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Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 7:38pm
This week in Music, Year 5 performed the song 'Words Can Hurt'. We have been analysing the lyrics, looking at the structure of the composition and then practising hwo to perform as a group.
The song has meant a lot to us as it has lead to some excellent discussions about how words can hurt our Mental Health just as much as physical pain. Some of us even performed some role plays about how to act kindly and with respect - following the Boundary Always Promises.
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 7:33pm
Today we took part in our first Spelling Bee of the year. Each house was represented by the best spellers from Year 2 - Year 6 and the children were tested on spellings they have been learning in Autumn 1. After a spelling test in class last week, Jake, Felix, Rose and Reinier represented their houses from Year 5 today.
The over all winners were Bathurst, who managed to spell 14/15 spellings across all 5 years groups. Well done to all who took part!
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 5:26pm
For our final lesson in our current Christianity unit of work we talked about our own identities as part of a family and part of the school community. We talked about where we each belong, and recorded this through the use of widget. We also discussed how we would show a new child in our school that they were welcome and how we could help them to feel like they belong.
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 5:19pm
Today we looked closely at some different parts of the body, noticing the different parts that make up one body part, e.g. on our hand we have our fingers, nails, knuckles and thumb. We discussed the key parts that make up our hands, legs, ears and eye, before trying our very best to draw these key body parts, including the key features and detail. We began to understand the important role different body parts play and to orally explain what the main parts of our body do.
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 3:55pm
Today we held our first Spelling Bee of the year. Each house was represented by the best spellers from Year 2 - Year 6 and the children were tested on spellings they have been learning in Autumn 1. We are very proud of all the children for being their house representative and spelling some very tricky words in front of the whole school. The over all winners were Bathurst, who managed to spell 14/15 spellings across all 5 years groups.
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 3:01pm
Today, Year Two participated in our house competiton of the spelling bee. The children represented their houses with pride and tried really hard to spell some of the words aloud that we have learnt so far. Well done to our four representatives, you did great!
Reception Learning to use our Mini Me
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 12:04pm
Today we have introduced the children to their 'Mini Mes' A 'mini me' is a pictiure of themselves which they must find it the provision. The children are then encouraged to complete the task their 'Mini Me' is on. This is to help the children to become more independent and encourage them to work in a range of different areas within the classroom. Have a look at the children working hard with their 'Mini Me'.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 7:52pm
This week the children in Reception have been reading the traditional tail 'Little Red Hen' the children have taken part in lots of different activities themeed arounf the story including sequencing the story using the correct language, labelling the characters with the initial sounds, collaging their own little red hen using a range of materials at the creative table, ordering the hen number cards and counting out the correct quantity and retelling the story using the puppets and using the playdough to make their own little red hen.. The children even mafe bread in the school kitchen. What a busy week.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 12:38pm
Our unit this half term has been the Ancient Maya. We have learned all about the ancient Maya, a civilisation that lived in the rainforests of Mesoamerica and spanned over 300 years. We have learned how their people used the resources at hand to make tools, weapons and places to live. We have learned about what they ate, what they wore and how they entertained themselves. We have really enjoyed learning all about this ancient civilisation.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 8:35am
This week Boundary Primary School celebrated Harvest Festival. Year 6 led the celebration assembly together with our special guest, Reverend Peter. We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live. The children and their families helped by donating food to Vincent House.Thank you to everyone for their support.
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 4:54pm
This week Boundary Primary School celebrated Harvest Festival.
Year 6 led the celebration assembly together with our special guest, Reverend Peter. We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live.
The children and their families helped by donating food to Vincent House.
Thank you to everyone for their support.
Reception- Holly Class Bake Bread
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 4:39pm
After reading the story, Little Red Hen, Reception decided to bake bread. They all worked together, helping each other to weigh the ingredients, mix the ingredients and knead the dough before placing it in a bowl to allow it to rise. Then it was baked in the oven and eaten.
