February
6th - Lunar New Year Celebration
6th - OPAL POP IN Event for Y1 & Y2 parents 12.15-1.15pm
11th - Parent Consultations 2-5.30pm - SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1.45PM (Blue, Yellow & Purple nursery open as usual)
 12th - Parent Consultations 4-7pm
 16th - Half Term Break
23rd - TERM BEGINS
23rd - Book Week (more details to follow)
27th - Reading Morning (all parents welcome in classes) 8.50-9.15am 

March
6th - Y1 & Y2 Maths Workshop 9-10am Infant Hall **CHANGE OF DATE**
12th - Reception visit to St James' Church (classes TBC)
13th - Reception visit to St James' Church (classes TBC)
18th - Eid Celebration Morning (more details to follow) 
19th - Parent Information Morning (more details to follow) 9-10am Infant Hall 
24th - Rabbits & Squirrels Class Rhyme Time concert 2.45-3.15pm
26th - Foxes & Hedgehogs Class Rhyme Time concert 2.45-3.15pm
27th - SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1.45PM FOR THE EASTER BREAK (NO YELLOW OR PURPLE NURSERY)

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the school fund so far!

Our voluntary contribution is £75 per family - if you feel you are able to contribute, this can be paid online via your School Gateway account. There is also an option to pay in instalments or to pay more if you wish!

The money we raise from these contributions goes towards enriching experiences for the children such as Earthsong drumming, “Pretend Holiday” days, art workshops, Healthy Living Week Big Breakfast, school trips, multicultural picnic and classroom resources. 

You can read more about our School Fund by visiting the webpage: 

Voluntary Contribution web page

Reception, Year 1 & Year 2 - In-person Parent Consultations 2026

Wednesday 11th February - 2.00pm – 5.30pm (school closes at 1.45pm)     

Thursday 12th February - 4.00pm – 7.00pm (not Venus class)    

Venus class only

Monday 9th February - 2.45pm - 4.45pm - Mrs Moon

Wednesday 11th February - 2.00pm - 5.30pm - Mrs Clack

**Please only book in with one of the Venus teachers.**

Booking an appointment

The school uses an online appointment booking system (School Cloud) for parent consultations for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. This allows you to choose your own appointment times with teachers and you will receive an email confirming your appointment time and date.

Appointments are now open and will close on Friday 6th February at 11.00pm. Should you wish to make any changes after this date please contact Ms Walker in the school office.

Please visit https://burlington.schoolcloud.co.uk/ to book your appointments. Please ensure you arrive for your appointment on time.

If you have any difficulties accessing the system, please contact Ms Walker in the school office who will be happy to help you with your bookings.

Nursery - In-person Parent Consultations 2026

Nursery appointment times vary per teacher - you will be able to book your appointment directly with the class teacher/key worker and bookings will close on Friday 6th February. 

Wednesday 11th February - 4.00pm - 6.00pm

BLUE - Miss Chisholm and Miss Taylor 

GREEN/YELLOW - Ms Cosgrove and Mrs Hibberd

ORANGE/PURPLE - Mrs Williams

Thursday 12th February  - 4.00pm - 6.00pm        

BLUE - Miss Chisholm and Mrs Datwani 

GREEN/YELLOW - Ms Cosgrove and Mrs Hibberd

ORANGE/PURPLE - Mrs Williams 

**If you drop your Nursery child off at Acorns Breakfast club,  please go to the Nursery front door and the sign-up sheets will be outside for you to choose your slot. Please ensure you book in with the correct teacher/keyworker.**

This week, I thought that I would give parenting a miss and talk about your mental health. I suppose that they are related because if you are in a state of mental ill health, parenting can become difficult. Life throws so much at us all nowadays, inflation, juggling your family and work, paying bills etc. It is amazing really that we aren't all suffering from some sort of mental ill health.

Try to remember that there is a difference between feeling a bit fed up and being depressed, being worried and suffering from anxiety. Depression and anxiety need medical help but, being fed up and worried, you are almost able to self medicate just by looking after yourselves. It is a fact that a good diet with fresh food, drinking plenty of water, exercise and fresh air can make you feel better about yourself which in turn can lift your mood. Maybe it's time to start thinking about yourselves a bit more and prevent your negative feelings from becoming a mental health problem. The alarming thing is that 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lives - if that is you, there is a lot of support out there. On the flip side of the coin, 3 out of 4 of us won't but could start to feel a bit bored, sick, sad, isolated, fed up, worried, withdrawn or weary - self help is definitely the way to pull yourself out of it. Phone a friend, take a walk, go for a coffee, read a book, put the radio on and sing at the top of your voice, do some gardening, visit a charity shop, anything that makes you feel better about yourself and gives you the strength to carry on!

Our thought of the week is:

No matter how you feel: get up, dress up, show up and never give up.

