Key Stage One DT

On Wednesday 29th November, Year 1 and 2 hosted a picnic for our Reception children as part of their food and nutrition DT unit.

Throughout the unit, the children worked carefully to plan, design, create and evaluate different picnic foods in order to find the perfect lunchtime snack for the Reception children. Whilst practicing their skills, the children followed a design criteria which stated their picnic must have: 1 savory item, 1 sweet item and they must include all aspects of the eat well plate.

After testing and evaluating different recipes, the children decided on a pasta salad and strawberry flapjack as their final design for the picnic. The Reception children thoroughly enjoyed their picnic trip and there were lots of clean plates!

Year 1 Geography Fieldwork

On Monday 27th November, Year 1 completed their Geography field work to explore the village of Burwell. They were looking for human and physical features that make Burwell a good place to live. As part of our Burwell and Beyond theme, we have been learning all about the features of villages, towns and cities. We have practiced using maps and compasses, which the children were then able to use when on their walk. We walked up to Burwell windmill and spotted lots of other features including the post office, opticians, vets, fish and chip shop, garage, café and shop.

Now that we have collected our primary data, the children will present their ideas and come to a conclusion to answer their fieldwork question.

Y3 Visit to Flag Fen

Year 3 enjoyed a fantastic trip to Flag Fen where they handled historical artefacts from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Romans. The children had the opportunity to make Stone Age pottery and they saw the remains of an ancient causeway.

Reception War Memorial Trip

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On Thursday 9th November, Reception went on their first school trip to the Burwell War Memorial.

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In class, we have been talking about the significance of the poppies and why lots of people wear them around this time of year. We learnt about why people spend time remembering on the 11th November and the different ways that the day is commemorated. We made our own poppy wreath by painting our hands, creating individual poppies that we then joined together in a class tribute.

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We walked to the Burwell War Memorial. We learnt that the writing on the wall is all of the names of the people in the village who died during war. We also looked at the different symbols that were on the memorial like the crosses and poppies. We listened to the Last Post and had a two minute silence where we laid our own wreaths on the memorial. We then finished our trip by listening to a poem about Remembrance Day.

Y2 History Enrichment

To enrich our learning in History, Mr Brookes visited our class this afternoon. Before he retired, he spent many years working on the railways. Now, he is the chairperson of the Cambridge and District Model Engineering Society (miniature railways). He is an expert when it comes to steam trains – large and small.

 

Mr Brookes showed us how transport has changed over time and he told us about the development of local railway lines. He also set us a challenge to make sure we were listening carefully. There was a prize – tickets to visit the model railway – for the person that could remember the answer to his question. ‘Can you remember when Burwell station was built?’ It was built in 1884.

When he uncovered his model steam engine, we were really excited to take a closer look at the working parts.

We also had the opportunity to ask him lots of  ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions to learn more about him and the development of steam power.

House Captain Elections

Meet Our Librarians

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Our Year 5 and 6 librarians do a fantastic job keeping our library tidy, sorting books, tidying books, reading to children and helping children select books.

Brighten Up Burwell

Pupils from our Year 5 and Year 6 Enterprise, Cultural Capital group distributed their plant-filled pots within the community. The pupils raised all of the funds necessary to cover the costs. We hope that our act of kindness will brighten people’s gardens and make them smile.

 

We applied our geography fieldwork skills when out distributing our plant-filled pots.

Each group designed their own logo.

Dear Miss Mansfield,

Please could you give my thanks to the pupils of year 5 and 6 who prepared my lovely planter that I found this afternoon at the top of Parsonage lane , near the old Barclays Bank. What a lovely surprise! I felt a bit self conscious carrying it home but am looking forward to seeing it growing in my garden.It was a lovely idea; unexpected acts of kindness can have such unexpected, long term results sometimes. It certainly made my day brighter. Keep up the good work!

With best wishes to you all.

He’s Behind You!

On the 20th December, Year 5 visited the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Arts Theatre to watch Dick Whittington and his Cat pantomime. In the museum, we spent the first hour looking at paintings and then we had lunch. After, we visited the Greek and Egyptian exhibitions. It was really interesting.

In the afternoon, we watched the pantomime. It was really fun. I even got to go up on the stage at the end of the show.
I loved being in the theatre with all of my friends.

Dodgeball and Table tennis competitions

Dodgeball and Table tennis competitions

On Wednesday 7th December, 10 Year 5 and Year 6 pupils travelled to Coleridge Community College for a dodgeball and table tennis competition against other schools in Cambridgeshire. All children competed in both sports and demonstrated excellent teamwork and sportsmanship. We were thrilled to bring 2 trophies back to school. One  for Toby in year 6 for winning the table tennis competition and the other one for our mixed year 5/6 team for coming 2nd in the dodgeball competition.

All children represented our school superbly!