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Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 7:44am
Today we watched a video from Primary Futures, about gender stereotypes. The video began by explaining that we were going to be introduced to 4 people whose jobs were:
- Tree surgeon
- Engineer
- Forest school leader
- Nurse
Before we actually saw the people, we had a good discussion as a class about what gender we thought the person who did each job would be. We realised that some of us went straight to a specific gender due to our preconceptions about the roles of men and women in society. We then agreed that we can't make assumptions on people based solely on their gender.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 9:11pm
In our science lesson this week, created a scale replica of our solar system. We found the distances of the planets from the sun in Astronomical unit (AU), and converted this to meters. 1 AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun, so on our model Earth was 1 meter from the Sun. As you can see the rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are relatively close together, whereas the gas giants are further apart.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 7:17pm
Today we watched a video about gender stereptypes from Primary Futures. The video began by explaining that we were going to be introduced to 4 people whose jobs were:
- Tree surgeon
- Engineer
- Forest school leader
- Nurse
Before we actually saw the people, we had a good discussion as a class about what gender we thought the person who did each job would be. We realised that some of us went straight to a specific gender due to our prejudices about the roles of men and women in society. We then agreed that we can't make assumptions on people based slely on their gender.
Year 6 Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 5:38pm
As part of antibullying week, Year 6 have been focusing on stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. We explored the meaning of each word before going on to find out how they can affect people. As part of the lesson, we completed two activities. In the first one, we looked at real news articles and discussed what prejudice had been shown and whom it was directed towards. The second activiity was based in the TV show 'The Apprentice'. We had to select an engineer for a project and 'fire' people based on information provided. We discussed prejudice and discrimination based on name, age, skin colour, disability, gender and sexuality.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 2:57pm
Today we explored using charcoal. First, we had a explored making different textures of marks and using our hands too. Then we set up some scenes and had a go at drawing them. We added words to our art to start to 'tell a story'. The children did a great job!
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 2:51pm
Today we watched a video about gender stereptypes from Primary Futures. We were introduced to four people (two men and two women). All four people described their job to us and we had to guess what we thought they did. Their jobs were:
- Tree surgeon (female)
- Engineer (female)
- Forest school leader (male)
- Nurse (male)
We didn't guess all their jobs currently, but we had a discussion about jobs not being stereotyped to one gender and the children had some great discussions.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 1:38pm
To help us understand Anti-Bullying Day, we talked about how we are all different with our own likes and dislikes and how we all look different. We read the story "It's Ok to be Different" By Todd Parr. This is a great story to explore our differences with young children and we had some super discussions about what makes us special. We all wore odd socks too to embrace being different!
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 10:09pm
Reception have been busy learning about Remembrance Day and why we wear a poppy.
They collaged poppies, painted poppies and created poppies using loose parts. On Friday 11th November we joined the whole school and planted a poppy in The Boundary Remembrance Garden, followed by a Remembrance Service, led by Year 6.
"Poppies are red" Dolly- Anne
"...it's to remember the soldiers" Dillan.
"We wear a poppy to remember the soldiers who died in the war" Harper,
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 9:55pm
On Friday 11th November, Boundary Primary took part in a whole school act of Remembrance.
It began with all the children, from Nursery to Year 6, planting the poppies they had made in our Remembrance Garden.
Then, at 11am, the school came together for an outdoor assembly. We all observed a two minutes silence and listened to important information and historical facts about the significance of the poppies we were wearing.
During the week, each class took part in painting, drawing or sketching a poppy and each year group was also given a silhouette of a soldier which they were asked to decorate around the theme of Remembrance. This activity focussed all our minds on who we were remembering and why it is important to remember them. The completed soldiers were then displayed around the school hall and will remain there – helping us to think about those who gave their lives during war and those who continue to serve to keep us and our country safe.
Year 4 - Anti Bullying and Oracy
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 7:04pm
This morning we had an assembly with Mrs Clark and the ABAs (Anti Bullying Ambassadors) about Anti Bullying week. The theme this year is all about reaching out. As a year group our focus was on the roles that different people play in bullying and we very much focused on not being a bystanding but being an upstander! This year in school we are really promoting talk and oracy. We have provided the children with lots of sentence stems and sentence starters to help with their oracy skills. During today's work about Anti Bullying it was great to see some of the children using their oracy skills so fluently.
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 2:56pm
Today we celebrated Anti-bullying Day. As a school, we came in wearing odd socks to show that we are all individual yet all special in our own way. As part of our anti-bullying learning, Year 3 were lucky enough to have a session with Simon and Mark from Blackpool Football Club. We learnt how important it is to be an upstander and not a bystander. Together we can tackle bullying! We also learnt the importance of kindness and created our own kindness jars. We finished the session off by watching a powerful video of acts of kindness being passed on and we made a pledge to carry out our own act of kindness this week.
Year 3- Investiagting Igneous Rocks
Date: 14th Nov 2022 @ 2:24pm
In this lesson we worked scientifically to plan an investigation surrounding the crystal size in Igneous rocks. We identified that we were going to change the temperature, we had three containers that had ice, cotton wool and air in. We will observe over the next 24 hours and see if our predictions were correct.
Date: 13th Nov 2022 @ 7:46pm
This week Reception had a very special day celebrating Diwali 'the festival of Light'. To help celebrate the children were invited into school wearing a brightly coloured accessory. Thoughout the day the children learnt about lots of Hindu and Sikh tranditions including how they prepared their homes ready for Diwali and where they went to pray. The children enjoyed making and painting their own diya lamps, creating rangoli patterns, making a Diwali treat called a 'lado', trying on some of the traditional clothing and jewellery, makig cards for their friends and family and even taking part in some tradition dancing. At the end of the day we invited Miss Mloyes and Mrs Bunday to the dance studio to come an watch us perform our special Diwali dance and light of diya lamps. When we lit our diyas lamps we sat quietly and reflected on all the different things we had learnt.