We have just added lots of new items to our wishlist. Items are priced from as little as £4 so if you are able to help us we would really appreciate it! We have now added the areas where the resources will be going such as Opal, Nursery etc should you wish to donate towards a specific area of the school.

https://amzn.eu/983v2T9

If you are able to help, we would really appreciate it!

We would love to hear about any science related activities the children take part in at home! It can be anything from helping out in the garden, finding mini beasts, doing experiments or perhaps visiting a museum - please email your science selfie to admin@burlingtoni.org.uk and let us know if you would allow for it to be shared in the school newsletter and on our school website. We look forward to seeing your Science Selfies!

Here are some of the Science Selfies we've received!

Science Selfie Challenge Photos

Dr Sheila Kanani MBE is an astronomer and the Education, Outreach and Diversity Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society.  She is also an author and has written books including 'How To Be An Astronaut and Other Space Jobs' and ‘Can you get Jellyfish in Space?’ The Y2 children might remember meeting Dr Sheila Kanani last year!

An astronomer is a scientist who studies everything outside of Earth. They look at amazing things like stars, planets, moons, comets, and galaxies. Astronomers can do this in two main ways: by observing things directly or by using maths and computers to create models.

Home Activity

Make the Solar System - be as creative as you can to help you learn about the planets!  You might like to make a model or make your own fact book.

Take a Science Selfie and post your photo on Tapestry!  If you would like to have your photo included in our weekly school newsletter, please e-mail your photo to admin@burlingtoni.org.uk

We are very excited to inform you that we have secured Lazer Lions as our new holiday club provider. They will be running holiday camps from February half term. 

To find out more and book your child’s place, visit Lazerlions.co.uk

If your child needs to use the toilet after pick-up, please walk back to your classroom door and ask for your child to go back through the classroom to use the toilet. Parents are not allowed in the toilets. This is to safeguard the other children we have on site after school in clubs and at Acorns. 

Thank you for your cooperation.

If you have not already downloaded the School Gateway App, please do this immediately. This is our communication and payment system for the school so it is really important that you have activated your account. We will use this system to send emergency text messages and all clubs, trips, Acorns, nursery fees etc can be paid using the app. If you require any assistance, please do not hesitate to ask the school office. 

How to access School Gateway instructions for new users

Just letting you know that Burlington Infant & Nursery School are now registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online.

Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself! These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us.

It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment. You can find our easyfundraising page here.

Thank you so much!
 
All you need to do is:
 
1. Go to the fundraising page by clicking here and join for free.

2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.

3. After you’ve checked out, the brand will make a donation to Burlington Infant & Nursery School at no extra cost to you whatsoever!
 
There are no catches or hidden charges and we will be really grateful for your donations.
 
Thank you for your support.

Parentkind, a charity that supports school PTAs have teamed up with Asda, who is making millions of pounds available to donate to primary schools across the UK through their ‘Cashpot for Schools’ initiative. To support our school, all you have to do is opt-in through the Asda Rewards app, shop and scan in store or shop online at Asda.com.
 
Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024, every time you shop with Asda using your Asda Rewards app, Asda will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to your chosen school. Also, every time somebody opts-in to support our school, Asda will give an additional £1 to the school Cashpot. Plus, it doesn’t stop there – Asda are also giving £50 to every school to get them started.

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3
1. Download the Asda Rewards app, register and opt-in to Cashpot for Schools (make sure you have the latest version of the app installed)
2. Choose Burlington Infant & Nursery School by searching the name or postcode
3. Shop instore across Asda and George, or online at Asda.com and start filling your Cashpot as you shop
 
Asda does the rest, all money raised will be donated to schools to spend on the things they need the most.

Remember, anyone can sign up, so start spreading the news and raising funds for our school.

A reminder to all parents that the yellow zig-zag lines outside our school at both the front and back gates indicate the length of road where stopping or waiting is strictly prohibited. If you park on these clearly marked, yellow zig zag lines you are putting the safety of our children and their families at risk.

Cars should not be parked on the zig zag lines for any amount of time - even if it is just a minute or two to drop off children.

Thank you for helping us to keep our school community safe.

Please can we remind parents that children are not allowed to ride scooters on the school premises. Please use the scooter stands provided or carry your child's scooter once inside the school gates. We really appreciate your support.
Thank you

You can find all our policies on our Policies web page:

School Policies web page

We recommend parents read: 

Medical Conditions Policy
Attendance Policy
Parent & Visitor Code of Conduct
Behaviour & Anti-bullying 
Complaints policy
School Uniform

We would be most grateful if everyone can make sure that they put any litter in the bins provided around the school. Please encourage your children to do the same so that we can all work together to keep our school site clean, tidy and safe for all. 
Thank you 

The school is taking part in the Big Battery Hunt. We invite children to bring in old batteries from home for Eco Council to collect. The Eco Council children will be counting the number of batteries collected across the school and making sure that they are recycled appropriately.

