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Year 5 went to Betteshanger Park to take part in an orienteering challenge. This linked in really well to the children's Geography unit of work but was also a great way of linking their learning withe PE. The children had a fantastic time using their map skills and learning a new, fun way of keeping active!  

Our Barton mini cadets spent the session today cleaning up our local community by going on a litter-picking session. They started with the area around the school and found a surprising amount of litter - including a broken umbrella!

The children at Barton had a wonderful start to Term 5 with a visit from Graffiti Classics the Comedy String Quartet who performed their Playground Proms! The children learnt about the fun side of classical music and had the most amazing time singing and clapping alongside them. They had learnt a song to sing alongside them, and created their own verse about the importance of looking after Planet Earth. BBC Radio Kent recorded sections of our visit from Graffiti Classic's String Quartet for a segment on their morning radio show. The clip can be heard here at around 2hours and 26 minutes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hlrjns Thank you to our brave students and class teacher who were interviewed, as you can hear in the clip, we all had a wonderful time!  

Our Year Threes visited Dover Museum today. They took part in an Anglo Saxon workshop, explored clothing and artefacts and even got to be creative with clay! We can't wait to hear about all the things you have learnt in your assembly to parents today. The children were respectful and a great representation of our school. Well done Year 3! For more photos, please take a look at our Facebook page: Facebook  

As part of our wider curriculum, we try to encourage children to have an active lifestyle and want to promote having fun while being active and exercising. Every year group takes part in an alternative sport or fitness activity to help them discover fun ways of keeping healthy.  Year 4's activity was the Boonies assault course at Betteshanger. The children had to use teamwork to support each other to get through the course, as well as a range of flexibility, movement and muscle strength to finish some tough aspects of the course. They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves too! For more photos, please see our Facebook account : Facebook

Barton dresses Red-To-Toe for Comic Relief! We managed to raise £76.50. Thank you to all who donated.

Happy World Book Day everyone! We have had the best day exploring our favourite books. This year, in class, we have concentrated on poetry and we have had such a range of poems explored, written and performed. From slam poetry to raps and description poetry. Here are some of the activities that Barton have been completing this week..   For more photographs from our exciting week, please visit: Facebook        

Children in our upper school took part in a netball competition against White Cliffs Primary School today. Although the result wasn't in our favour, the children showed excellent teamwork. They encouraged each other well and played brilliantly. We look forwards to a rematch!

Children in Year 5 took part in Astor Secondary School's Spring Dance Show today. Together with students from Astor's Sixth Form, they choreographed a dance which they then performed on stage to parents, alongside children from other local primary schools. They all had a wonderful time and their behaviour was impeccable. Well done to all our brave dancers!