Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Accelerated Reader Scheme Promotes a Love of Reading at Burton Road

  Thu 13 Feb 2020

  Rise to Reading with our Accelerated Reader Scheme

   

  At Burton Road, we are dedicated to ensuring that all of our children leave primary school with a love of reading. We know and recognise that reading is the key to everything is life and we aim to instil this in the pupils at our school.

   

  In order to promote a love of reading for pleasure but also to support learning, we have introduced Recommended Reads to each year group. This list of books gives the children opportunity to move outside of their comfort zone and perhaps choose a book that they may not have picked up before. We aim for each child to read within their ability range, whilst still ensuring a level of challenge.

   

  Children in foundation stage, read and share their books with their families and answer questions about what they have read. As the children move through school into Key Stage 1 and 2, and become more confident with their reading, they are able to read some books independently and complete a quiz which will test their understanding. 

   

  We reward the children for their efforts with certificates and wrist bands. 

  5 books - Certificate

  10 books - Bronze

  15 books - Silver

  20 books - Gold

  A special trophy is awarded to children who push themselves beyond these targets. 

   

  Our Spring Term 1 Awards can be seen below.

  

• Safer Internet Day 2020

  Tue 04 Feb 2020

  Next Tuesday 11th February is Safer Internet Day. Your child will be talking about and carrying out activities related to the theme 'Together for a better Internet.' The will discuss their offline and online identities and how to keep information private.  There are some brilliant resources and discussions related to this for parents found here:

  Parents / Carers Safer Internet Day 2020  including conversation starters and a family plan for the safe use of devices which connect to the Internet.

  Keep looking out for further work related to Safer Internet Day.