Year 3 Visit Fen Visit

We have had a fantastic day at Flag Fen. The children’s knowledge astounded the staff there. We investigated artefacts, predicted what era they came from and what they were used for. We also did some clay modelling like the Beaker people used to do.

After lunch, we sat in a roundhouse and lit a fire, hearing about how a sword from the Iron Age was found on site. Then we visited part of a protected bridge that was used as a causeway for people to cross. We learnt how they continue to preserve it today by saturation.

It was a brilliant day of learning and fun!

Year 4 Visit Cadbury World

Year 4 had a fantastic day out at Cadbury World learning all about the process of chocolate making. They had an interesting talk about how the Maya civilisation used cocoa beans to make a drinking chocolate. The children had lots of opportunities to get hands on and involved in the chocolate making process.

Turners Visit BVC – Road Safety Campaign

As part of our road safety campaign, Turners visited us with an artic HGV cab. All pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 had the opportunity to get up close to the vehicle to gain a better understanding of its size. They sat in the cab to see for themselves the view of a driver, including the blind spots. They realised that without the cameras the driver would have difficultly seeing pedestrians and people on bikes or scooters. They also asked the driver lots of question about the vehicle and his experiences when driving.

Turners will be visiting again on Thursday 12th December so that all KS2 pupils have the same opportunity.

Design and Technology – Electrical Systems 

During DT lessons, pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 have been busy researching, designing and creating interactive cards using their knowledge of electrical circuits.

Design Brief

Design and produce an interactive Christmas card for pre-school children incorporating simple electrical systems to add excitement, such as: lights, buzzers, motors and/or switches.

Design Criteria

* The design must contain a series or parallel circuit.

* Use a low-voltage battery for safety.

* Components should be hidden within the card to avoid loose wires or hazards.

* Designs should be visually appealing for the target market.

This afternoon, they shared their final products with Reception pupils to see if their interactive card met the last bullet point of  the design criteria.

Cultural Capital – Compassionate Citizens

Community – Brighten Up Burwell

In Year 3 and 4, the children have been learning all about enterprise in their cultural capital lessons. Over the last 10 weeks, they have taken part in the ‘Brighten up Burwell’ project, with the aim of completing an act of kindness around the village. Throughout this time, the children worked as an organisation to research and create mood boards, make decisions about money and profits, they held a bake sale to raise money and purchased the items needed for their project. Once they had done this, the children completed their act of kindness and distributed their plants around the village for people to take home.

To support the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal, our newly elected House Captains and Deputy House Captains sold poppies at break time. Thank you for your generous donations.

Litter Detectives – Y1/2 Cultural Capital (Community)

The Litter Detectives were out and about in the village on Wednesday.

During their cultural capital unit, the group have learnt about what is means to be part of a community and the impact littering can have on all living things within it.

The group collected litter within the school community. Whilst doing so, they collected data and analysed it to discover where the most litter gathered – very valuable information to give Mr Bish. This wasn’t enough for our eager Litter Pickers. They wanted to volunteer further, within the wider community, so we took a walk to one of the local parks and collected litter along the way.

Cultural Capital – Compassionate Citizens

Thank you to the Co-op for donating refreshments for our Busy Bees’ Cafes.

Every term, we host Busy Bees’ Cafes for children and their parents to work together and celebrate reading.

This is a fantastic opportunity to support children’s creativity, pride they take in sharing their work with their parents and strengthens the connection between parents, school and children. Our children thoroughly enjoy this experience.