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Year 5 Introduction to 'Older Literature'
Date: 24th Feb 2022 @ 7:48pm
During the first week of Spring 2, we have been introduced to the fascinating work of William Shakespeare!
By completing a scavenger hunt, we have learnt lots of new things about the life and works of one of the world's most influential people... did you know we still use words and phrases coined (made up) by Shakespeare? Over 1700 words in the English language are believed to have been invented by him, or introduced to his audience because of him. Gossip, fashionabble and nervy are just some!
Date: 24th Feb 2022 @ 6:49pm
'Twosday' was also our 100th day in school this year so far! We focussed our maths lesson around the number 100. We had 6 activities, which were laid out as a carousel and in our groups we wokred our way aorund, learning loads and having a great time! We also looked at how life was like 100 years ago, how life is now in comparison and how we think life will be in 100 years time. If even half of what we discussed happens in 100 years time, it's going to be pretty exciting!
Nursery There's A Pea On The Loose!
Date: 24th Feb 2022 @ 5:48pm
There has been an evil pea on the loose in Nursery this week! Thank goodness Supertato was on hand to save the day! The children have loved reading the story "Supertato" By Sue Hendra and have been busy making their own evil peas, making traps to catch him and creating Wanted posters. They have also been thinking about the sound "s" and creating a Super "S".
Date: 23rd Feb 2022 @ 12:37pm
Reception enjoyed finding out about the number 100. We counted out 100 cubes to see how many there were and talked about numbers that are more or less than 100. We then used the numerals to make our own 100 pictures.
Reception Bears, bears and more bears
Date: 23rd Feb 2022 @ 12:32pm
Reception enjoyed bringing their favourites teddies to school. We compared all the different teddies and talked about how they were similar and different. Mrs Clark brought her very old teddy bear in to show us and we discussed how teddy bears had changed over time. The children enjoyed sorting different bears, drawing and writing about their own bear and using loose parts to make their own teddy bear face.
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 9:43pm
Wow! 100 days in school this term! Nursery joined in with the rest of the school to celebrate our 100th day. We looked at the number 100 and made pictures using all the numerals in 100, made crowns to celebrate the day and also thought about what a set of 100 objects looks like by counting out 100 match sticks!
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 7:02pm
Today was our 100th day in Year 1 and wow, what a 100 days it has been! We completed lots of different activities to explore the number 100 using lots of different representations and practical resources. We began the day with our whole school ‘100’ quiz, discussed parts of the book ‘If the world were 100 people' and moved, danced and counted our way to 100. We also used our number bond knowledge to 10 to practise our number bonds to 100, played 100 Bingo and tried to piece together a mixed up 100 square! Alongside all that we also used Numicon, Base 10 and counting resources to try and make 100! What a busy day!
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 4:37pm
Today marks 100 days since the start of Year 3! To celebrate we did a range of Mathematic activities including a race to 100, rolling a dice and using addition to get the closest to 100 and even tested our number bonds to 100. We also enjoyed thinkign about all the different ways we could reach 100.
We also took part in a 100 day drawing activity, we throught about how we could include the numebr 100 into our drawings and used our skills of line, colour and shape to create imagninative pieces!
School Council Meeting 3rd February
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 4:06pm
This term we had a meeting to discuss how to create the School Council display board.
After looking at the display board, we discussed ideas of having speech bubbles for each school councillor saying how they will help their class. Melissa, Maisie, Emily and Tilley decided to make posters to show how they can help be the pupil’s voice. Each school councilor wrote a speech bubble and posters were created too.
Year 3 Wow- Super Shadow Shows!
Date: 22nd Feb 2022 @ 1:57pm
In Year 3 our Wow introduced our science topic of 'Light'. We made shadow puppets and used torches to act out Fairy Tales. We used different films to change the colour of the light and looked at how the distance of the light changed the size of the shadow.
Year 1 Investigating Animal Poo!
Date: 21st Feb 2022 @ 6:41pm
As part of our WOW lesson today we examined and dissected animal poo! Using our prior knowledge about carnivores, omnivores and herbivores we identified which animal had left which poo behind. We also had a poo fact sheet to help us. We labeled which poo which animal had come from and whether each animal was a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore. Don't worry, it wasn't real poo!
Date: 21st Feb 2022 @ 2:30pm
In Year 6 today we have taken part in an activity to help us understand evolution. We discussed who Charles Darwin was and how he developed the theory of evolution by comparing finches on each of the Galapagos Islands. He found that there were differences in the birds' beaks depending on the food available. We have taken the role of these birds today by trying to pick up different 'seeds' using a range of different 'beaks'. We found that some beaks were better at picking up seeds than others and this helped us to understand why some finches developed different sized beaks.
Reception Now Press Play...Weather!
Date: 21st Feb 2022 @ 8:29am
The children of Reception enjoyed taking part once again in Now Press Play- this time it was about the weather. They embarked on an exciting journey wearing some magical wellies!
