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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.
Burton Power Project Autumn 2, 2025
Burton Power Project Autumn 2, 2025
Burton Class Power Project Autumn 1 25
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.
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...
Come to Kampong Ayer
Burton class wrote persuasive brochures about Kampong Ayer- the biggest water village in the world!
More World Book Day 2025!
We enjoyed dressing up as our favourite book characters! And still on a book theme, our Book Nook is ready to use!
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...
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...
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...
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
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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...
