Keep up to date with all the news happening in the school at the moment. Articles are added during the week. Parents are encouraged to check regularly. Our weekly newsletter, emailed directly to parents, summarises content for the week.

• School app information is available to read in a variety of languages

  Thu 27 Jan 2022

  Did you know you can view all of the information in TheSchoolApp in numerous languages, this enables better communication and engagement with our whole school community. If you would like support in selecting the language you would like to be able to read messages please contact Mrs Ray in our school office. 

• Message from the School App - calendar reminders

  Thu 27 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  TheSchoolApp calendar reminders 

   

  NEVER FORGET AN EVENT AGAIN! 
  The school app have added functionality to TheSchoolApp calendar tab that will allow app users to set individual reminders for any upcoming events.

  By tapping on the small bell icon next to an event, users set a reminder that will be delivered via a mobile phone notification. The grey bell icon will change to blue and a temporary "Reminder set!" message will display in the app. 

  Timed events will send a notification 24 hours as well as 1 hour before the event start. All-day events will send one notification at 9 am the day before. 

  Individual reminders can be turned off by simply tapping the blue bell icon next to the event again. The blue bell icon will change to grey and a temporary "Reminder removed!" message will display in the app.

• Short Parent Survey

  Tue 25 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  As you know our school website has had a complete overhaul and we have introduced a new APP to be able to share information with you.

   

  We would greatly appreciate it if you would please give us some feedback by completely a very short survey.

  To access the survey please click on the following link

   

  Parent Survey - Website and Communication

• COVID 19 UPDATE

  Mon 24 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  We currently have 17 children who have tested positive with COVID 19 and 5 members of staff (teaching/support staff).

   

  We have had to use members of our skilled support team and supply teachers to cover classes as a  result of teacher absence. Our teacher supply agencies tell us that they have no available staff for this week. If their staff become available, we have first refusal. 

   

  Infection now may partly reflect more testing. Nevertheless, we must all continue to take steps to reduce the risk of infection.

   

  Parents please continue to:

  • test your child as much as you can using a lateral flow test, especially in classes where cases are rising;
    • order easy to use nasal tests for home
  • be extra cautious and alert to any changes in your child's health.
    • If you see symptoms of COVID-19, stop sending your child to school and check with a COVID test;
  • wash hands as soon as pupils arrive at home after school.

  We continue to work under the 'amber' control measures to reduce the risk of infection spreading and classes being disrupted.  

• Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

  Mon 24 Jan 2022

  As you may be aware, an extra bank holiday has been announced for 3 June 2022 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

   

  As on previous similar occasions (eg the 2012 Diamond Jubilee or 2011 Royal Wedding), the DfE has therefore amended the Education (School Day and School Year) (England) Regulations to reduce the school year 2021/22 for maintained schools to a minimum of 189 days, in order to allow schools to close that day or on another day.

   

  Schools not already on half term break on the day of the bank holiday will be able to close that day. Most schools will, however, be on half term at the time of the bank holiday. This change to the Regulations will allow maintained schools to be able to close at another time to give staff and students an extra day off.

   

  The Cramlington Partnership of schools have put forward the 27th June 2022 to be taken as the extra day off. I have updated the calendar on the school website to reflect this. 

• Growing Together - Children's Mental Health week

  Mon 24 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  7th - 11th February

  Our pupils will take part in Children's Mental Health Week. This years theme is Growing Together. Children will be taking take in a range of activities to highlight the importance of being mentally healthy. During the week the children will have the opportunity to talk about mental health and finding ways to help each other grow. Teachers will support children in thinking about how they have grown and how they can help others grow.

• New Drop In Sessions for Key Stage 2 Pupils

  Mon 24 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  Mrs Akram, our Mental Health Lead, is trialing a series of Drop in sessions to support pupils mental wellbeing. The sessions will begin next week and the trial will last 6 weeks. During that time we will determine the need for the service and make long term plans to continue if needed and beneficial. 

   

  Children in Key Stage 2 will be given the opportunity to meet with Mrs Akram informally over the lunch time period. She will support offer support to children who may want to discuss their feelings. The sessions will be advertised in school for pupils to determine if they would like to attend.

   

   

• Internet Safety Day 8th Feb 2022

  Fri 21 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  The children in Burnside will participate in this event on 8th February. Miss Croft is organising the event in school as our Computing Leader. She will prepare resources for each year group to run a session on this year's theme. I would like to thank Miss Croft not only for her work with this project but for her outstanding work which has developed and shaped the exciting Computing Curriculum at Burnside.

   

  About Safer Internet Day

  Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, and to inspire a national conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically, and creatively. Safer Internet Day 2022 is on 8th February and will be celebrated with the theme ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’.Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe

• Burnside Multi Skills Finalists!!!

  Fri 21 Jan 2022 Headteacher

  The children from Year 5K were selected not only to represent Burnside but the whole of Cramlington and Seaton Valley in the School Games Multi Skills Challenge. This was a  great achievement and both Mr Kindley and Miss Smith were extremely proud of them. The children were selected as they were the best overall of the 13 teams that competed. 

   

  Today they competed against the best schools in the whole of Northumberland and were placed 3rd and will all achieve Bronze certificates to celebrate and mark their achievement.

   

  Not only were the children superb with their multi skills but they were exceptional with their team spirit, supporting each other and cheering each other on. 

   

  We appointed Miss Smith at Burnside in September as a PE specialist and this achievement is testament to the wonderful contribution she has already made to the teaching of PE in our school. 

• Queen's Jubilee Pudding

  Fri 21 Jan 2022 Headteacher

   As many of you will know, it is Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee this year and Fortnum & Masons have organised a competition to design a commemorative pudding to recognise  70 years on the throne.

  We thought the children would enjoy the opportunity to get involved by designing and possibly making or baking a pudding of their own at home, sharing photographs of what they have done with their teacher and children in their class. 

  We would love to see the children's designs, recipes, photographs and/or evaluations throughout this Spring Term.

  If the children wish to enter Fortnum & Mason's competition too, the full details are on their website

   

  https://www.fortnumandmason.com/platinum-pudding

   

  and entries for that particular competition must be submitted by the 4th February. Ready, get set.... bake - and enjoy!