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.
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Date: 9th Jul 2025 @ 11:26am
The children in Year Three visited our own Boundary World War Two Museum. In this we looked at artefacts from the war and thought about what we could infer from them. The children loved looking at posters and pictures from this time and learnt a lot about how Britain stayed strong during the war. We learnt more about evacuation, blackouts, food and clothes rationing.
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: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 1:31pm
Acorns have had a fabulous morning visiting forest school. We loved exploring the area, noticing the fruits growing on the trees and the butterflies flying around. We especially loved getting messing in the mud kitchen, washing socks and painting with water and mud.
Nursery get Ready, Steady for School!
Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 10:13pm
Our preschool children were very lucky to take part in a Ready, Steady school session run by Better Start. During the session, the children took part in a number of activities that were all aimed at supporting the children to be school ready. They took part in some listening and attention activites, tried to find their name, helped to feed teddies and learnt about hygiene by washing the babies. The children had a super time and built their skills in a fun and interactive way.
Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 9:56pm
Nursery looked at Stanley Park during Heritage Week and thought about the different clothes you would wear if you went in the winter or the summer. We pulled items of clothing out of a bag and talked about when you would wear the piece of clothing and why. The childen then made their own bear and dressed it for summer or winter.
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!
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 9:55pm
We found a very fishy way to develop our fine motor skills! The children has strips of stickers and had to carefully peel each one off and stick it on a a giant fish to create its scales. It was also a create way for the children to work collaboratively.
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 9:44pm
As part of the whole school Health Week, nursery explored different sports. We played football, tennis and bowling. We showed great ball skills as we dribbled, passed and scored amazing goals! We also developed great skills with the tennis rackets and balls and got a few strikes when played bowling!
Year 2 Heritage Day- Showtown and Rock tasting!
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 2:42pm
Heritage day was amazing! We went on a trip to Showtown in Blackpool Town Centre. We learnt all about how the seaside has changed throughout the years. We explored the seaside using our senses and thought about what we would hear, see, taste, smell and feel.
We also looked at how Blackpool developed throughout the years and how summer clothing changed. Finally, we got to explore the museum learning all about the fantastic thingsin our seaside town.
When we returned to school, we learnt about Blackpool Rock and how it is made. We tasted lots of different flavours, including fish and chips flavour! EW!
We then went on to design our own stick of Blackpool Rock and we learnt to sing the song 'My little stick of Blackpool Rock'
We all had a brilliant day learning about our home town and it's history!
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.
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 11:07am
Acorns enjoyed welcoming their families for a sporty stay and play session. We had lots of different activities to explore, including, Boccia, climbing and jumping, peg throwing, beanbag throwing and sensory toys.
Boccia was a favourite, rolling the ball to hit the skittles and developing turn taking and peer interaction skills. We can't wait to do it again!
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 @ 10:24am
This Heritage Day 2025, Year 5 explored the proud sporting history of Blackpool FC, with a special focus on their remarkable achievements in 2010. The class learned about the club’s journey to the Premier League and what it meant for the local community. To bring their learning to life, pupils were challenged to create either a website or presentation to showcase what they had discovered. The creativity and enthusiasm shown in their work was truly impressive and reflected a great understanding of Blackpool's football heritage.
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.
Year 4 - Health and wellbeing week
Date: 28th Jun 2025 @ 8:58am
As part of Health Week, our class has taken part in many activities: glow sports, skateboarding, forest schools, and learning about the England Lionesses. We learned about two footballers’ achievements both on and off the pitch. The children then completed fact files about them showing their successes so far.
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.
