On Tuesday a team of 3 children participated in a Boccia Competition at Bridlington School. Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The children played a variety of matches against other primary schools. The games involved a lot of focus and good techniques which our team [...]
On Tuesday night an enthusiastic group of children participated in the inter school tag rugby competition at BRUFC. It was really nice to see some of our younger children taking part in their first competition. Fortunately we had enough children to split into an a and b team. Burlington A Burlington v OLSP [...]
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 [...]
On Tuesday night two teams represented Burlington in the year 5/6 football tournament. Each team was put into a pool that was drawn at random. Burlington 1 were placed in pool 3. The results were: Burlington v Martongate 0-0 Burlington v Bempton 0-0 Burlington v OLSP 0-0 Due to a tie in their pool [...]
Pupils in Year 5 have enjoyed a STEM Lego day. The children all experienced a workshop where they were able to build a vehicle from Lego and then manipulate it using software on a tablet. The children could add different components to their vehicle and be creative with their design. Some pupils added motion [...]
On Tuesday lots of children from year 3 to year 6 went to headlands school to compete in the annual inter school cross country competition. Unfortunately, the weather was against them however this did not seem to phase them! The year 3 and 4 children had to run 1000 m whereas the year 5 and [...]
On Wednesday and Thursday, year 3 pupils visited Wilberforce House in Hull. This museum is all about William Wilberforce who was born in Hull and his campaign to abolish slavery. The children got to handle artefacts similar to those that William Wilberforce would have used and see coins, medals and plaques commemorating his life and [...]
A Year 6 Production Year 6 have been rehearsing for weeks ready for their 'Summer Holiday' Performance. The Burlington Choir and Burlington Orchestra entertained parents with some lovely songs and music prior to the Year 6 play. 'Summer Holiday' is a story about families visiting a traditional style holiday camp. The children gave a [...]
On Wednesday, 13 children travelled to Headingley stadium in Leeds. The children had the opportunity to see the brand new Emerald Stand. The unique stadium has seats looking onto the cricket ground from one side. On the opposite side of the stand it faces in the direction of the Leeds Tykes and Leeds Rhinos [...]
