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Date: 6th May 2021 @ 4:47pm
The Nursery children love enjoying the outdoors. It is a great place for them to learn and they can use so many skills when they access the outdoor area. This week they have been painting on cling film which has been great for their physical development, looking for worms to go in our homemade wormery and exploring number and cause and effect in the water.
Turning Negatives to Positives!
Date: 5th May 2021 @ 7:14pm
We have been busy over the past few weeks thinking about Healthy lifestyles. During DT day, we learned about making a healthy tortilla pin wheel using different ingredients; we learned about eating food in moderation and having lots of fruit and vegetables for the vitamins and minerals they give our bodies!
We also talked about having a healthy balance of work and play for our mental health, doing exercise and some mindfulness, having positive self-talk and resilience. We talked about turning the negatives into positives and how we can make sure that we appreciate and know what we are good at. For example
Date: 5th May 2021 @ 1:48pm
We have been having a great time with our growing topic this half term. We have planted cress, sunflower seeds and beans and we are now waiting for our caterpillars to make their cocoons! We have also been making the most of our outdoor area and planted some vegetable seeds. We are hoping that we get a crop of yummy carrots and delicious radishes!
National Reading Champions Quiz
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 5:18pm
Today, 4 of our Year 6 children took part in the North West regional heat of the very first National Reading Champions Quiz. The quiz aims to raise the profile of reading with pupils across the country and to test their knowledge of a wide range of books. The quiz consisted of 10 different rounds and included rounds such as villains in books, identifying a novel from the first or last line and anagrams of characters/books. Our pupils were a credit to Boundary and they showed determination and resilience throughout the morning. The quiz lasted for over 2 and a half hours and the children were fully engaged and really worked as a team to try and answer the questions. Although we didn't finish in the top 3, we did manage to answer a lot of the questions correctly and we were only 10 marks away from the school who finished in first place. We look forward to taking part in more experiences like this and with a wider range of pupils.
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 4:35pm
Today we practised using the Samba instruments to create rhythms and played them together. We needed to keep the tempo the same and listen to each other to perform well. We then swapped instruments and played a different beat. Although the dynamics of the room were loud, the beat and tempo were consistent and we worked well as a team.
Shakespearian Actors and Actresses!
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 4:33pm
22 children from Year Five took part in a workshop with a Royal Shakespeare Company director and a number of other local schools.They rehearsed and acted out speeches from
French - What I wear to school
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 4:00pm
Our French learning journey continued this week and we introduced the verb Porter (to wear). We looked at different verb endings depending on who is wearing the item of clothing and then completed an activity about clothes that are worn to school. We then used bilingual dictionaries to find words of unfamiliar clothing items.
Date: 4th May 2021 @ 3:39pm
The children in Reception have been busy preparing our raised bed in our garden for planting. We pulled out daffodil bulbs and dug over the soil to make sure it is ready for planting. We then planted our peas that we have in growing inside as well some pumpkin seeds, sunflowers and potatoes.
We talked about what we need to do take care of them.
Date: 2nd May 2021 @ 11:11pm
In Reading into Writing we have been reading and writing quest stories. We based our story on the picture book
Date: 2nd May 2021 @ 4:18pm
On Thursday Year 4 spent time in forest school enjoying the great outdoors. The children spent time building dens and making smores around the fire.
Date: 2nd May 2021 @ 4:11pm
On Friday, year 4 took part in a DT day inspired by the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. The children had to create a healthy snack bar that would be part of a buffet at the Olympic games opening ceremony party. The children started the day by tasting existing snack bars. Later they created a design brief and then began to design their own healthy snack bar. Once the children had created their healthy snack bar they then went into Redcliffe's to make it. To finish the day the children evaluated their designs and took their creations home. The children thoroughly enjoyed their DT day.
Date: 29th Apr 2021 @ 7:50pm
Today was our DT day! We began the morning by recapping on what are the Olympic games, when the next Olympics are and where they are being held. We then looked at a variety of different party foods, and thought of lots of different adjectives to describe them.
Date: 29th Apr 2021 @ 2:38pm
As part of the whole school DT week, Nursery made fruit jellies. The children tasted different types of fruit including strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and decided which fruits they would like to put in their jelly. Then, they very carefully cut up some fruits ready to put in the jelly pots. Have a look at the photos and follow the instructions to make your own delicious fruit jelly!
