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Burton Hathow Preparatory School
Odder Farm
Saxilby Road
Burton
Lincoln LN1 2BB
We can’t quite believe we are half way through the academic year already! We have made sure we have packed this half term full of wonderful learning experiences, and can’t wait to add more!
In Literacy, we have focused our learning on poems with a theme, and because our Topic title is ‘Let’s Build’, our poetry unit has been based on houses and homes. We have read a wonderful book, called ‘A House That Once Was’, which evoked some deep and meaningful conversations, with a high level of maturity. We have written our own poems about a cellar creature, and even managed to add some rhyme in there! We are looking forward to writing a story based on this book, but with our very own dream home as the setting!
In Maths, we have been exploring two-digit numbers, looking at place value, ten more and ten less, and number bonds from six to ten. We have been working hard to fine tune our addition skills, finding patterns within number to help us along our way, and we have recapped our knowledge of money and value. The children loved working with real coins, and finding various ways to make the same value of money! We moved on to weight and measure, which is a lovely, practical unit to do! We will be moving on to time soon, which is always a fun unit for our little ones to learn!
In Topic, we have loved finding out about our homes and local area! We learnt which type of house we reside in, found it on Google Earth, which was great fun, and wrote a letter to a loved one, using their address! We then made the most of the glorious winter sunshine, and made our way down the lane to post our letters! We forgot how good it felt to be out and about, and although we have experienced some form of normality of late, we are looking forward to enhancing our learning even more over the next few months! We conducted an experiment, based on The Three Little Pigs story, and were tasked to build a house that would withstand the blast from a hairdryer out of many different materials, including spaghetti and marshmallows, Lego, sticks, paper straws and other bits and bobs. It was brilliant fun! Mr Halse visited us to explain how he built ‘Halse Hall’ which was wonderful, and inciteful! And through a close member of our BH family, we are beginning to make links with a school in Uganda, which we are really looking forward to developing! We have sent them some questions that we have about school life over there, and have shared some of our experiences from here, too.
All in all, a very busy but enjoyable half term!
We look forward to next half term, where hopefully we will be seeing more of this beautiful sunshine!
Best wishes
Miss Henley and Mrs Wells. X
Musical delights, The ‘Big Bird Watch’ and much more! 16 February, 2025
As the first half term of 2025 draws to a close, I’ve had time to reflect on the past six weeks. The pupils at Burton […]
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
School Council Meeting 1.15pm (Y1-6 pupils); U9 Netball v Highfields (A) 2.15pm; Year 3-6 Parents’ Evening (2 of 2) 5-7pm
Hot Chocolate available at 11am (R-Y6); £1 in aid of Wildline Wildlife Sanctuary; International Science Day– Nursery; International Pizza Day – Nursery
Big Schools’ Birdwatch (R-Y6); Wonderful Weather Afternoon (R-Y2) 2.20-3.30pm – parents/grandparents welcome; U11 Football v St Hugh’s (A) 2.15pm
House Singing Competition (R-Y6) – 2.15pm (pupils only)
Informal Concert 2.15pm (Butterflies-Y6) – parents welcome; Main School Closes at 3pm. No after school clubs. Nursery closes at 5pm; Owls PTA Disco 3.30pm (R-Y6); Half term begins
Second half of term begins; U9 Football v Handel House (A) 2.15pm
Museum Day (R-Y6)
Parent and Pupil Running Club (R-Y6) 8am—refreshments in Halse Hall afterwards
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
Reception/Y6 Height and Weight Measurement (National Screening Programme) 9am; Y6 STEM Fair at QEHS 12.30-3pm
U9 Football v St Hugh’s (A) 2.15pm
Comic Relief Day; 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
Owls PTA AGM 3.30pm; Owls PTA Spring Movie Night (R-Y6) 4.50-6.50pm
Owls PTA ‘Parents Like to Party’ evening at The White Hart Hotel 7pm-midnight
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