Our assembly this week has focused on Mental Health Awareness Week and what we can all do to look after ourselves. This year the theme is Nature and for us at Burlington Junior School it has been an ideal time for the children to explore all that our garden area has to offer. The [...]
Year 5 have been loving their recent DT unit, refining their knowledge of the process of design. We have researched different types of bread and thought about how to use this knowledge to create our own. We practised shaping so we could create something appealing and carefully constructed. It was amazing to [...]
This week has been 'Children's Mental Health Week' (1st - 7th February). This was first launched by Place2Be and has been developed in conjunction with Oak Academy. The theme this year has been 'Express Yourself.' In the current circumstances, this could not be more important! In school, pupils have enjoyed a range of [...]
Well done to all the children and parents who have been busy learning at home. It was lovely to see their work on Class Dojo and how hard they have been working during their lockdown period. Here is a selection of some of their work and activities they have been doing. Thank you to [...]
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 [...]
Class 9 and five children from Class 11 spent the day at Hull Collegiate Collage today as part of a STEM in Action day. The aims of the event were to make real the aspects of the Science and Technology National Curriculum and highlight how diverse and exciting Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [...]
In Geography this week Year 5 have been looking at ordnance survey maps. They have been learning how to use a key to find local landmarks and also how to locate things using the grid references. The map they have been looking at is of Whitby and had many items of interest to the [...]
Year 6 hosted this term's Stay and Solve. Parents were invited to join their children for a lesson of problem solving followed by tea/coffee and biscuits in our POD (Place of Development). A 2 x 3 rectangle contains 8 squares. A 3 x 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. A 4 x 6 rectangle contains 50 [...]
In Year 5 this week, parents and pupils had to use all their detective skills as they were tasked with solving a murder. They had to answer maths questions that would help eliminate suspects and lead to finding the culprit. There was a competitive air around the classrooms as the pupils and parents raced to [...]
