Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 9th Sep 2024 @ 5:06pm
The children could not wait to go outside and explore the outdoor area.
First, they needed to learn how to put on their outdoor clothes. They took off their shoes, put on their over trousers, coat and finally their wellies. Once ready, they could go outside and begin their learning.
They played in the mud kitchen, explored in the water trays, and built sand castles in the sand pit. They chatted, laughed, took turns and helped each other as they continued to get to know each other during their first week in school.
Date: 5th Sep 2024 @ 7:40am
Yesterday, we explored different types of puppets so we can take inspiration from them when we make our own puppets. We thought about what materials were used and how the parts were joined together to gain a better understanding of how they work and how these things make it appropriate for their user.
Date: 4th Sep 2024 @ 5:13pm
Acorns have enjoyed their first few days settling into their new learning environment and meeting new peers and staff.
We have been busy exploring lots of different areas and resources as well as beginning to establish our daily routines.
Acorns - Visit to Farmer Parrs
Date: 16th Jul 2024 @ 1:11pm
This term Acorns have been exploring growth on the farm. We have been learning about different animals and the habitats on the farm.
Acorns have enjoyed their trip out to experience the farm first hand. Acorns enjoyed seeing the variety of animals on the farm, watching them eating and seeing where they lived.
We found the animals a little noisy but loved the opportunity to copy them too!
We even saw some alpacas and deer. What a great day!
Date: 15th Jul 2024 @ 4:52pm
Last week, we had an amazing time visiting the farm animals!
Date: 13th Jul 2024 @ 2:31pm
This week the mobile farm came to visit Boundary Primary School.
The Reception children had a great time looking, learning about and petting the farm animals - they could even use a brush to brush the animals fur.
"I saw a baby cow - it is callled a calf" Esme
"I brushed the horses fur- it liked me doing it" Luca.
"The sheep were big and had white fur which is wool" Mathew
"I stroked the rabbit. It was so soft and cute" Kierah
"The pig was big and black. He was a bit stinky too" Ocean- Blue
"The ducks kept going in the goats cage" Nevaeh
"The chickens tried to escape over the fence. The farmer got them back" Elektra
"The guinea pigs kept running around the cage" Niko
Date: 13th Jul 2024 @ 2:06pm
Thoughout the year, Gardening Club have been busy developing our school grounds.
They have collected and planted seeds from the flowers, planted bulbs for the Spring, planted vegetables and fruit and cleared weeds. They have met every week, for most of the school year, and have not stopped.
"Not as much grows in Winter as it is too cold" Connor
"We take the seeds off the Sunflower in Autumn so we can plant them in Spring to grow in the Summer" Neel
"We need to weed so we can plant the seeds" Charlotte.
"The plants need the sunshine as it is warm and then the strawberries will grow. We will water them if it doesn't rain" Lauren
"We picked the strawberries and ate them at the end of the club- they were so juicy and sweet" Gracie
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 1:46pm
Today we completed some Geography fieldwork at Stanley Park! Despite the weather being wet and rainy, we enjoyed exploring how Stanley Park has changed throughout the seasons and looking at the deciduous and evergreen tree and different types of plants.
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 2:23pm
We had a great time visiting the animals this afternoon!
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 12:52pm
Today we were lucky enough to go up to the Key Stage 2 playground and visit Fishers Farm! We enjoyed seeing and learning about all the different animals and talking to the people who look after them. We asked lots of questions to help our understanding and we were very calm and gentle with the animals.
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 10:48am
Today we were lucky enough to go up to the Key Stage 2 playground and visit Fishers Farm! We enjoyed seeing and learning about all the different animals and talking to the people who look after them. We asked lots of questions to help our understanding and we were very calm and gentle with the animals.
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 3:54pm
Poetry by Heart
Well done to Year 6 who took part in a national poetry competition highlighting poetry and oracy in Primary Schools. They have been Highly Commended by the Poetry by Heart judges who said:
"We were impressed by the unity of voices and actions and that you all memorised this long poem..."
Boundary is proud of you all!
Reception- Heritage Week Blackpool
Date: 8th Jul 2024 @ 12:22pm
Thiw week Reception have had fun learning about where we live in Blackpool.
We learnt about what Blackpool was like in the past and what it is like now. We looked at some artefacts, such as a stick of Blackpool rock, a souvenir mug, a bucket and spade, a sun hat and different types of swimming costumes from now and from the past. We also discussed our favourite places we like to visit in Blackpool.
"Old swimming costumes are very long!" Isla.
"You wear a little hat to go swimming in the past." Esme.
