The builders are coming ...

And so it begins ...

Two weeks today, work will begin on our brand new building! We are having seven new classrooms and a new reception area built in tyhe area between Sure Start and the existing office.

It will be a two-storey modular building built by a company called Built Offsite. It is going to be extremely environmentally friendly and we are hoping it will be the first school in Southampton to be awarded the BREEAM 'Excellent' award.

There will be lots of changes to the way the school operates during the time it is being built but this is the place to find out all you need to know. We will be regularly updating our blog with all the information you need to make sure the end of the school year goes swimmingly.

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Crazy hair day!

We recently took part in Red Nose Day where students and teachers wore crazy hair styles. Here are a few pictures. We hope everyone enjoyed dressing up! What did you do for Red Nose Day?

Recently Year 6 went on residential to Little Canada where they enjoyed many different challenging tasks. Here are a few pictures of what we got up to :)

Team work on the problem solving task

waiting patiently to go on the quad bikes

smiley

Bradley reaches the top of the Catwalk

posers :)

Bullseye????

The group before at the ferry terminal

All set to master those fears 

A cup of tea after a hard days work of conquering fears

What a great week we had....don't you agree Year 6?!

This half terms SEAL topic was 'Good to be me'. As a school we set ourselves a 'Time Out Challenge'. We discussed the importance of having a time out area for each class. The children were given buddies to help support them when feeling: sad, angry, upset or scared. We feel the children have done a great job in making their area as meaningful to their class as possible. Do you agree?

Revamp of SEAL

At the start of every half term we have two SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) days. During this time we look at setting goals for the future, relationships, changes, building self esteem and many more. The children asked us to make SEAL days more exciting so that is what we have done.


This half term we looked at 'Going for Goals'. Here the children studied inspirational people and set long and short term goals. Each class was asked to improve an area of their learning environment, both inside or outside the classroom. Many year groups worked together on this task.

Here is Year R and Year 5's reading area. What do you think?

This is 3/4 W's  'Funny Theatre'

Year 6 completed displays at the school entrance to show visitors how Bassett Green helps children to achieve their dream jobs.

The school council takes charge

This year the school council members are bigger and better than before. They will be discussing hot topics and coming up with ideas on how to make Bassett Green a happy and safe place.

First issue is celebration assembly....how can we make it a little more exciting? Any ideas?

Maasai warriors

Last Wednesday, we were extremely lucky to have a visit from a tribe of Maasai Warriors. The group had travelled all the way from their village in Kenya to perform in schools and colleges in the UK. 

Here are some photos of the group performing their traditional songs and dances.

And here is some video so that you can hear their incredible songs.

The Hobbit

JRR Tolkein Comes to Bassett Green!

On September 11th, we were very lucky to have a visit from M&M Productions who were performing their new show 'The Hobbit'! 

Four actors took us on a wonderful journey as Frodo the hobbit started his adventure to recover a precious ring. The children really enjoyed the show and many are still wondering how a fire-breathing dragon ended up in the main hall!

Summer improvements

Look what we have been up to over the Summer! 

We have completely re-carpeted the corridor outside our Reception and Year 5 classrooms. We have also laid brand new lino outside the boys and girls toilets. The corridor now looks terrific and so much better than it used to.

It was a very mucky job and we'd like to say a huge 'Thank you!' to Steve and all of the cleaners for getting it ready for the start of term.

Also, the playground for the Reception classes has had an extension! We're making room for the extra Year R class who started with us in September. We've got big plans for this area and are going to be making some more big changes to turn it into a fantastic area for the children to use to play in and learn in all day long!

Sorry for the delay!

We just wanted to say a big 'We're sorry' for not updating our blog for a little while.

However, we're now back up and running and we've already got some exciting things to show you.

Keep checking back to see what we've been up to ...