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 Claire Merritt 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
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...
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...
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...
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...
