On Tuesday evening, 7 keen runners travelled to Cottingham High School for the second round of the East Riding Cross Country Running Competition. Coco and Sandra finished first in the Bridlington event so qualified to race as individuals. The Year 3 and 4 boys qualified to race as a team. This round was much [...]
On Tuesday evening, children from all year groups travelled to Headlands to compete in a cross-country running competition. The children competed against other children from local schools. The year 5 and 6 course was slightly longer than the year 3 and 4 circuit. All children did amazingly well. Like the football competition, it was [...]
On Wednesday 22nd September, Year 6 visited Bridlington Harbour as part of our ‘Local Area’ topic for history. We visited the Harbour Master, Lawrence, who told us about how the fishing and shellfish industry has developed over time and that Bridlington is now one of the biggest shellfish ports in Europe. We even got [...]
On Tuesday evening, 15 keen football players travelled to Bridlington School for a football competition. Burlington entered 2 teams and were placed in the "Big Schools" league. It was exciting being able to compete once again against other schools. The effort shown by all players and the behaviour was brilliant. Burlington B was a [...]
Our poetry competition has been fraught with difficulties this term as both our Year 6 and Year 3 bubbles burst. However, Year 6 had managed to record most of their poems, unfortunately Year 3 had not had the opportunity to record their poems before they were isolating. Historically Year 3 have been very strong [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, pupils at Burlington Junior School have had the opportunity of a fun day down at the beach. The weather has been perfect and the children enjoyed playing in the sand, making art, burying each other, generally having fun, relaxing and more importantly having an ice cream! You can [...]
Over the course of the week each year group at Burlington had the exciting opportunity to go on a school trip to Go Ape. After what has been such a strange year for the children and having missed out on so much, we thought it would be nice to use the Sports Premium to [...]
Last week, pupils throughout the school were treated to a hula-hooping event! Within each session, pupils were able to develop their co-ordination whilst learning some new tricks, skills and exercises. The children initially had problems controlling the Hula Hoop but with determination and perseverance, they soon began to demonstrate understanding of the physics and [...]
Year 4 pupils had a trip to Murton Park recently as part of their curriculum topic Romans. They enjoyed spending the day as a Roman soldier, going through rigorous training to give them the confidence to use their weapons. They successfully defended their homes from invaders, putting their new found skills and tactics to [...]
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 [...]
