Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items

Year 2- Health Week

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 3:42pm

This week we've had health week. Today, we enjoyed a scooter workshop focusing on balance and even managed to do some scooter skills. This afternoon, we looked at the life of a famous lioness, Lauren Hemp looking at what she has achieved so far in her career and how she got there. 

Year 1 Scooter Workshop

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 12:31pm

As part of health week, we thoroughy enjoyed a scooter workshop with Elanor! Firstly, we prepared ourselves by putting on our knee pads and helmets. We listened carefully to how to ride the scooters and even learnt some new tricks! 

Year 5 - Learning about the Lionesses

Date: 24th Jun 2025 @ 10:14am

As part of Health Week, our class explored the inspiring journey of an England Lioness, learning about her achievements both on and off the pitch. We discovered how her dedication, resilience, and healthy lifestyle contributed to her success in women's football. Through this lesson, we gained a deeper understanding of the importance of physical and mental wellbeing in reaching personal goals. The session also highlighted the value of teamwork, perseverance, and having strong role models in sport, encouraging us to lead active, healthy lives ourselves.

 
 

School Council Symposium

Date: 23rd Jun 2025 @ 7:34pm

School Council Symposium
A group of our School Council representatives from Boundary Primary School joined children from Stanley Primary School at the Blackpool School Council Symposium, hosted by St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School.
It started with some fun icebreaker games, helping everyone get to know each other and work together as a team.
Our pupils proudly presented to the group, sharing:
- What they have been working on recently
- What issues are important to the children in our school
- Topics they were keen to discuss
It was a fantastic opportunity for our children to build confidence, share ideas and collaborate with peers from other local schools.
Well done, everyone! 👏✨
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Year 5 - Sports Week Kick-off

Date: 23rd Jun 2025 @ 6:45pm

The children and staff in Year 5 were excited to kick off Health Week with our first big event—inflatable football! It was a fantastic way to get everyone moving and having fun right from the start. The energy was high, and the children threw themselves into the challenge (sometimes quite literally!). For those who preferred something a bit different, archery offered a great alternative, and it was lovely to see how focused and engaged they were. Overall, it was a brilliant start to the week, and we’re looking forward to what’s next!

Acorns - Music Day

Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 3:11pm

Acorns have been using their music sessions to explore instruments but also to support the learning and progression in a variety of areas, including being part of a group, sustaining focus and concentration and engagement.


This week Acorns have been focusing on making and communicating choices verbally and non verbally, using visuals and signing. After exploring a bariety of instruments, we engaged in choosing our preferred instrument out of a choice of three. The recorder, drum or xylophone. Mrs Richardson modelled choice making and we all communicated a choice, including not wanting to play an instrument. Take a look at our learning!

Year 2- Gets taken over by Year 5

Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 3:06pm

Yesterday, year two were taken over by year five. Miss Hester-Hopwood and Mr Cooke were in our class teaching us all about homophones and number bonds. We did a matching activity to match the correct spelling to the picture before doing Maths recapping our number bonds to 20. We loved the Year 5 children teaching us!

Reception and the ducks

Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 2:08pm

Over the past few weeks Recption have enjoyed looking after and caring for our classroom ducklings; Sonny, Donal, Sophia and Mr Duck.  From the moment our duck eggs arrived the children enjoyed observing them in the incubator eagerly awaiting them hatching.  

"Look the egg is cracking" Hayleigh

"I can see his bill" Aurora.

Once the ducklings hatched the children have been busy learning about the ducks lifecycle, what they eat and how to care for them.  They learnt lots of new vocabary and practiced building different sentences using the new words.  The children also enjoys painting and collaging the ducks, writing sentences about them  and researching different facts about ducks.The children thoroughly enjoyed holding the ducklings, making sure they had enough food and water and even cleaned out the cage.  Have a look at our fantastic learning!

Year 5 - Takeover Day 2025

Date: 19th Jun 2025 @ 10:00am

Year 5 Takeover Day was an absolute blast, with the children stepping into the shoes of adults and running the show! From Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants to even taking on the big role of Head of School, they gave it their all and really rose to the challenge. It was amazing to see them leading lessons, helping younger pupils, and making real decisions—it felt like the school was in safe hands! The day was all part of our ongoing effort to raise aspirations and build those all-important Skills for Life, and judging by the confidence and enthusiasm on display, the future looks very bright indeed!
 

Year 5 - R.E. Visitor

Date: 17th Jun 2025 @ 4:30pm

We had a wonderful visit from Rachel, who came in to talk to us about the Jewish faith. She shared some really fascinating insights into Judaism, including central beliefs like the importance of family, keeping kosher, and observing the Sabbath. Rachel explained how these traditions help guide daily life and bring people closer to their faith. The class were really engaged and asked some brilliant questions – from what Hanukkah is all about to how Jewish people celebrate Passover. It was a great opportunity to learn more about a different culture and everyone came away with a deeper understanding and lots to think about!

Year 5 - Flying High with Aspirations

Date: 17th Jun 2025 @ 4:27pm

Flying High with Aspirations: Our Aviation Zoom with Primary Futures ✈️

Last week, our children had the exciting opportunity to take part in a special Zoom session, set up in partnership with the amazing team at Primary Futures. The aim? To spark curiosity, raise aspirations, and open young eyes to the wide world of work — and what better theme to start with than aviation!

