Science: Blog items
Nursery and the Bean Experiment
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 3:04pm
Continuing our topic on growth,Nursery carried out a bean experiment. We placed a damp piece of cotton in a plastic bag and placed a bean inside. We sealed the plastic bag and taped it to the window so the heat from the sun would help it germinate. Now we've just got to wait and see what happens!
Nursery Become Flower Detectives
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 2:51pm
Nursery have been learning all about groiwth and change through planting seeds and life cycles, This week they explored flowers and have identified the leaves, stem and petals. The children were provided with tweezers, scissors and magnifying glasses so they could explore the intricate parts of the flower.
Date: 13th May 2025 @ 10:46am
Wow! Our caterpillars have changed into chrysalis. We were so excited to see our caterpillars have started their change into butterflies.
Coby "chrysalis"
Keiha Lilly "butterflies" - Yes they are going to turn into butterflies.
We can't wait to see what happens next!
Nursery Plant a Sunflower Seed
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 2:49pm
As part of our topic on growing, Nursery have been reading the story "Sam Plants a Sunflower" by Kate Petty. We have been talking about the lifecycle of a sunflower. The children planted their own sunflower seeds and have been learning how to take care of them. The children are excited to watch their seeds start to grow.
Reception Imaginative Play Outside
Date: 7th May 2025 @ 4:33pm
Outside the children have been working together in the mud kitchen to create their own narratives through imaginative and real life play. The children worked together the chop and prepare a healthy meal for their family. The developed their oracy skills by discussing together why different foods are healthy or unhealthy.
"I've made Japan soup- it full of vegatables" Kevin
"Brocolli is healthy" Levi
"I've made soup" Renesmae
"Too much sugar is bad for your teeth" Freyja
"I have icecream but thats my special treat" Harry
Nursery and the Beautiful Garden
Date: 5th May 2025 @ 4:20pm
The Nursery garden was beginning to look a bit sorry for itself and it was time to give it a make-over! After a lot of preparation,digging out beds, removing weeds and moving countless wheel barrows of garden rubble, it was time to plant some beautiful plants, flowers, grasses and herbs.The children played a big part in creating the garden and helped to dig out the old soil and plant the new flowers. The garden now looks beautful and we are excited to help look after it and watch the plants grow, Extra special thanks goes to Mrs McAllister. Without her expert knowldge and hard work, this wouldn't have been possible. Also a big thanks to Mr Galloway and Mr Harding who had the hard task of digging up the beds! And finally, thank you to the all the nursery staff and children for all their help.
Nursery and the Life Cycle of the Butterfly
Date: 5th May 2025 @ 3:57pm
Nursery have been reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and learning about the Life Cycle of a Butterfly. The children have been finding out about all the different stages and have been leanring some new vocabulary including metamorphsis! We were also very excited to get a special delivery of our very own caterpillars! They have already grown so much and we can't wait to watch them turn in to butterflies.
Acorns - The Hungry Caterpillar
Date: 2nd May 2025 @ 8:02am
Acorns have enjoyed listening to the Hungry Caterpillar this week and engaging in a variety of multisensory activities to develop their understanding and engagement.
We have loved looking at our very own caterpillars and watching them grow bigger and bigger and learning about the butterfly life cycle.
Date: 30th Apr 2025 @ 8:50pm
This week we have been reading the fairytale story 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. The children recieved a mysterious letter from Jack. He set the children a challenge to find out what a bean needs to grow tall and strong. Using our discussion guidelines the children discussed what what they though the beans would needs and why they though this. the children demonstrated superb listening skills and took turns speaking. The children then went outside to plant their own magic bean and will spent the next few weeks caring for them.
Date: 25th Apr 2025 @ 11:24am
This week Acorns enjoyed a visit from some tadpoles to class. We loved looking at them swimming around in their watery habitat. We have been exploring the life cycle of frogs through songs, learning activities and multi sensory experiences and stories..
Date: 10th Apr 2025 @ 6:17pm
Today Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed a very sunny day at Blackpool Zoo! We saw lots of animals including elephants, monkeys, lions, wallabies, giraffes, sealions and penguins! We enjoyed observing the animals in their habitats and looking at/reading the signs to find out where the animals originate from and their diet. It was a very busy day at the zoo and we were all very well behaved and represented our school brilliantly.
