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Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 4:42pm
Last week, we conducted an experiment to see which material would be the best to use for windows in the three little pigs house. We decided we wanted it to be translucent so some light could pass through but would be difficult for the wolf to see the pigs. We tested a variety of materials to see whether they were opaque, translucent or transparent.
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 4:06pm
We continued our 'Mechanical Systems' unit by finding our more about pulleys and gears. We learned how pulleys an gears can be used in mechanical systems before experimenting making different gear chains. We also made pulleys from wooden dowel and cotton reels.
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 10:39am
The children in Year 5 had the opportunity to talk about a variety of careers such as The Sandcastle, Occupational Therapy at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, DWP Digtal Jobs, Handels Bank and The Ministry of Defence.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their morning learning about these different occupations and it has given them an insight into a future that they would like to have for themselves. Another huge thank you to everyone who was involved!
Date: 16th Jun 2024 @ 7:28pm
This week the children in Reception received a very special delivery - 5 duck eggs. The duck eggs warm in the incubator until they were ready to hatch, we even saw one hatching. The children enjoyed visiting the ducks in reception, but were even more excited when they visited Acorn class. We enjoyed looking at the chicks and listening to how the ducks lay eggs and then hatch into ducklings. Then we had an opportunity to touch them and feel how soft they were.
"Ducks" said Krithik
"Quack" said Omer
"So cute" Amelia
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 11:36am
This week the children in Reception recieved a very special delivery- 5 duck eggs. We kept the duck eggs warm in the incubator until they were ready to hatch. The she waited patiently observing the cracks appearing in the eggs and listening carefully- they could even hear the ducklings cheeping inside the eggs. On Wednesday the children were lucky enough to observe two of our duckling hatch- Sunny and Cher. The children enjoyed getting their cage ready with food and water and making sure the heat lamp was working. Thet are extremly excited to look after and care for the ducks over the next few weeks aswell as learn about the lifecycle.
"There is a little crack in the egg" Summer
"It is making a hole with his bill" Levi
"I can hear him cheeping" Alaiya
"they have to stay in the incubator to dry their feather" Oliver
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 9:12pm
This Science this half term, Year 4 are recapping some of the units that have covered this year. This week, we completed a flashback about the states of matter and their properties. Then, we explained the process of freezing and melting by making ice cream!
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 4:05pm
Our invasion games journey has begun with a lesson about drbbling the ball. We will be playing a range of sports, including football, basketball and hockey, and developing our skills and tactics.
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 3:58pm
This week children in year 5 have begun their art journey into fashion design. In this lesson, pupils were inspired by three British designers and created an in fluences page in their sketchbooks.
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 2:29pm
Coats and rain in June! But it didn't stop our Forest School fun this week. We have four sessions this half term. Today we did some activities to show off our listening skills before some free time fruit picking.
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 12:15pm
Nursery have been busy making Sharks this week and were brilliant at following instructions. They carefully placed all the pieces in the correct place and the results were fabulous!
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 11:57am
The mud kitchin is a great place for children to develop their physical skiils, build relationships and develop their communication and langauge. It is also a brilliant place for them to let their imaginations run wild! We have had tomatoes in the mud kitchen this week and the children had a great time trying to cut them with out them rolling away or squirting! They also worked together to make some delicious tomoato stews and cakes - yum!
Year 6 Computing - Variables in Games
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 4:06pm
Today we began our coding unit of variable in games. We used Scratch to code different sprites to either increase or decrease in value when clicked. Some of us went further and added backdrops and sound.
Year 6 visit to Manchester Museum
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 8:09am
Today Year 6 visited Manchester Museum. There were lots of different areas to explore, including Ancient Egypt, Fossils, The Natural World and Ancient Asia. We were able to link our learning in Science to the fossil and dinosaur section as well as looking at how animals and plants have evolved over time. We had a great time and learned lots.
