Ready for the arrival of the book fair in school after half term, we hosted a competition for children to win a £5 voucher.

We invited children to design a book cover and blurb for their very own book.

Thank you for all of the book fair competition entries – it was amazing to see so many children getting involved.

Miss Fox and Mr Mayes thoroughly enjoyed reading the children’s blurbs – we have lots of budding authors at Burwell.

The following children have earned £5 each to spend at the Book Fair:
Jude Y1
Tess Y2
Sidney Y4
Oliver Y5
Tilly Y6

Well done to everyone!

House Captains 2025-2026

All Year 6 pupil had the opportunity to apply to be a House Captain, representing Fire, Earth, Water or Air. The children were asked to explain what a good role model was and how they would demonstrate our school values if they were to be successfully appointed.

Following the shortlisting process, four candidates from each house delivered a short speech during their house assembly. Following this, pupils from Y1 to Y6 were encouraged to vote for the candidate of their choice.

Fire Fighters Visitors

This half-term Reception pupils had a special visit from our local fire brigade! The firefighters arrived in their impressive fire engine.

The children had the opportunity to climb inside the truck and explore the equipment. The highlight of the visit was getting to use the fire hose, spraying water just like real firefighters do!

Congratulations to Summer, Layla, Daisy, Tilly, Lucy, Darcia and Sasha, who have recently achieved the Brownies Gold award.

This is the highest award in Brownies. It means that they have earned 6 theme awards and completed related meeting activities, skills builder badges and interest badges.

Everyone in the community is really proud of them – it is unusual for so many Brownie Gold awards to be issued at the same time.

In recognition of the girls’ external achievement, they have each earned 5 points for their house in school (Fire, Earth, Water or Air).

Doris and Charlotte demonstrated our school values as they worked towards raising money for a local charity, Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The girls decided to organise a homemade lemonade stand in the village to raise money for charity. They planned everything themselves. They designed posters, created a list of ingredients and items they would need, set up their stand and spent the afternoon selling lemonade.

We are all very proud of their creativity, teamwork and kindness. The girls chose to donate all of the money they raised to charity, which made this project even more meaningful.

 Summer House Competition

This term’s competition focused on art and gave all pupils from Reception to Year 6 the opportunity to demonstrate their art skills and creativity.

The children were invited to create a self-portrait, in any style, using any medium of your choice.

Reception, Years 1 and 2 Winners

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 Winners

On Tuesday 24th June, selected Year Six pupils took part in the Primary Maths Challenge. Throughout the competition, they had to solve complex maths problems and questions.  It was very competitive and these children showed true aspiration throughout the whole challenge. Out of 16 teams, our group of girls won the overall challenge. We could not be prouder of this amazing group of Year 6 pupils who took part! Congratulations!

Ancient Greek Workshop

Year 5 had an amazing time during the Ancient Greek workshop. We were visited by Alexandra – our Ancient Greek workshop leader – who taught us all about battle formation, city state management, Ancient Greek writing and board games.

Year 3 Bikeability – Level 1

On Thursday 1st May, many of the Year 3 pupils completed the Level 1 Bikeability training.

Level 1 equips participants with the skills to ride their bike with excellent control. The training is based around fun, practical games to encourage pupils to begin making off-road journeys by bicycle.

Level 1 takes place in 1x 2-hour session conducted entirely on the playground

Level 1 Activities:

• Pedal independently without stabilisers (this is not a learn to ride course)
• Apply brakes to bring the cycle to a smooth and quick stop
• Look behind over each shoulder while pedalling in a straight line
• Pedal one handed in a straight line
• Use gears (if present)
• Avoid hazards