St Bede C of E
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Latest News
This page provides information news about events that have been happening in the school throughout the academic year.
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Kindness Ambassadors visit Unit 12 Winchester
Fri 19 Apr 2024At the end of the spring term, our Year 6 Kindness Ambassadors had the chance to visit Unit 12 Food Pantry in Winnall to learn more about the support service they provide to the local community for food and clothing. As part of the visit, the children learnt about all the different ways the support staff work together to help others and how the items that are available change on a daily basis depending on what has been donated from different places. The children also had the chance to help the staff to stack the shelves with a variety of items that had been donated to the pantry. Well done to all our Year 6 Kindness Ambassadors for representing the school so brilliantly during the visit.
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St Bede Sport Springing into Action - Spring Term 2024 Summary
Fri 19 Apr 2024Over the course of the the spring term our children showed their very best at a range of different sporting events - here’s a round up of events and achievements!
Badminton County Championship
On the first week back after half term, St. Bede took part in the Hampshire Schools Badminton Championship. The team of Noam, Jude, Carson, Ellie, Stella and Miri dominated their group stage contests, winning 15 matches in a row to progress to the top tier of the competition. The team was already on a 12 match winning streak from the previous tournament, so were confident moving into the knockout stages.
In the semi-finals, it was not to be as they lost by an agonising 3 points to the eventual champions, pushing them into the 3rd/4th playoff. Unfortunately, after a long day of matches, the team ran out of steam and lost again in a very close and competitive match against another very strong school. But, that meant that St. Bede ended the day as the fourth best School’s Badminton Team in Hampshire- what an achievement! This talented group of young players should be very proud of their efforts and can reflect on the lessons learned from taking part in such a challenging tournament. We are already looking forward to next year’s contest. A huge well done to our St. Bede Badminton Team and to all who take part in our Badminton Club building skills, perseverance and team work skills.
Cross Country County Championship
The Winchester and Eastleigh team included many talented runners from St. Bede, as it took part in the Hampshire Schools Cross Country on the 5th of March. On a wet and muddy track, the runners all performed exceptionally, drawing praise from the Hampshire School Games organisers for their efforts. 130 of the quickest runners were racing for the personal win, but also to help their team win the overall prize. The fastest 8 runners would also qualify for the County Championships, taking on the best U12’s from across the country. Our pupils did particularly well, with Ema finishing 26th and Elsa 40th. In the boys race, Dexter finished 24th, Seth 9th and Oliver 7th.
The results for all the runners were fantastic. It puts them among the top runners in the county. It also means that Oliver qualifies for the Hampshire Team and Seth finds himself as first reserve. Our fingers are crossed for Seth as we hope he makes the team and we wish Oliver and Team Hampshire all the best in the next round.
‘Unconfirmed reports’ have stated that the Winchester and Eastleigh won the team event, with the best overall finishing places from across all of their runners. Mr Hiscock is waiting for confirmation from the event organisers.
Girls’ Football County Championship
On Friday 8th of March, St. Bede, fresh from their 2nd place finish in the Winchester and Eastleigh Tournament, made their way to Stoneham Sports Ground for a day of competitive football. St. Bede entered the youngest team in the competition, but had confidence that the team would stick together and perform well. The team did find the going tough at times, but played well, showed excellent sportsmanship and learned important lessons for future engagement in tournament football. Coach Charlie praised the group’s togetherness. “They were such a unit, all working together with no moaning or groaning about anything. It was lovely to see the support they had for their teammates.” Well done to Rose, Reese, Holly, Ivy, Nora, Saffron, Halle, Addisyn, Vivi, Evelyn and Adri for your determination and teamwork.
Netball Winchester and Eastleigh Tournament
Due to poor weather, this tournament was postponed. We were unable to attend the rearranged date. Well done to the children from the netball club who were selected to represent the school. We hope to arrange games against local schools in the summer term. There are places still available in Thursday’s netball club for those that wish to join in and develop their skills. Please email the office for more information.
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Winchester University Mental Health Workshops - March 2024
Fri 19 Apr 2024On Friday the 15th of March, a team of students from Winchester University led a series of workshops for our children across the school. These sessions focussed on one of five key areas: Resilience / Self-care / Relationships / Self-worth and Hope / Optimism. These sessions were part of the ‘Stormbreak’ initiative, a charity that aims to improve children’s mental health through movement, equipping them with sustainable, transferable skills and coping strategies that help them to thrive during the complex demands of growth into adult life. If you would like to find out a bit more about Stormbreak you can go to: https://www.stormbreak.org.uk/about-stormbreak
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STEM Week 2024
Fri 19 Apr 2024In March, we marked British Science week with lots of exciting learning taking place across the school. The children made themselves into minute timers, investigated making paper flowers open up in water and found out about a range of stereotype smashing scientists. We were incredibly fortunate to be visited by lots of parents who work in the field of STEM who came and spoke with the children across all year groups. Staff and children found the sessions both interesting and inspiring and we are so grateful for the support provided across our parent (and wider) community, it was an incredible experience that will hopefully inspire the children of St Bede in the future.
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Winchester College Maths Challenge
Fri 19 Apr 2024Congratulations to the pupils listed below, who took the Primary Maths Challenge Bonus at Winchester College. These candidates achieved either a Gold or Silver Certificate in the first round in November and were subsequently invited to complete the Bonus Round. Well done to, Caspar, Holly, Sarp, Thomas and Vakare.
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Book Week 2024
Fri 19 Apr 2024At the start of March, we enjoyed celebrating Book Week at the school and took part in a range of activities to promote a love of reading. These included class book swaps where different adults shared stories with children and children shared stories with each other, decorating the front door of classrooms linked to a special book and dressing up as book characters. It was incredible to see so many of you supporting the children taking part in our Book Character parade, thank you to those who were able to join us and to everyone who supported their child(ren) in choosing and preparing the incredible costumes! The entries to the ‘decorate a book quote’ competition are wonderful and adorn the main corridor through the school.
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Year 4 – Viking Workshop
Fri 19 Apr 2024On Wednesday 21st February, Year 4 were lucky enough to be visited a real Viking who lead them through a fun day of activities. Together, they examined artefacts, handled weaponry, staged a battle, studied myths and even re-enacted an authentic Viking burial for a King. Being a Viking is tiring work! Thank you for the children’s incredible costumes – they all looked amazing. We are also thankful to the HSA whose generous funding enabled the workshop to take place.
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Safer Internet Day 2024
Fri 19 Apr 2024On Tuesday 6th February, we marked Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on children and young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to help to create a better internet.
Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote at St. Bede and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year. Our oldest children, in Years 5 and 6 took part in workshops with the education team from Hampshire Police to help them consider the importance of keeping safe when using the internet. You might be interested in looking at some of the resources for families that can be found on the following website https://www.saferinternetday.org/
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Winchester College Jazz Band Concerts for St. Bede
Fri 19 Apr 2024We were delighted to be visited by CS Jazz from Winchester College in February, who performed to pupils across the school. We were all captivated by the beautiful music and are grateful to the college for their support.
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Year 4 travels back to 878AD
Fri 19 Apr 2024In February, Year 4 pupils were fortunate enough to finish their history learning about the Anglo-Saxons with a visit to the 878AD experience in Winchester City Centre.
They learnt to trade with merchants and barter for goods at the market, they looked for clues to solve ancient runes and created riddles about local artefacts. Everyone had a fantastic time and learnt many new facts to take away with them!
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