Burlington School is 100 years old.
2010 is going to be an important year in the history of Burlington infants and Burlington junior schools.
It is one hundred years since the school first opened back in 1910 and there are some special events planned to help celerbrate the occassion.
Sunday 23rd May – Priory Church Thanksgiving Service
This thanksgiving service will be lead by both the Bishop of Hull and the Right Reverend Richard Firth.
Children from both of Burlington Infants and Junior schools will be performing songs such as ‘Jesus loves the little children’ which was a song performed by the children of Burlington School when it originally opened in 1910.
This thanksgiving event is hoping to be a fantastic event for the whole School community and everyone from Bridlington and afar is welcome.
There will be party clothes and refreshments afterwards.
Monday 24th May – Centenary Day
This will be their 100th Birthday ‘Party Day’ when both the infants and junior schools will travel back in time to celebrate the day Burlington School opened back in 1910.
There are plans to recreate the opening ceremony which took place a century ago which will also include a playground party for the children and some games during the afternoon.
All Children and staff are being encouraged to dress up in olden day clothes such as pinafores and black dresses for the girls and waistcoats and flat caps for the boys.
Friday 9th July – Centenary Summer Fair
Planned to run from 3pm to 5pm, there will activities, stalls and games for everyone to enjoy including face painting, costume making, photography, a visit from Sams Safari, Tombola, cake stall, plant stall, games run by the children and performances from many of the different Burlington School groups.
Both the Burlington infants and juniors schools which are based in Bridlington will be open for pupils, parents, governors and staff from both past and present to visit as well as hopefully the new extension.
This will include displays of memorabilia including old log books, old registers, newspaper articles and photographs.