Binbrook C of E Primary School

11/09/2026

11/09/2026

🦔From Class Hedgehogs

A Peek into Our Provision…

This week, our investigation area has been filled with beautiful sunflowers for the children to observe, explore and draw. 🌻

As the children settle into their new classroom, this inviting experience provides a lovely starting point for conversations about their summer adventures, the changing seasons and the natural world around them. What can they see? How do the flowers feel and smell? What might be hiding inside the flower heads?

Our Nursery children will be encouraged to explore the flowers using their senses and develop the language to describe what they notice, while our Reception children will begin to look more closely, make careful observations and think about how sunflowers change through the seasons.

Over the coming days, we will add magnifying glasses, tweezers and sorting trays so that the children can examine the sunflowers more closely, carefully remove the seeds and make their own discoveries.

These simple, hands-on experiences encourage curiosity, careful observation, new vocabulary and meaningful conversations—while helping children connect their experiences at home with their learning in school.

What can you discover?

Can you spot any early signs of autumn on your journey to school? You could bring in a fallen leaf, take a photograph or simply tell us what you noticed—we would love to share your discoveries in class! 🍁🍂

11/09/2026

🦔 From Hedgehog Class...

Behind the Play…

This week, we observed some wonderful ideas developing in our block area. What began as one child carefully balancing blocks to create a tall tower soon became a castle—complete with knights, a dragon and safety cones to protect everyone nearby if it toppled!

As the castle grew taller, the child compared blocks of different sizes and experimented with how they could work together. Smaller blocks were combined to match the height or length of larger ones, matching pieces were positioned on either side, and curved blocks were carefully balanced before planks were placed across them. We also explored how narrowing the structure towards the top could help a tall tower remain stable.

Another child was inspired by the castle but developed the idea in a completely different way, using the blocks to create enclosing castle walls. This became a princess’s castle and prompted conversations about what might be found inside—including a wardrobe and the clothes the princesses might wear.

Behind this play was a wealth of early mathematics: comparing size and length, composing shapes, matching heights, exploring symmetry and using positional language such as on top, next to and between. Alongside this, the children were designing, solving problems, managing risks, sharing ideas and creating their own imaginative stories.

Where might the play lead next?

The children’s enthusiasm has inspired us to explore what castle photographs, flags and storytelling resources we might introduce. As their ideas continue to grow, so will the possibilities for their play.

11/09/2026

Little Wandle for Parents
Thank you to all who came to the 'Meet the Teacher' event this week and as discussed, here is the link to the Parent's section of the Little Wandle website:

https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/

Here, you will be able to access short videos to help with pronouncing the phonemes (sounds) that your child will be learning for reading, as well as other useful information about Phonics learning.

The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel…

11/09/2026

Information from the Dyslexia Outreach Team

Support Your Child’s Learning at Home

A free, online workshop, for parents and carers, to support your knowledge and understanding of how to support your child with their learning at home.

We will be sharing recommendations for effective ways to support your child at home to ensure the best outcomes for your child.

Wednesday 30th September 2026 at 7:00 – 8:00pm

If you would like to attend, please email [email protected]

11/09/2026

We are sharing information with you from Binbrook Children's Centre along with their - Autumn 1 Timetable
We are delighted to share our Autumn term timetable which runs from Monday 07 September to Friday 23 October 2026. Please find the timetable below, so you can explore all the activities and opportunities available for you and your children.

Please remember you are always welcome at our Family Hubs and Children's Centres. Our Family Hubs and Children's Centres are warm, friendly spaces for you and your family — whether you're popping in to play, explore, or just enjoy a drink and a chat during our opening hours. Come along and enjoy our timetabled activities, but even outside of scheduled sessions, you're welcome to drop by and make yourself at home. We prioritise rooms for planned activities, but we’ll do our best to make sure other spaces are available for you to enjoy.

Please also remember you are able to access our timetable information online here:-

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/directory-record/62585/binbrook-children-s-centre

We look forward to welcoming you and your family soon. If you have any questions about the sessions or need further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards
The Louth, Holton le Clay & Binbrook Children's Centre Teams
Lincolnshire County Council

Binbrook Children's Centre: Orford Road, Binbrook, Lincolnshire LN8 6DU Phone 01472 398889

22/07/2026

The children had a fantastic visit to Rand Farm for our end of year whole school trip! 🐣🐰🚜

22/07/2026

We are so proud of our wonderful Year 6 children and their SATs results! ⭐️

An amazing 75% of our children achieved the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined (well above the national average of 63%). In Writing, Reading and GPAS, 87.5% achieved the expected standard or above (exceeding National Averages of 73%, 75% and 74% respectively).

We are also delighted that 12.5% of these children achieved greater depth in all three subjects, exceeding the national average of 9%.

These wonderful achievements reflect the hard work, perseverance and support for one another that they have shown throughout the year (and indeed throughout their time in school as a whole).

We wish them all the happiness in the world as they move on to secondary school. We will miss them terribly, but know they will continue to make us proud and embrace all new opportunities offered to them. ❤️

Enjoy your last day here at Binbrook!

21/07/2026

🌞A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Summer Fayre! 🌞

We are absolutely thrilled to share that, together, we raised over £1,000 for our school! This is an amazing achievement, and we couldn’t have done it without the incredible support of our school community. 🎉

A massive thank you to all of our staff, stallholders, volunteers, and the Friends of Binbrook School who gave their time, energy, and enthusiasm to make the day such a success.

Binbrook Fire Station
Wold Tree Works LTD Affordable Tree Solutions – Liam, Coleen and family who kindly funded the penalty shoot out and Liam’s Logs and gave all proceeds to the school.
The Friends of Binbrook School – thank you to Ali, Karen, Coleen, Nicky, Sam, Abbie, Danielle and Kate
Crochet by Tom who sold out in record time!
Lorna World – School Uniform
Church Trustees – Church of St Mary & St Gabriel Binbrook - Mr & Mrs Beveridge
Pebble Art by Faye
Tillie’s Loom Bands (all proceeds to the school)
Live Music from Jamie-Leigh Ryan, Mr B Smith’s duo & ex pupil Will’s band including students attending KEVIGS.
Cake stall – thank you to Pat, Mollie & Lily and to everyone who baked including Moo Bakes (all proceeds from cake sales to the school)
WI ladies for their Roll a Penny game
Dirk from the Brookenby Community Group Teddy Game – (gave all proceeds to the school)
Colebrook Dance
Abbie with her Teddy Tombola who gave all proceeds to the school
Shaws Farm for the hay bales

We’d also like to extend our sincere thanks to all of the local businesses who generously donated raffle prizes. Your kindness and support helped make our raffle a fantastic success, and we are so grateful for your generosity. 🙏✨

Most of all, thank you to everyone who came along, took part, donated, and helped create such a wonderful atmosphere. It was fantastic to see so many families, friends, and members of our local community coming together for such a special day.

We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together and are already looking forward to next year! ❤️

07/07/2026

A huge thank you to the Louth & District Lions Club for visiting our school to provide free vision screening for our children.

We are incredibly grateful for your time, generosity, and commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our pupils. Thank you for helping to make such a positive difference in our school community! 💙👀👓