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Burton Hathow Preparatory School
Odder Farm
Saxilby Road
Burton
Lincoln LN1 2BB
The term began with a drawing programme to get everyone back into the swing of school and the practice of looking and recording what we see. Brand new sketchbooks were quickly filled with exciting observational sketches and mark making. Everyone drew every day for four weeks.
In years 1 and 2 we have linked closely with the main curriculum, my aim being to introduce the children to a wide variety of materials so they could experiment with them. We have drawn, painted, worked with clay and made a huge 3-dimensional ‘family tree’ with beautiful leaves.
In year 3 the children have been making, making, making. The focus being to develop dexterity and control a variety of media. Making clay pots, impressing them with stamped marks and painting them was a great success. For the remainder of the term we have been making books and developing them in individual ways, the key area of skill development being on cutting and gluing as well as a lots of fun learning how to create marbled paper.
In year 4 there has been triumph! The children have worked on individual paintings of the forest. We began by stapling A1 paper to the nursery fence so they could experience the feeling of painting while standing ‘facing the canvas’. Huge learning has taken place in colour mixing and then adjusting those colours. As the weather changed, we moved inside, adding pattern and details in many ways and with every material we could think of. The results are fantastic, I am very proud of them all.
In year 5 the focus this term is printing, and we began with the huge project of painting an oak tree on the new yurt floor, and subsequently printed hundreds of leaves on to its branches. The reception children added acorns and Mr Buckland was challenged with the task of sealing the floor with a few coats of varnish! We took a break then from the hard work and lit the pizza oven in the forest and made our own pitta pizzas. Wetter weather drove us inside to the classroom and we have begun to develop pattern making skills printing with fingers, found objects and of course the trusty potato.
In year 6 we are working 3-dimensionally, building skills. The children experimented with ‘Mod-roc’ (Plaster of Paris bandages) to cover an old shoe which they then painted. We then began to work in wire, making tiny figures and a life-sized model of their own hand. The children used a variety of wire and pliers and have been learning to overcome their frustrations as they work with more difficult materials! Lovely sculptures are emerging. This work is the foundation for the more challenging sculptural figure they will be making after the half term holiday.
Fun and festivities with a generous helping of good old fashioned learning 10 December, 2024
Wow, what a week of festivities, and we are only just beginning! There have been piano keys twinkling and sugar plum fairies twirling as lower […]
First day of term—Nursery and Main School
School Council Meeting 1.15pm (Y1-6 School Council Members)
Year 2 Maths Trip 9am-11am
UK Chess Challenge Begins
U9 Netball v St Hugh’s (A) - pm
Open Morning 10am-12noon
U9 Football v Handel House (H) 2.15pm; Lunar/Chinese New Year Celebrations in Nursery (all week)
Lunar/Chinese New Year Assembly; International Lego Day (whole school); Hot Chocolate available at 11am (R-Y6) £1 in aid of Wildline Wildlife Sanctuary
U9 Football v St Hugh’s (A) – 2pm; U11 Mixed Netball v Handel House (H) 2.15pm; Visit from Wildline Wildlife Sanctuary (School Council)
Mental Health Week; U9 Football v Ranby House School (H) 2.15pm; Year 1 and 2 Parents’ Evening 4-6.30pm
Nursery WOW Event 9am-10.30am followed by Stay and Play 10.30am-11.30am; Hot Chocolate available at 11am (R-Y6) £1 in aid of Wildline Wildlife Sanctuary; Sri Lankan Independence Day – Nursery
U11 Football v Highfields (H) – 2.15pm; U9 Mixed Netball v St Hugh’s(A) 2.15pm
Y3-6 Parents’ Evening (1 of 2) 2.45-4.45pm
NSPCC Number Day - Nursery
Y3-6 Parents’ Evening (2 of 2) 5-7pm
International Science Day—Nursery
Big Schools’ Birdwatch (R-Y6); U11 Football v St Hugh’s (A) 2.15pm
February House Singing Competition (R-Y6) - 2.15pm
February Informal Concert 2.15pm (R-Y6); Main School closes at 3pm. No after school clubs; Half term begins.
Second half of term begins; U9 Football v Handel House (A) 2.15pm
Enrichment Day (R-Y6)
U11 Hockey v Ranby (A) at Worksop College 2.30pm
U9 Netball v Ranby (A)
U11 Mixed Netball v St Hugh’s (A) 2.15pm
World Book Day—whole school
U11 Netball v Ranby (A) 2.30pm
U9 Football v St Hugh’s (A) 2.15pm
Open Morning 10am-12noon
U9 Football v Highfields (H); Chess Challenge Prize Giving Week
U11 Netball v Wellow (H) - pm; U11 Football v Wellow (A) - pm; Nursery WOW event (Wild in Our Woods) 2-3pm—parents welcome; Nursery Stay and Play 3-4pm
Easter Celebration Service—at Burton Hathow (9am)
Easter Egg Hunt; End of term; Main School closes at 3:00pm. No after school clubs; Nursery closes at 5pm.