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!
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 11th Nov 2025 @ 11:15am
Today, Tuesday 11th November, each pupil from Boundary Primary School made and planted their poppy in the school Remembrance Garden. On each poppy they had written the name of a soldier who had died in the First World War. Afterwards, the school took part in a service where the pupils remembered these soldiers and others who had sacrificed their lives in past and present conflicts. The service was led by Year 6 and Reverend Peter. The pupils also had further opportunities to reflect as they took part in a whole school art week based around the theme of poppies, using different techniques, such as collage, print and sketching.
Date: 11th Nov 2025 @ 8:58am
Today we planned our poppies in our remembrance garden to honour all the soldiers that have died in wars over the years. We will remember them.
Reception- Holly Class Trip To The Woods
Date: 10th Nov 2025 @ 4:58pm
Today we visited Salisbury Woods to learn about Autumn.
Here, we had a great time collecting different types of leaves and looking at the different colours they were, red, orange, yellow and brown. We also found pine cones and conkers and saw a squirrel running through the trees collecting food for the Winter.
"My leaf is red" Tilly- Mae
"My leaf is brown and shaped like a love heart" Dolcie- Rae
"The leaves fall off the trees in Autumn because they have died" Rohan
"The weather is getting colder in Autumn" Bonnie
Reception Willow Class visit the woods
Date: 10th Nov 2025 @ 4:56pm
Today the children in Willoiw class had a fantastic time visiting Salisbury Woods to look for signs of autumn. The children enjoyed collecting a range of different autumnal objects including autumn leaves, conkers and pine cones. As we walked around the woods we discussed the changes we see during the season of autumn.
"The leaves are changing colour- red and yellow" Lockie
:The leaves fall off the trees" Theo
"It gets dark quick at night" Grayson
"Animals hibernate" Ava
The children enjoyed playing some different traditioonal games including hide and seek and pooh sticks. They were even lucky enough to spot some grey squirrels.
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 3:53pm
Children in Year 6 have been looking at Remembrance and have learnt more about why the Poppy is a symbol of remembrance. We sketched poppies and coloured them in with pencil crayons. The children have also been busy making poppies that have the name of a soldier that they will keep in their thoughts when they plant them during our whole school act of remembrance on Tuesday 11th November.
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 10:22am
This week in Reception we have been talking about different traditions and celebrations. We focused on Halloween and Bonfire Night- discussing how did people celebrate with their friends and families. The children enjoyed discussingtheir family traditions explaining which celebration their prefered and why.
"I like bonfire night because you eat toffee aples" Noah
"I prefer halloween because I like going treat or trating and having parties" Lockie
"Halloween is fin because you dress you" Shiloh
The children emersed themselves in the different celebrations by taking part in a range of activities including carving pumpkins, making potions, collaging halloween theme pictures and even making their own bonfire night picture. Have a look at all the wonderful things we have been doing this week.
Reception- Blackpool Football Club
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 10:19am
Over the next half term, each week, Reception will be having a PE lesson with Blackpool Football Club. They will learn the fundamental skills of listening, moving in different ways, throwing and catching a ball. controlling a ball with their feet, taking turns and showing respect. We also learned the importance of warming up before exercising.
Take a look at how we moved around the hall as different animals, changing our speed and listening to the instructions.
"You have to warm up so your muscles don't get hurt" Zane
"I was a giraffe standing on my tip toes" Zara
"You have to stop when it is red!" Faith B
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 9:18am
Children in Year 5 have been looking at Remembrance and have learnt more about why the Poppy is a symbol of remembrance. They have then sketched poppies in a variety of styles and using a range of different techniques. Their final piece will be sketched onto battle field maps, flight plans or plane diagrams from World War 1 and 2. The children have also been busy making poppies that have the name of a soldier that they will keep in their thoughts when they plant them during our whole school act of remembrance on Tuesday 11th November.
Date: 6th Nov 2025 @ 7:57pm
Today, Year 5 had an amazing visit from The Global Music Academy! Saied and Emma came in to teach us all about global music, focusing on sounds and instruments from Palestine and the Congo. The children learned how to sing together in unison and even explored harmonies, which sounded incredible! They also talked about how music helps people express themselves and share stories about their lives and cultures. Later, the class performed as a whole ensemble using a mix of percussion and traditional instruments from both regions, it was full of energy and rhythm! To wrap up the day, all of Key Stage 2 joined in to celebrate Year 5’s learning. Emma got everyone in the hall singing beautifully together, while Saied wowed everyone with his amazing Oud playing. It was such a special experience!
Date: 6th Nov 2025 @ 5:43pm
This week, along with the rest of our school, Year 1 have taken part in a number of different activities to learn about Remembrance and why we wear poppies. We have created poppies using pastels, planted poppies as part of our Remembrance day service and written labels/sentences to share our understanding of Remembrance. We have all shown lots of respect when learning about this very important time.
