Eco at Boundary: Blog items
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 11:36am
This week the children have been enjoying hunting for minibeasts in our outdoor area. They used magnifying glasses and viewing jars to inspect them. looking at their colour, number of legs, if they have antennae and naming them too.
"I think i have found a wood louse" Perisa.
"This minibeast has antennae" Kevin.
"I've found a butterfly on the bush" Dina
"Look at the snail...it's on my finger...it's small" Levi.
Date: 21st May 2025 @ 7:51pm
In DT, we have looked at making a balanced meal, using all of the food groups such as, proteins, carbohydrates, fibre, dairy and oils and spread. We learned why we need each of these to keep our bodies healthy and to keep everything working s it should. We then created some wraps and pittas containing as many as the food groups we could. As soon as we made them, the children couldn’t wait to tuck into them and write up their evaluation.
Planting Our Wild Flower Garden
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 10:02am
We have recycled some our our donated tires into planters and created two wild flower gardens. These are to help the bees, butterflies and other creatures have homes and to provide food for them over the summer season. We cant wait to see them grow and we will keep you updated.
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 9:43am
This week we have been exploring the life cycle of a bean and reading Jasper's Beanstalk. We've enjoyed using lots of props during story telling, especially getting wet with the water spray!
We planted our own beans and are excited to water them daily, watching and waiting for the shoots to appear.
We've also been very creative this week, finishing our caterpillars ready to plant them with cress and using potatoes to print leaves onto our beanstalks.
Nursery Become Flower Detectives
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 2:51pm
Nursery have been learning all about groiwth and change through planting seeds and life cycles, This week they explored flowers and have identified the leaves, stem and petals. The children were provided with tweezers, scissors and magnifying glasses so they could explore the intricate parts of the flower.
Nursery Plant a Sunflower Seed
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 2:49pm
As part of our topic on growing, Nursery have been reading the story "Sam Plants a Sunflower" by Kate Petty. We have been talking about the lifecycle of a sunflower. The children planted their own sunflower seeds and have been learning how to take care of them. The children are excited to watch their seeds start to grow.
Reception Imaginative Play Outside
Date: 7th May 2025 @ 4:33pm
Outside the children have been working together in the mud kitchen to create their own narratives through imaginative and real life play. The children worked together the chop and prepare a healthy meal for their family. The developed their oracy skills by discussing together why different foods are healthy or unhealthy.
"I've made Japan soup- it full of vegatables" Kevin
"Brocolli is healthy" Levi
"I've made soup" Renesmae
"Too much sugar is bad for your teeth" Freyja
"I have icecream but thats my special treat" Harry
Nursery and the Beautiful Garden
Date: 5th May 2025 @ 4:20pm
The Nursery garden was beginning to look a bit sorry for itself and it was time to give it a make-over! After a lot of preparation,digging out beds, removing weeds and moving countless wheel barrows of garden rubble, it was time to plant some beautiful plants, flowers, grasses and herbs.The children played a big part in creating the garden and helped to dig out the old soil and plant the new flowers. The garden now looks beautful and we are excited to help look after it and watch the plants grow, Extra special thanks goes to Mrs McAllister. Without her expert knowldge and hard work, this wouldn't have been possible. Also a big thanks to Mr Galloway and Mr Harding who had the hard task of digging up the beds! And finally, thank you to the all the nursery staff and children for all their help.
Date: 1st May 2025 @ 9:20am
Throughout the half term, we are going to design and create our own healthy fruit smoothie. Today, we tried a variety of fruit smoothies that already exist as well as trying a variety of different fruits to find out which ones we liked or disliked. This will help us when designing our own smoothie as we have evaluated their taste, texture and appearance and thought about how this might change when blended. We are looking forward to creating our smoothies in the next few weeks!
Date: 24th Apr 2025 @ 12:56pm
What a fabulous day we had at Forest School today! Our Year 3 pupils were buzzing with excitement as they discovered some amazing things in nature. Did you know that you can actually eat every part of a dandelion? From the leaves in salads to the flowers in tea, these cheerful yellow flowers are more than just a weed!
The children began their adventure by exploring the forest school area. They got really creative and built dens using sticks and leaves—what a brilliant team effort! Over at the mud kitchen, they set up a quirky little café, selling ice cream and whipping up delicious pizza. Yum!
The pupils also took care of our plants, watering flowers and fruit bushes, helping them grow big and strong. They even added extra water to our pond, so it would flow into the second pond. Along the way, we spotted tiny tadpoles swimming about and even a couple of cheeky small frogs!
Finally, the children got their hands dirty digging in the ditch. Guess what they found? Shapes that looked just like dinosaur footprints! How exciting is that? We can't wait for our next forest adventure!
Date: 23rd Apr 2025 @ 4:57pm
This week we have held our school uniform swap! Parents, carers and children all enjoyed swapping their old uniform for new- reusing and recycling.
Reception Learn about the Lifecycle of a Frog.
Date: 31st Mar 2025 @ 9:22pm
During our spring walk the children noticed some frogspawn in our school pond. We took a small amount of frogspawn back to the classroom to observe what was happening. The children enjoyed using the magnifying glasses to look closely at the frogspawn and used a range of new vocabulary to desrcibe what they could see. During our oracy session we introduced some new vocabularly and practiced projecting our voices when saying the words. We looked at some different images and watch some short video clips and discusses as a class what we could see and what we thought was happening in the pictures. The children practised using the a range of different sentence starters and expanding their sentences using because. The children used our signals for agree, build and challenge to beging to have a discussion with their peers.
