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Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 9:03pm
Today Year 6 were visited by 2 local magistrates. They gave the children information about the role of a magistrate and how they make their decisions when it comes to choosing the punishments given to those who have broken the law. We then acted out a mock trial where a child had been found guilty of cyber bullying through sending mean and threatening messages to another girl. We all enjoyed taking on our roles and acting them out.
Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 12:03pm
This week we have started a new Reading into Writing journey. For this journey we are learning about playscripts. We have started our journey by reading some good examples. The first example we read was a playscript about Boudicca. We found the features of a playscript then had a go at acting the scene out.
Reception There's No Such Thing As The Gruffalo
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 7:44pm
Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo' by Julia Donaldson this week. To help develop our language and oracy the children have been using the puppets at the storytelling table to retell the story in their own words. The children used some fabulous words to describe the Gruffalo including 'scary' 'terrifying' 'enormous' 'fierce'. The children have also been enjoying role playing in our Gruffalo Cafe making some delicious food for the woodland creatures. To consolidate the children's learning they have been making lists of the Gruffalo's favourite food, labelling the characters from the story, painting pictures of the Gruffalo, making different length snakes and making models of the Gruffalo using recycled material.
Have a look at some of our wonderful work.
Reception Exploring Differences
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 7:18pm
During Anti-Bullying Week Reception have been busy exploring similarities and differencesand discussing what make everyone unique. We talked about how lots of people have similarities and differences but it is always important to be kind, respect one anothers differences and celebrate what makes them unique.
"I'm different because I have glasses" Lana-Rose
"Some people have different colour hair and skin" Kristian
"People wear different clothes. Everyone likes different things" Kazimir.
""We all go to the same school" Phoebe
"I'm small and some people are bigger than me" Emelia
We talked about how it is okay to be different and how we should always treat people equally and kindly regardless of their differences.
Then we created our own funny jigsaw faces uses different features off each other faces.
"I like Noor-Fatima's hair because she always has nice bows in" Olivia
"Alfie wears cool glasses" Albie
"Ishaanvir has black hair. That's my favourite colour: Nikodem.
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 3:40pm
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 3:39pm
This morning our KS2 boys football team travelled to Stanley Park to take part in the Utilita Cup, organised by Blackpool FC Community Trust. The tournament saw our boys placed into a group facing various schools from across the Fylde Coast.
The team battled well, representing Boundary well and putting their all into their performances. Falling short in the group stages meant we missed out on the semi-finals but the boys showed real determination, some fantastic skills and positive play against tough opponents.
Date: 20th Nov 2022 @ 9:40pm
On Friday, the children in Reception joined the whole school in raising money for Children In Need. They came to school in something spotty to support the national charity that helps improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
They took home their own designed Pudsey Bear and danced the Macarena in a whole school assembly.
Date: 20th Nov 2022 @ 8:08pm
As our journey into Anglo-Saxon Britain continued, we found out how the Anglo-Saxon kings were converted to Christianity by St. Augustine, who was sent to England by Pope Gregory I in 596AD. After learning the facts, pupils were challenged to use their history skills to uncover sources of evidence and decide 'how we know' what we know about the Anglo-Saxons.
Date: 20th Nov 2022 @ 6:52pm
During Anti-Bullying week, Year 1 explored different types of bullying. We read the story 'Carrot Club,' which reminded us not to judge others by their appearance and to think positively about healthy eating! We discussed what we thought bullying is and learnt the thorough definition. We then learnt about different types of bullying, including physical, verbal, cyber and indirect.
'Indirect bullying could be leaving people out of games'
'Cyber bullying is when people use messages to upset someone'
We discussed lots of examples together and then moved on to talking about what we could do in certain situations.
'You can tell your trusted adult'
'You can be kind to the person being bullied and help them not to feel alone'
Year 2 Using Concrete Resources
Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 4:28pm
This week in Year Two, we have furthered our addition knowledge by learning to add two, two-digit numbers building on our knowledge of adding a one-digit number to a two-digit number. To help us, we have used concrete resources to exchange ten ones for one ten to make it easier to count and add our tens and ones. The concrete resources have really helped us learn the skill before applying it to pictoral and abstract questions. Next week, we will build on our subtraction knowledge to subtract two, two-digit numbers.
Date: 18th Nov 2022 @ 4:23pm
This half term, Year Two are exploring the use of everyday materials and this week we conducted an experiment to test the strength of paper and cardboard. We also tested whether the amount of layers each material had altered how strong it was. We found that cardboard is much stronger than paper but the more layers you add, the stronger each material became.
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:26am
Today we had our second dance session based on the Haka. We recapped on the what we learned last week, which was the first 22 seconds of the dance. We then split the class and performed it at each other, making sure we used our faces to intimidate our 'opponents'. Once we had perfected the first section of the dance, we then improvised the next 22 seconds of the dance. We had to move as a group towards the other group and then perform our own actions that we thought would be inkeeping with the haka. Look at how firece we look!!
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:16am
Today we had a visit from Debby Savage, a local PSCO, who delivered a 2-hour talk to Year 6 about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We had the chance to look at imitation drugs to know what they look like so that we know to avoid them as we get older - we were shocked to learn that some drugs can be disguised as sweets! She also told us the dangers of smoking and vaping. We learned that cigarettes are made up of lots of different parts - many of which can be very dangerous, such as amonia, glycerin, candle wax. Thank you Debby for such an informative talk.
Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 7:40pm
Today we began to read, discuss and understand the Christmas story and the message behind the story. We read the story together, identifying the characters and key events witihin the story. We then independently ordered the story, using pictures/captions to support our learning.
Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 7:10pm
We began our history topic with reading the story ‘Too Many Toys.’ We read and discussed the story, talking about other children’s favourite toys, before moving onto identifying our own favourite toys. We found out what Miss Kay’s and Mrs Websters favourite toy were and listened to the reasons why, before contributing our own thoughts and ideas. We became confident using the phrase ‘My favourite toy is ___ because ___’
'My favourite toy is Lightning McQueen because it has flames and can go fast'
'My favourite toy is a ukalele because it can make music'
'My favourite toy is Elsa because she has long blonde hair and ice powers'
Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 10:49am
Nursery have been exloring Autumn this week. We have talked about all the signs that it is Autumn including colourful leaves, conkers and acorns on the ground and the weather getting a bit cooler. The children have loved looking at Autumn objects with a maginifying glass and talking about what they could see. We also made some great leaf people - everyone looked different! To help us develop our subitising skills, we picked a card with 1,2, or 3 dots on and then had to add the same number of leaves to a tree and for our fine motor muscles the chilren put loom bands on pinecones and used tweezers to move conkers in to a bowl.
Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 7:44am
Today we watched a video from Primary Futures, about gender stereotypes. The video began by explaining that we were going to be introduced to 4 people whose jobs were:
- Tree surgeon
- Engineer
- Forest school leader
- Nurse
Before we actually saw the people, we had a good discussion as a class about what gender we thought the person who did each job would be. We realised that some of us went straight to a specific gender due to our preconceptions about the roles of men and women in society. We then agreed that we can't make assumptions on people based solely on their gender.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 9:11pm
In our science lesson this week, created a scale replica of our solar system. We found the distances of the planets from the sun in Astronomical unit (AU), and converted this to meters. 1 AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun, so on our model Earth was 1 meter from the Sun. As you can see the rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are relatively close together, whereas the gas giants are further apart.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 7:17pm
Today we watched a video about gender stereptypes from Primary Futures. The video began by explaining that we were going to be introduced to 4 people whose jobs were:
- Tree surgeon
- Engineer
- Forest school leader
- Nurse
Before we actually saw the people, we had a good discussion as a class about what gender we thought the person who did each job would be. We realised that some of us went straight to a specific gender due to our prejudices about the roles of men and women in society. We then agreed that we can't make assumptions on people based slely on their gender.
Year 6 Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 5:38pm
As part of antibullying week, Year 6 have been focusing on stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. We explored the meaning of each word before going on to find out how they can affect people. As part of the lesson, we completed two activities. In the first one, we looked at real news articles and discussed what prejudice had been shown and whom it was directed towards. The second activiity was based in the TV show 'The Apprentice'. We had to select an engineer for a project and 'fire' people based on information provided. We discussed prejudice and discrimination based on name, age, skin colour, disability, gender and sexuality.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 2:57pm
Today we explored using charcoal. First, we had a explored making different textures of marks and using our hands too. Then we set up some scenes and had a go at drawing them. We added words to our art to start to 'tell a story'. The children did a great job!
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 2:51pm
Today we watched a video about gender stereptypes from Primary Futures. We were introduced to four people (two men and two women). All four people described their job to us and we had to guess what we thought they did. Their jobs were:
- Tree surgeon (female)
- Engineer (female)
- Forest school leader (male)
- Nurse (male)
We didn't guess all their jobs currently, but we had a discussion about jobs not being stereotyped to one gender and the children had some great discussions.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 1:38pm
To help us understand Anti-Bullying Day, we talked about how we are all different with our own likes and dislikes and how we all look different. We read the story "It's Ok to be Different" By Todd Parr. This is a great story to explore our differences with young children and we had some super discussions about what makes us special. We all wore odd socks too to embrace being different!
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 10:09pm
Reception have been busy learning about Remembrance Day and why we wear a poppy.
They collaged poppies, painted poppies and created poppies using loose parts. On Friday 11th November we joined the whole school and planted a poppy in The Boundary Remembrance Garden, followed by a Remembrance Service, led by Year 6.
"Poppies are red" Dolly- Anne
"...it's to remember the soldiers" Dillan.
"We wear a poppy to remember the soldiers who died in the war" Harper,
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 9:55pm
On Friday 11th November, Boundary Primary took part in a whole school act of Remembrance.
It began with all the children, from Nursery to Year 6, planting the poppies they had made in our Remembrance Garden.
Then, at 11am, the school came together for an outdoor assembly. We all observed a two minutes silence and listened to important information and historical facts about the significance of the poppies we were wearing.
During the week, each class took part in painting, drawing or sketching a poppy and each year group was also given a silhouette of a soldier which they were asked to decorate around the theme of Remembrance. This activity focussed all our minds on who we were remembering and why it is important to remember them. The completed soldiers were then displayed around the school hall and will remain there – helping us to think about those who gave their lives during war and those who continue to serve to keep us and our country safe.
