: Blog items
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 7:47am
This week we had our Heritage Day. It was a fantastic day learning all about the history of Doreen Lofthouse and Fisherman's Friend. We began the day by learning all about how Fisherman's Friend are made and how they first came to be. We then tried a lot of the different flavours (some were much better than others)! Then, we created our own timelines to show the development of Fisherman's Friend over time and how Doreen Lofthouse and her charitable donations benefited the local commnity for years after her death.
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 3:53pm
Today, it was our first Forest School session with Jenna and Claire. We began the session by listening to our environment to see if we could see or hear any birds around us. We saw lots and a few different species too which we loved because in our last sessions we built bird boxes to attract them into our nature area. Then, we discussed what materials birds used to make their nests and attempted to make our own bird nests using the resources we could find including sticks, twigs, leaves, mud and grass. Finally, some of us made our own birds to take home. We are looking forward to our second session next week.
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 10:58am
In this week's after school French club, we recapped on colours and numbers to thirty. We sang a French number song and had fun dancing like the worm on the video! Finally, we completed a colouring activity where we had to match the French numbers to a colour before colouring in the elephant. A lovely after school session.
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 9:04am
As part of heriatge day, Year 3 answered the question 'Who are the Thompson family and more specifically who is Amanda Thompson?' We started by looking at the jounrey of the Pleasure Beach and discovered how much it has changed since it was first opened. We ordered pictures to create a timeline of the Pleasure Beach. Did you know that the Pleasure Beach was originally built on the sand dunes?
We then went on to look at the significance of the Thompson family and everything they had done for the pleasure Beach and Blackpool. We used our art skills to create an artistic fact file about Amanda Thompson. We were inspired by her achievements, especially in her achievements as a female. We found out that the role she is holds is mainly held by men!
It was very interesting learning about Amanda Thompson and her family and we are grateful for the jobs she creates in Blackpool and the tourism that she helps to bring in to our home town.
Date: 6th Jul 2022 @ 9:46pm
We have been reading the story Billy's Bucket.
Billy wanted only one thing for his birthday- a bucket! But this was not just any bucket - it was a magical bucket! Inside it, Billy was able to see all kinds of different sea creatures. After lots of retelling of the story and writing about it we decided to design our own bucket using the resources from the creative area. The only rule was to create a repeating pattern!
Take a look at how we designed our buckets.
Date: 6th Jul 2022 @ 3:47pm
We have been learning different yoga poses in our PE lessons this half term. We have been listening to calming music and learning how to control our breathing in order to get the best out of the different breathing exercises. Yoga is beneficial for our bodies but also our minds, it helps us to find a place of calm, grounds us and helps us to maintain a good mental health. We sequenced some of our different poses in order to creat our own mini meditations.
Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 4:08pm
Year 6 have continued their journey through the book Unstoppable by Dan Freedman. Unstoppable is also the name of Blackpool FC Community Trust's Year 6 PSHE programme. It addresses several issues that the children may face as they continue to grow including emotional wellbeing, family dynamics, relationships and the transition to high school. This week's focus has been secrets and confidentiality and the children discussed when it is important to speak out and share.
Year 2 Heritage Day- Blackpool is Grand
Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 8:01am
Yesterday, the whole school took part in Heritage Day celebrating significant people and events from the past in Blackpool. Year 2 explored the key question ‘How did Thomas Sergenson and Frank Matcham influence theatre in Blackpool?’ Throughout the day, we completed a range of activities comparing Blackpool Grand Theatre when it was first built to what it looks like today as well as comparing the inside to a modern theatre. We also created a timeline of historical events in Blackpool and even added our previous learning of Mary Seacole and World War One to our timeline. We loved learning about the history of the Grand Theatre.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 10:15pm
Nursery had a great Sports Day and showed a real talent for throwing a welly! The chidlren did so well and took part in five different activities where they had to use their balancing, throwing and running skills. All the grown ups who came to watch where great and joined in with their chidlren. We might even have a few potential welly throwing Olympic Champions amongst us!
Nursery Heritage Day - That's The Way To Do It!
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 10:07pm
Nursery joined in with Heritage Day by looking at how seaside holidays have changed over the years. We looked at some photographs of people on the beach and talked about how a long time ago the men wore suits and the ladies wore long dresses! Then we explored seaside entertainment and we watched a video of a Punch and Judy show. After this we performerd our own puppet shows and started to make a big puppet theatre to go outside!
