'Heads Up' in Kestrel class

This afternoon we were lucky to have the 'Heads Up' project in our class talking to us about coping strategies and how we can help ourselves to feel well.  We had the opportunity to jump, hop and starjump in the classroom to learn how exercise not only helps to keep our bodies healthy, but how it also helps keep our minds healthy by releasing chemicals called endorphins, which make us feel good. 

We also learned a strategy called 'bunny breathing', which helps to slow our heart rate down if we are feeling anxious, upset or angry.  It made us feel very calm.  Ask us about it and we can show you how to do it!  We are looking forward to learning some more strategies next week.

Swallows become newspaper journalists!!!

This week Swallows are beginning to write a newspaper article on The Great Fire of London! But first they needed to interview some key characters from the event! Acting in role as newspaper journalist it was question time!!......Quizzing the likes of  Samuel Pepys and Thomas Farriner the baker!

Fundraiser Event!

Wow! Children at Bitterne Manor have been busy today at the fundraiser challenge put on by the super J Rock team! We tried to match the distance of the Amazon River which is 6, 992km! Each class tried their absolute hardest and showed so much determination.  The rundown of each class is as follows...

Kingfishers - 192km
Robins- 366km
Swallows - 428km
Swifts - 780km
Nightingales - 830km
Rooks - 992km
Owls - 1, 156km
Kestrels - 979km

So, total distance collated was... 5, 714! So close!! Fantastic effort everyone, you were all amazing!

Please remember to send in your sponsor forms and money asap to the office. The money raised from KS1 will go towards an AED for our school and the money raised from KS2 will go towards J Rock!

Here are some highlights...

SEND strategic review meeting

The Local Authority have sent details about a forthcoming event, involving parents of children with SEND.  Details can be accessed using the following link: SEND strategic review meeting

More votes are needed - time is running out!

Looks like our votes are rising but we still need a lot more. If someone voted on behalf of every child in our school we'd be 2400 votes up - so we've a way to go to achieve that goal. Please click on the picture above or here to vote - it takes 2 minutes. We have only 13 days left to vote! Thanks for your support!

'AED' Fundraising Support

An AED is a machine used to give an electric shock when a person is in cardiac arrest, i.e. when the heart stops beating normally. Cardiac arrest can affect people of any age and without warning. If this happens, swift action in the form of CPR and prompt defibrillation can help save a person’s life. 
Currently there is no legal requirement for defibrillators to be kept in primary schools but if they are used within the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest they can give people a 70% chance of survival. There is no question that the number of deaths from cardiac arrest could be dramatically reduced if all schools were defibrillator protected.

That is why we are hoping to raise funds in order to purchase an AED for Bitterne Manor, to help protect the students, staff, and visiting parents and grandparents.

We are challenging all students in KS1 to take part in a ‘Healthy Lifestyle’ Fundraising Event on Wednesday 8th November (please ensure PE kits are in school). We want to utilise student enterprise to help raise the funds to purchase an AED for school. 
Physical Challenge – each class will take part in completing laps of an obstacle circuit that involves climbing over numerous obstacles. How many laps can we complete? You will find a sponsorship form attached to this letter, please get as many sponsors as possible and then return your form along with monies collected to the school office by Friday 17th November. 

Thank you in advance for your support!

Study Bugs

We are pleased to announce that we have agreed to participate in an NHS public health project called ‘Inspire’, which aims to improve treatment of asthma in children.

We need your help though! The project uses a free absence-reporting app called Studybugs. Whether or not your child suffers from asthma, please could you download the app, or register on the Studybugs website, and use it to tell us whenever your child’s ill and unable to attend school.

You can read more about the Inspire project at https://everychildisdifferent.org/inspire, As well as helping improve treatment of asthma, Studybugs also helps us track what illnesses are going around and is a convenient, efficient and secure method for reporting absence – so it should make life a little bit easier all around.