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 read the book ‘The Word Collector’ by Peter Reynolds. This book encouraged us to learn synonyms and use them in our writing. The children also took part in the Bedtime Story assembly by wearing their pjs, Buddy Reading with a class at the Junior School and at the end of the week the children had fun dressing up as their favourite word.
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 Y1 teacher 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 tasting healthy snacks. 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.
This term we have been learning about Judaism. The children learnt about the Jewish festival of Sukkot which recalls the time when God looked after the people as they wandered in the desert. During Sukkot, Jewish people build a temporary shelter (sukkah) in their gardens or on their balconies. A sukkah has three walls, with one side left open, and a roof made of leaves, grass or branches. The sukkah reminds Jews of their dependence on God. Sukkot is a joyous festival that involves celebration and thanks for the earth. In task time the children built mini sukkahs.
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, using the skills of tinting and shading.
In PE, the children have been focussing on gymnastics and invasion games. The children have been gaining confidence at balancing, rolling and creating sequences and understand the terms attackers and defenders.
It was great to have so many of you join us for Reading Morning. Thank you to the parents who came into our classrooms to teach the children about Eid. Thank you for your generous donations on Red Nose Day. We were impressed by the creativity for our Easter Egg competition and Book Week Dress Up Day! Thank you for your continued support, we really appreciate it.
We hope you all have a lovely relaxing half term and we will see you back at school on Monday 13th April.