: Blog items
Date: 6th Feb 2024 @ 3:36pm
In RE today we finished out unit on Christianity by considering the questions 'How have we changed so far in our lives? How might we change in the future?' We also discussed where we can look for help and guidance as we grow up.
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 8:55pm
This week, we recapped last week's lesson where we worked on strengthening our upper body. Then we work through circuits to work on our change of direction, effort level and speed.
School Council- Fundraising and reading book ideas.
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 7:43pm
At our latest meeting, the School Council were joined by Miss Moyes, Miss Jones- Boast and Debbie our Cook.
We met to discuss how to calculate the cost and possible profit that could be made when we sell Elmer themed cup cakes to raise money for Brian House.
The cupcakes will be all different bright colours, just like Elmer. They will be sold at hometime on the school gates and also during the day for staff to purchase too.
Miss Moyes also needed to know what type of school reading books the children would enjoy, as she was going to be ordering some more. The school council then went back to their classes to find out.
Another meeting will be held in the last week of this half term to discuss the results.
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 7:28pm
This half term Reception have been singing songs, using actions and reinforcing their learning of how to keep a steady beat whilst exploring different instruments, such as the glockenspiel and the maracas. They have learnt to follow instructions as to when to pick up and play the instrument as well as playing it in time with the music.
Acorn class also enjoyed joining in with the learning too.
Take a look at our photos.
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 7:19pm
This half term, Reception have enjoyed staying for their first extra- curricular club- The Story Club!
Each week, they have chilled out on cushions, got cosy under throws and snuggled up to cuddly toys as they listened to a different Wintery story each week.
This was followed by colouring pictures from the story to take home and talk about with their families.
Eco- Sustainable Palm Oil Champion of Blackpool
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 7:12pm
We at Boundary Primary School, are committed to participation in the Sustainable Palm Oil Communities Project in Blackpool. During January 2024 we completed an audit regarding the sourcing of our Palm Oil. This audit confirmed that our suppliers only use products with sustainable palm oil. By doing so we know that we are helping to protect wildlife around the world from the impact of unsustainable agricultural practices (linked to Blackpool Zoo).
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 7:05pm
The Eco Warriors met to discuss the environmental review.
We looked at the ten topics and took note of our findings and ideas- all the positives (which there were many) and the negatives (the few we will be working on this year on our action plan).
This will then be uploaded for our Eco Schools Green Flag apllication form.
Acorns - We're going on a polar bear hunt
Date: 4th Feb 2024 @ 7:35pm
Acorns have had lots of fun this week going on a polar bear hunt as part of thier winter theme.
We have enjoyed our sensory story 'going on a polar bear hunt', climbing over snow drifts, through snow storms, across rivers (water sprays), over the ice and into dark caves.
We have been talking about arctic animals and creating polar bears using sponge painting and cotton wool during our arts and crafts activities.
We are continuing to develop our focus and concentration during Bucket and have had fun watching snow splatts, fountains and bubbles.
What a busy week we have had.
Date: 4th Feb 2024 @ 6:08pm
Acorns have had the pleasure of Bailey the therapy dog visiting weekly. It has been lovely to see their confidence around Bailey developing each week. Most of our students are now confident enough to stroke or brush Bailey and enjoy a little game of chase around the classroom!
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 3:57pm
Today, we used our electricity knowledge and participated in a Now Press Play where our town had lost power and we needed to get the power back on to save our cousin on dialysis. We made a torch using our knowledge of circuits using wire, bulbs and batteries so we could make our way around to the power station. We even made the bulb brighter by adding another battery.
Year 4 - Planning for LGBTQ+ news report
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 8:33pm
As a class, we did a carousel to make a group plan for a news report about Blackpool Pride.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 5:15pm
Today we learnt how to group animals based on what they eat. We learnt that all animals need to eat so that they can stay alive. We understood that this is because food is the main source of energy for all animals! We learnt that different animals eat different types of food and we discussed the scientific vocabulary to explain how to sort these animals into groups. We went through lots of examples together, naming the animal, discussing their diet and then identifying the diet group they belong to. Working with a partner, we then sorted a number of common animals into groups based on what they eat. We used the correct scientific vocabulary when discussing our choices and explaining our reasoning.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 5:09pm
Today we explored fruit options to use in our healthy fruit salad. We began by talking about different fruits, our favourite fruits, fruits we don’t like and fruits we haven’t tried yet. We also discussed which of our five senses we will be using to find out more about each fruit. We decided we could use four out of five senses to investigate the fruits. We needed to smell it, touch it, look at it and finally taste it! We discussed the different words that we can use to describe taste and smell before trying each of the different fruits. We enjoyed taste testing!
