This week, our Year 5 children watched a video from the One Goal website all about what it means to be a Well-being Champion. The video helped them understand the important role these champions play in supporting others and promoting positive mental health across the school. The children really enjoyed learning about how they can help make our school a happier, kinder place, and they’re now getting ready to apply for the role themselves. We can’t wait to see who steps up to take on this exciting responsibility!
PSHE & RSE: Blog items
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 2:34pm
Children in Rowan have been collecting items for our class Autumnal Table all half-term! On Friday we used the leaves and conkers to create unique pieces of art! We had great fun and will be taking our pieces home when (if!) they dry!
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 8:58am
Acorns have enjoyed meeting our school nurse Miss Brooks. She visited us as part of our topic, people who help us. We enjoyed a wonderful multisensory learning experience about help and helping others.
We explored our core word help, through visual, signing and verbalisation. We loved helping our teddys and making them feel better. We even explored helping each other.
Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 12:11pm
This week, our Year 3 children have been learning about Ruby Bridges as part of Black History Month. They were inspired by Ruby’s bravery as the first African American child to attend an all-white school in New Orleans in 1960. Through stories, videos, and discussions, the children explored themes of courage, fairness, and standing up for what is right. To deepen their understanding, they wrote diary entries from Ruby’s point of view, imagining her thoughts and feelings during that historic time. Their writing showed great empathy and reflection, reminding us all that one brave person can help change the world.
Date: 15th Oct 2025 @ 7:10pm
This half term, we have been learning about Christianity and God. We explored the 7 sacraments and discovered how these can be different in various Christian denominations. We also talked about the importance of words, symbols, and actions in Christian rituals and ceremonies.
To finish the unit, we thought about how we have changed over our lives and how we will continue to grow and develop, both emotionally and physically. We linked this to how people grow in their faith and how they can be guided through life by their beliefs.
Year 5 - Why is it sometimes difficult to do the right thing?
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 7:54am
Today we discussed the Lord’s prayer and what each line might mean to Christians. Some groups re-wrote their verse to fit in with modern-day vocabulary and some groups changed or defined specific words to make it easier to understand.
As a class, we then looked through each line and thought about how the prayer acts as a reminder to Christians about how great their God is and is evidence of their hope in that he will one day return to Earth and rule it as He does in heaven.
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 11:25am
For our democracy week we discussed what democracy meant and how it works in our country. We then discussed how democracy worked in school, with our School Council. The children wrote and presented manifestos as to why they would be a good school council member and what they would like to see improve. We voted for our class School Council member at our school polling station. Congratulations to Sid and Levi.
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 9:01am
In this lesson, pupils explored how to act with empathy and show respect in situations involving discrimination, teasing and bullying. Through role-play and guided discussion, they examined a range of realistic scenarios and considered the impact of words and actions on others.
The Year group worked collaboratively to identify respectful responses, such as standing up for someone being treated unfairly, offering support, and seeking adult help when necessary. This approach encouraged pupils to develop their understanding of kindness, fairness and inclusion, while giving them practical strategies for responding appropriately and respectfully in challenging social situations.
Year 3 - School Council Elections
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 2:50pm
Today, our school witnessed an inspiring democratic exercise as children voted for their class school counsellor. Each candidate confidently read out their manifesto, sharing ideas to support classmates and improve the school environment. After hearing the speeches, students headed to the hall to cast their votes in the ballot box, embracing the importance of participation and responsibility. This event not only encouraged leadership skills but also taught the value of making informed choices. It’s wonderful to see young minds actively engaged in shaping their school community!
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:07am
Earlier this week, children who wanted to run for School Council presented their manifestos to their class. They presented with clear and confident voices. Today, was voting day! We will find out who has been elected this afternoon. Good luck to all the candidates!
Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 12:53pm
Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!
Year 6 - The Slave Trade and Harriet Tubman
Date: 23rd Sep 2025 @ 12:31pm
As part of our work for Black History Month, we learned about the Atlantic slave trade and the life story of Harriet Tubman. Over the next couple of weeks we will be writing an autoboigraphy based on Harriet Tubman.