Acorns - Road safety experience
Date: 6th Nov 2025 @ 10:53am
As part of our topic, people who help us, we have had a visit from Zoe, our school crossing patrol officer. The children enjoyed meeting her in class and looking at looking at her lollipop stick, gloves and woolly hat.
We sang a song about crossing the road safely and looked at lots of visuals to support our experience and understanding.
We went into the car park and found the zebra crossing, listened to an adult as we said "Stop, look and listen". We looked left and right for cars before crossing the zebra crossing safely. We then saw Zoe and when she was in the middle of the road, it was safe to cross.
Well done, Acorns
Reception- Black History Month
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 3:11pm
This week Reception have been reading the book Whoever You Are as part of Black History Month.
We talked about how children may not look the same, speak the same language and their lives might be quite different. However, inside they are just the same- everyone is different and everyone is special.
"I like learning with my friends" Zara
"We let everyone join in our game" Reggie
"We hug our friends when they are sad" Eliza
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 @ 11:51am
This week we had our first meeting. Everyone was very excited to be voted in as a School Councilor and are looking forward to an exciting year.
We will meet twice each half term to discuss issues, work on projects in school and give opinions on school decisions.
We will also need to write the minutes for each meeting (the official record of what was discussed and actioned at the meeting) and this is usually carried out by Y5 or Y6.
Finally we visited the display board so we know where it is located in school.
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 11:12am
Thank you for your amazing support! A huge thank you to everyone who has collected bottle tops for our sustainability project with Houndshill Shopping Centre!
Your efforts have helped create a stunning giant sea turtle sculpture, which is now proudly displayed at Houndshill Shopping Centre. 
This fantastic project shows what we can achieve when our school community works together to make a positive difference for our environment. Well done to all our pupils, families and staff who got involved! 
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 @ 8:38pm
This week the children have been reading the story 'Oliver's Wood'. The story is all about an owl called Oliver who stays up one night until the sun rises and discovers what is like to be awake during the day. The children have been exploring the differences between nocturnal animals and diurnal animlas. The children have been sorting the animals into groups and finding out how the animals have adapted to being awake during the night. As part of our learning the children were lucky enough to meet four different animals and a little hedgehog called 'Lucky'
"Nocturnal animals use their senses at night" Ibrahim
"Hedgehogs sniff out their food" Reggie
"Owl have talons to catch mice" Rohan
"Bats hang upside down to sleep" Joseph
Date: 12th Oct 2025 @ 8:21pm
This week the children were lucky enough to have a visit from SMJ Falconry, who brough 4 owls including JD, Midge, Tike and Bugs. The children learnt lots of different facts about the owls including what they eat, their different appearances and how and when they hunt. The children enjoyed observing a flying demonstration and were even lucky enough to hold an owl. What a fabulous experience!
Reception- Sensory Experience: Making Bread like Little Red Hen
Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 6:18pm
This week some of the children in Reception have been exploring making bread.
They used all their senses to explore the ingredients and had fun feeling the flour, mixing in the water and mark making - we got very messy!
We were also learning to work alongside each other and focus our attention and concentrate during an activity.
Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 6:00pm
This week Reception have been learning about Harvest.
They donated food to Vincent House and then attended a whole school assembly led by Year 6.
We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live.
Thank you to everyone for their support.
School Council- Symposium Meeting
Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 3:49pm
Year 5 and 6 School Councilors met with other School Council representatives at Boundary Primary School. They had an interactive look at the evolution of democracy and how we came to have the voting system we have today. Then, they went on to identify the issues that matter to their peers and plan what we’re going to do about them.
A very successful afternoon.
Year 3 - When Year 3 met Jen Carney an author and illustrator
Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 9:17am
Year 3 had an exciting and inspiring visit from author and illustrator Jen Carney, thanks to the National Literacy Trust. Jen is the brilliant mind behind The Day My School Got Famous and The Accidental Diary of B.U.G., and we were lucky enough to hear her read extracts from both books. Her stories were full of humour, creativity, and relatable characters — we were hooked!
As part of her visit, Jen also led us in a fun and imaginative drawing activity. We each chose a letter of the alphabet and had to think of the most obscure thing that began with it. Then we got creative and drew our own unique pictures based on that word. It was amazing to see how original and quirky our drawings turned out — just like Jen’s own illustrations!
We’re also very grateful to the National Literacy Trust, who gifted our year group 40 copies of Jen’s books! We’ve been enjoying them during our daily ‘Buzzing about Books’ time and can’t wait to read more.
A huge thank you to Jen Carney for inspiring us with her words, her artwork, and her enthusiasm for books!