Year 6 - Working Scientifically
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 3:05pm
In Science this week we have planned and set up an investigation into mould growth on bread. We chose to wipe hands on different slices of bread with different cleaning products on the hands. We had to have a control slice of bread where nothing at all was put on it. This is so that we can compare all the slices of bread to it at the end of the investigation. The other 4 slices of bread were:
Dirty hands
Hands cleaned with soap and water
Hands cleaned with hand sanitiser
Hands cleaned with an alcohol wipe
We will observe any changes to the bread over a 2-week period. Come back to see the conclusion to our fair test...
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 2:33pm
To help engage and excite pupils in reading, we have been chatting about the books that we have checked-out of the new school library (The Attic). Each week, pupils will be given time to share their book with their peers and the whole class, explaining what they liked or disliked about the book. Together we will explore common themes and make links between different genres and different authors.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 2:03pm
Rowan class visited Aspire Academy yesterday as part of our Design and Technology unit. We have been working on frame structures this half term and the children were able to use the workshop at Aspire to start to build their frame structures, using all of the appropriate equipment. The children worked really hard and produced some great work using measuring and cutting skills.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 1:37pm
This lesson focused on what we could learn from evidence left behind in the Iron Age. The children carefully labelled key evidence and discussed what we could learn from it.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 1:29pm
Today we started our DT journey based on cooking. We will be creating our own wraps/pittas. We started the day by focusing on what it meant to have a healthy balanced diet and created a presentation. We then taste tested a variety of foods. Finally, we designd our wraps/pittas ready to make next week! Keep your eyes peeled for our final products!
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 12:16pm
As part of our biology lessons this half term, we have been learning about how our bodies change as we get older. In this lesson, pupils worked together to plan a fair test to investigate how people's eye-sight may be different. We discovered that moving closer to an object generally improves our vision. Also, we learned that as we get older our eye-sight gets worse as the lenses in our eyes become worn, and this is why more people wear glasses as they enter old age.
Date: 1st Feb 2024 @ 8:10am
Over the past few weeks, Year Two have been doing Yoga in PE. It has helped us be more mindful, relaxed and calm as well as improving our balance and strength. We have completed a range of poses including: the warrior, superhero pose, spiderman pose, batman pose and a variety of others. At the end of each session, our cool down is a relaxing exercise where we focus on our breathing and bringing the calmness back into the classroom.
Nursery Meet Alan and his Big Scary Teeth
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 1:01pm
Nursery read a brilliant story called "Alan's Big Scary Teeth" about an Alligator who scares all the jungle animals with his very large teeth! Alan takes really good care of his teeth, so we have been learning about how to take care of our own teeth and have practised brushing some giant teeth! We have also talked about "A" for alligator and thought of other items that begin with "A". To practise out counting, we have have been giving Alan the right number of teeth. To support the children with their social interactions, we played the Crocodile Tooth game. The children had to take it in turns to press down a tooth and hope that they don't get bitten by the crocodile!
Nursery Try to Catch The Gingerbread Man!
Date: 31st Jan 2024 @ 11:21am
Nursery had their work cut out when they read the story "The Gingerbread Man". We ran as fast as we could but we just couldn't catch him! So, instead we explored the ingredients we needed to make gingerbread and then made our own Gingerbread Men. We practised ordering numbers 1 - 5, followed instructions to draw a gingerbread man and used tweezers to add buttons on gingerbread men. We never did catch the Gingerbread man!
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 8:24pm
WOW! What a great trip with Ribble Rivers Trust today down at Preston Docks. We went for a lovely walk along the river itself, visited the Pyramid building which controls the docks. Here we learned about the history of the dock, we learned that there's a manmade wall built at the mouth of the river near St Annes because they needed to control the course of the river more. When Preston Docks was fully open (before 1981) it saw cargo bring in things like silk, cotton and bananas. Nowadays, the dock is used for leisure craft. Back at the boatyard, we learned about river safety. We learned the acronym SAFE (Stay, Away, From the Edge) and that if we ever find ourselves in a river with no help, we should lay like a starfish with our feet at pointing towards to direction of the water flow. We even had the opportunity to see the bridge move like how it does when it has to allow boats through.
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 4:08pm
Today, we used our designs to make healthy fruit smoothies. First, we washed our hands to make sure we were ready to handle food before practicing the bridge method to hold and carefully chop different fruit into smaller pieces. Once the fruit was all chopped up, we put the correct fruits into a blender until they were smooth. Then we got to taste them! Most of us loved our smoothies and thought they were really tasty.
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 2:43pm
In Gymnastics this week we began by recapping on the basic body shapes the children have practised over the years. We then discussed the terms counter-tension and counter balance. Our lesson involved creating different balances on a variety of points and patches. We developed a sequence of balances and linked each balance with a travel or transition.