Design and Technology week at Boundary!
Date: 29th Apr 2021 @ 9:53am
WOW! What an incredible week at Boundary! This week, we celebrated Design and Technology all week.
On Monday, we had an assembly to introduce our Tokyo 2021 Olympic games and balanced diet theme.
During the assembly, the children learned that they would all be participating in designing, making and evaluating different foods that would be part of a Tokyo 2021 Olympic games opening ceremony party buffet.
All the children, from Nursery to Year 6, participated and followed a super D&T journey. The children had the chance to taste test foods, explore existing recipes, evaluate existing products, design and make their own food, then finally evaluate their product.
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Date: 29th Apr 2021 @ 7:58am
Year 4 had a lovely morning yesterday as they had a virtual visitor. The children completed a workshop on Ramadan as part of their topic question of why do Muslims fast during Ramadan. The children learnt more about why Muslims fast during Ramadan, when Muslims break their fast and the special celebration of Eid.
Fabulous Food - Tortilla Pin Wheels
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 4:12pm
Today we learnt about healthy eating and having a balanced diet in moderation. We created our own Vegetarian Tortilla Pinwheels which could be used for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony party. First we looked at lots of different images and designs to find out what the pinwheels needed to be like - their shape, colour and ingredients. Then we taste tested the ingredients to find out which we liked and disliked. We designed our pinwheels and thought about how we need a variety of foods to be healthy from a range of food groups. Then we carefully and hygienically prepared the ingredients in the kitchen before we constructed our pinwheels. Finally we evaluated them to see if they were tasty and if we had been successful!
Gymnastics - using the equipment
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 4:02pm
Today in Gymnastics we have looked at using the equipment - this involved how to carefully move the pieces and how to arrange them so they were safe to use. We then investigated different ways of approaching and mounting the equipment and then progressed to working in pairs to create balances using the equipment.
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 3:47pm
In KS2 we have been enjoying learning the properties of 2D shapes. We used Venn diagrams to find out how 2D shapes are similar and different.
In KS1 we have been learning to read and write numbers all the way to 100. We have been learning in creatively using number squares, songs and puzzles.
Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 11:25am
In computing this week we used the Beebots! For the past few weeks we have looked at algorithms, creating step by step instructions and saying why it is important to be precise when writing an algorithm. We have tried hard to learn our left and right from different points and which way is clockwise or anticlockwise. This week we put all our prior learning into practise to program Beebots. We used the terms algorithm, sequence, debugging and programming to explain what instructions we were giving to our Beebots, to get them to move from one point to another. We had to remember to clear each previous instruction before giving our Beebot a new instruction, or our Beebots went off in the wrong direction! We worked in small groups to program the Beebots and then on the IPads using the Beebot app.
DT Day- Reception make fruit jelly pots!
Date: 27th Apr 2021 @ 4:59pm
Today in Reception the children have been designing and making their own fruit jelly pots ready for our whole school Olympics opening ceremony buffet. As a class we started off by looking at a range of different fruits. We described what they looked like, how they felt and were even lucky enough to taste them.
Date: 27th Apr 2021 @ 4:21pm
We are continuing our growing theme this week - this time with plants! So far we have planted some cress seeds and sunflower seeds and talked about all the things they need to grow. Fingers crossed we all have green fingers and our seeds will start to grow!
Date: 27th Apr 2021 @ 2:59pm
In Reception we have been reading the story
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 7:46pm
Today was Design Technology day in Year 5. Our focus was cooking, specifically savoury scones. We started the day by learning about nutrients, healthy eating and food safety, before moving on to research and then taste various savoury products. We created design criteria and then practiced the skills we would need including weighing, measuring and combining butter and flour by rubbing in. After baking our scones, we evaluated the final product but all the children agreed that they were delicious!
Date: 26th Apr 2021 @ 5:11pm
The children in Reception have started doing daily challenges! Each day the whole class are set a challenge which they have to carry out on their own in order to receive a Challenge Medal! This is to encourage independent learning- they can do it whenever they want but it must be completed by lunchtime! They were very excited to take control of their own learning and very proud to wear a medal. Take a look at some of our photos.
