Burpham Foundation Primary School

Welcome to the Owls and Nightingales class page.  Please contact your teacher if you have any questions or concerns.   We will reply as soon as possible.  

News

The new Spring Term newsletter can be found in the Useful Documents section below. 

Snow Globes

When we came back to school after the Christmas Holidays we looked at some snowy poems and thought about some interesting words to describe a snowy landscape.  We imagined what it would be like to live in a snow globe.  We wrapped up warm and went outside and then drew our own snow globes.  We did some writing to accompany our pictures.  We wrote about what we would be able to see, hear, feel and smell in our snow globe.  Have a look at some here:

 Our Christmas Performance

We have really enjoyed performing  " The Angel Who Nearly Missed It All! 

All the hard work paid off and we are all really proud of the performances.

Well done everyone. 

Christmas 

We have used a computer painting program on Purple Mash to create our Christmas cards. 

If you would like to have a go at home visit https://www.purplemash.com/sch/burpham

We will send  your  username and password home in the green home learning books.

The Lighthouse Keeper Stories

We have been reading some of The Lighthouse Keeper stories by Ronda and David Armitage. 

We wrote a description of the setting then created some paintings of the lighthouse in a seascape. 

We took a look at some famous seascapes then learnt how to create a colour wash.  We used a find black pen to add embellishments to our bright colourful lighthouses. What do you think of the final results?

Beans and Bulbs!

In September we will  plant some bean seeds and some tulip bulbs.  We will watch our bean seeds germinate and watch the shoot and root emerge. We will plant our seedlings in the  planters outside our classroom and wait for the beans to grow.  

Watch this space for photographs of our bean plants.

Photo Gallery

DT project - Making a new moving vehicle for Mrs Armitage

 We designed a new vehicle for Mrs Armitage. We experimented with different joining techniques before we made our vehicles. Have a look at the results!

Healthy Eating 

In Science we have been finding out about what we should eat to stay healthy. Here are some photographs of the plates of delicious food we designed and made. Which healthy meal would you like to eat?

Useful Documents

Home Learning

Weekly spellings and Maths Home Learning will be given out on a Friday.

If your child is self-isolating due to Covid-19, please find work uploaded to Google Classroom for them to complete at home.

Helpful Websites

Here are some useful websites to support children's learning at home.

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-5

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/school-success/home-learning-resources.html 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase5Menu.htm

https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html

Maths:

• TT Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/
• NRICH - https://nrich.maths.org/    
• Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

• Oxford Owl - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/

• ICT games - www.ictgames.com
• BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Computing:

• Purple Mash - https://purplemash.com/sch/burpham/

• Language Angels - https://www.languageangels.com/schools/ 

Supporting Learning at Home

Children are able to exchange their reading books every day and should try and read at home every evening.  Spellings and Maths Home Learning will be sent home on a Friday.  The children should stick them in their home learning book which is left at home.  The activities should be completed at some time during the week.  Please refer to the following guides for how to support your child with their reading and spellings.