Take a look at some of our photos!
Date: 20th Feb 2022 @ 4:35pm
Last half term Year 4 had weekly visits from Blackpool FC and had an amazing time on the Fit 2 Go initiative! Some fantastic games that were not only fun, but really raised our pulses and incorporated a lot of teamwork and problem solving. We also learned so much from our theory sessions which were all about how we can keep both our body and our minds healthy. A huge thank you to Blackpool FC, we had an amazing time and learned so much in the process!
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 8:00pm
As part of children's mental health week we read the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and discussed the changes the characters went through. We then thought about changes we ourselves have been through and what we would like to be able to do when we are older. We thought about whether we might need help at first to do these things, and who might help us. We then decorated butterfly outlines with pictures or words depicting things we have learnt to do, e.g. write our names, count to 20 and read our common exception words.
Year 4 Children's Mental Health Week
Date: 11th Feb 2022 @ 5:07pm
We have been having some fantastic discussions in Year 4 this week with it being Children's Mental Health Week. We have been talking about what we think mental health means and what it means to us. There have been some really positive and mature discussion points this week and the children have really enjoyed talking about all the ways in which we can ensure that we not only look after our bodies but our minds too!
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 9:27pm
Earlier in the week, Year Two had a very exciting set of visitors to our classes. Gemma from Little Zoo to You introduced us to some very interetsing animals; Michelle the African Land Snail, Clare the Madagscan Hissing Cockroach, Prince Charming the Australian White Tree Frog, Charlotte teh Mexican Red-Kneed Tarantula and Zeus the American Corn Snake. Gemma told us lots of interesting facts about each creature and how they survive in their natural habitats. We also got to handle some of the guests, which for some of us, took a lot of courage!
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 9:06pm
Year Two have been focusing on division this week. We have been using concrete resources to share into equal groups and we have been linking this concept to division calculations. We have been using stem sentences to help us to remember each element of the division calculation and this has helped us to record our mathematics accurately. We have also been grouping items and looking at how this differs to sharing, comparing the divison calculations that this creates.
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 7:40pm
As part of 'Safer Internet Day' we read the story 'Digiduck and the Magic Castle.' We listened and participated throughout the story, answering key questions such as 'how can you make a password strong, and hard to guess?' and 'who are the adults that you could talk to if anything online worries or upsets you?' We then completed two tasks. One was to give examples of our trusted adults and how they can help and the other was an online or offline sort. Through this we identified what information should be kept private and offline and what information is safe to share online.
Date: 9th Feb 2022 @ 12:37pm
It's official! We are proud to announce that Boundary has been awarded the Gold level 'Quality Mark for History' which recognises the excellence of History provision in schools.
The assessor's praised 'the quality of [our] History curriculum and how well the children across the school learn history...it is taught thoroughly'.
At Boundary, we value History and want our children to understand and be proud of where they come from.
Well done Boundary!
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 5:14pm
We love a good Tuff Tray activity in nursery! Tuff trays are great for setting up a range of activities and the great thing is that they cover so many areas of learning. This week we have made potions in one of our outdoor trays. This provided some great opportunites for the children including exploring colour mixing, capacity, counting, developing communication and langauge skills and fine motor skills. It was also great for social skills as the children had to negotiate and take turns with the equipment. As the activity was open eneded, the children explored things further by pouring their potions down some pipes. They loved to see what happened when the coloured water hit the tray at the bottom!
Year 6 Making Mobile Phone Cases
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 5:06pm
Today, we have had a full day of DT. Our project was to make a mobile phone case and today we have managed to create these. To do this we have followed a journey in order to make sure we have fully researched the product and had a chance to plan it. Today we have researched existing felt mobile phone cases, looked at developing a success criteria, planned and designed our product, made a prototype and then created our final product. To finish, we now need to evaluate our case against our success criteria.
Year 5 Fabulous Frame Structures
Date: 8th Feb 2022 @ 4:32pm
Our Design and Technology unit this half-term has been all about frame structures. These are usually hidden structures inside buildings, furniture or toys that provide stability and support. We have been learning about structures and how they can be strengthened in various ways, especially using triangles. In this lesson, pupils were given a design brief and then asked to build a cube-shaped frame for a product. Pupils used various equipment, including hacksaws, to measure, cut and construct there cube frames.
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 5:43pm
In Year 3 we have been looking at money in Maths. We have looked at how to identlfy conions, how to add and subtract them and also hwo to compare them. Sonme children have been exploring a wide range of problem solving questions as well as testing their reasoning skills!
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 5:37pm
This half term we have been focusisng on using our imagination to compose and perform pieces using insturments and our voice. We have enjoyed listening to a wide rang of pieces and discussing what we think about each piece and if we can find key musical elements such as pitch, pulse, tome, tempo and the dynamics.
