr Soffe!
• Owls (Year 5): Virgin Money - Make Money Grow! 5 stalls
• featuring balloon models, smoothies, sweet cones, friendship
• bracelets and strawberries & cream!
• Kestrels (Year 6): Sweet Gift Boxes and Fruit Machine Game!

RAFFLE PRIZES - 2017

A huge thank you to all the companies, parents and teachers that have donated some amazing prizes - tickets are still available today and here’s a snapshot of what you might win plus many more prizes!

• Teacups and Tutus - Pot of tea and slice of cake each for 2
• Coriander Lounge - £30 voucher
• YMCA Fairthorne Manor - 2 nights midweek camping
• Seacity Museum - Family Ticket
• Hamble Sports Complex - One Month Full Membership + Induction
• Sprinkles Gelato - £10 Voucher
• The Race Centre - Open Team Endurance Voucher (worth £90)
• Longdown Activity Farm - Family Ticket (2 adults & 2 children)
• The Songbird Ice Cream Café - 2 x £5 vouchers
• Flipout Southampton - One hour session for 4 people
• No Fear Academy - Krav Maga - trial session at Hedge End on
• Thursday night (Class worth £19.99)
• Cherry Shine - Cleaning voucher
• Kids 2 Day - 2 x Child Entry Ticket
• Play Shack - 2 x Child Entry Ticket
• Jeffries Jungle - 2 x Child Entry Ticket
• The Station Pub - £30 Dinner Voucher
• The Humble Plum - £50 Food & Drinks voucher
• Domino's Pizza Bitterne - 3 x Pizza prizes
• Sainsbury’s Portswood - Bottle of Wine & Chocolates
• Hair by Kim - 1 x Spray Tan

A Big Thank You!

This event really couldn’t happen without your support! A few special thank you’s to mention:

All the Fabulous Parents for donating chocolates, bottles, raffle prizes, bric a brac, jewellery, cakes, food etc! The Parent Volunteers - for giving us your time and help everyone on the PTA who has worked so hard to organise the event. The Headteacher, Teachers, Teaching Assistants and our Caretaker for helping make this a success. The Local Companies for donating fantastic prizes! Bitterne Park Secondary School for loaning us their marquees The amazing Crazy M for keeping the crowds entertained!

And of course YOU, for turning up and taking part in this special day!!!

Rooks Sports Day practice

On Friday, Rooks spent the morning rehearsing all the sports day activities for Friday 7th July.
We ran through all of the activities- and did the sprint heats!
We can't wait for the actual day to arrive!

Southampton Primary School Swimming Gala

Wow! What an afternoon at the Southampton Primary Schools Swimming Gala!  Competing against 8 other local schools we made a formidable team.  There were some outstanding individual performances and some nail biting team relays - we now have to wait for the full results to come through.

Every member of the team swam beautifully and with determination but Bitterne Manor also shone from poolside with their encouragement and support for each other.

Many thanks to Mr Finn and Mrs Niziolek for their help and motivation.

National Clean Air Day!

We, alongside Southampton City Council, are supporting National Clean Air Day! The children had the opportunity this morning to ride or scoot to school and come for 'Biker's Breakfast'. The children will also have time learning outside in the fresh air!

City Athletics

On Monday 12th June, 30 children went to the Sports Centre to compete in the City Athletics tournament, along with 21 other schools!!
The children had a fantastic day, and were brilliant representatives of BMPS. Congratulations to all who attended, but especially

• Lower school girls relay team (Mille, Ellie, Kim and Poppy) who made it through the heats, got to the final and ended up coming 5th overall
• Jayden in Yr 5 who also made it through his heats for the 80m sprint, and also came 5th overall
• Harley in Yr 3 who made it through the heats and came 3rd overall in the 60m sprint.
• Hubert in Yr 4 who came 3rd overall in the 400m distance race.
• Joe in Yr 6 who came 3rd overall in the high jump.

Thank you to Mrs Chance for organising it, Miss Bradley, Mrs Rennie and Mr Finn for being amazing helpers!