Burton Class
The classes in Powerstock School are named after Dorset beaches. Our class is named after Burton Bradstock beach and it includes Reception class as well as Year 1 and Year 2. Our teacher is Mrs Angela Oxenbury and she is assisted by Mrs Sam Van Zyl.
The classroom has a wealth of resources and activities for pupils and includes a role play area, a book corner and secure outdoor garden with water play stations and much more!
We have lots of colourful displays to help us to remember key spellings, our numbers to 100 and our phonics. We use lots of equipment to help us understand maths including numicon, base 10, 10 frames, money, bead strings and number lines.
The class follows the EYFS curriculum for Reception class and Key Stage 1 curriculum for Years 1 and 2.
Learning is carried out over a two year rotation with Space always being a firm favourite with staff and pupils alike!
We are hardworking, caring and try to be kind towards each other. We enjoy working as a team to tidy and refresh the classroom and to be ready for the end of the day as well as supporting each other in our learning.
We understand that we come to school to learn and we try to help one another to ‘be the best that we can be!’
Recent Learning

Diwali
Burton class enjoyed learning all about Diwali. The learnt about Rangoli patterns, the story of Rama and Sita and light defeating darkness. At the end of the week we wrote to Meena, a family friend of one of the children in Burton Class. The children are...

Forest school-making beads, measuring shadows and making instruments

EYFS & KS1 Sports Day
 https://youtu.be/5H61ab9BNA8 https://youtu.be/fpLJ9KF-J84 https://youtu.be/FrhbE8S6BPM https://youtu.be/XEQbs_3kmtE https://youtu.be/MFGP8CVoKbI

Making patterns with Reception Class
The reception children enjoyed making patterns-although it was a little windy for the leaves!

Forest school-tying knots and making Elder beads
Year 2 children had fun this week learning to tie knots and making Elder beads. The children showed great determination and patience in learning to tie the pieces of wool (little worms) that they found to make a long worm. They then worked as a team to tie them all...

Forest school in February

Sock puppets
Burton class enjoyed designing and creating a sock puppet.

A present for the baby …December 2023
Burton Class enjoyed performing their Christmas Play 'A present for the baby.'Â Â We hope that you enjoy watching these short videos. https://youtu.be/jLDy12EcxZQ https://youtu.be/kX47F1z2coo https://youtu.be/JIxPuaNmKdI https://youtu.be/JIxPuaNmKdI...

Christmas continues at Powerstock
This morning we enjoyed making Christingles together. We learnt that the idea began in Germany over 300 years ago when the bishop felt that people were forgetting the true meaning of Christmas. If you don't know, ask one of the children! [gallery...
‘I Feel Like Dancing!’
Last week, we celebrated dance in our school. First we enjoyed KS1's after school dance club work....... And then we enjoyed the Seatown girls who had been working on a cheerleading dance at break times - initiated by themselves. ...

Diwali
Burton class enjoyed learning all about Diwali. The learnt about Rangoli patterns, the story of Rama and Sita and light defeating darkness. At the end of the week we wrote to Meena, a family friend of one of the children in Burton Class. The children are...

Forest school-making beads, measuring shadows and making instruments

EYFS & KS1 Sports Day
 https://youtu.be/5H61ab9BNA8 https://youtu.be/fpLJ9KF-J84 https://youtu.be/FrhbE8S6BPM https://youtu.be/XEQbs_3kmtE https://youtu.be/MFGP8CVoKbI

Making patterns with Reception Class
The reception children enjoyed making patterns-although it was a little windy for the leaves!

Forest school-tying knots and making Elder beads
Year 2 children had fun this week learning to tie knots and making Elder beads. The children showed great determination and patience in learning to tie the pieces of wool (little worms) that they found to make a long worm. They then worked as a team to tie them all...

Forest school in February

Sock puppets
Burton class enjoyed designing and creating a sock puppet.

A present for the baby …December 2023
Burton Class enjoyed performing their Christmas Play 'A present for the baby.'Â Â We hope that you enjoy watching these short videos. https://youtu.be/jLDy12EcxZQ https://youtu.be/kX47F1z2coo https://youtu.be/JIxPuaNmKdI https://youtu.be/JIxPuaNmKdI...

Christmas continues at Powerstock
This morning we enjoyed making Christingles together. We learnt that the idea began in Germany over 300 years ago when the bishop felt that people were forgetting the true meaning of Christmas. If you don't know, ask one of the children! [gallery...
‘I Feel Like Dancing!’
Last week, we celebrated dance in our school. First we enjoyed KS1's after school dance club work....... And then we enjoyed the Seatown girls who had been working on a cheerleading dance at break times - initiated by themselves. ...

Carol Singing in Bucky Doo Square
Christmas is fast approaching so half the school gathered in Bucky Doo Square to entertain the crowds with some carol singing. And then we were on! Enjoy! And there's nothing quite like a hotdog after...
Goodbye, Mrs Greenham, Goodbye, Mrs Seal!
Today we held our Leavers' assembly for 2 very special ladies - Mrs Greenham and Mrs Seal, who have been a part of our special Powerstock family for 8 and 20 years respectively. Each class had fun contributing in their own individual ways. And of course the personal...

Here are some photos of our dress rehearsal today. The children were all fantastic and everyone is so excited to show you our 2023 play Peter Pan.

Sports day 2023
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Counting to 100
Reception class and year one had fun counting and sorting their 100 objects- 10 sets of ten.

Phone box revamp!
The school council had a very messy afternoon today when they scrubbed and cleaned the village phone box. The Parish Council have given the school permission to use the box but it needed a serious clean up! Kyla provided the...

forest school and enjoying the sunny weather
Burton class all had great fun in the sun in the last week of...

Goodbye, Mrs Moss!
Yesterday we said a sad farewell to Mrs Moss who has worked as our governor, Chair of Governors and office staff member. She has so many skills that have benefitted our school. Jo, we will definitely miss you!

Lifeguards and Water Safety Assembly 25.4.23
This morning our assembly welcomed Harry and Christian, 2 lifeguards from West Bay into our school. They shared with us how we can stay safe when we are at the beach. Read the captions to find out what we learnt. [gallery...

Year 1 and reception class classroom activities
Year 1 and reception children enjoy a range of activities each day including painting, making jigsaws, free writing sentence writing and reading.

Reception forest school 23-2-23
The reception boys had fun in forest school. First we we spotted signs of spring in Cogden garden, where we found lots of snowdrops and daffodils growing. We then...

Year 1 forest school 9-2-23
The year 1 children enjoyed learning how to use a potato peeler safely by sitting correctly and being aware of their blood bubble around them. Â Then they had fun using their imagination building a den and making birthday party food. They worked together as a team to...

Burton class children using a potato peeler in forest school
The children enjoyed using potato peelers and small blades to peel and get thin slices of carrot.  We learnt about tool safety and the children all learnt to sit in the safety position, with arms braced on our knees.  We learnt about our ‘blood bubble’ which is our 2...

Wonderstruck Science Day
On Friday 27th January 2023, the whole school were treated to a whole day of science. We had opportunities to explore forces and motion and gained a glimpse into the questioning minds of scientists. It began with a show that had us gripped as we discovered:  how we...
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