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• Burton Green Academy Newsletter 25th October 2023

  Wed 25 Oct 2023

  Dear Parents,
  It has been another busy week with the children enjoying their learning and working hard for our Harvest Festival on Friday.

  
  It has been lovely seeing all of you at parent consultations this week.  A lovely time to share your children’s successes and to look forward to their new targets and challenges in their next area of learning.

  
  Looking back over the half term (it has been a long one) it is lovely to see the progress all of the children have made and to look forward to a very busy (but fun!) next half term.

  
  I look forward to seeing you at the Harvest Festival on Friday and I hope you have a wonderful half term when it finally arrives.
   

  Maple Class: 
  Our ‘Laying of Stones’ assembly this week was a very special celebration, and it was lovely to welcome the reception children and children new to year 1 into our school community. In English, we have been performing poems and are also planning our own new verse to add into the poem ‘Down behind the Dustbins’ by Michael Rosen. In maths, we have been exploring teen numbers and we have been learning all about keeping our teeth healthy in Science. We hope you all have a lovely half term!
   

  Cedar Class:
  This week Cedar have been finishing off their poetry unit, and putting all of the skills from the last few weeks into practice. In maths we have been working on tricky number bonds to 100, as well as adding 11/12/21/22 to 2-digit numbers. In topic we have been reliving our Warwick Castle visit, and summarising all of our knowledge we learnt this term.
   

  Damson Class:
  This week Damson Class have been really thinking about what it was like to be a child in Victorian England. We have learnt about the 1870 Education act and the subsequent bills that followed to make it compulsory for children to attend education in England and Wales. Furthermore, the children have worked excellently on their fractions, simplifying and even ordering them. 
  
  Oak Class:
  This week in maths we have been calculating using long multiplication and negative numbers. In English we have been writing persuasively to convince people to buy and action things as we would like – Year Six are good at this! 
  We all enjoyed taking part in the Laying of Stones Assembly – supporting our Buddies as they laid their stones, signifying their place in our school community.
  We have all taken part in our first cross-country practice in PE. We also showed our class dance routines to Damson Class.
  A busy half term, we are all looking forwards to our half term break. 

• Burton Green Academy Newsletter 18th October 2023

  Wed 18 Oct 2023

  Dear Parents,
  It has been a lovely week and we have enjoyed once again thinking about generosity within our collective worship.  This week our focus has been on generosity in nature and the difference we can all make.  This links into our work on recycling that Mrs T has been leading and promoting throughout the school.

  
  Parent consultation letters should be coming out tomorrow with your appointment times.  We’re looking forward to seeing you and sharing the fantastic progress that your children have made since the start of term.

   
  Our new children in Maple class have settled in so well this term and it is fantastic to see them going about their learning within the classroom.

   
  We have our Harvest Assembly next Friday when we will get to say ‘Thank you’ for all of the gifts we have been given. We also have a collection of food which we will distribute to Kenilworth Food Bank.

   
  I look forward to seeing you at our celebration assembly in on Friday morning when we will once again ‘Reach for the Stars’.

   

  Maple Class: 
  This week in Maple Class we have started our poetry unit and are exploring lots of nursery rhymes as part of it. We have been sharing our favourite ones and have also learnt some new ones. In maths, we have been learning to count on and back and we have been working very hard on our number formation. Please help us practise this at home to help us make sure we are writing our numbers the right way round 😊. 
   

  Cedar Class:
  This week Cedar will be lucky enough to go to Warwick castle, where we will learn all about castle life, trebuchets, and some falconry! In maths yr 2’s have been looking at finding 30 more and less, while yr 3’s have been learning about money. We have been continuing our poetry unit, with children comparing poems and getting ready to write our own next week.
   

  Damson Class:
  Damson have done extremely well this week practicing our harvest performance and writing poems about this. In addition, we have been researching William Morris and creating our final designs and printing using ink rollers. In maths we have been learning about simplifying fractions which has been tricky but again the children have been really resilient in their working.
   

