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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pupils at Burlington Junior School have the opportunity to experience many different types of software and hardware as a learning resource. The pupils don't realise that they are learning about more than one thing. In the film below a lesson is using a piece of software called Lexia. This is about improving the children's [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last week the children had a visit from Pudsey Bear, Scooby Doo and Sylvester the Cat as part of Children in Need. A lot of the children dressed up with spotty clothing or even pudsey outfits. Pudsey and friends went round all the classrooms and gathered donations from the children. Thank you to Mrs [...]
