Year 3/4 Miss Burley 2021-2022

This week the children have continued to be engaged and be enthralled in our class book 'Lob' by Linda Newbery. 

We have continued reading and discussing the text, this week we have heard how the character Lucy has discovered a 'Green Man' high on the side of a church hidden by trees and…

After an extra long weekend we came back to school raring to go! On Wednesday, during PE the children developed their team building skills, in preparation for the up and coming sports day on Friday 20th May. Everyone worked together to support each other and showed great sportsmanship and team…

This morning the children transformed into super scientists. They have used their observation sills and analsysised water and soil samples collected on Monday from our walk along the river Leven. 

The children found it fascinating to look closely at the samples taken from the river bed, the…

This week we have started to read the story of 'Lob' written by Linda Newbery. The children have already had their imagination captured by the introduction of the character 'Lob', who could be an imaginary friend to Grandpa Will. 

Today, we planted our own runner bean seeds, as Grandpa and…

Today we started our new topic 'Flow' in order to engage the children we had a wonderul walk in to the village and along the river Leven

We walked through the village and towards Leven court, where we came off the main road and towards the river. 

Once over the small bridge, we turned…

Today we have looked at all of our amazing pieces of topic homework. I was really impressed with the fabulous work that has taken place at home. Thank you everyone who helped their child produce these great pieces of work!

Today we all took part in the dress rehearsal for our up and coming performance of 'Pied Piper' the children all looked amazing in their costumes and they are very excited about performing for the school and parents next week!

Today was environment day. This day helps us is to raise awareness of the environment and how we can help to look after it by being more environmentally friendly in our everyday lives.   

We discussed as a class, how we could incorporate the three 'R's' in to our lives.  Recycle our…

During today's topic lesson, we have used our investigative skills to make Icarus fly. The children read about the tale of Icarus in their reading comprehension lesson last week and heard how he flew to close too the sun and melted the wax on his wings. 

Today the children were given, two…

Today has been Red Nose day. The children have enjoyed taking part in some 'Silly Sports' activities with Mrs Davis. The children had to work together to move the hoops along the line without breaking the chain. They had to move a balloon from the starting position to the end of the hall…

This afternoon, we have spent a fun filled time in the wildlife area. Mr Murton showed us how to whittle our own sticks, start a fire, how to create our own den and bug hotel and transport water around the trees using pipes. The children all had a fabulous time working together, supporting…

We have been honorary students of Durham University via a virtual workshop, “Meet the Greeks”. Michael led the workshop, first of all showing us the symbols of some of the Greek Polis (cities), including the Athenian owl, the lotus flower of Rhodes and Pegasus (winged horse) of Coram.

Next, we…