"I'm going to light my diya and put in in my window at home" Kristian
"Sikh men wear a turban on their head because their hair is very special to them" Kazimir
"They wear special clothes and set of fireworks to celebrate" Logan
"I've made a Diwali card for my mummy and daddy" Sheraa
"Rangolli patterns welcome people to their homes" Lana-Rose.
Reception Willow Class visit Salisbury Woods
Date: 13th Nov 2022 @ 5:04pm
This week Willow class went on a woodland walk to Salisbury Woods, to look for signs of Autumn.
The children had such a great time collecting the leaves that have fallen off the trees, observing all the different Autumn colours and looking out for woodland animals.
We managed to collect lots of leaves in different coloures, shapes and sizes and were also very lucky to spot some squirrels running through the tree tops.
Everyone had such a good time and we will use our leaves to make Autumn pictures and leaf rattles aswell as writing about what we saw in the woods.
Take a look at some of the things we got up to down in the woods!
"The leave change colour in Autumn" Lana-Rose.
"Some of the animals are going to hibernate in the winter" Kristian
"The temperature is colder in Autumn" Kaziimir
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 4:04pm
Today in Music, Year 2 focused on their listening and composing skills. We began the lesson by listening to what different instruments sounded like and listened to a variety of songs to try and identify the instruments we could hear, songs included We Will Rock You and Count on Me. Then, we began to compose, playing around with notes to create a sequence to play on the glokenspiels.
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 4:00pm
Today, alongside the whole School, we celebrated Remembrance Day. We begun the morning by going and planting our poppies with a soldiers name on in our School Remembrance Garden before taking part in our remembrance service. We also observed a 2 minute silence at 11am spending the time reflecting on those who lost their lives to give us ours. Well done Year 2, you showed excellent respect.
Date: 11th Nov 2022 @ 10:15am
This morning we have been and planted our poppies in our Remembrance Garden at the front of school. The children were really respectful and thought about those who fought and continue to fight for our country.
Year 6 Playing 'Do What You Want To'
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 5:57pm
In this week's music lesson we moved on to playing the glockenspeils. After a quick recap of musical notation, we completed an understanding music warm up, which involved listening to and then copying back riffs. We then went on to learn how to play 'Do What You Want To', which is a song we have previously listened to, appraised and learned how to sing. The piece of music was quite fast so we slowed down the tempo to allow us to accurately play the first part of the song.
Reception- If you go down to the woods today...
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 5:40pm
This week Holly class went on a woodland walk to Salisbury Woods, next to the golf course and the hospital, to look for signs of Autumn.
The children had such a great time collecting the leaves that have fallen off the trees, observing all the different Autumn colours and looking out for woodland animals too.
We manage to collect lots of leaves in different coloures, shapes and sizes and were also very lucky to spot a squirrel running through the tree tops. Also, on the ground, there were mushrooms growing, however, we did not touch them as they might be poisonous!
Everyone had such a good time and we will use our leaves to make Autumn pictures and leaf rattles aswell as writing about what we saw in the woods.
Take a look at some of the things we got up to down in the woods!
"The leaves are on the floor- they have fallen off the tree" Sheraa.
" In Autumn the leaves die and fall to the ground" Lennox.
"The leaves are orange, red, brown and yellow" Harper.
" In Autumn the weather is colder" Alfie
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 4:54pm
Today, Year 2 had a very special visit from 3 firefighters from the Blackpool Fire Station near Stanley Park. The 3 firefighters talked to the children all about fire safety and what to do in the event of being in a fire themselves. Firstly, they showed us all their different equipment that helps keep them safe when they are working before teaching us what to do. We learnt so much including: how to test if the fire is close to a closed door, how to stop smoke leaking into the room we are in and taught us to remember 3 very important words: Get out, Stay out and call 999. They even tasked us to go home, find where our smoke alarms are located and ensure they work. The children loved meeting the firefighters and listened intently.
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 2:59pm
Today in PSHE, Year 4 looked at what qualities it takes for people to be a good friend. We had a discussion around what characteristics we look for in people and how these help them to be a good friend to somebody. We then picked the most important six qualities that we thought would make the 'ultimate' friend. Lots of great discussion again in Year 4.
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 9:19am
This week in French, we have recapped the vowels a, e, I, o, u and focussed on the new sounds ch, ou, on, oi. We have used the words to help us to remember the sounds. We also used our knowledge organisers to help us to recap the sounds. As well as this we practised the French alphabet and recapped colours by singing songs and playing games.
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 9:16am
In Science this week, we demonstrated how metamorphic rocks are made by using chocolate! We started off with white and milk chocolate. We then cut it into small pieces to demonstrate erosion. This made sediments which we then applied pressure to and squashed together to make a sedimentary rock. Once we had formed this rock, we applied heat to the rock and then allowed it to cool. This made a metamorphic rock. At the end of the lesson, we cut our rocks open and discovered the different colours and layers in our rocks.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 10:15pm
Nursery have been talking about Remembrance Day and why we wear poppies and then painted their own poppies. The children did a super job of painting a circle for the petals and lines for the stalk - they even made a small black dot in the middle. They selected the correct colours and the finished paintings were brilliant.
Date: 9th Nov 2022 @ 9:55pm
There's been alot of pop, whizz, bang, whoosh and crackle in nursery this week as we have been celebrating Bonfire Night. The children enjoyed sharing their experiences of Bonfire Night and were able to recall the fireworks they saw. They described the fireworks using words like "big", "loud" and "bright". It was lovely to hear them talking about their experiences and making links between what they had seen and what their freinds had seen.
