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Murton Park Visit – Year 4

On Thursday 28th and Friday 29th of November, Year Four attended a Roman experience day at Murton Park, York. While there, they took part in a variety of activities, from writing in Latin, to creating Roman oil lamps. In the afternoon, they took part in Roman weapons training, applying tactics they have learnt about [...]

White Rose Lodge Carol Service

This week pupils from Burlington Junior School visited White Rose Lodge residents to give them a carol service.  The pupils sang a range of songs including Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Away in a Manger and Deck the Halls.  The residents enjoyed listening to the songs and sang along to their favourites. You can see [...]

Middleton Court Carol Service

Yesterday pupils from Burlington Junior School Choir visited Middleton Court and rather than getting thrashed at Boccia this time they were treating the residents to some traditional Christmas Carols and songs.  There was certainly a lot of foot and hand tapping and some singing along with the choir.  The choir sang a range of [...]

Careers Event

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 [...]

Densholme Farm Visit

Pupils from Burlington Junior School visited Densholme Farm near Hull last week.  They had the opportunity to learn about farming and animal husbandry.  The children were able to see lots of farm animals including chickens, pigs and pygmy goats.  They learnt about organic farming and how crops are grown.  It's important for the children [...]

The Great Gale 1871

Pupils from Year 6 visited The Priory Church yesterday as part of their History lesson on The Great Gale.  The children learnt about the devastating storm of 1871 where many local people lost their lives.  They visited the monument erected in honour of some of those people at The Priory Church and heard about [...]

The Daily Mile

Pupils at Burlington Junior School have taken up the Daily Mile challenge.  We have had our playground installed with a yellow line that if the children run 6 times round will equal one mile. Regular Exercise has positive benefits to both physical and emotional health, well being and improved behaviour.  The plan is initially [...]

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