We have had another exciting and busy half term!
We had a fabulous first week back celebrating our love of reading during ‘Book Week’. Both Burlington Infants and Burlington Juniors had a poetry focus for Book Week this year. The children did an amazing job of learning their poems and reciting them to Year 4. At the end of the week we finished with our annual ‘Dress Up Day’. The children all looked amazing in their costumes and the staff got involved too!
Our key text for this half term was a book written by Bethan Woollvin called ‘Hansel and Gretel’. The children took on the role of Hansel and Gretel to write a letter to persuade their friend to visit the good witch Willow’s house. The children also wrote a book review to encourage the Y1 children to read the book.
In geography the children researched the physical and human features of Rio and south east Brazil. They developed their persuasive writing skills further by writing a brochure to encourage people to visit Rio de Janeiro.
In maths the children recapped their knowledge of place value and used this to complete addition and subtraction number sentences using a range of strategies. They then applied this skill to solving word problems. The children have also worked very hard to be able to read and make times on a clock.
In PSHE the children have been discovering some new snacks that are good for their bodies. Awesome Avocado proved very popular! The children also enjoyed the fruity scone, the veggie dips and tasting a variety of fruits.
In Science the children have been sorting objects they found outside into living, has never lived and once living and explaining why. They also recapped their learning about food chains. The children took part in an exciting STEM project building a vehicle to help them learn about wheels and axles.
In Computing this half term the children have been learning about collecting and presenting data. The children entered data onto their chromebooks and created pictograms and block diagrams.
The focus this half term in art has been painting. The children learnt about local artist Richard Rowan and recreated their favourite paintings of his using watercolours.
In PE the children have been focussing on gymnastics and invasion games. The children have been gaining confidence at balancing, rolling and creating sequences.
Thank you again for your continued support, we really appreciate it. It was great to have so many of you join us for Reading Morning and our Eid celebration. The children enjoyed wearing their own clothes on Red Nose Day and thank you for your generous donations. We were also impressed by the creativity for our Easter Egg competition and Book Week Dress Up Day!
We hope you all have a lovely relaxing half term and we will see you back at school on Tuesday 22nd April.