This year pupils from our nurture group have been busy along with Miss Wilks making the decorations for our tree as part of the Christmas Tree Festival at St John's Burlington Methodist Church. Each year groups, clubs, schools and businesses decorate a tree and everyone is welcome to come and see them. They make [...]
Yesterday, Year 3 had a visit from Dr Alison Buxton for a special day of Design & Technology, with a little bit of science thrown in for good measure. The children had to do 3 key processes: Make their frame Design and make their panels Make an electric circuit to power an LED to [...]
Today we have had some visitors to school as part of our careers initiative. We had separate assemblies for all the year groups and the children had to try and identify the jobs that our guests do by asking closed questions with only a yes/no answer. The children did very well and managed to [...]
Burlington Junior School pupils have submitted this year's artwork for The Promenades School Art Competition. This year the theme is "The Great Outdoors" with the following brief. An inspirational mural based on the theme of the great outdoors and the endless adventures it presents. Engaging, colourful and creative design work - think outside the [...]
This week it has been the turn of Years 4 and 5 at Burlington to host parents for a Stay and Read Lesson. In Year 4 the children were creating there own 2D and 3D roman soldiers. Whilst in Year 5 the children were looking at the characteristics of a main character in the [...]
This week we have hosted parents in both Year 3 and Year 6 for Stay and Read sessions. In Year 3 the pupils were looking at their current book The Chronicles of Narnia and designing and drawing a new front cover that they think would be appropriate. The pupils had to think about [...]
Animated Objects have been working with the children in both Years 5 and 6. Year 5 have spent a wonderful two days immersed in the settings and characters of their class text 'Journey to the River Sea' bringing to life the thoughts and motivations that drive Maia, Finn, Clovis, Miss Minton and 'The Carters'. [...]
Mrs Parcell took 29 children ranging from Year 3 to Year 6 to the picturesque village of Warter. We were led by a local artist who discussed links with David Hockney and our local countryside. All the children were given a professional artist quality sketchbook to use and keep. After looking at his landscapes, [...]
Last term we had our annual Easter Bonnet and Decorated Egg Competition. The children put in lots of effort and the traditional Easter parade was very EGG-citing! Hats off to all the children for their EGG-celent entries. The standards were very high, making the judging EGG-hausting and no yolk! All the winners received an Easter [...]
Yesterday was World Book Day and as well as each class decorating their classroom doors, they also brought in their creations for the Book in a Box Competition. The children were asked to create their favourite book in a box, using any media they liked. We had many different books including Harry Potter, David Walliams [...]