We were thrilled to be joined by two real-life pilots and an aerospace engineer, who each shared their fascinating career journeys, talked about what their day-to-day roles involve, and answered some very thoughtful (and sometimes very funny!) questions from our curious students.

The children were wide-eyed as they learned about flying commercial planes, navigating through challenging weather, and even helping design and maintain aircraft. It was an inspiring session that really brought home the message: you can be anything you want to be with passion, perseverance, and a love of learning.

We’re so grateful to Primary Futures and our guest speakers for helping our children dream big. We can't wait to see where their imaginations — and ambitions — will take them next!

Year 1 Nurse Visit

Date: 16th Jun 2025 @ 6:54pm

This week, Year 1 had a very exciting visit from our local nurses, who came to talk to us about sun safety! We impressed the nurses with what we already knew and helped them tell a story about how to keep safe when the weather is warm. 

Year 1 Meet the Ducklings

Date: 16th Jun 2025 @ 6:10pm

Today, Year 1 were lucky enough to meet the ducklings that have recently hatched in Reception! As it was a nice day, we made the ducklings a little pool outside and spent some time observing them swimming, playing and asking questions to learn more about them. 

Reception- The Three Little Pigs

Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 2:29pm

This week Reception have been reading the story The Three Little Pigs. We retold the story, learnt new words and discussed why it is importatnt to work hard like the third little pig and not become lazy like the other two little pigs who quickly made their houses out of straw and sticks. Look at what else we did too!

  

Reception- Forest School

Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 2:23pm

Yesterday, Reception took part in Forest School. They had fun playing games, such as Twit and Whoo (hide and seek),helping each other  look for wildlife , including minibeasts, and creating models of nature with playdough. 

"I found a worm" Evan.

"I made a playdough fish" Freya C.

"Bees go on flowers and drink the sugar in them" Freyja.

Take a look at our photos!

Reception Special Delivery

Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 1:38pm

This week we had a very special delivery in Reception.  Some duck eggs arrived on Monday in an incubator.  The children were very excited to observe the egg and were lucky enough to watch them  hatch.  We now have four ducklings; Sonny, Sophia, Mr Duck and Donald.  The children have had the opportunity to hold the ducklings, watch them swimming in the water trays and even feed and clean our thei cage with adult support.  We look forward to learning more about them and thei lifecycle next week.

Acorns - Meet the ducklings

Date: 12th Jun 2025 @ 8:25am

We have some new arrivals in school this week. On Monday , we had a delivery of eggs and an incubater. On Tuesday Acorns went to visit the eggs and noticed some were cracked and one was moving, with a beak peeping out. We were excited to see some duckling hatching.

Omer "chicks"

We were even more excited to see one of the ducks that had already hatch and touch their soft fur. We will be visiting the ducklings regularly over the next couple of weeks and watching how they grow. 

Year 2- Innovation

Date: 10th Jun 2025 @ 3:38pm

This week our Skills for life theme is innovation. Today, in PSHE we used our creativity to design our own educational board game. We chose a topic and made dice, question cards and designed it how we wanted. We also thought about all the subjects where we have to be innovative to help us in all areas of the curriculum.

Reception- Minibeast Madness!

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.

 

Year 5 - Fashion Fanatics

Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 9:12am

This week children in Year 5 have continued their art journey into fashion design. In this lesson, pupils were inspired by three British designers and created the designs for their final piece.

Year 5 - Zoo Trip

Date: 20th May 2025 @ 3:52pm

All of the year 5 pupils had a brilliant time at the zoo. We saw lots of fantastic animals including lions, tigers and penguins. We also had a lesson from the zoo staff about 'Animal Classification', which linked to our science topic.  

Reception- Keeping Safe in the Sun.

Date: 16th May 2025 @ 1:36pm

Over the last few weeks, the weather has become quite warm and sunny- some days it has even been hot!

The children in Reception have been learning about sun safety. 

"Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from the bright sunshine" Myla- Gray.

"You need to wear a sun hat to stop your head from getting too much sun" Lilah.

"Make sure you wear sun screen. It stops you from getting sunburnt" Hazel.

"Always drink lots of water to stay hydrated" Kevin.

"Remember to stay in the shade too" Theo.

 

Take a look at  us keeping safe in the sun while we play outside.

Year 5 - Music Maestros

Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:22am

In today's lesson, Year 5 took inspiration from 'Look into The Night', a piece of K-Pop music, and composed their own pieces using the Charanga software 'YUMU'. This is an aopportunity for children to use their knowledge of notes, composition, affect and timing as well as their own creativity to compose and perform their composed pieces.

Reception- The Dot

Date: 9th May 2025 @ 11:47am

Reception have been creating artwork after reading the story The Dot by Peter H Reynolds. This is a story about developing a good growth mindset when being creative. Everyone painted a large dot and drew a face on it and then designed their own pattern on a smaller dot. We painted the dots pink and used pink and red felt tips to draw the features on a face and create our patterns.

Acorns - Funky feet

Date: 9th May 2025 @ 8:26am

As the weather has improved, Acorns have introduced Funky Feet in the afternoons. Funky Feet is a sensory regulation walking activity which engages multiple senses of the body, and supports the nervous system, emotional wellbeing and self regulation.
We enjoy following the footsteps around the playground, moving in different ways and then exploring the trim trail. We will be enjoying this activity for the next two terms while the sun is shining. 

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