  Oak Class:
  In Oak Class this week we have been focusing on word questions involving both one and two step processing in maths. In English we are focussing on speaking and writing in standard English – avoiding contractions particularly in speech which we are finding a little tricky. We have also been discussing recycling and learning more about why we should recycle – considering the environmental impact humans are having on our world. Mrs T sparked our discussion with her assembly about recycling ‘Trash or Treasure’.

• Burton Green Academy Newsletter 11th October 2023

  Wed 11 Oct 2023

  Dear Parents,
  It has been another busy week where everybody has continued to work extremely hard. I have seen the children across the school, working hard to prepare for our Harvest festival which will be on Friday (27th October) at 9:05am.

  
  Next week we have our peace garden assembly planned, where the children lay their stones.   It is always such a special occasion where we welcome the new members to our community.  This year the assembly will be based in the hall, as the groundworks have not been fully completed.

   
  I am looking forward to our year 6 buddies presenting their ‘little buddy’ to the rest of the school community.

  
  Parents evening is in the week beginning 23rd October.   If you haven’t returned your slip yet, please return as soon as possible as it is always special getting the opportunity to share your child’s achievements since the start of the term.

  
  I look forward to seeing some of you on Friday morning when we once again celebrate the children’s achievements when we once again ‘Reach for the Stars’.
   

  Maple Class: 
  This week we have started to celebrate Black History Month and we will be learning all about Mary Seacole and all of her amazing achievements! We have also enjoyed continuing to explore our senses in science and have focussed on taste. The children were very excited to try the different foods and we started to classify them into sweet, salty, sour and bitter. 
   

  Cedar Class:
  This week we have spent our PSHE time focussing on inspirational Black People and learning about Black History Month and it’s importance. Yr 3’s have been building on their knowledge of doubling and halving while year 2’s have been learning about ordinal numbers. In English we have been continuing our Poetry unit, reviewing and starting to think about atmosphere in poetry.
   

  Damson Class:
  This week we have been doing some extremely purposeful learning centred around Black History Month. The children have been extremely mature in discussing this as well as understanding. In addition, we have been building on our knowledge of the industrial revolution in Topic work as well as our formal column methods in Maths.
   

  Oak Class:
  This week we have been developing our understanding around Black History Month, considering Black Women who are influential to us in society. We have been using subtraction strategies in maths and calculating time intervals. In English we have be identifying persuasive language used in advertising.

• Burton Green Academy Newsletter 4th October 2023

  Wed 04 Oct 2023

  Dear Parents,
  It was lovely seeing the children having their photographs taken on Monday.  I can’t believe how quickly they grow up!  They were all really sensible and definitely photogenic 😊

   

  It is so lovely seeing the year 6 supporting their buddies in reception class. It is something that was greatly missed during Covid and is a really special part of our school.

   

  I know that both year 6 and reception benefit greatly from this partnership. Well done year 6 for being such great role models!

   

  Parent consultation forms will be sent home shortly in readiness for our parent consultations the week before half term.  We look forward to talking to you about your children’s progress and all of wonderful things they have achieved already this term.

   

  I look forward to celebrating with you all during our celebration assembly on Friday morning in the hall. Have a wonderful weekend, when it finally arrives!
   

  Maple Class: 
  This week in Maple Class, we are exploring a new book called ‘Not a Stick’. It is a fantastic book for helping us use our imaginations. We have thought of lots of ideas for what the stick could become, from a magic wand to witch’s broomstick! In maths, we have been practising our counting skills and year 1 have been exploring doubling. 
   

  Cedar Class:
  We have really enjoyed building our knowledge of poetry and writing a poem together as a class using rhyming couplets. In Maths, year 2’s have been investigating angles and different shapes, while year 3’s have been practicing telling them time to the nearest 5 minutes.
   

  Damson Class:
  We have had a lovely time this week looking at time in maths. The children have been looking at time intervals and 24hour timers. In English we are writing our final Just so story in the style of Rudyard Kipling. The Children are packing their learning time with lot of activities to help us progress.
   

  Oak Class:
  In Oak Class this week we have been revising speech marks punctuation. We are writing our Refugee stories as the climax to our english unit of work too. In maths we have been calculating weight and measure conversions. We have also written Harvest Prayers in preparation for the assembly at the end of this month.