Reception- Heritage Day- How has the seaside changed?
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 5:50pm
To celebrate Heritage Day, the chidlren in Reception have been looking at Blackpool in the past and now.
We looked at old photos of the what people wore on the beach, Blackpool Tower, The Pleasure Beach and how children spent their time whilst on holiday in Blackpool. We then sorted photos into the 'past' and 'now'.
"We looked at photos of when Blackpool Tower wasn't fully built" Marleigh
"In the past people wore dresses and long shorts to go swimmimg" Charlie
"I go in the arcades and play games - they didn't have them in the past" Oakleigh
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Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 2:27pm
We began the day by discussing what Heritage Day actually means and what we thought we might be doing as part of our History learning. We were introduced to our influential people, ‘William Cocker’ and ‘Sir John Bickerstaffe’ and discussed the key question we will be exploring today, ‘how did William Cocker and Sir John Bickerstaffe influence Blackpool tourism by building Blackpool Tower?’ We explored Blackpool in the past by creating a timeline. This displayed when Blackpool attractions opened in chronological order. We then found our time capsule! We explored the different photos and posters inside to piece together Blackpool Towers story. Throughout the morning, we then compared present Blackpool to Blackpool in the past, created a new attraction and some of us even wrote a letter/postcard to William Cocker or Sir John Bickerstaffe.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 2:15pm
What another amazing Boundary Heritage Day! This year our theme was ‘Significant people and events in Blackpool’. From a trip to Bloomfield Road to a visit from a Funny Girl's Drag Queen, the children have had a great day. Each year group was given a different key question to investigate and enquire about.
Nursery/Reception: How has the seaside changed? What was it like in the past compared to now?
Year 1: How did William Cocker and Sir John Bickerstaffe influence Blackpool tourism by building Blackpool Tower?
Year 2: How did Thomas Sergenson and Frank Matcham influence theatre in Blackpool by building The Grand Theatre?
Year 3: Who are the Thompson family and more specifically who is Amanda Thompson?
Year 4: What is Fisherman’s Friend and how did Doreen Lofthouse help and continue to help the community after her passing?
Year 5: Who is Ian Holloway and what did he and Blackpool FC achieve in 2010?
Year 6: How has Basil Newby influenced the LGBT community in Blackpool?
Head to your child’s class page on the school website for more photos and information about their day. Well done everyone!
Year 6 Heritage Day - Blackpool's LGBTQ+ history
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 12:53pm
Today is our Blackpool Heritage Day and our topic is the history of LGBTQ+ in the resort. We were extremely privileged to have a visit from Basil Newby - a prominent name with Blackpool's gay bars and nightclubs. He talked about his life, how he had influenced the LGBTQ+ community here in Blackpool and introduced us to 2 of his team from Funny Girls, Alex and Nikki. Nikki came dressed in drag and it was a great opportunity for us all to ask questions to the whole team, which they all answered and gave us lots of information about life at Funny Girls. We would like to say a big thank you to all three of them for taking time out of their busy schedules to come and talk to us today.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 12:51pm
As part of our school-wide Heritage Day, pupils in year 5 visited Bloomfield Road Stadium (home of Blackpool FC). We were given a tour of the ground, got to sit in the home and away changing rooms, enjoy the view from the Directors Box, and stood pitchside next to the hallowed turf. Staff from the Blackpool FC Community Trust explained about how the success of the team can impact the town, and the many different ways that the club supports the community and people of Blackpool.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 12:00pm
Today the children in Reception enjoyed taking part in the very first sports day. The took part in an egg and spoon race, running races, bean bag throw and the hurdles. The children showed resilence, teamwork and great sportsmanship, cheering on their friends and children in their houses. Well done Reception.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 7:45am
This week we had some coaches from Wigan Warriors come in and run a rugby workshop. The coaches were fantastic and our Year 4's had a brilliant time! We practised our ball handling skills, agility and hand-eye coordination.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 7:31am
Sports Day! What a fantastic day we had. Our Year 4's certainly tried their best and got into the spirit of sports day. Some fantastic performances and sporting events and what made it even better was that parents/carers were able to come and watch again this year!
