St Bede C of E
Primary School
Growing Together
Latest News
This page provides a summary of information news about events that have been happening in the school throughout the academic year. Please look at the newsletter section for the current, most up to date infomation: www.stbedewinchester.co.uk/newsletters-1/
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St. Bede Easter Egg Decorating Competition
Fri 30 May 2025We were amazed - and egg-stremely impressed - by the beautiful entries for our annual creative competition. It has been suggested to me that judging was harder- and closer- than ever! Everyone who entered the competition received a chocolate egg.
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Easter Celebration Services- Years 1 to 6
Fri 30 May 2025The spring term, closed with our Easter services for Years 1 to 6 which took place at Holy Trinity Church. The children read, sang and danced brilliantly and it was lovely to showcase their talents, hard work and positive attitudes. We hope you enjoyed the events if you were able to attend. Thank you to Father Jamie for enabling us to meet together at Holy Trinity.
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Easter Celebration – Year R News
Fri 30 May 2025On Tuesday 1st April, we held our first Easter celebration with children from Ladybird and Butterfly classes sharing poems, songs and some beautiful seasonal art work with a gathered audience. Well done to all of the children involved. On a beautiful spring morning, you started our day off in a very happy and special way!
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Year 3 Butser Farm Visit
Fri 30 May 2025On Friday 28th March, Year 3 went on a trip to Butser Ancient Farm to link to their learning about Stone Age to Iron Age. They learnt how to spin yarn from wool, light a fire with wood and flint, and carve pictures in chalk. Additionally, the children had the opportunity to become archaeologists and dig to find treasures from the Stone, Bronze and Iron ages!
The children were fantastic and the staff at Butser were very impressed by the amount of knowledge they were able to share about the topic. Well done everyone!
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Fri 30 May 2025Throughout the week (17th to 21st March), we have been marking neurodiversity celebration week, celebrating the uniqueness that makes each of us valued and special and helping children to understand some of our differences as well.
You can find out more information on the school website at: https://www.stbedewinchester.co.uk/mental-health-support/
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Comic Relief – March 2025
Fri 30 May 2025A bright, vibrant rainbow of happy colours have been on show on Friday 21st March and what a fantastic sight it has been. There have been lots of lessons across the school learning about the work of the charity and what moneys raised go towards.
Thank you for all the kind donations today and we are pleased to say we have raised over £660, so a big well done everyone!
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Drama Experiences in Year R and Year 1
Fri 30 May 2025The children in Year R and Year One were very pleased to receive a visit from Perform on Tuesday 11th March. Led by Jack, each class had a wonderful time exploring the theme of ‘Under the Sea’ using drama and singing. Jack led the children to the lost pearl whilst 'deep sea diving' their way through an imaginative and interactive adventure story! There was great excitement and fantastic engagement- well done to all involved.
Perform run weekly classes at Holy Trinity Church Hall and offer an introductory discount to all parents of children at St. Bede.
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Winchester Pancake Race 2025
Fri 30 May 2025We were delighted to, once again, be invited to enter a team in the Winchester Pancake Race organised by the Winchester Rotary Club and Winchester Cathedral. On Tuesday 4th March, our school team – The St. Bede Flippers, comprising of our Heads of Sport, took part in a relay race flipping pancakes.
We managed to complete our race in a very quick time of 47.7 seconds but we were unfortunately just a few seconds behind the winners in our section of the draw. Well done to all children involved in representing the school, you behaved beautifully and balanced your competitive spirits with showing the values of the school. Please do take a look at the official site for more photos. https://www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/24981591.winchester-pancake-race-best-39-photos-years-event/
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Book Week 2025
Fri 30 May 2025To start the month of March, we have really enjoyed celebrating Book Week and have taken part in a range of activities to promote a love of reading. These have included a whole school class story time where different adults from across the school have shared stories with children and dressing up as book characters.
It was so amazing to see so many of you on the playgrounds 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! We would also like to give a special well done to all of our wonderful librarians who led the parade for each year group in the school. Thank you for your patience and understanding that we needed to keep gates locked until the parade had finished to ensure the safety of all children on the site.
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Year 2 Chinese Dance Workshop
Fri 30 May 2025On Tuesday 25th February, the children took part in their rescheduled dance workshop to celebrate the end of their ‘Off to China’ topic that was concluded at the end of last half term. This was a fabulous opportunity to revisit the origins of Chinese New Year and the story of the Great Race that we had explored in English lessons. Our workshop facilitator, Victoria was so impressed with everything that the children new about China and Chinese New Year celebrations! Our workshop started with the children learning a ‘fan’ dance to accompany some traditional Chinese music; the children were tasked with creating some static poses to show off their fans and developed an understanding of moving slowly with grace and poise. The workshop finished with a chance to become a part of a Chinese dragon! The children were asked to either hold a head piece, the body or 'dragon legs' and sway and move in time with the music. Some children were tasked with using parasols to twist and spin alongside the dragon movements. Well done to all of the children who represented St Bede in a fantastic way, and a huge thank you to our parents/carers for all the generous donations that allowed this fun enrichment activity to take place!