Date: 10th Apr 2025 @ 2:16pm
To celebrate Easter, the nursey children made some delicious Easter Nests. We melted the choclate and talked about how when chocolate gets hot it melts and goes runny. We then mixed cornflakes in to the the choclolate and spooned the mixture in to cake case before finally adding a sweet on top. We then talked about how when the chocolate cooled down, it would go hard again and the cakes would be ready to eat!
Acorns - Walking through the Jungle
Date: 4th Apr 2025 @ 4:18pm
Acorns have loved exploring animals and their habitats this week. We have enjoyed multi sensory activities along with our story, Walking Through the Jungle, to support our learning, understanding and engagement.
We enjoyed exploring that people live in homes and different animals live in different places including jungles, oceans, mountains and deserts, but we all lived together on Earth.
Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 9:16am
In our dance lesson today, we explored how light plays a huge role in creating reflections and shadows. Have you ever noticed how shadows change shape when we move? It’s almost like they’re dancing with us! We started by pretending to be a warm, beams of light, as we travelled in straight lines around the hall. Then, we switched gears and partnered up do be eachothers' shadow where we had to copy the movements. Remember, light can transform everything around us, and dancing helps us understand these amazing science concepts. Let's keep experimenting with our movements!
Reception Learn about the Lifecycle of a Frog.
Date: 31st Mar 2025 @ 9:22pm
During our spring walk the children noticed some frogspawn in our school pond. We took a small amount of frogspawn back to the classroom to observe what was happening. The children enjoyed using the magnifying glasses to look closely at the frogspawn and used a range of new vocabulary to desrcibe what they could see. During our oracy session we introduced some new vocabularly and practiced projecting our voices when saying the words. We looked at some different images and watch some short video clips and discusses as a class what we could see and what we thought was happening in the pictures. The children practised using the a range of different sentence starters and expanding their sentences using because. The children used our signals for agree, build and challenge to beging to have a discussion with their peers.
"I think the frog is laying its eggs" Lily-Mae
"I agree with Lilly-Mae. IT's calle frogspawn" Lilah
"Next the tadpoles nibble a hole and swim in the pond" Freyja
"They get front and back legs" Rosie
"It's called a froglet because it has a long tail" Dennis.
The children then worked indentedently to correctly order the pictures in the lifecycle and label the pictures with the correct vocabulary. Some of the children even chose to paint a picture of the frog in the pond. Come and have a look at our learning.
Date: 27th Mar 2025 @ 3:06pm
This week we have been reading the story "Poo in the Zoo". The chidlren came to school to discover a big lump of elephant poo in the tuff tray! "Ewww! What's that?" they said. We discussed what it looked like and how it might of got there. We remembered that Miss Walsh had been to the zoo on Tuesday and maybe she had trodden in it or an elephant did a poo in her bag! The children explored the poo (wearing safety googles of course) and pulled bits out using tweezers. They found bits of food and a few stones! It was a great discussion point and encouraged lots of conversation.
(Disclaimer - it wasn't real elephant poo!)
Date: 27th Mar 2025 @ 2:57pm
This week Mrs Welch was treated to a delicious Shepherd's Pie made in the mud kitchen. One child led the play and started off cutting the carrots to go in the pie. He then added mud and sand and another child said "I will go and get you some water". They came back with a jug of water which they added to the pie. This was then mixed together. The children showed the pie to Mrs Welch but she was firmly told "Don't eat it yet! It's hot!". When it had cooled down, the pie was given to Mrs Welch to enjoy. She ate every last bit and said it was the best Shepherd's Pie she had ever tasted.
Date: 27th Mar 2025 @ 9:17am
This week in science, we looked at pitch. We learned that it is how high or low a sound is. Pitch is determined by the frequency of the sound waves. Higher frequency sound waves produce a higher pitch, while lower frequency waves produce a lower pitch.
We compared two straws—one short and one long. We noticed a difference in pitch when we blew through them.
The short straw produces a higher-pitched sound because the air vibrates faster inside it, creating sound waves with a higher frequency.
The long straw produces a lower-pitched sound because the air vibrates more slowly, creating sound waves with a lower frequency.