Reception Families, Friendships and Relationships
Date: 3rd Jul 2022 @ 9:44pm
This week in Reeption we have been talking about the importance of friendships, families and different relationships. We meet Ezaa the Bear and helped her overcome some different problems including feeling worried on her first day of school, worrying about her family being different to others and falling out with her best friend Heckle. We talked about different emotions and the children were able to identify when and why they felt scard, sad, worried and excited. We discussed the importance of friendships and why it is important to beable to say sorry and forgive people. Finally we talked about our families and discussed how they are similiar and different but still all equally as special.
"If my fiend is sad I will make them laugh" Indi-Anna
"I live with Nana and Grandad. They look after me" Jaden
"If someone upset up you should forgive them" Harrrison
"You should say sorry if you hurt someone" Evelyn
Date: 3rd Jul 2022 @ 6:49pm
Thorughout the school year, Reception have been learning about the different seasons. They have looked at the changes in the weather, the clothes we wear and how nature grows and changes too .
"In Summer the weather is hot but in Winter it is cold" Athena
"All the trees have leaves" Alicja
"In Summer you wear shorts and t shirts and sandals to keep you cool" Mercedes
" You don't need to wear a coat outside" Charlea-Rai
"In Autumn the leaves die and fall off the trees but in Summer they have all grown again- the trees look very green" Charlie
As the seasons change, Reception paint a season tree. Take a look at our Summer tree!
Year 2 Rugby Sporting Superstars
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 4:49pm
Year 2 have been extremely active and busy today as we did not only complete our Sports Day but we also had a special visitor called Tom who kindly came in to teach us some Rugby skills. We began the session by looking at how to hold the ball to ensure we had a tight grip so it couldn't be easily stolen by an opponent and we practised this skill whilst playing a fun game of stuck in the mud. Then the fun continued, we learnt in Rugby you can only pass sideways or backwards and completed some races to see which team could accurately throw the ball down their team and back the quickest. Finally, we learnt how to kick a rugby ball along the floor using our laces. We played a fun game to practise our skills where we had to accurately kick to earn points for our team. Thank you Tom for an excellent session, we all enjoyed it!
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 4:42pm
Today, Year Two had their Sports Day. All the children competed in a variety of sporting activities including: individual sprint races, team relay races, egg and spoon races, obstacle races and a beanbag throw. Miss Duckworth and Miss Hooson are proud of all the children's enthusiasm, determination, teamwork and supportiveness throughout the morning as they all cheered each other on and applauded those who won. Everyone tried their hardest and whilst we do not know the results quite yet- you're all winners in our eyes! Well done Year 2!
Year 2 Exploring Similarities and Differences
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 7:48am
This week Year Two have looked at a range of similarities and differences through our RSE lessons. In our first lesson, we explored gender stereotypes by sorting items of clothing and objects into whether we believed they were for boys, girls or everyone. By the end, everyone agreed that everyone can wear, do or play with what they would like to as long as it makes them happy. We then looked at a range of babies and thought about how we can tell what gender they were.
In our second lesson, we explored similarities and differences between male and female animals. We learnt that a mother animal can feed their young through their teats and explored that there needs to be a male and a female animal to have a baby.
In our final lesson, we looked at the human body and learnt to correctly name parts of our body including 'our private parts.' We discussed the importance of knowing the correct terminology the same way we need to be able to label our arms, legs and skull.
The children were very responsible and grown up about the conversations. Well done Year 2, Miss Hooson and Miss Duckworth were very impressed with your maturity.
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 7:14pm
For our second RSE lesson we explored how we grow and change. We recapped on our ground rules before our lesson and practised our feeling faces. We all remembered how to listen respecfully to one another and use our talking object on our turn. Today we read another story and discussed key questions about the events. Our story enabled us to discuss how and why babies need more help and care than older children. We tallked about lots of things we can now do that we couldn't do when we were babies. Finally, we created a lifecycle for a human being. We ordered the cards from youngest to eldest and labelled each picture.
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 6:51pm
This week we have enjoyed our three RSE lessons. Our first lesson included reading the story 'It's Okay to Be Different' by Todd Parrs. We all took part in a circle time session to discuss the story and its key themes. This story helped us understand an important message of acceptance and understanding through a fun story with some silly scenes! We celebrated our individuality through acceptance of others and self-confidence. Through our circle time we then explored how we are all different! We drew and wrote about an imaginary friend who is different to us. Some of us drew friends with different skin colours, different hair colours, friends who were a different size to us or friends who moved differently to us.
