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  • ✨🪄 Magical Times in EYFS! 🪄✨ What a magical week in Nursery and Reception! 🌈 From fabulous costumes for our dress-up day to enjoying sparklers in preparation for the firework excitement at Burnt Oak this evening! 🎆✨ Thanks to our amazing families, our cake sale raised a whopping £315.96!🧁🎉 All money raised will go towards enhancing our EYFS outdoor resources, bringing even more magic to our learning! 🌿💖 A HUGE thank you to everyone who supported us! 🥰 #safehappylearning

    6 Nov 2026

  • 🌟 26 of our Year 5 children have had their writing selected for publication by Young Writers! Their work will feature in A World of Wonder – Journey of Worlds, published in January 2027. A huge well done to everyone involved. We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see your work in print! 📚🎉

    6 Nov 2026

  • 🎶 You can’t touch this! 🎶 Oh, but we did! 🐍🦎🐭 Year 5 and Year 6 visited LIFT School in Bexleyheath this week and got up close and personal with some creepy crawlies! Snakes, lizards, rodents… you name it! 😱 Some very brave children indeed! Braver than me that’s for sure! 😂💛🤎

    16 Oct 2026

  • 🇺🇸 Did you know October is Principals Appreciation Month in America? No, neither did we… until now! 😂 3T, Miss Carr and Miss Mills decided to bring the tradition to Sidcup, surprising Miss Snow by covering her office in lovely, positive Post-it notes! Cake was involved too. 💛🤎 Miss Snow’s reaction? Waaaaaaaa! 😭❤️ Happy tears, of course! The real photo wasn’t quite Instagram-worthy, so here’s a rather generous AI version instead! 😂

    15 Oct 2026

  • 🍜 One more experience ticked off the Pioneer Passport, and one we won’t forget! Nourish came into school today to deliver a fantastic stir-fry masterclass for our Year 3 children, helping them tick off ‘Cook a healthy meal’. 👩‍🍳🥦 The best review? Some children couldn’t even wait until they got home to tuck in and were spotted eating their creations as they left school! 😂 A huge thank you to Nourish for such a fun and tasty experience! ❤️

    14 Oct 2026

  • ❤️ Our annual Grandparents’ Day at Burnt Oak and Chatsworth! ❤️ We loved welcoming our grandparents into school to celebrate the children’s learning, share special moments and make precious memories together. Thank you for being part of such a special day! 🥰

    10 Oct 2026

  • 5B are this week’s attendance champions! 99.4%! They were so excited they had their extra play immediately! Can they do 2 weeks in a row? Stay tuned… 🏆

    9 Oct 2026

  • 🔥 The Great Fire of London – Live from the National Archives! 🔥 Our Year 2 classes had a fantastic time taking part in a live webinar with The National Archives, bringing their learning about the Great Fire of London to life! 🏛️📜🔥 The children enjoyed exploring fascinating historical evidence, discovering more about the events of 1666 and seeing how real archive materials can help us understand the past. Perfect timing ahead of our exciting visit to The Monument tomorrow! We can’t wait to continue our learning right in the heart of where this incredible piece of history unfolded. 🔥🏛️ #GreatFireOfLondon #TheNationalArchives #TheMonument #LondonHistory YoungHistorians HistoryComesAlive :::

    5 Oct 2026

  • 🏆 THREE WEEKS IN A ROW! 🏆 There’s just no stopping 3B! 🤩 For the third week running, they’ve taken the top spot and lifted our much-coveted Attendance Cup! 🏆💛🤎 What a streak! 👏👏👏 Can anyone knock 3B off the top spot next week? 👀

    4 Oct 2026

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  • “Pupils are happy and proud to attend this welcoming, aspirational school"
    Ofsted - June 2024
  • "What stands out about Burnt Oak is how kind and respectful the children are. There's a real sense of community, and everyone is made to feel part of it."
    Year 4 parent
  • “The school’s curriculum to support pupils’ wider development is exemplary.”
    Ofsted - June 2024
  • "I love all the trips and special days we have. We get to do things we've never tried before, and it's really exciting!"
    Year 5 pupil

    • Attendance - October

    • Year 6

      96%

    • Year 5

      95.5%

    • Year 4

      95.9%

    • Year 3

      97.8%
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    Burnt Oak Lane Sidcup Kent, DA15 9DA

    020 8300 5854

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