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.

• Year 6 Quad Kids Winners!

  Fri 24 Jun 2022

  Congratulations to our Year 6 Quad Kids Team.  They achieved 1st Place in the  Cramlington and Seaton Valley Y6 Quad Kids Competition. The team are through to the County Finals on 11th July! Well done !

  

• Golden Ticket Winner

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  You may remember last week we launched our Golden Ticket Reward System in assembly which created real excitement around school.

   

  Children can be awarded a golden ticket for demonstrating any of our Core Values - Be Safe, Be Smart, Be Kind.

   

  As the children enter the hall for assembly they place any golden tickets they have been awarded into a "hat" and one ticket will be drawn and a prize given awarded to that child.

   

  I have been delighted by the number of Golden tickets that were awarded. The children have been showing us how polite, kind, well mannered and caring they are. This is a credit to you all as parents. Thank you.

   

  Our first weekly winner was drawn on Monday and he won Cinema tickets. Well done !

   

  

• KS2 Girls Football

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  Huge well done to our fabulous Year 5 & 6 Girls' Football Team who competed at Northburn Sports Centre on 16th June. They were amazing and came in 2nd place. Staff were really proud of their attitude, effort and sportsmanship.

  

• Staff Update

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  Retirement

  Mrs.Smith, Higher Level Teaching Assistant for years 5 and 6, retires at the end of this school year. She has worked at Burnside for over 20 years and will be missed by us all. She is looking forward to spending lots of time with her son, daughter in law and her grandson who have recently moved back to the region. 

   

  Teacher Leavers

  Miss Smith, PE specialist, will be leaving us at the end of term. The children have enjoyed the PE lessons she has taught and the teachers have learned a lot working alongside her. We will continue the good work and will continue to work closely with Miss Smith vis the schools sports partnership.

• Burnside's Singing Leaders

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  We are thrilled to introduce our Year 5 and 6 Singing Leaders who are co-ordinated by our wonderful specialist Music teacher, Mrs Walker.

   

  They can be found on the yard every playtime and lunchtime leading singing games with anyone who wants to join in! 

   

  "I really like being a singing leader it is so much fun!"

  "I enjoy making sure all of the children are enjoying the singing games on the yard and teaching them new songs."

  

• New Reception Parent Meeting

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  We are looking forward to inviting our new families who will become part of the Burnside family to attend a meeting on Wednesday 22nd at 4pm. 

   

  If any of your neighbours, friends or family members would like their child to attend Burnside in September, its NOT too late. Please ask them to get in touch with our school office and we will be able to assist them. Obviously you have all made an amazing choice so please spread the word!

• Pupil Premium Passport Termly Review

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  Summer Term Pupil Premium Passport Reviews will be taking place before the end of term. Parent whose children are in receipt of this funding will be contacted by the class teacher to make an appointment. We appreciate that this is a busy time of year and many of you will be requesting time off work to attend sports days etc, therefore should you wish to have a telephone consultation this can be accommodated. 

• Online Safety CHAMPIONS

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  WOW WOW WOW!!!

  Miss Croft has received an email from Northumberland County Council to congratulate our Digital Leaders on achieving their Online Safety Badge. 

   

  Not only this, the council have requested permission to share the the video the children made and submitted to the Digital leader Academy, to promote online safety, on the their next Northumberland Council online safety newsletter.

   

  This is the huge compliment and testament to the amazing work Miss Croft does with her group of Digit Leaders. Well done Everyone!

• Parental Survey Results - Nursery Stay and Play Day

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  I would like to thank all the parents who came along and spent some time in Nursery with their children. It felt great to welcome you back into school again.

   

  After the sessions I send a short survey for parents to complete in order for us to have some feedback and consider if this event was deemed useful and should be incorporated  into our calendar of events. 

   

  The results from the online survey 

  • 100% welcomed the opportunity to spend time in Nursery
  • 71% of you stated it was your first visit into nursery
  • 100% felt warmly welcomed into school by the staff 
  • 100% stated their children were excited to have parents visit them in school
  • 100% felt after the visit they had a greater understanding as to what your child's learning looks like
  • 67% would like this event to be held termly and 33% would like it to be held annually. 

   

  Your feedback tells us this event was a great success and we can now look forward to planning the next "Stay and Play" event. 

   

• New Attendance Officer Role

  Fri 17 Jun 2022

  I am delighted that Mrs Lawson is now our Burnside Attendance Officer. 

   

  You will recall I wrote to you to share our attendance expectations a short time ago. As you already know punctuality and good attendance are essential to achieving well in school.

   

  Mrs Lawson will analyse our attendance data weekly and will be telephone parents in the first instance to bring to you attention your child's current attendance percentage ( if it falls significant below the expectation the government set of 95%). She will be offering support to make improvements should that be helpful.

   

  In addition to this she will also be looking in depth into lateness as this also has a significant impact on children's learning. Once again she will be able to offer support should that be useful.

   

  Please remember that Mrs Lawson is there to support you and your child.