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 9:14am
This week we have been further developing our ability to regulate our emotions, develop our resilience when dealing with problems and challenges. We worked collaboratiovely to create towers as tall as possible.
Year 4 - Boundary Roman Museum
Date: 16th Sep 2025 @ 4:12pm
Today, children in year 4 had the experience of exploring Roman artefacts, that were loaned to the school from The Lancashire Museum. The artefacts included armour and weapons, clothing and kitchen equipment such as jugs and lamps. Pupils had time to investigate the items and discussed what they were, what they made of and who may have used them.
Building on previous learning about Boudicca, we also used AI to create a realistic image of the Celtic leader who fought against the Romans. This allowed us to share the amazing power of generative AI with the pupils and also to discuss the uses and possible dangers of this new technology.
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 7:20pm
What a fantastic week we've had in PHSE! We've been diving into the importance of showing respect, which ties in beautifully with our Skills for Life focus. The children had some lively discussions about how respect can be expressed and why it's essential in our everyday lives. To add a fun twist, they learned to say "please," "thank you," and "you're welcome" in Makaton. Their creativity shone through in the amazing posters they've created. Keep up the brilliant work, Year 3, and continue striving to be the best you can be!
Date: 11th Sep 2025 @ 4:12pm
In Year Two, we have started looking at one of our Skills For Life ‘Respect’. We focused on what respect was and how to show it. We then looked at how manners and compliments link to respect, and thought about how to give compliments. We then filled a cup of compliments, thinking about which different attributes we could compliment people on.
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 2:04pm
The Nursey children are becoming familar with all of our routnines. They are starting to get themselves ready to go outside by putting their shoes in their trays and putting on waterproofs. At snack time, they are washing their hands, choosing a snack and putting the rubbish in the bin. They are all doing a fantastic job!
Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 1:37pm
Nursery have throughly enjoyed using our mud kitchen. The children have been learning to share the resources and work together to make some delicious muddy meals. As they were cooking, the children counted how many children there are so they could make enough meals. They used scissors to cut leaves to add to the food and had some good chats about what they needed to do. "You need to put it in the oven now". "It's ready. Quick get a plate".
Year 6 - Goals and Aspirations
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 7:02pm
In today’s lesson, we discussed our goals. We completed our leaves for Boundary’s tree of goals and then talked about how we could achieve these. We completed a ‘goal’ mountain where we looked at the goal, challenges that may stop us from achieving the goal and who can help us. We finished by discussing the importance of having high aspirations.
Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 1:17pm
Today our new Reception children have stayed for dinner for the first time. They lined up smartly in the classroom and walked down the corridor to the dinner hall. We were very impressed with how they politely asked for their dinner remembering to say please and thankyou. The children were able to choose three items from the salad bar. The children sat at the tables brilliantly and enjoyed their dinner whilst chatting to their new friends. What a super start!
Date: 5th Sep 2025 @ 4:06pm
This week we have been focusing on the children learning the classroom rules and routines. We have been busy learning how to sit on the carpet properly, sharing the classroom resources and putting them away correctly and practicing putting on our waterproofs independently ready to go outside. Have a look at some of our pictures!
Date: 17th Jul 2025 @ 6:33pm
Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the farm on our Key Stage 2 playground. We talked about what animals we know live on a farm and what we hoped to see before our visit. We also talked about the importance of handwashing and being hygenic around the animals. During our visit we had lots of opportunities to ask questions, stroke the animals, brush them and learn more about them.
Date: 17th Jul 2025 @ 12:41pm
Here’s a selection of photos from our children’s recent PGL residential. They had a fantastic time learning new skills, making memories, and working together as a team.
A big thank you to our dedicated staff for supporting the children and making the trip so special!
Year 2- Looking after the environment
Date: 16th Jul 2025 @ 3:02pm
Today, we explored the key question how does rubbish affect our environment? We read the story a rubbish day at the beach, thinking about the problems we saw in the story and how we could improve the problem. We then made a pledge to do one thing to help the environment including: giving things to charity, recycling more or picking up litter.