"Old photos from the past are black and white- new ones are colour." Ellie- May
" I like to visit the ballroom in Blackpool Tower ...you can go dancing there." Lucy
" We have a beach and I take a bucket and a spade, sun hat, swimming costume and a picninc with me when I go ." Esmai.
"I go on the trams" Luca.
"My favourite is Blackpool Tower it is like the Eiffel Tower." Mathew.
"There is a roller coaster at the Pleasure Beach- I go on the blue one with my Mummy." George.
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 4:23pm
This week Acorns have been exploring the seaside.
We have had lots of fun sensory experiences including splat the sandcastle, underwater tuff trays and our sensory story, 'What the ladybird heard at the seaside'.
We also read Billy's Bucket and enjoyed choosing what we would put in our own buckets. We even created our own seaside scene.
Year 4- Congratulations Albie!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 5:24pm
Earlier this year, Albie was entered into a creative writing competition called 'Once Upon A Dream- A Collection of Fantastic Words!' He wrote a poem which was about the dangers that our planet faces and how we can save it. This week, we recieved the fantastic news that Albie has been selected for his work to be published in a book! We are so proud of you Albie and we look forward to buying some copies of the book for our library!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 2:54pm
Today we enjoyed going back out into the Forest School area to learn about animals and habitats. We talked about how habitats provide things that animals need and the size of their habitat. We all enjoyed exploring the forest school area and seeing how it had changed since the last time we had Forest School in Autumn.
Acorns - A visit from the Naughty Bus
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 2:27pm
Acorns have been celebrating Geography day with a visit from the Naughty Bus.
We enjoyed reading the story about the naughty bus and its journey.
Acorns then went on their own journey to explore our school community. Soon the naughty bus was popping up everywhere!! We found he had been to reception class, he had visited Mrs Bunday's office, Year 1, Elmer, the reading tree and Miss Moyes office. We had great fun exploring the school and finally found the bus un the sensory room where we enjoyed spending some time.
We can't wait for the naughty bus to come and visit again to see what our next journey could be!!!
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 11:37am
Together Time
Today we enjoyed exploring materials and tools to connect them together in a playful way. We began by recapping on different ways we can manipulate and change the shape of paper, before becoming explorers and inventors to create a range of sculptures using prompt cards. Our prompt cards asked us to make ‘something which has a seed and grows a root and a shoot,’ ‘a family of something’ and ‘something small enough to fit in your palm.’ We enjoyed sharing our learning with our adults, being creative, using our imagination and creating something unique and individual to us!
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 5:19pm
Today we explored the key question, ‘how has the Blackpool Tower Circus changed?' We began by learning about the circus in the past, the year it opened, what acts performed there and how it looked. We looked at both photo evidence and posters, discussing what clues we could see that gave us information about the past. We learnt about how the circus has changed over time and sorted a range of pictures into past and present. We then created a timeline of the promotional posters used. Finally we created our own posters for the present circus!
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 4:09pm
Today, Year Two had a heritage day where we explored a location in our town. We studied Blackpool Pleasure Beach, starting by looking at where it is and looking at some of the different things that are there before we put them in chronological order thinking about which parts are the oldest and which are from the present day. We put these in order on a timeline. Then, we compared photos of the Pleasure Beach from the past and present, including the flying machine which has been there from the opening day in 1894. Finally, we looked at the managing director Amanda Thompson and the influence she has had over the Pleasure Beach in recent years since she took the role in 2004. We have loved looking and learning about the Pleasure Beach in more detail.
Acorns - Supertato and Health week
Date: 30th Jun 2024 @ 5:40pm
Acorns have been celebrating Health & Well-Being week this week through a variety of activities. Firstly, our very successful interactive sports session which we all loved. Our sensory story was Supertato. We loved listening to the story and exploring the Superveggies!! We had a selection of vegetables to touch, smell and taste before matching them to the correct cards. We also made fruit kebabs and loved tasting a variety of fruit and strengthening our fine motor skills, threading the fruit onto skewers. We counted potatoes and vegetables during maths and even made our own Supertato art work. We finished the week off wearing bright and sporty outfits and developing some turn taking skills during our activities.
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 8:05pm
Today we all enjoyed dressing in bright and sporty clothes to celebrate 'Elmer Day' and raise money for charity!
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 4:48pm
Nursery enjoyed exploring oranges and lemons this week. They squeezed and squeezed until all the juice came out and then made some delicious fruit cocktails. They had to learn to take turns with the squeezers and did really well waiting their turn.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 7:14pm
Today we enjoyed a rugby workshop with Josh from Wigan Warriors! Through a range of different activities, we learnt to hold the ball, pass it correctly, run with it and how to score a try! We all had a great afternoon and loved learning new skills!