Eco Council children met to count the batteries that had been brought into school at the end of the summer term. They counted 1040 batteries! These have been taken for recycling.

Given the current weather conditions and the likelihood of further cold spells, the local authority would like us to share some resources that promote water safety to children and their families. Please click on the links below: 

https://capt.org.uk/drowning/
Water safety for Teenagers and young peoples
Staying safe around water
Water safety London Fire Brigade
Winter water safety- Royal Life Saving Society

Boys and girls jumpers, socks and pants for ages 3-4.

Thank you!

What a busy Burlington Biscuit Bonanza Science Day we have had! Nursery and Reception found out what happens to different biscuits in water. These investigations were great for encouraging the children to start thinking scientifically and draw on their current knowledge to make predictions.  

Year 1 investigated which biscuit is the softest when you add water and Year 2 investigated which biscuit, filled or plain, is the best for dunking!  These investigations encouraged the children to make predictions, think about fair testing, how they could record their results and write a conclusion. 

In the afternoon, each class buddied up with a class at the Junior School to share their results.

Thank you to all the parents who joined us to take part in STEM activities this morning. A special thank you to all the parents who shared their science related jobs and hobbies.

We loved seeing the children wearing science themed tops, and it was great to see our staff taking part too!  Thank you everyone for all your support.

YR, Y1 & Y2 children - Please rememeber to return your Science Quiz to your teacher by Friday 16th January. 

Here are links to the quizzes which were sent home on Friday:

Reception

Year 1 & Year 2

Thank you for all your lovely feedback from this morning! 

It's great that after discussion, the children get to think, make a plan and then attempt to execute.

Thank you for organising a lovely morning.  It is great to see the interaction with childen and seeing them so happy.

The Your Healthcare School Health Service offer support with children’s health and wellbeing to children and families who attend state funded Kingston Schools or are home educated and live in Kingston. Parent advice clinics are for parents of primary school aged children. They run weekly during term-time on different days of the week.
 
What sort of support/advice is available at a parent advice clinic?
Common issues they provide support and advice with bedwetting, constipation, soiling, nutrition and healthy lifestyles, behaviour, dental health, emotions and sleep. Appointments are on-line, by telephone or in person at our clinic in Surbiton. The aim of the appointment is to find out more about your child’s needs so they can advise you on what to do next. This might include referral to specialists, suggesting you see your GP, signposting to resources that can help you or a more detailed assessment of your child’s health needs by a school health practitioner.
 
Can I get support with speech and language concerns?
For concerns regarding your child’s language development the children’s Speech and Language Therapy advice line is available on Wednesdays 10-12 and Thursdays 2-4pm. The contact number is 020 8339 8106 and a voicemail is available for call back.
 
How do I book an appointment?
Please click on the booking form link: Parent Advice Clinic Booking Form  
 
Alternatively, you can contact the School Health service on:
 
Email: KU19-schoolhealth@yourhealthcare.org
Phone: 020 8549 6323
Please include your child's full name, date of birth and school in your email.
 
Appointments are 20 minutes long. If you have multiple concerns to discuss, please contact the School Health Team so that they can offer you a suitable appointment time
 
Appointments are for one child. If discussing more than one child, please book a separate appointment for each child.
 
If you require an interpreter, please let them know the language you require ahead of your appointment.

Jupiter class were excited to share their fantastic writing with Eddie our school dog, who is a great listener! Well done Jupiter class! We encourage all children to have a go at the Inspiration Station writing each week, and we will be picking lucky writers to come and read their writing out to Eddie.

A huge thank you to everyone who donated to St Raphael's Hospice during the Christmas concerts. We raised a whopping £622.10! 

Please click here for the brand new Spring term programme for Kingston children's centres with a variety of activities suitable for children aged 0-5.

Thank you very much for the kind and generous donations of mince pies to the School Office - we are grateful that we now have enough mince pies.

The Eco-Council children want to remind people to put litter in the bin and to not drop it on the floor. They designed and made posters to put up around the school.

The Eco-Council children put their posters up around the school, on the playground and at the Blagdon Road gate. They hope that this will remind people to put litter in the bin.

Every month we will be sending home an exciting picture to discuss and share at home which will hopefully inspire your child to write and draw.

Children can write and draw anything which comes to mind after looking at the picture. Please hand your entries to your class teacher by the deadline date. Winning entries will be shared in assembly and stickers/certificates will be awarded.

Please encourage your child to participate in this monthly challenge. We hope that the pictures will inspire us all!

This month's Inspiration Station:

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please find attached a letter from Mrs Leech, our OPAL leader with some exciting updates. 

OPAL Update Autumn 2025

Thank you and best wishes, Burlington Infant & Nursery School

The Eco-Council worked so hard last year to achieve Eco-Schools Green Flag Status. Their hard work paid off and Burlington has now received the certificate and the flag! This year, Eco-Council will be working hard to retain the Green Flag!