A Royal Celebration for Skylarks!

 Skylarks have loved celebrating the Queens Platinum Jubilee!

Take a peak below at some of the fun we have had...👑

What a Royal Day!

Kingfishers have had a fantastic day celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.  

They took part in many activties, inlcuding making some fantastic crowns.

We read the book 'The Queen's Hat' and looked at a variety of different hats, discussing when we would wear each one.  Some of the children then designed their own hats.  

Other children enjoyed using playdough and other materials to make some 'Royal' cupcakes for an afternoon tea!

We looked at some coins and discussed how the Queen's head is always on our money.  Our Kingfishers enjoyed making some crayon rubbings of these and using their fine motor skills to fill in a silhouette of the Queen with our copper coins. 

This week we have been learning about castles, their features, and who would have lived in them.  The children wanted to change our small world table into a castle themed table.  We also surprised them with a mini castle roel play for them to decorate and play in.

Over the last few days we have also been discussing London and some of its' famous land marks.  We read 'Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?' and discussed the different places and the maps inside the book.  The children then enjoyed making their own maps of London, incorporating some of the land marks we had been thinking about.

Kingfishers had a wonderful lunch, enjoying music from the last 70 years.

We ended our day learning the National Anthem and perfecting our bows in assembly. 

We really have had a great day!

British Values at BMPS

We have had an excellent response to our British Values at BMPS art competition so a huge well done to all of those that entered.  Here are some of the fantastic entries received...

Events in Southampton to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee

Southampton is celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee which marks the Queen's 70-year reign. Many events are taking place across the city to celebrate, which can be seen below:

Thursday 2 June 2022

Afternoon Tea at Tudor House and Garden café - Book tickets here.

Arts and crafts - From 11am, join the Friends of St James' Park at their community picnic.

Beacon lighting - At 9:45pm, a Beacon will be lit at Queen’s Peace Fountain in East Park, simultaneously with other Beacons being lit at 9:45pm throughout the UK. Find out more information here.

Friday 3 June 2022

Afternoon Tea at Tudor House and Garden café - Book tickets here.

Sunday 5 June 2022

The Big Platinum Festival at Mayflower Park - A special family-friendly celebration by Unity 101 Community Radio station, 10am to 9pm. Book tickets here.

The Big Jubilee Lunch - A chance for neighbours and communities to celebrate their connections and get to know one another a little better (various locations). Visit their website.

From April until 12 June 2022

Southampton's Platinum Jubilee Beacon Trail - Free, magical augmented reality story-trail by Visit Southampton and High Street Safari. Book tickets here.

To find out further information on the events above and other events taking place around the city, please go to our Visit Southampton website.

Mayor of Southampton Visits Bitterne Manor Primary

We were very pleased to welcome the Mayor of Southampton to Bitterne Manor Primary School yesterday. He kindly agreed to be interviewed by pupils in our assembly following a tour of the school. Cllr Alex Houghton is the 799th Mayor of Southampton and, as the children found out, an ex pupil at Bitterne Manor Primary School himself. We even found a picture of him (below - seated in the front and right) from the 1990's.

Girls Football

On Thursday, 9 girls from Year 5 and Year 6 represented Bitterne Manor in a football competition held at Test Park against 8 other school teams from across Southampton. It was a great opportunity for all of the children to develop their skills and also for the experienced players to help those who were new to the sport which hopefully is the first step in a long football journey.

The girls were outstanding, not only with their effort and performances, but also their attitude both on and off the pitch.  They finished 2nd in the competition and did themselves and the school proud in what was a fantastic afternoon.

Owls have been exploring ancient artefacts!

 

To kick off Year 5's Ancient Greece topic, we went on an artefact hunt!

We started off by discussing what artefacts are and how they can be used to teach us about the past. We then had to find 8 photos of Ancient Greek artefacts. Once we had found them, we discussed the following questions in our groups: 

• What does it look like?
• What is it made from? 
• What might it have been used for?
• What does it tell me about life in Ancient Greece? 

Finally, we were given the artefact cards which we needed to match up with the artefacts and place in chronological order to display. It really got us thinking about how things we find can teach us about life in the past!