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 [...]
As part of World Book Day, each class has decorated their door in the theme of a book. The winners were as follows: Year 3 - Class 1 Year 4 - Class 6 Year 5 - Class 8 Year 6 - Class 11 Well done to everyone for all their efforts. The winning classes will [...]
Last week, Year 3 pupils had a strange event occur in their classrooms. All was normal, until they returned from break. At which point, they found their classrooms had been turned into a dump, strewn with rubbish, litter, recycling and general trash. Amongst the rubbish were 'Stig of the Dump' books by Clive King and [...]
Every year at Burlington Junior School, we treat the children to a trip to the Bridlington Spa, to see the Pantomime. This year was Jack and the Beanstalk - Oh no it wasn't! Oh yes it was and what a wonderful time the children had. There were lots of familiar songs, including songs from The [...]
Burlington Junior School pupils visited St John's Burlington Methodist Church last week, to put up a tree as part of their Christmas Tree Festival. The festival features more than 50 Christmas trees decorated by schools, churches, businesses and community groups in Bridlington. The mayor of Bridlington, Cllr Colin Croft, officially opened the event, which is [...]
