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History Makers Topic

History Makers Topic

For the last couple of weeks, Burton has been learning about some people who made History.  This included looking at Guy Fawkes, Grace O'Malley, Elizabeth I, Marie Curie and Malala.  The children spent time considering which History Maker they considered to be the...

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Outdoor Learning

Outdoor Learning

  This afternoon Burton were enjoying the lovely, sunny weather and trying out one of our new balance bikes, as well as drawing and building.

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North and South Poles topic

North and South Poles topic

F For the last couple of weeks, Burton class has been learning about the North and South Poles.  The children have learnt about the North and South pole climates, animals and environment.  They listened to the story of Jonty Gentoo and wrote their own version of this...

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Burton – Simple no-cook recipes

Burton – Simple no-cook recipes

This week, Burton Class explored food technology by making simple no-cook recipes. Children learned about hygiene, practised safe cutting, and wrote clear recipes with time words and imperative verbs. They reflected on how food connects us and why healthy eating...

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Burton Scientists and Inventors Topic

Burton Scientists and Inventors Topic

This half term, Burton Class explored the work of scientists and inventors through practical activities. Children examined the properties of materials using Lego, classified animals by visible features, investigated sensory plants and presented their class votes using...

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Christingles!

Christingles!

Today we made our Christingles reminding us all about the true meaning of Christmas, just as Bishop John of Germany intended back in 1747.

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Journey-Burton Class narrative

Journey-Burton Class narrative

Burton class loved the story of Journey.  We did drama when there were two or more characters, we learnt about using speech bubbles and inverted commas.  On the final few days we wrote about what happened next.

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Dressing up as a book charcter Assembly

Dressing up as a book charcter Assembly

We all enjoyed dressing up as a character from a book- we had Mary Poppins, Harry Potter, Little Red Riding Hood and a wolf, a boy in a dress, Goldilocks, Billionaire boy and Thing 1 and Thing 2 to name a few! Well done to everyone involved in organising such...

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World Book Day 2025

World Book Day 2025

We began this year's World Book Day with a book tournament - The Battle of the Books! Each key stage were read pairs of books. Pupils then voted for their favourite book which then went into round 2. Eventually one book emerged as the winner..... [gallery...

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Visit from a printmaker

Visit from a printmaker

To round off our art printing unit, the school welcomed Paul Cleden, a local artist. He was able to share his printmaking work with us and explain the process from initial ideas to the finished artwork. Here are some of his prints... [gallery...

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Burton: Printing and poetry writing

Burton: Printing and poetry writing

Burton Class printed using their hands, shells, plasticine and foam boards. The children worked with paint and printing ink and created lots of different prints.  We then chose the subject of trees to write poetry.  The year groups worked together to draft their poem...

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Diwali

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...

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EYFS & KS1 Sports Day

EYFS & KS1 Sports Day

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Forest school-tying knots and making Elder beads

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...

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