Year 5 pupils recently visited York Castle Museum to deepen their knowledge about Crime and Punishment during the Victorian Period. They made links to past learning, drawing on their knowledge of crime and punishment during other periods in history. Our children enjoyed investigating the Castle Jail and discovered just how harsh the conditions were [...]
Last week the pupils were busy with DT (Design and Technology) and the topic this term is Pneumatic monsters. The children learn lots of skills from DT, firstly they had to decide what sort of Stone Age monster they wanted to make and design it. Next they have to be able to follow their [...]
The children in Year 3 have been visiting Murton Park this week, learning to live like Stone Age Man. They have been taught how to hunt and forage for their food. Tend their crops and protect their tribe from outsiders. They created their own thumb pots and practised their art work. All the children [...]
Our annual Book in a Box Competition has returned for World Book Day and we have some wonderful entries. There are books from the traditional tales, to more recent authors like David Walliams and some children have based their creations on this term's reading book. The standards were high as always, making it difficult [...]
Today the pupils have been busy doing DT (Design and Technology) and the topic this term is bread making. The children learn lots of skills from DT, firstly they had to decide what sort of bread they wanted to make and design it. Next they have to be able to follow instructions on the [...]
On Monday we had a visit from Mrs Singh who held an assembly on Hinduism. She asked the children questions to find out what they knew about religions and beliefs and then explained about Hinduism, how old it is, where it originates and the gods that they believe in. After the assembly the children [...]
Each term we have Stay and Read in every year group. This is an opportunity for parents and carers to come into their child's class and have a lesson with them. The children love it and enjoy showing their parents how things have changed since the olden days! First was the turn of Year [...]
As a school we are working hard to improve our environment and help to reduce, reuse and recycle our waste. On Saturday 25th January, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust held a beach clean on North Beach. Staff members along with Burlington pupils spent some time combing the beach for rubbish discarded by careless humans [...]
Our annual poetry competition took place last term. The children put a lot of effort into their recital. However the winner was Class 7 with a poem written by Sara Adams and Miss Tebbett called 'School Days in Winter'. School Days in Winter Mrs Beckett it's cold outside, snow is falling all around. Can [...]
This years Christmas performance by Years 3 and 4 was a production called Lights, Camel, Action 2. The Sequin - a sequel to a previous years play. The Audience were treated to music from the School Orchestra first and then were able to watch the fabulous play. The children all performed brilliantly and the [...]
