: Blog items
Date: 5th Dec 2022 @ 3:37pm
Amazing news coming out of Year 4 - we have won our Fylde Coast and Lancashire League for the mile Timestable World Cup and we are now through to the National finals!
The Nationals will commence over the coming days, so please support your Year 4 child in practising as much as they can to get Boundary to the top once again!
Date: 2nd Dec 2022 @ 4:38pm
Today in Science, we continued our materials unit with another experiment. This week we had to find the best material for a boat so we decided we should conduct a float or sink experiment. We tested a range of materials by placing them and dropping them into the water before recording our results. We found that some materials float and others sank.
Year 2 Stick Transformation Project
Date: 2nd Dec 2022 @ 4:37pm
Today, in Art Year 2 continued our Stick transformation project. Inspired by Chris Kenney and our knowledge of soldiers we began sculpting sticks into our very own soldiers. Next week, we will design our soldiers some clothes and dress them appropriately for battle. We had to demonstrate many of the characteristics including perseverance and determination and some of us even showed excellent patience and teamwork.
Date: 2nd Dec 2022 @ 3:37pm
This week in Forest School we made gingerbread men on the fire, worked safely using sharp tools to make different objects, learned to tie different knots and built a fire. As a year group, we continued to dig out the pond so that it will be ready for Spring next year!
Date: 2nd Dec 2022 @ 1:33pm
During Music in Year 5 we have been learning lots about the musical vocabulary and how to use it to describe the pieces of music we listen to. We have been composing on Charanga as well as on the musical score using crotchets, minims and quavers. We did a Menti quiz to see what we had learned and began to practise playing Deck the Halls for Christmas on the Glockenspiels.
Date: 1st Dec 2022 @ 3:01pm
We worked in small groups to create a ‘living graph’ relating to the fighting between Anglo-Saxon kings and the invading Vikings. We placed events on the graph in chronological order, and then, in discussion with our group, moved them up or down on the Y-axis based on the level of threat to the Anglo-Saxons. We then used this to draw the shape of the graph on our own axis and picked 3 key events during the period.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 8:14pm
In today's Reading into Writing lesson, we used discussion, debate and drama to understand the emotions, thoughts and feelings experienced by two characters in the book -Tell Me No Lies. After talking about the characters and listening to each others discussions, we developed a list of vocabulary that we could use in the diaries that we are going to be writing over the next few days.
Year 3 Listening and performing in Music
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 4:24pm
In Year 3 we have been doing lots of listening and describing with our new Musical Vocabulary mats. We have discussed the key vocabulary and thought about how we can use it to describe the pieces of music that we have listened to. We have improved our use of sentence starters because we now have examples. We have started to think about our Christmas songs and have begun to learn about the musical score, treble clef and time signature. We started to play the glockenspeil to Jingle Bells!
Year 1 Musical Listening and Composing
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 4:06pm
In Year 1 we have been doing lots of listening to different types of music. We used our new Musical Listening Mats to think about the tempo, pitch and how the music made us feel. We also started composing using Chrome Music Lab and understood that different patterns and marks represent different notes and sounds. We made our own ostinato patterns which repeat. We have been playing percussion instruments in time to the music and learning the names of other common instruments.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 11:00am
We have been reading the story "Whatever Next!" By Jill Murphy. In the story a little bear makes a rocket out of a cardboard box and flies to the moon! We have had some super spaced themed activities including making space ships out of shapes and throwing the right number of space rocks in to a box. A favourite was making a giant planet by splatttering paint - great for working those big muscles. The chiildren also did some great mark making describing their trip to the moon.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 10:42am
In Nursery we have been exploring space and we thought it would be great if we could make our own planets! We put some shaving foam on a plate and then added some paint. We swirled the paint around using a stick and them gently pressed a circle on to the mixture. Then we lifted the circle up and hey presto - we had made a planet!
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 3:54pm
Reception Eco Warriors, Lennox and Kit, have been very busy ensuring we don't waste electricity in Holly and Willow classes. They check lights are switched off at lunchtime and that teachers switch plugs off (not on standby) around their screens.
If we all do a little bit - it makes a big difference !
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 1:22pm
In Science, Year 3 have been investigating what fossils are and how they were formed. We completed a carousel of activities to expand our knowledge. We used secondary sources to gather and present information, used magnifying glasses to examine fossils specimens and even made our own fossils!
Year 3- What makes a good role model?
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 1:16pm
In R.E we were exploring a wide variety of stories surrounding Prophet Muhammed. We explored which characteristics he demonstrated and how these made him role model. We created a freeze frame from the stories that pin- pointed the most important part of each. We had to explain why it was the most important section. Then we identified what characteristics, message and how he was portrayed as a role model. We then had to teach other groups what we had found.
Year 3- Dancing with charcoal!
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 1:05pm
In Art, Year Three have been exploring how to draw with charcoal. We were inspired this week by the artist Heather Hansen who mixes art with dance! We noticed that with gestural drawing we use long sweeping movements and the use of our whole body to create our masterpieces!