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 5:18pm
Today we began our 'moving a robot' work to learn early programming skills. We explored using the individual buttons and commands, identifying what each command for the Beebot does and using them to start to predict the outcome of the robot program.
Reception Clay Bog Baby Models and Habitats
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 11:21am
Reception have been reading the story 'Bog Baby'. As part of our art work all the children made their own clay model of the Bog Baby. the children looked carefully at the different features of the Bog Baby including his big googley eyes, long spikey tail and little mouse like ears. The children explored the clay using their hands to manipulate the shape and size. They used the teachniques of slip, score and blend to successfully attach the different parts to their model. When the models had dried the child painted them carefully. Every child made their own home for the Bog Baby which they used a range of different materials from the create area.
"The water helped the clay to stick together" Mathew.
"Yo have to blend it properly or the tail will fall off" Elisha.
Year Three- Dan Worsley workshop!
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 11:18am
Today the children in Year Three were visited by Dan Worsley, a fantastic local author! The children loved hearing Dan’s fantastic stories about an alien and an evil pirate! We then had a workshop in which we discussed how to describe characters and how to add detail about appearance and feelings. We then planned a piece about an evil pirate which we wrote in the afternoon!
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 11:03am
In Art, Year Three have started a new pathway of telling stories through Art. We have started looking at inspirational artists Quentin Blake and Inbal Leitner and created double page spread that included key facts, images and our own sketches! On our journey we are going to use these artists to inspire our artwork, we are going to use modelling clay to create our own creatures!
Year 3- Perfecting our balancing skills!
Date: 11th Jun 2024 @ 10:05am
In PE, we have started our gymnastics unit. We have started by looking at balancing. We used various body points to balance on. We looked at how we could use 2, 3, 4 and 5 points to create creative balances.
We then worked in pairs to have a balancing competition. Firstly, we created a balance and then our partners had to place cones over us. Using control and concentration, we had to remain as still as possible to keep our cones balanced!
Boundary recieve Arts Mark Gold Award
Date: 10th Jun 2024 @ 4:02pm
Boundary recieve Arts Mark Gold Award
We are proud to share that once again we have been awarded the Arts Mark Gold award which recognises schools that deliver a high
quality arts and cultural education program!
Date: 10th Jun 2024 @ 12:32pm
Over the past few weeks, Year 1 have been practising especially hard for our phonics screening. We have completed lots of different activities in our provision to recap all our diagraphs and trigraphs and to continue to practise reading real words and alien words.
Nursery Release the Butterflies!
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 1:27pm
We were all so excited this week when the caterpillars we loved and cared for turned in to butterflies! We watched them as the enjoyed the orange and sugar water we had given them and when they were strong enough we let them go so they could go in search of some beautiful flowers!
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 8:43am
Our French topic this half term has been 'Le Weekend' (The Weekend). We learned how to tell the time to the nearest 5 minutes in French before learning ten phrases for the activities we may do. After learning opinion phrases, we then constructed longer sentences and paragraphs to describe the weekend. We used French dictionaries to check unfamiliar words.
Year 2- Exploring Improvisation
Date: 22nd May 2024 @ 7:37am
This half term in Music, we have been exploring improvisation. Throughout the unit, we have listened to and appraised different styles of music as well as learning to sing songs, improvise using body percussion instruments and perform different pieces in small groups and as a whole class.
Year 2- Position and Direction
Date: 22nd May 2024 @ 7:35am
This week, Year Two have began their position and direction Maths unit. Yesterday, we described movement in straight lines by working with a partner to follow a set of instructions to move a counter around a grid in the correct direction. We had to understand positional language including: forwards, backwards, left and right which linked to our Programming unit of Beebots. Our knowledge from the Computing unit helped us to use the vocabulary correctly and apply it in a different area of the curriculum.
Date: 21st May 2024 @ 6:28pm
Today we finally finished our homes! We put all the finishing touches onto our final products using paints and other materials. We have worked very hard throughout this half term to look at existing homes, design our own home, make our prototype, make our final design and evaluate what we have made.
