Thursday 19th June

Today, our annual family picnic was as amazing as ever!  The weather was so good too!  We had our usual stalls like the chocolate tombola, the bouncy castle and the penalty shoot out.  We were also joined by agencies who have supported our children and families over the year.  We even had donkey rides on the field!  Thank you to all our families who were able to attend.

Wellies in the Woods

Over the past six weeks, Nursery children have had the opportunity to engage in creative play in the outdoors with 'Wellies in the Woods'. The children have been making crafts such as magic wands from natural resources, after listening to the story 'Room on the Broom'.  Each week the children listened to a different story which was then linked to a range of activities like bug hunting, making habitats and bird feeders. 

 

Thursday 8th May 

We had a wonderful afternoon celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE Day today.  We ate our lunches together after observing a minute's silence and singing VE Day songs.  We really enjoyed spending time as a whole school!

Tuesday 18th March

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Team GB’s Mountain Bike Champion, Danny Butler to school. Every class from Reception to Year 6, completed their sponsored fitness circuits in the hall with Danny and his colleague, Emma.  The children were really enthusiastic and very tired afterwards!  We then met in the hall for an assembly where Danny showed off his amazing skills and answered lots of our questions! He really was amazing!  Remember that children have until next Tuesday (25th March) to bring their sponsorship money into school.  This will be used to purchase new sports equipment for the children and help to improve their level of physical activity.

Saturday 8th March

Before half term, Key Stage 2 took part in a project with Ricnic, The Bostin' Arts Company and Avanti Trains.  They designed wooden tiles linked to the past, the present and the future.  These were displayed in New Street Station for the day today.  They looked amazing!  Well done children!

 

Wednesday 26th February

Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming Pep the Poet to Burnt Tree.  He was so funny!  We all came together in the hall for an assembly with him in the morning before he worked with every class in school from Nursery to Year 6.  We joined in with poems he had written, as well as creating our own poetry.  It really was a fantastic day!

 

Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December

At the end of the school day and after school, we held our ‘Museum’.  Historians from each class eloquently shared their historical knowledge from our learning in Autumn 1.  They also responded well to challenging questions from our parents!

 

Tuesday 19th November

 

Friday 15th November

We wore spotty or bright clothes today for Children in Need.  We took part in several activities over the school day including maths activities linked to raising money.  We will update this page with the amount we raised from your kind donations, soon.

Tuesday 12th November

Today, we wore odd socks in order to mark Anti-bullying week.  Years 1 to 6 had an assembly where we thought hard about the word 'respect'.  We chanted 'I choose, you choose, we choose respect' and we used this motto later on in the day when we completed our own individual pledges towards being respectful to ourselves and others.

Monday 11th November

We marked Remembrance day today with our annual whole school assembly.  Each year group made wreaths and we displayed them as a mark of respect to all fallen soldiers and those still serving.  Both of our choirs sang during our assembly and we listened to Mrs Bayliss and Mrs Aston play the Last Post on their instruments.  We also observed a two minute silence. 

We will remember them.

Thursday 24th October 

 

Today, our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils had the exciting opportunity to take part in a fully funded STEM workshop! Throughout the day, the pupils built and coded robots to complete a range of missions based on various themes. These challenges encouraged teamwork, problem-solving and creative thinking, while also helping to develop their coding and cyber skills. It was a fantastic experience that engaged and inspired all our Year 5 and Year 6 pupils!

We also had the pleasure of welcoming local firefighters into school to work with Year 4.  The children learned how to keep safe in a fire, as well as how to prevent fires from starting.

Thursday 3rd October

 

To celebrate National Poetry Day, Key Stages 1 and 2 joined a live, online event with the poet Laura Mucha.  We worked together, with schools from around the world, to create a poem entitled, 'What do you think counts?'  Along with thousands of other children, we voted for lines of poetry we liked best and Laura put them altogether for us! In the process, we attempted a Guinness World Record title for the largest poetry lesson (multiple venues).  You can listen to Laura performing our poem by clicking on this link! 

Laura Mucha: What do you think counts?

 

Year 2 published artwork

This week, Year 2 have had some of their fantastic artwork published on a teaching scheme website!  Their work will help to support the teaching and learning in classrooms nationwide!  Well done Year 2!

 

Our annual family picnic!

Our whole school community had such a wonderful time at our picnic!  The rain stayed away so that we could enjoy the bouncy castles, the magic show, the ice creams and glitter tattoos!  Thank you everyone for such a fabulous afternoon.

 

 

Easter Egg competition (22nd March)

Our annual decorated Easter egg competition has been amazing again this year.  We had entries from across school including Humpty Dumpty, the universe, a football match and even a Ferris wheel!  Well done to our class winners and everyone who took part!

 

Science Fair (12th and 13th March)

Our annual science fair has taken place this week.  Classes had so much fun and were amazed by the scientific experiments that were shared.  Our Science Ambassadors excelled themselves in their explanation of the science within the experiments and were well supported by our teaching students who organised and led the activities.  We were also supported by parents who came to share their science-linked careers.  Well done Burnt Tree!

World Book Day (7.3.24)

Today we celebrated World Book Day across school.  We started the day with an assembly with our visiting author, Angela Marie James.  She read lots of her wonderful poetry to us and we learned about her career.  Each key stage had a workshop with her too during the day: 'Guess the animal', 'Poetry can be about anything' and 'Abandoned House' poetry.  These were really interactive and lots of fun.  Angela also met with our school council and librarians where they interviewed her and found out a lot about her career and life.  She was really inspirational! 

In our classes we took part in a live, online event with a range of authors and illustrators.  We also did other reading linked activities which included writing book reviews, sharing our favourite stories, creating dream jars and a scavenger hunt which taught us how to use our school library properly.  We held a whole school competition where we had to use a paper plate to create a character linked with a book - we had over 200 entries!  Angela had a tough time choosing one winner per class!  Staff had a great day too - even our teaching students dressed up!

 

Rebecca Adlington (7.2.24)

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Rebecca Adlington to Burnt Tree!  She talked to us about her career, her Olympic experiences and most importantly, water safety.  She even bought her medals for us to see!

 

The Violence Reduction Partnership (Y6)

Our Virtual Reality experience was superb!  We learned about anti-social behaviour and how to deal with certain situations.

Christmas 2023

Our Christmas celebrations have been amazing!!!  We even had a visit from Father Christmas himself!

 

Introducing Burnt Tree Primary School football team.👕

Through the #ProtectThePlanet project, WBA partnered with PlayerLayer to provide a custom kit, designed by a pupil & made from recycled materials.♻️

It's safe to say, they were delighted. 😍

An enormous thank you to WBA from all the staff and pupils!

 

Remembrance 2023

'We remembered them' by creating class wreaths and crosses.  We all gathered for an assembly and held two minutes' silence.  Lest we forget.