Year 4 - Digestive System Model
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 10:58am
This week we used our knowledge of the digestive system to create a model. First, we looked at the start of the digestive system (the mouth). We broke up crackers with our hands then chewed one for a minute. The chewed crackers was broken down much more and had less starch in because of an enzyme called amylase in our saliva. This aids digestion. Then we use tights to model our intestine, a food bag to model our stomach, a cup to model our rectum and a hole in the cup to model the anus. We mixed up food and drink in the 'stomach' and churned it with our hands. Then we pushed the food through the 'intestine'. We could see all the liquid seeping out of the tights (this is the nutrients and water being absorbed into the body). After the food had passed through the intestines, it was stored in the 'rectum' before leaving the 'body' through the 'anus'.
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 9:40am
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 8:47am
On Monday morning we travelled to Blackpool Sports Centre to take part in this year's Sportshall Athletics competition. The competition saw students compete in various field and track events, such as Standing Long Jump and the 4x1 Relay.
Unfortunately we fell short of qualifying for the North schools section but, as always, our pupils represented the school with great pride and attitude, with the team scoring highly in plenty of their events.
Reception visited by Hedgehog Rescue
Date: 28th Nov 2022 @ 9:59pm
Today the children in Reception have had a special visit from Hedgehog Rescue. Carolyn from Hedgehog Rescue talked about what a nocturnal animal is and shared lots of intersting facts about hedgehogs including what they eat, where they live and what to do if an hedgehog is poorly. The children enjoyed meeting Sid, even though he was very sleepy!
The children recalled lots of facts about hedgehogs.
"They have 44 teeth" Emelia
"You shouldn't feed them milk, it makes them poorly" Lana-Rose
"Hedgehogs hibernate in the winter" Kristian
"They sleep in the day and wake up at night. They are nocturnal" Logan
"Badgers like to eat hedgehogs" Lelan
""They eat slugs, snails and worms" Ishaanvir
"Their spikes are called quills" Noor-Fatima.
Following the session the children completed lots of activities including writing about nocturnal animals, making hedgehogs at the creative table and counting out the correct amount on spikes for each hedgehog. The children are even planning on making a hedgehog house for our outside area, just incase we have any prickly friends come and visit. Have a look at some of our work.
Date: 28th Nov 2022 @ 9:56pm
The children in Reception has been working hard during phonics learning their phase 2 graphemes. They have been applying their knowledge to their reading and writing when working independently in the classroom. The children have been using their robot arms to orally segment simple words and blend the sounds to read them. Have a look at some of our wonderful work.
Date: 27th Nov 2022 @ 8:56pm
This week we have been busy taking part in the energy saving campaign ‘’Switch Off Fortnight”.
The children will take part, with other schools from around the UK, and will make small changes in their lives that save energy and help protect the planet. It is a fun and rewarding campaign led by Boundary Primary School’s Eco Warriors and will bring Cop 27 to life for our pupils.
Switching off lights when we are not in the room, turning off interactive screens when not in use and ensuring fewer electrical items are turned off at the plug socket, and not just on standby, are the main issues we are tackling in school now and for the rest of the year. Hopefully, Miss Ashton should see a reduction the school fuel bill!
Be smart- start saving energy NOW!
Year 1 Waterproof or Absorbent
Date: 25th Nov 2022 @ 7:27pm
Today we helped Ted solve an emergency! Firstly, we learnt two new key words, waterproof and absorbent.
‘Waterproof means it keeps out water’
‘Absorbent means it can soak up liquid’
We also discussed and found out about Charles Macintosh, who was best known for his invention of a method for making waterproof clothing.
‘He put the rubber and chemicals on fabric to make it waterproof’
We then used what we know about materials, their properties and our new vocabulary to solve Ted’s emergency. We discussed how we were going to make it a fair test, by using the same amount of water and the same amount of time. We then worked in small groups to complete our experiment. In these groups we made our predictions, before following our method.
Year 1 The Jolly Christmas Postman!
Date: 25th Nov 2022 @ 7:18pm
After reading our new text we received a letter from ‘The Jolly Postman!’
We used our phonics knowledge to decode the letter and to find out what he had to say! We also identified the address, the date, who the letter is to and who the letter is from. Over the next few days we will be reading a range of different letters, highlighting the key features and further developing our understanding of the purpose of letters.
Date: 25th Nov 2022 @ 4:01pm
This half term in RE, Year Two have been exploring the Key Question 'Why do Christians say that Jesus is the light of the world?' and after discussing the Christian story and exploring different lights we began exploring Christingle. We learnt that Christingles is a symbol of advent and were taught what each part of a christingle symbolises. The orange represents the world and the red ribbon around the middle represents Christ's blood. There are four cocktail sticks to represent the creation of the four seasons and the sweets on the sticks represent all of God's creations. Last of all, the candle in the middle represents Jesus being the light of the world. The children loved making their Christingles to take home and really understood the meaning behind it.
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 9:01pm
This week, as part of our History unit 'Remembrance', we continued our learning journey by exploring the key question 'What was it like for a soldier in World War 1?' We began the lesson by learning the key word trench and discussed what one of these was before we split into groups to explore different aspects of life for soldiers in the First World War. We explored how life was in their free time, the trench conditions, food as well as the dangers of being involved with the war by looking at different pictures and interpreting what they were showing us. Once we had explored our given area, we were all very brave and presented our information to our friends so we all had an understanding of all elements of the war.
