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Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:19am
This week in Art, the children have enjoyed diving into a wonderfully playful project inspired by artists Claes Oldenburg, Lucia Hierro and Nicole Dyer. We began by looking closely at sculptures of food made at surprising scales, using our sketchbooks to make “visual notes” and quick drawings. The children explored how these artworks made them feel, while noticing important elements such as shape, colour, texture and composition.
Using a range of materials – including pencil, pen, pastel, and card – pupils experimented with line, form and colour to create inventive images. They discovered that everyone’s artwork looks different, and that these unique ideas can come together to form exciting shared pieces.
As the project continues, children will move on to drawing from life and building a collaborative sculptural feast. We can’t wait to see their creativity unfold!
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:17am
Acorns had a fabulous time during our sessory cooking session. We were exploring mixing, storing and pouring using flour milk or water. We had fun and developed our learning and engagement alongside other, building our focus and concentration. We then enjoyed a pancake at snack together.
Year 3 Scientists Explore the Layers of Soil.
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:14am
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:10am
Today we started the Fit2Go programme with Blackpool FC. Over the next few weeks we will be learning about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and learning some new fun sports and games. In the classroom, we had a lesson all about healthy lifestyles and the coaches explained all of the exciting things we will be doing over the course of the programme. Then we looked at how we can keep our bodies and minds healthy. We were physically activite as well, taking part in an intense dodgeball session.
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 8:55pm
We have been reading "Supertato" by Sue Hendra and decided we should make some Evil Peas! The children had to select the correct pieces and attach them together to make their Evil Pea! Let's hoe we don't get too many escapeas around Nursery!
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 8:48pm
Some of our nursery children have been joining in with a Shared Experience. This is a simple but powerful way to help children learn. It involves taking part in activities together and talking about what you are doing as you do it. Instead of asking lots of questions or giving instructions, you join in with the children's play and share the moment with them. Learning through shared experiences can feel less pressured and more enjoyable. The most important thing is simply being present, following the child's lead, and enjoying the moment together. Small, everyday experiences can make a big difference.
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 5:23pm
This week, Year 5 have been developing their understanding of thousandths, exploring how they can be represented as both decimals and fractions.
The children practised reading and writing numbers such as 0.001, 0.245 and 3.678. They also linked these decimals to their equivalent fractions with a denominator of 1,000, deepening their understanding of place value.
Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 5:21pm
Today in Year 5, we explored the concept of databases and discussed what they are used for. We learned that a database is an organised collection of information that can be sorted and searched in different ways.
To help us understand this, the children worked collaboratively in small groups to create their own paper databases. Each group chose a range of animals and recorded key features, such as habitat, diet, number of legs, and whether the animal was a mammal, reptile, bird, or amphibian.
Once their information was collected, the children practised organising their databases in different ways. For example, they arranged the animals in alphabetical order and then reordered them by specific features.
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 6:19pm
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 6:15pm
Today in music, we revisited our listening skills using the Listening Mats. We recapped how toidentify musical elements and used them to appraise the song “Free.” The class focused ondescribing what they could hear, including instruments, dynamics, tempo, and mood.
We then continued learning to sing “All Over Again.” After practising the melody and developingconfidence in performance, we revisited the meanings of improvisation and composition. Thechildren discussed how improvisation involves creating music spontaneously, while composition isabout planning and writing musical ideas.
Finally, we performed the song 'All Over Again" - discussing its themes of the resilience anddetermination to overcome a bad day or feelings of frustrations, accepting that tomorrow is a newchance for a fresh start and to start... ALL OVER AGAIN!
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 2:57pm
In this lesson we looked at using number facts to help us solve problems. We looked at using number bonds to 10, 5 and a bit and doubles to help us solve problems. We then completed part-whole models using these facts.
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 12:14pm
Eco- Boundary's Carbon Footprint
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 11:47am
Jarek Radon was our special guest. He spoke about our carbon footprint at Boundary and how we are trying to reduce it the best we can. Most of it is caused by fuel (heating and electricity). We must remember to switch off lights, screens, water and taps.
Another way to reduce our carbon footprint is to reduce our rubbish by recycling it. We will carry out a bin audit and check that everyone in school is putting the rubbish in the correct bin. Brown- cardboard and paper. Small grey box for food. All other rubbish in the general rubbish bin in the classroom. Mrs Farley gave us a tick sheet to help us and we will meet again this half term to discuss it.
Mr Radon would like us to carry out regular litter picks. This will be arranged shortly by Mrs Farley.
We are also awaiting delivery of saplings from The Woodland Trust. this will help reduce our carbon footprint too.
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 10:44am
It's the start of a new half term, so we have got a new sensory circuit getting us ready for our day. We are doing a Danny Go wake up and shake up dance for our alerting stage, then we are ordering pictures in a sequence for the ordering stage, then for the calming stage we are stretching out.
Year 6 - Letters of persuasion
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 4:38pm
Year 6 Begin Their Persuasive Writing Journey!
This week, Year 6 have embarked on an exciting new writing adventure: letters of persuasion! Our mission is to learn how to write confidently and convincingly—just like real campaigners, activists, and opinion leaders.
