✨ Positive Noticing at Burhill ✨ At Burhill, we make sure every child feels seen and celebrated. Positive noticing means catching children doing great things—being kind, trying hard, helping others—and naming it. 🌟 A huge well done to our LKS2 children who were celebrated this week! We’re so proud of you. 💙🤍 #Burhill #PositiveNoticing #BurhillPrimary #EveryChildMatters

📵✨ SMARTphone‑Free Morning with Jennifer Powers & Papaya ✨📵 This morning, we were inspired by Jennifer Powers, a leading voice in the UK’s Smartphone Free Childhood movement and a speaker for Papaya, the charity supporting parents in tackling phone addiction in young adolescents. Jennifer shared powerful insights on why delaying smartphone access protects children’s wellbeing and how families can build healthier digital habits together. Her message echoed what she often emphasises in community talks: the online world is increasingly shaped by content directed at children, making mindful choices more important than ever. A brilliant and motivating start to our day. 💛 #SmartphoneFreeChildhood #PapayaTalks #JenniferPowers #DigitalWellbeing #ParentCommunity

✨ Year 3 Debate Time in Robins! ✨ Today, the whole of Year 3 came together to put their balanced arguments to the test! After writing their own debates, the children joined forces for a big class discussion on one HUGE question… 🤖 Should the Iron Man be allowed to stay in the town? 🏙️ We heard thoughtful points, confident speakers, and some brilliant rebuttals. The children showed incredible teamwork, reasoning skills, and respectful listening throughout. So proud of our young debaters! 💬🌟 #Year3 #RobinsClassroom #DebateSkills #IronMan #PrimarySchoolLearning

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📚✨ Year 4 Reading Workshop ✨📚 Our Year 4 pupils took part in a fantastic Reading Workshop where they explored a range of reading skills, including inference, prediction, retrieval, and vocabulary building. 🔍💬📖 The children engaged brilliantly with every activity and showed growing confidence and independence as readers. We’re so proud of their enthusiasm! 🌟 A big well done to the adults who attended — your choral reading was wonderful! 👏💛 #Year4 #ReadingSkills #ReadingWorkshop #PrimaryEnglish #LoveReading

✨ Year 6 Outdoor Exploration 🌿🔍 Our Year 6 pupils recently enjoyed exploring our outdoor areas, collecting natural items and using dichotomous keys to identify them. 🍂🪵🪻 They showed fantastic curiosity, teamwork, and scientific thinking as they investigated the world around them. 🌱✨ #Year6 #OutdoorLearning #BurhillPrimary #PrimaryScience

Open Phonics Lesson – Reception 📚✨ Thank you to all the parents who joined us this week for our Little Wandle phonics lesson. It was lovely to welcome you into the classroom and share how we support early reading and phonics in Reception. 😊 We really appreciate your continued support! #LittleWandle #Phonics #ReceptionYear #EarlyReading #ParentPartnership

Cross Country 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ A delightful day out at Bedfont Lakes for the Year 5 & 6 cross country! 🌿 Despite the huge amounts of mud and puddles, there was some fantastic running and racing from all four teams, who represented the school brilliantly. 💪👏 A special mention to the Year 6 girls’ team who came second overall 🥈🥳 So proud of everyone involved! #CrossCountry #SchoolSport #TeamSpirit #ProudMoment #TheBurhillWay

Year 4 Maths Outside 🌳➗ Year 4 took their fractions learning outdoors today! We practised our fraction problem‑solving skills through an exciting scavenger hunt, showing brilliant teamwork and cooperation to complete as many challenges as possible. Learning is even better in the fresh air! 🌞✨ #Year4 #OutdoorLearning #MathsOutside #FractionsFun #TheBurhillWay

Year 3 and 4 took part in the PAPAYA (Parents Against Phone Addiction in Young Adults) Me and My Screen workshop 📱 An interactive session helping KS2 pupils critically evaluate their technology use and understand the impact on themselves and society. Fantastic engagement and excellent feedback from both staff and children! #PAPAYA #MeAndMyScreen #Year3 #Year4 #KS2DigitalAwareness

Teamwork makes the maths work! 💡 Year 5 exploring partitioning through paired learning. #Year5Maths #Partitioning #PairedWork #MathsLearning #KS2Maths

✨ Paired Reading = Powerful Learning ✨ We love paired reading because it helps our children grow as confident, joyful readers. 🤝 They support each other 🗣️ Build fluency 🌟 Share stories and spark a love of books When children read together, they learn together — and that’s why we make it a core part of our school community. 💛📖 #PairedReading #GrowingReaders #PrimarySchoolMagic