Unlike the story, where Little Red Hen had to do everything herself, all the children worked togther showing kidness and respect.
"It feels sticky" Harry
"We all helped to make the bread" Dina.
"Mmm it tastes delicious!" Riley.
"Little Red Hen's friends didn't help her" Hazel.
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 2:21pm
Acorns have enjoyed exploring and learning about Harvest this week. We have learnt about the different crops we can harvest and the role of the farmer.
We enjoyed using our tractor in the sensory tray and digging for different vegetables. We loved using the vegetables to print and mark make with.
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 9:19am
Maple class have got a brilliant opportunity from World of Stories to take part in their Buzzing about books scheme. We had lots of amazing books delivered last week and for the first few days we just rotated them around the class looking at the huge variety on offer. Today, we got to pick the book we want to read ourselves and now we will spend some time each day enjoying the books we've chosen.
Year 2- Forest School Fun Part 2
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 10:43pm
This week in forest school we had another fantastic session and managed to enjoy some sunshine! We started by discussing who can help us in case of an emergency on a mountain side and made ourself an emergency shelter before exploring the areas. We said we wanted to focus on frogs so we discussed a frogs habitat, life cycle and food chain before going pond dipping to see what wildlife we could find. We found: water beetles, worms and even a dragonfly nymph that was wrapped up, keeping warm in the pond weed.
Year 6 - Investigating Refraction
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 8:26pm
Year 6 has a great Science lesson this week. The children were amazed by the illusions created by refraction. We learned that refraction distorts images and can even reverse them!
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 6:49pm
Today we began our spiral journey! We looked at examples together first, talking about what we could see in different examples of spirals, before going outside and practising ourselves! We used lots of different resources including chalks, pastels and pencils, to create both big and small spirals.
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 3:46pm
In Science, we were testing which materials were attracted to a magnet. We made predictions on each object and then tested it with a magnet. The children were excited to find out that objects made of metal were attracted to metal, but we found out not all metal is magnetic.
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 3:34pm
In Maths, we have been looking at ordering numbers. We looked at putting numbers is ascending and descending order. The children had to pick a range of numbers and put them into the correct order.
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 2:53pm
It's amazing how much learning the children can take from one activity! This week we have been using small coloured animals to practise our counting. But, at the same time, the children also developed their fine motor skills by using tweezers, sorted objects by colour and learnt to share and take turns with their friends!
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 2:44pm
Everyday at Nursery, the children have lots of opportunities to develop their fine motor skills, Strengthing their finger muscles is essential in supporting a good pencil grip. The children all love messy play and this week they discoverd some bears stuck in jelly! They had to rescue the bears, but weren't allowed to use their hands! We supplied tweezers and spoons and the children had a wonderful time rescuing the bears and made their finger muscles stonger all at the same time!
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 12:41pm
This week Acorns have been learning about people who help us in the community.
We have had lots of fun exploring through our sensory trays, puzzle matching, stories and songs and rhymes.
We especially loved dressing up and the puppets.
Year 5 - Place Value Perfection
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 9:38am
We have been investigating Place Value and how the placement of digits can impact how we use them, how we say them and the words we use when we say them out loud. Some of us used Base 10 to investigating the concept of exchanging. We looked closely how the physical exchange of 10 ones becomes 10 and 10 tens becomes 100.
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 9:36am
In this art lesson, pupils began to design and create their 3D map. The children used the island map from Kensuke's Kingdom as a starting point and added their own features and used pencil lines to create textures. Next lesson, the pupils will add 3D elements to make their map come to life.
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 9:34am
This week, Year 4 have been rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.
They have been using lots of number lines and have started to use their own independently to be able to work out the nearest multiple of 10, 100 or a 1000 before moving on to application questions. Finally, the class have used their number sentences to inform the class of their reasoning. You can see a small selection of children teaching the class on how they have worked out the task.
The children have really impressed Miss Starkey and Miss Crystal with their mathematical skills as rounding can be tricky!
