Year 6: Blog items
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 3:50pm
Today we started our new music topic. We began by revisiting the elements of music, including tempo, dymnamics, texture, pulse etc. Then we listened to the song 'Disco Fever' and discussed it together. We broke down the song into how it was arranged (structure) and which instruments were used to create the song. At the end of sesison we began to sing the song - we will continue with learning it next week.
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 6:13pm
We begin our PE unit by playing team building and communication games. The children had to work as a team to protect the person who was wearing the bib. After several attempts, they learned how to communiate effectively and move around the hall as a group. We then began to learn two passes used in netball - the chest pass and the bounce pass. After practising each one, the children were challenged will some passing and moving games.
KS2 - Blackpool Schools Football Tournament
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 2:08pm
This morning our KS2 boys football team took part in the Blackpool Schools Football Tournament, which they qualified for before Christmas. The rescheduled event saw all schools from Blackpool take part in a couple of fixtures to determine who would go on to represent Blackpool at the finals on Friday.
As always, our Boundary boys put on a great show of character, determination and although they didn't qualify for the final, they came away smiling after a spirited performance.
Well done to all KS2 boys involved in today's event, you've done your school proud!
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 8:17am
Today we began our French unit - les Vikings. This involved listening to a song and translating the lyrics from French to English. We then worked through slides that introduced the Vikings and key information in French, which we translated again into English. We are now able to translate much larger sections of French because of the work we did during Autumn term.
Year 6 Introduction to Vikings
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 8:08am
Today we began our new History unit - The Vikings. We began with a flashback of all the history we have covered during our time here at Boundary. We discussed together where we thought each key event/period of time went on the timeline and researched dates so that we could accurately order them.
Then we had a quick recap on Anglo-Saxons, which we covered in Year 5. We talked about why we learn about Anglo-Saxons and Vikings together. We then looked at who the Vikings were, where they came from and why they came to Britain.
Year 6 meet and greet with BFC players
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 12:34pm
Today Year 6 were lucky enough to have a meet and greet with 2 1st team Blackpool FC players: Shayne Lavery and Sonny Carey. During their visit, Year 6 pupils asked them a range of questions, such as 'Who is the toughest team you've faced?', 'How did you feel when you first stepped out at Bloomfield Road as a Blackpool player?' and 'What job would you have had if you hadn't have been a footballer?'
We'd like to thank the players for taking the time to visit our children and answer their questions.
Reading into Writing so far this half-term...
Date: 8th Dec 2022 @ 12:14pm
Year 6 Poetry Workshop with Nathan Parker
Date: 6th Dec 2022 @ 4:56pm
Today Year 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from local author/poet - Nathan Parker. He spent the first part of the visit talking about his works and his inspirations for writing. The children then took part in several short activities that got them to think about emotions and rhyming words. By the end of the session, the children created a whole class poem around pets - we all had a great time with Nathan and we hope to work with him again.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 8:14pm
In today's Reading into Writing lesson, we used discussion, debate and drama to understand the emotions, thoughts and feelings experienced by two characters in the book -Tell Me No Lies. After talking about the characters and listening to each others discussions, we developed a list of vocabulary that we could use in the diaries that we are going to be writing over the next few days.
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 8:47am
On Monday morning we travelled to Blackpool Sports Centre to take part in this year's Sportshall Athletics competition. The competition saw students compete in various field and track events, such as Standing Long Jump and the 4x1 Relay.
Unfortunately we fell short of qualifying for the North schools section but, as always, our pupils represented the school with great pride and attitude, with the team scoring highly in plenty of their events.
Year 6 - Using Music Notepad to Compose
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 7:11pm
We had a great music lesson today. We listened and appraised 'Fanfare for the Common Man' using the vocabulary on our new Music Listening Mats to describe the piece. We then went on to begin composing using the song 'Do What You Want To' as inspiration. We used the Music Notepad on Charanga to drag notes onto the stave. We listened to each other's compositions and provided feedback. We are looking forward to improving our compositions in the next lesson.
Year 6 Geography - Where do people live in the UK?
Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 6:40pm
Our geography lesson this week asked the key question: Where do people live in the UK? We began the lesson by recapping on what we had already learned about the UK, including countries and capital cities. We then went on to learn about where people live, focusing on the key differences between cities, towns, villages and hamlets. We used online maps to locate towns and villages on the Fylde coast, towns and cities in Lancashire and major cities in the UK.
Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 9:03pm
Today Year 6 were visited by 2 local magistrates. They gave the children information about the role of a magistrate and how they make their decisions when it comes to choosing the punishments given to those who have broken the law. We then acted out a mock trial where a child had been found guilty of cyber bullying through sending mean and threatening messages to another girl. We all enjoyed taking on our roles and acting them out.
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 3:39pm
This morning our KS2 boys football team travelled to Stanley Park to take part in the Utilita Cup, organised by Blackpool FC Community Trust. The tournament saw our boys placed into a group facing various schools from across the Fylde Coast.
The team battled well, representing Boundary well and putting their all into their performances. Falling short in the group stages meant we missed out on the semi-finals but the boys showed real determination, some fantastic skills and positive play against tough opponents.
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:26am
Today we had our second dance session based on the Haka. We recapped on the what we learned last week, which was the first 22 seconds of the dance. We then split the class and performed it at each other, making sure we used our faces to intimidate our 'opponents'. Once we had perfected the first section of the dance, we then improvised the next 22 seconds of the dance. We had to move as a group towards the other group and then perform our own actions that we thought would be inkeeping with the haka. Look at how firece we look!!
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:16am
Today we had a visit from Debby Savage, a local PSCO, who delivered a 2-hour talk to Year 6 about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We had the chance to look at imitation drugs to know what they look like so that we know to avoid them as we get older - we were shocked to learn that some drugs can be disguised as sweets! She also told us the dangers of smoking and vaping. We learned that cigarettes are made up of lots of different parts - many of which can be very dangerous, such as amonia, glycerin, candle wax. Thank you Debby for such an informative talk.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 7:17pm
Today we watched a video about gender stereptypes from Primary Futures. The video began by explaining that we were going to be introduced to 4 people whose jobs were:
- Tree surgeon
- Engineer
- Forest school leader
- Nurse
Before we actually saw the people, we had a good discussion as a class about what gender we thought the person who did each job would be. We realised that some of us went straight to a specific gender due to our prejudices about the roles of men and women in society. We then agreed that we can't make assumptions on people based slely on their gender.
Year 6 Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 5:38pm
As part of antibullying week, Year 6 have been focusing on stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. We explored the meaning of each word before going on to find out how they can affect people. As part of the lesson, we completed two activities. In the first one, we looked at real news articles and discussed what prejudice had been shown and whom it was directed towards. The second activiity was based in the TV show 'The Apprentice'. We had to select an engineer for a project and 'fire' people based on information provided. We discussed prejudice and discrimination based on name, age, skin colour, disability, gender and sexuality.
Year 6 Playing 'Do What You Want To'
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 5:57pm
In this week's music lesson we moved on to playing the glockenspeils. After a quick recap of musical notation, we completed an understanding music warm up, which involved listening to and then copying back riffs. We then went on to learn how to play 'Do What You Want To', which is a song we have previously listened to, appraised and learned how to sing. The piece of music was quite fast so we slowed down the tempo to allow us to accurately play the first part of the song.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 3:49pm
In DT today we have looked at 4 different types of stitching: running stitch, back stitch, over stitch and blanket stitch. The children practised each one to make sure their technique was good in order to use in their own piece in a few weeks times. We were very impressed with the skills the children demonstrated today.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 3:39pm
Today we began our dance journey in PE and this half term we are going to be focussing on the Haka. Today we watched the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team perform the Haka before a match and talked about their facial expressions and how they made themselves appear intimidating. We will be learning the basic parts of the Haka and adding our own bits to it as the weeks go on.
Year 6 Remembrance Day preparation
Date: 8th Nov 2022 @ 9:03pm
In Preparation for Remembrance Day on Friday, we have spent time this week making our poppies for our Remembrance Garden. We have also completed our piece of art work that links with the art we do in Yer 6. We have created large scale poppies and used a range of pictures to build up light and dark areas on the poppy.
Date: 8th Nov 2022 @ 4:08pm
Well done to the girls who played their first match against Devonshire this yesterday. They didn't win but they worked hard and showed great resilience 
Year 5/6 Girls' Football: Boundary vs Devonshire
Date: 7th Nov 2022 @ 7:29pm
Today, girls from Year 5 and 6 participated in their first ever football match. They did so well and kept going - they never gave up and showed so much determination and resilience. We're looking forward to more matches over the coming months and watching the girls become more confident. Go team Boundary!!
Year 6 Adjectival Agreement in French
Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 1:01pm
In the final session of our grammar unit we focused on adjectival agreement. In French, adjectives are spelt differently depending on whether the noun is masculine, feminine or plural. We finished the lesson by using our dictionary skills to find the gender of nouns before describing them using their colour.
