Year 5 had a brilliant DT day exploring how circuits work and what it takes to bring a product to market! We kicked off by investigating simple circuits, learning how to power a bulb and create a working switch. Then we shifted gears to think like real designers—researching existing torches and carrying out some market research to understand what makes a product successful. Armed with our findings and new circuit knowledge, we got hands-on and designed our very own torches, each one complete with a bulb and a functional switch. A great mix of creativity, problem-solving, and real-world thinking.
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 10:08am
Reception were very excited when the home corner changed into an ice- cream shop!
Someone made the ice-creams, someone was on the till, the customers chose what they wanted by completing a form with the different flavours and styles of ice- cream and you could design your own ice-cream and ice lolly too. They took turns, helped each other and chatted about their favourite ice- lolly and ice-cream.
Then, when we returned from a day at the beach, Mrs McAllister opened up her own ice-cream shop outside, where children could enjoy a real ice-cream as a treat!
"I love strawberry ice-cream!" Myla- Gray.
"I'm making my own rainbow ice-lolly" Hazel.
"The ice-cream is so refreshing" Harley.
Date: 8th Jul 2025 @ 5:56pm
Alongside the rest of the school, Year 1 have spent lots of time over the past few weeks perfecting two poems for our Boundary choral speaking competition. Today, we perfomed 'Crabby' and 'Rumble in the Jungle' for the rest of our school. We impressed the judges with our beaming smiles, clear pronunciation and Makaton signs!
Date: 8th Jul 2025 @ 11:58am
As part of Hertitage Week the children in Reception enjoyed a fantastiv trip to St Anne Beach. As part of our trip we learnt about the seaside and the different features of a coastal town. We also enjoyed hunting for shells and pebbles, building sandcastles with our freinds and even had a picnic on the sand. When we returned to school we all enjoyed an icecream. To further develop our learning we identified a range of different vocabularly and talked about why people might visit Blackpool.
"I think people come to go to the Beach" Aurora
"I think that they visit so they can go on the big rollercoasters" Kevin
"There are lots of fun things in Blackpool but I like the football club" RJ
We then watched a promotional video followed by drawing our favourite tourist attractions. We even wrote about why it was our favourite.
Following on from this we compared how seaside holidays and visits had changed over time using our key words 'past' and present' We looked at a range of photographs and discuss why we thought they were in the past or the present. the children then worked together to sort them.
Eco at Boundary- We have been collecting bottle tops!
Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 11:13am
This term we have been collecting bottle tops to create a huge turtle which will be displayed in our Houndshill Shopping Centre in Blackpool town centre.
This is part of the Houndshill Sutainability Project where Blackpool schools have been invited to donate bottle tops and for their participation in the project they will have a plaque displayed in the shopping centre.
Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 10:47am
It was Sports Day this week and, although it was a little chilly to start off, we had a fantastic time and showed lots of great teamwork and resilience.
"I love throwing a welly!" Hazel.
"The Egg and spoon race was tricky but I kept going until the end" Harry.
"I did twenty two jumps (on the speed bounce)" Lucas.
"I jumped really far up to number 4!" Riley.
"The cup stacking was fun- they kept falling down so it was tricky!" Antoni.
"I loved running fast in the running race" Harley.
"I threw the beanbag into the hoop!" Chloe.
Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 10:32am
This week the children in Reception enjoyed a trip to the beach as part of 'Heritage Week'. The children had a fabulous time finding out about the different features of a coastal town as well as exploring the beach. We built sandcastles, collected different shells and pebbles and even enjoyed a picnic. When we returned to school, we cooled down in our outdoor area and everyone enjoyed an ice cream. What a fabulous day!
Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 4:41pm
For our heritage work, year 1 explored the question 'how has Blackpool Tower Circus changed?' We shared what we already knew about the circus, before looking at different sources to explore what the circus was like in the past, comparing this to the present day. We completed a past and present sort and created a timeline using a range of circus posters which gave us further information about the circus. We ended our day with creating our own circus posters for the modern circus.
Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 4:27pm
Our year 1 children were very excited to take part in sports day today! We completed lots of different activities including welly throwing, egg and spoon races, cup stacking, long jump and speed bounce. We all enjoyed taking part and collecting points for our house teams!
Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 3:09pm
Today, we enjoyed our annual sports day. We competed in lots of different games and activities that tested our agility, speed and stamina. Thank you to the year 6's for running the event and helping everyone succeed. We look forward to hearing which house won the most points!
Eco at Boundary- Gardening Club
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 12:22pm
Gardening Club have been busy, busy, busy this term. Mrs McAllister and her team of gardeners have been working hard planting seeds, growing them, watering them and tidying the garden beds ready for the summer holidays. Everyone has worked together this year to improve our school grounds so they attract pollinators, insects and wild life as well as looking beautiful too.
"There hasn't been much rain this week so I have given the peas extra water to help them grow" Isaac.
"These are weeds that I have removed -look at the roots on them- they would be taking all the water from the potatoes" Lewis.
"These were grown from seeds, now I'm planting them out into larger pots to help them grow even bigger" Miya.
Year 4 - Maple - Heritage Day - Trip to Showtown
Date: 30th Jun 2025 @ 11:59am
Wow! What a great morning at Showtown museum in Blackpool. We were first greeted by Snappy a 1950s photographer who showed us lots of pictures she took back then. Then we split off into four groups to explore the museum and learn more about Blackpool Tower and its construction. Back in school we did a double page spread on everything we learned about how Blackpool became a popular seaside resort.
Date: 30th Jun 2025 @ 9:02am
Despite the cloudy weather, morning rain, and several team absences, the group performed exceptionally well in last week's netball tournament. The children demonstrated great resilience and teamwork in every game, along with admirable sportsmanship as they shook hands with the opposing teams.
Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 12:23pm
Year 1 have enjoyed completing lots of health week activities! We came to school in our sports wear, designed new football shirts and medals, created semantics sentences and played balloon race games!
Reception- Sports Week Gymnastics
Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 12:14pm
This week Reception have enjoyed taking part in Sports Week.
They had an exciting time doing gymnastics with Mr Rartcliffe where they were able to climb, jump, balance, swing and roll using the large equipment in the hall.
They followed the rules, showed resilience, respect and teamwork as they negotiated their way around the hall using the different types of equipment.
They learnt about why they need to keep themselves fit physicaly, socially and mentally.
"I can climb and jump because I eat lots of fruit to keep me healthy" Dina
"I am hot because I am exercising and the blood is pumping around my body... drinking water will cool me down and hydrate me" Harry
"We have to take turns to jump or we might hurt ourselves" Riley
Reception Making a healthy snack
Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 11:57am
This week in Reception we have been learning about how to keep our bodies and minds healthy. As part of our learning we have been identifying a range of different foods which who be a good healthy snack. We talked about the importance of making healthy choices and why they are important. All of the children designed and made their own healthy snack. We tasted the differetn fruits and talked about which ones where ourfavourites and why.
"I like strawberries, they are nece and juicey" Freyja
"Kiwi is my favourite" Kevin
The children then safety used the equipment to chop amd slice the friut and then put it on their kebab stick. Together we all enjo0yed eating ourfruit kebabs.
Acorns - Health and Wellbeing week
Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 10:56am
Boundary has been celebrating Health and Wellbeing week. We have being exploring how to keep our bodies healthy through diet and exercise. Acorns have enjoyed making fruit kebabs, vegetable tasting and moving our bodies in different ways.
To support our learning and understanding we have been reading Supertato and engaging in a variety of activities around the book, developing our fine motor skills with potato peg hammering and pea mashing (our favourite) and reducing the vegetables, mark making and counting vegetables. We have had lots of fun, take a look.
We can't wait for our stay and play sports session next 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.
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.
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! 
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!
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!
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!