"I think the frog is laying its eggs" Lily-Mae
"I agree with Lilly-Mae. IT's calle frogspawn" Lilah
"Next the tadpoles nibble a hole and swim in the pond" Freyja
"They get front and back legs" Rosie
"It's called a froglet because it has a long tail" Dennis.
The children then worked indentedently to correctly order the pictures in the lifecycle and label the pictures with the correct vocabulary. Some of the children even chose to paint a picture of the frog in the pond. Come and have a look at our learning.
Date: 28th Mar 2025 @ 12:03pm
This week children in year 5 have returned to the forest area. As they work towards their Forest School certificate, pupils used char-cloth to make a fire and made staues from clay. Pupils also helped to re-develop the pond area and found some tadpoles swimming around.
Date: 25th Mar 2025 @ 3:32pm
Today we enjoyed our final Forest school session of the year. We explored the areas, built some dens, looked at the frog spawn and continued emptying the pond. Finally, we used the firefighters to create some sparks so we could toast marshmallows and make smores.
When Science and Geography come together..
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 3:56pm
When Science and Geography come together…
Isn’t it fascinating how science and geography intertwine? They help us explore habitats teeming with life, from vibrant rainforests to stark deserts. Yet, they also shed light on pressing issues like deforestation and climate change, which threaten endangered animals. By studying these subjects together, we can understand our planet better and protect its precious ecosystems!
Wow, what an amazing day we have had at Boundary today as we had a very special visit from Thomas, the Gorilla, and some of his rainforest friends. We started the day meeting Thomas and learning all about his habitat in the rainforest. We were shocked to hear about the impact human behaviour has on our world and Thomas’ home.
The morning was filled with utter excitement as EYFS and KS1 got the opportunity to meet an adorable baby Sloth and Cherokee and we learnt about how they adapt to their environments and the problems that they overcome.
What an incredible afternoon KS2 had as they made their very our videos using a green screen! They had bananas thrown at then by some very cheeky gorilllas and some were even chased by elephants!
Throughout the day, the whole school also completed work focusing on the rainforest, animals and their habitats, and the effects that some animals are under through our planet changing and through the awful actions of some humans.
Year 6 - Science and Geography Day
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 12:53pm
For Science and Geography day we have been looking at what deforestation is and the implications of it on our planet. We have looked at why deforestation happens and the devastating effects it has on our rainforests. We created posters to highlight the issue and to raise awareness of what can be done to help our world.
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 7:48pm
The whole school has been involved in cleaning up the litter around school this week. Reception have a weekly litter pick in their outdoor area to ensure it stays clean and tidy but decided they wanted to help clean the front of school too. They set out Thursday afternoon with their litter pickers and had a great time removing all the litter that had been dropped or blown into our school.
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 7:38pm
Reception have been embracing Waste Week and learning to recognise different types of materials that can be recycled.
They had to look at the waste being recycled and decide if it was plastic or paper or cardboard. They then talked about how these items can be recycled and made into new items, such as paper being recycled into paper towels.
Date: 12th Mar 2025 @ 8:35am
Having completed construction of their bug hotels, pupils in year 5 have place them around the school grounds to provide shelter for insects and other wildlife. They have been made from eco-friendly materials that will decompose naturally over time.
Eco at Boundary- World Book Day Book Swap!
Date: 10th Mar 2025 @ 12:17pm
On World Book Day the whole school took part in a giant 'Book Swap' in order to recycle books.
Lots of children had books in good condition that they had read so they swapped them for another book they had not read before.
" I bought in Winnie the Witch- I have read it loads of times... I have chosen Minecraft! I can't wait to read it at home- it's my favourite!" Harry in Reception.
Date: 10th Mar 2025 @ 12:09pm
This week sees the launch of Waste Week but what is waste? Waste is something that someone doesn’t’ need or want anymore.
Here at Boundary we are trying reduce the amount of food left on our plate at lunchtime. Every year, we waste approximately the equivalent in weight to that of an elephant!
Also, the Eco warriors will be ensuring that everyone in school recycles all the paper, card and cardboard by placing it in the brown recycling bags and not the bins where it will be sent to landfill!
Don’t forget we also recycle school uniform and batteries.
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 7:33am
Yesterday, we enjoyed our second Forest school session. We began by looking around the area for blackthorn trees so we knew where to be careful before we used the equipment to build some dens. Some of us helped clear out the pond area and helped to dig some of it out to try and make it deeper so the frogs will have a better habitat.
Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 8:10am
Yesterday, we had our first forest school session of the Spring term. Whilst in the forest school area, we went searching for worms in the area as well as other bugs that were out there and discussed how the conditions were right for their survival.
Year 5 - Mastering Practical DT Skills
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 5:13pm
Today, pupils in year 5 have begun construction of their DT products. They are making eco-friendly 'bug hotels' which are constructed from a frame structure. In this lesson, pupils practised the skills of measuring, sawing and sanding to make the pieces of their frame structures from wood. Next we will start to contruct the frame, before adding sides and some shelter for the insects. Come back for more updates over the next week.
School Council- OPAL Primary Play ideas.
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 2:28pm
The School Council had an important meeting with Mrs Webster regarding new sustainable play ideas for KS1 and KS2 to improve the quality of play at playtime.
They looked at lots of ideas for messy play, physical play, construction play, ball play etc and gave their ideas of what the children would like to use on the playground during playtimes.
This will help support and develop children's physical,social and emotional wellbeing as well as their mental health. They were all very excited about the prospect of a range of new and recycled equipment to use during their playtime.
"I'd love to role play, dress up and dance- it would be fun!" Izzy.
"I'd like to build with Lego" Elliott.
"Maybe we could have bikes some days or scooters..." Lewis.
"I like playing with small world figures" Jack.
