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Burton Hathow Preparatory School
Odder Farm
Saxilby Road
Burton
Lincoln LN1 2BB
Our wriggly caterpillars are very good at recognising their pictures now and enjoy putting them up on the self-registration board when they arrive and are becoming much more familiar with each other as they seek out friends to play with. We have had a strong focus on listening and attention skills, playing lots of games that encourage the children to take turns, listen for everyday sounds as well as following simple instructions.
Some of our favourite stories have been ‘The tiger who came for tea’ which led us to having a tea party and having to share food, to reading ‘Elmer’, which provided lots of activities for learning our colours and thinking about our similarities and difference. The children also enjoyed reading ‘Monkey Puzzle’ down in the woods and showed great concern for the monkey’s mummy and HAD to go searching for her!
As we have moved through Autumn, we have enjoyed looking at conkers, pumpkins and seasonal vegetables, which has been great for our inquisitive and investigative caterpillars who love exploring and chopping. We have a group of vehicles/ tractor fanatics in our group at the moment, so harvest time has provided us with lots of chat about combines and trailers.
The Butterflies have fluttered over to their new classroom beautifully and as the term has gone on are beginning to develop those all-important independence skills! On arrival to school, they hang their coats up, take their shoes, and set to writing their names for the self-registration board. Our topic ‘families and feelings’ has led us down lots of different paths. We read ‘Sharing a shell’ which encouraged lots of sharing amongst the children in the classroom. They particularly enjoyed being buddied up for the day! We then moved on to Elmer which provided lots of discussion about colour and exploring what happens when we mix certain colours together. It also created lots of discussion about individual differences! Such as our eye colour, long hair/ short hair as well as looking at our families and who lives with us. The children then particularly enjoyed looking at ‘Lost and found’, this book taught the children the importance of how to be a good friend! This saw the making our ‘our friendship tree’, which is slowly growing leaves. When we see the children do an act of kindness we write it on a leaf and put it up on the tree. This book also prompted our budding builders who jumped into action to build a boat so they could rescue their friends! This really prompted their imaginations for building inside and out and has shown us what a resourceful group they are! They have been very busy bees gathering things from around the setting to build tractors, boats, cars, houses, shops we have even had roads re-built!
The Butterflies are also loving those enhanced curricular activities such as PE, where they have been focusing on following Mr Bell’s instructions, to phonics, where they have been introduced to our phase 2 sounds s, a, t.
A great term all round!
Year 1 & 2 Rainforest Presentations 5 June, 2024
Some of the amazing pieces of homework, finding out about animals in the rainforest and giving a presentation to the class. Very confident young speakers […]
Second Half of Term Begins
U9 Cricket v Handel House (H) - 4 pairs
U9 Cricket v St Hugh's (A) 4 pairs x 2 teams
Information Evening for Parents 4pm-5pm
Garden Party
U9 Cricket v St Hugh's (A) 4/5 pairs
U11 Cricket v St Hugh's (A) 4 pairs
International Day
Moving from Year 2-Year 3 - Parent information meeting 4pm-5pm
Reception Class (September 2024) - Information Evening for Butterfly Parents: 7pm with Mrs White
Lincolnshire Show - Main School and Nursery Closed
Summer Fete and Year 6 Art Exhibition 3:30pm-5pm
R-Y2 Jungle Jamboree 2:30pm-3:30pm Parents Welcome
U9 Cricket v Lincoln Minster (TBC)
Let's Get Moving (Little Caterpillars) - 2:30pm Parents welcome
Y1-Y6 Sports Day 1:30pm onwards - parents welcome
EYFS Sports Day - Big Caterpillars, Butterflies and Reception - parents welcome - 2:00pm
Burton Hathow Summer Concert (outdoors) 4:00pm-6:00pm - followed by Campover
Nursery 'Wow' Event
Burton Hathow's Got Talent
Year 6 Leavers' Dinner 6:00pm-8:00pm
End of Year Prize Giving at St. Peters in Eastgate Church at 11:00am followed by end of term. Pupils and family members to travel directly to church for 10:45am. Main school and Nursery Closed all day.