Wider-Curriculum-Gallery (ID 1043)

• Wider Opportunities Music
  Wider Opportunities Music

  We engage with the Derbyshire Music Partnership's Wider Opportunities programme. This year (2022-3), Year 4 have received whole class music tuition with the djembe drums and are seen here performing to parents.

• The Big Sing
  The Big Sing

  Year 5 & 6 pupils took part in The Big Sing - a collaborative music opportunity performed in St John's Church.

• Y4 residential
  Y4 residential

  Y4 enjoyed a residential visit to Glenbrook and engaged in a range of outdoor and adventurous activities. For many children, this was their first experience of being away from home. Independence and resilience was high on the agenda.

• Visits to places of worship
  Visits to places of worship

  We liaise closely with several faith groups, representing a range of religions. Here we see Y5 children visiting our local Methodist church to learn about places of worship.

• World Book Day
  World Book Day

  Each year we throw ourselves into World Book Day to emphasize just how much we all love reading. This year (2023), the assembly was led by the evil 'Ms Root', overseen by the kinder 'Gangsta Granny'!

• Macclesfield Forest
  Macclesfield Forest

  Year 5 really wowed the Peak District staff on their Macclesfield Forest trip. The children loved drawing plan maps, orienteering and playing among the trees! Their mapping skills are fantastic even in the cold and wet!

• Gymnastics Gold
  Gymnastics Gold

  We take part in as many sporting opportunities as we are able. Here we see our gold medal winning gymnastics squad in their High Peak competition.

• Inspirational visitors
  Inspirational visitors

  We welcome many people into school to provide different perspectives to the children. Year 5 enjoyed a visit from 'Creeping Toad' to learn about the history of Peak District animals.

• Guide dogs
  Guide dogs

  EYFS have lots of visitors, including some which are not human! They really enjoyed meeting two guide dogs and learning all about how people help one another.

• Buxton Civic Assocation
  Buxton Civic Assocation

  Year 2 spent a wonderful day exploring our local landscape with Buxton Civic Association. They had a fabulous time and learnt lots, despite the weather.

• Safety in the community
  Safety in the community

  EYFS get out and about learning about key road safety messages. They go into the local community to learn these important lessons.

• Police visitors
  Police visitors

  EYFS learn all about people who help us and are visited by the police who tell them all about their important jobs.

• Fire Service visits
  Fire Service visits

  EYFS learn all about people who help us and are visited by the fire service who tell them all about their important jobs.

• Day visits
  Day visits

  We take the children on coach visits to a range of destinations to support their learning. Here, Y5 enjoyed a day at Yorkshire Sculpture Park to inspire their art work during our 'Create' unit.

• All Stars Cricket
  All Stars Cricket

  The Year 1 children had a great time at the All Stars cricket festival in Buxton. We have some budding cricketers amongst the group and they all did the school proud!

• Wild Week
  Wild Week

  EYFS loved taking part in Buxton Wild Week in May 2023.

• STEM club
  STEM club

  Our STEM club (Science Technology Engineering Maths) are busy bees and work on a range of problems.

• Forest School
  Forest School

  We spend a lot of time in the woods. Here a group of children are being mindful in the environment of the great outdoors.

• Learning about faiths
  Learning about faiths

  We learn about a range of beliefs and faiths through our religious education lessons but we also welcome visitors from a range of faiths during our 'R.E day'. Visitors from Derby Open Centre talk to the children about a range of religions.

• Buxton Wild Week
  Buxton Wild Week

  We engaged in many activities as part of our Buxton Wild Week in May 2023. Frances Sussex launched the week on Monday with a whole school assembly and we have welcomed several other visitors to promote a love of wildlife and the outdoors. We have developed some areas of our school grounds to promote the growth of wild flowers; visited Grinlow Woods; engaged in river studies and worked in our wild area on pollinators and soil. We have had 'wild stories' on the bus at lunchtime and developed mapping skills via our local walks. Please see some of the images below. Huge thanks to all of the staff involved in leading and delivering the sessions, especially Mrs Evans, Mrs Fisher and our ECO council for their organisation. Photos will be shared on our social media feed when available.

• Mindfulness
  Mindfulness

  Sometimes we all just want to be outdoors and be mindful.

• Christmas for the community
  Christmas for the community

  In 2022 we were able to donate an impressive £131.80 each to Christmas for the Community and to Burbage church. A huge thank you to everyone that donated during the KS2 Carol concerts.

• Carol Services
  Carol Services

  KS2 welcome parents, carers and other friends to Carol Services at Burbage Church.

• The History Van
  The History Van

  The amazing History Van visits Burbage to support and enhance our Discover unit in the Autumn term.

• Sportshall Athletics
  Sportshall Athletics

  Our Sportshall Athletics squad always performs well in the Buxton competition.

• High Peak Food Bank
  High Peak Food Bank

  A HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed a donation to either the Zink and High Peak Foodbank or to ‘Christmas for the Community’ in 2022. Our school representatives dropped off all the bags and we’ve been overwhelmed by your generosity.

• PTFA Christmas Fair
  PTFA Christmas Fair

  Our annual Christmas Fair is always extremely popular. The real Father Christmas even managed to come along in 2022!

• Y6 residential
  Y6 residential

  Year 6 really look forward to their visit to the White Hall Centre. A wide range of outdoor and adventurous activities are enjoyed during the residential visit.

• World Champion visitors
  World Champion visitors

  We were excited to welcome world champion Jacob Roberts to lead an assembly.
  Jacob spoke to the children about the importance of perseverance and putting in effort to achieve the best outcomes even if something is challenging.
  We were super-impressed to see a few of his many trophies. One of them was bigger than some of the children!

• Cross Country
  Cross Country

  The annual Buxton cross country competition is usually dominated by Burbage children. Here are our squad at the High Peak finals in 2022.

• Local Artists
  Local Artists

  To support our Create unit of work, we involve local artists such as Pam Smart who worked with our Y2 pupils in June 2023.

• Diversity in June
  Diversity in June

  We do lots of work to promote diversity. In June 2023, we had a 'diversity day' and Y2 worked on similarities, differences and being 'unique'.

• Wellbeing week
  Wellbeing week

  Our wellbeing week in June 2023 was a great success. We enjoyed a range of activities and experiences, including a visit from Alex - a yoga teacher who taught us breathing techniques.

• Sports Day
  Sports Day

  Our 2023 Sports Day was a great success. The children showed wonderful team spirit and many of the hundreds of parents on site commented on their kindness and patience.