We also looked at what happens when a bolt is placed into a balloon. The children predicted what would happen and why. When a bolt is placed inside a balloon and the balloon is shaken or spun quickly, the bolt moves around and creates a vibrating sound. When the bolt moves faster, the vibrations happen more frequently, producing a higher pitch.
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 5:05pm
In our exciting science topic about light, we’ve been discovering all about shadows! Can you believe that different objects can cast different shadows? We’ve talked about opaque objects, like a solid book, which block light completely. Then, there are transparent things, like windows, that let light pass right through without any shadow at all! And don’t forget translucent objects, like rulers, which create softer shadows. It’s amazing how our world works! So, next time you see a shadow, think about what kind of object is making it. We looked at our shadows outside and discussed that shadows will be longer during the morning and evening as the light source (the sun) is closer to the object.
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 4:08pm
This week the children have enjoyed exploring the season of spring. As part of our learning we went on a sping walk around the school grounds to spot the different signs of spring. The children working in pair to tick off what they saw. We spotted pink blossom growing on the trees, daffodils growing by the pond, buds on the trees and frogspawn in the pond. We were even lucky enough to see a see life frog.
"The blossom grows on the trees" Dennis
"I can see a bird in the nest" Kevin
"The frog lays frogspawn in the pond" Freyja
Reception Animals and their habitats
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 9:43pm
As part of our learning about animals, today we had a visit from the fabulous Teach Rex. We had a special assembly where we were lucky enough to meet Thomas the Gorilla. We listened carefully to a story about Thomas and his family and participated in some different games to find out more about where he lives and the different foods he eats. When we when back to the classroom we further explored different animal habitats. We sorted different animals to the correct habitat and discuss why lived in this environment. We also had the opportunity to meet Rodger the Sloth and Derek the Cherokee. We has a fabulous time learning about the diffeerent animals.
"Sloths live in the rainforest" Dennis
"The gorilla had black fur" Aurora
"Thomas lives int he rainforest" Kamiyah
"Lions and elephants live in the savanna. It's hot there" Kevin
"Camels live in the desert. They have water in their humps" Freyja
Year 3 - Science and Geography Day!
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 8:57pm
What an exciting day we've had today at Boundary - when Science and Geography come together...
We started off the day by looking at what extinct and endangered meant and then explored a range of animals that are now on the endangered list.
Then utter excitement erupted within our children as TeachRex came into school and we got to meet Thomas, the gorilla. We were told a story about Thomas and how his life has been effected by the hands of humans - poaching! Back in the classroon, we looked at the reasons why they were endangered and looked at the conservation efforts that are being done to save them. We then made a fact file about these animals, including their habitat, threats, conservation status and located where these animals live on a world map. Finally, the afternoon was spent creating videos on a greenscreen, where the children got bananas thrown at them by some very cheeky gorillas.
Nursery Meet a Gorilla called Thomas
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 8:04pm
Nursery joined in with Science and Geography day. Teachrex came to school a brought a very freindly gorilla called Thomas. The children learnt all about Thomas and where he lives and even got to have a little cuddle They also met a baby sloth! We had a wonderful day and really enjoyed learnig about all the animals.
Year 4 - Science and Geography Day
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 5:04pm
In the morning, we completed a map starter. We had to spot places and routes on a map. Then we had a very special visit from Thomas, the Gorilla, and some of his rainforest friends. We started the day meeting Thomas and learning all about his habitat in the rainforest. We were shocked to hear about the impact human behaviour has on our world and Thomas’ home.
After, we looked at climate change - how it is caused and the implications it has for humans and animals.
In the afternoon, we made videos using a green screen! They had bananas thrown at then by some very cheeky gorilllas and some were even chased by elephants!
Year 2- Science and Geography Day!
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 4:10pm
When Science and Geography come together…
Wow, what an amazing day we have had at Boundary today as we had a very special visit from Thomas, the Gorilla, and some of his rainforest friends. We started the day meeting Thomas and learning all about his habitat in the rainforest. We were shocked to hear about the impact human behaviour has on our world and Thomas’ home.
The morning was filled with utter excitement as we got the opportunity to meet an adorable baby Sloth and Cherokee and we learnt about how they adapt to their environments and the problems that they overcome.
We then focused on the rainforest, looking at the animals that live there and the plants that grow. We worked in teams to research different aspects of the rainforest and then used our oracy skills to present to the class, teaching them about our focus area.