To kick things off, we explored a WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like). By reading it carefully, we pulled out all the key features that make persuasive letters so powerful. We spotted things like:
- Strong opening statements
- Clear arguments backed up with evidence
- Emotive language to make the reader care
- Rhetorical questions that make you stop and think
- Powerful conclusions that leave a lasting impression
Once we understood what makes a persuasive letter successful, we moved on to reading a range of other examples. This helped us build a toolkit of useful stock phrases, such as:
- “Surely you agree that…”
- “It is essential that…”
- “Have you ever considered…?”
- “Without immediate action…”
We also learned how important it is to use the right register—that means choosing words and tone that suit the audience. Whether we’re writing to a headteacher, a local councillor, or even a famous figure, we now know how to sound polite, confident, and persuasive.
Year 6 are already showing fantastic promise, and we can’t wait to see the brilliant letters they produce next. Watch this space for updates on our writing journey!
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 4:37pm
Our Amazing Algebra Adventures!
This term in Year 6, we’ve been diving into the exciting world of algebra—and guess what? It’s not as mysterious as it first sounds! Algebra is all about using letters and symbols to represent numbers, and it helps us solve problems in clever new ways.
Forming Expressions
We started by learning how to build algebraic expressions. An expression is like a mini‑maths sentence.
For example:
- Instead of writing “3 × a number,” we can write 3n.
- Instead of saying “a number plus 5,” we write n + 5.
We found out that letters like n, x, or b can stand for any number—and that’s what makes algebra so powerful!
Substituting Values
Next, we practised substitution, which is just a fancy way of saying “swap the letter for a number.”
For example, if n = 4, then:
- 3n = 3 × 4 = 12
- n + 5 = 4 + 5 = 9
We enjoyed trying different values to see how the expression changed.
Finding the Value of Letters and Symbols
Finally, we learned how to work out the value of a letter when we’re given a formula or equation.
For example:
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If n + 7 = 15, we can work out what n must be.
We simply think: “What number plus 7 makes 15?”
The answer is n = 8! -
If 5m = 20, then m must be 4, because 5 × 4 = 20.
We’ve discovered that solving equations feels a lot like solving puzzles—and we’re becoming fantastic algebra detectives!
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 4:34pm
Year 3 - Geography Weather Forecast
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 4:04pm
Year 4 - Introduction to Ancient Egypt
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 3:52pm
This week, we spoke about what we already know about Ancient Egypt then for the rest of the lesson we looked at what we could quickly find out about them. We went on an ‘information run’ where we had to go and find a new piece of information out about Ancient Egypt and take it back to our groups and share it. We when shared all these findings together as a class and added them to our class mind map. Next, we were given a scene from Ancient Egypt and we had to find the things which were the odd one out because they didn’t exist in Ancient Egyptian times.
Here’s what we found out about during the lesson:
- They had mud houses with flat roofs.
- They had lots of gods.
- It started 5000 years ago and lasted for 3000 years.
- They used tools to make flour for bread.
- They had a calendar the same as us and it has 365 days (but it was solar).
- Their river is called the river Nile, and it will helped grow their crops.
- They wrote using hieroglyphs.
- They invented paper (Papyrus).
- Pharaohs were kings who were in charge
- Kings did not have any crowns
- They did not have Oak trees
- So many people that lived in Ancient Egypt usually lived next to the river Nile because it went from the top to the bottom and they need the water to water their crops
- The Great Pyramid took 5000 men to build
- They did not have any electronics.
- They fished with nets
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 12:19pm
Date: 23rd Feb 2026 @ 11:52am
As part of our learning about different cultures and communities this week we have been finding out about how Chinese New Year is celebrated across the world. At the creative area we have been making our own dragon puppets using a range of different meduims and materials. We have been practising lur cutting aswell as fixing and joining using both tape nd glue. We can't wait to use our puppets during our chenese new year parade later in the week.
Date: 20th Feb 2026 @ 4:22pm
During phonics this half term we have been busy learning our phase 3 digraphs. We have taken part in our daily phonics session where we have been recognising, reading and writing new words and phrases. During provision time we have been practicing our reading and writing skills and developing our independance when segmenting and blending words with phase 3 digraphs and trigraphs.
Date: 20th Feb 2026 @ 4:17pm
Over this half term we have been learning about the emergency services and the important role they have within our community. We have spend lots of time role playing, finding out about what the jobs entail and what to do in an emergency situation. We even had a visit from our PCSOs.
Year 2- Our amazing smoothies!
Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 2:01pm
In this lesson we made our fruit smoothies. To do this we used the bridge cutting technique to cut a range of fruits. We then used a blender to mix all our ingredients together to make our tasty smoothies! Before working with any fruits, we looked at health and safety. We thought about what potential there can be in a kitchen, how we needed to wash our hands and keep our area tidy.
Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 1:15pm
Acorns have loved having our PE sessions with Blackpool football club. We have been developing our engagement and participation in group activities as well as our ball skills. We have been developing our catching, throwing and kicking, using balloon balls, large balls and moving to smaller tennis balls. Have a look at our progress.
