Eco at Boundary: Blog items
Date: 25th Mar 2025 @ 3:32pm
Today we enjoyed our final Forest school session of the year. We explored the areas, built some dens, looked at the frog spawn and continued emptying the pond. Finally, we used the firefighters to create some sparks so we could toast marshmallows and make smores.
When Science and Geography come together..
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 3:56pm
When Science and Geography come together…
Isn’t it fascinating how science and geography intertwine? They help us explore habitats teeming with life, from vibrant rainforests to stark deserts. Yet, they also shed light on pressing issues like deforestation and climate change, which threaten endangered animals. By studying these subjects together, we can understand our planet better and protect its precious ecosystems!
Wow, what an amazing day we have had at Boundary today as we had a very special visit from Thomas, the Gorilla, and some of his rainforest friends. We started the day meeting Thomas and learning all about his habitat in the rainforest. We were shocked to hear about the impact human behaviour has on our world and Thomas’ home.
The morning was filled with utter excitement as EYFS and KS1 got the opportunity to meet an adorable baby Sloth and Cherokee and we learnt about how they adapt to their environments and the problems that they overcome.
What an incredible afternoon KS2 had as they made their very our videos using a green screen! They had bananas thrown at then by some very cheeky gorilllas and some were even chased by elephants!
Throughout the day, the whole school also completed work focusing on the rainforest, animals and their habitats, and the effects that some animals are under through our planet changing and through the awful actions of some humans.
Year 6 - Science and Geography Day
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 12:53pm
For Science and Geography day we have been looking at what deforestation is and the implications of it on our planet. We have looked at why deforestation happens and the devastating effects it has on our rainforests. We created posters to highlight the issue and to raise awareness of what can be done to help our world.
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 7:48pm
The whole school has been involved in cleaning up the litter around school this week. Reception have a weekly litter pick in their outdoor area to ensure it stays clean and tidy but decided they wanted to help clean the front of school too. They set out Thursday afternoon with their litter pickers and had a great time removing all the litter that had been dropped or blown into our school.
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 7:38pm
Reception have been embracing Waste Week and learning to recognise different types of materials that can be recycled.
They had to look at the waste being recycled and decide if it was plastic or paper or cardboard. They then talked about how these items can be recycled and made into new items, such as paper being recycled into paper towels.
Date: 12th Mar 2025 @ 8:35am
Having completed construction of their bug hotels, pupils in year 5 have place them around the school grounds to provide shelter for insects and other wildlife. They have been made from eco-friendly materials that will decompose naturally over time.
Eco at Boundary- World Book Day Book Swap!
Date: 10th Mar 2025 @ 12:17pm
On World Book Day the whole school took part in a giant 'Book Swap' in order to recycle books.
Lots of children had books in good condition that they had read so they swapped them for another book they had not read before.
" I bought in Winnie the Witch- I have read it loads of times... I have chosen Minecraft! I can't wait to read it at home- it's my favourite!" Harry in Reception.
Date: 10th Mar 2025 @ 12:09pm
This week sees the launch of Waste Week but what is waste? Waste is something that someone doesn’t’ need or want anymore.
Here at Boundary we are trying reduce the amount of food left on our plate at lunchtime. Every year, we waste approximately the equivalent in weight to that of an elephant!
Also, the Eco warriors will be ensuring that everyone in school recycles all the paper, card and cardboard by placing it in the brown recycling bags and not the bins where it will be sent to landfill!
Don’t forget we also recycle school uniform and batteries.
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 7:33am
Yesterday, we enjoyed our second Forest school session. We began by looking around the area for blackthorn trees so we knew where to be careful before we used the equipment to build some dens. Some of us helped clear out the pond area and helped to dig some of it out to try and make it deeper so the frogs will have a better habitat.
Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 8:10am
Yesterday, we had our first forest school session of the Spring term. Whilst in the forest school area, we went searching for worms in the area as well as other bugs that were out there and discussed how the conditions were right for their survival.
Year 5 - Mastering Practical DT Skills
Date: 10th Feb 2025 @ 5:13pm
Today, pupils in year 5 have begun construction of their DT products. They are making eco-friendly 'bug hotels' which are constructed from a frame structure. In this lesson, pupils practised the skills of measuring, sawing and sanding to make the pieces of their frame structures from wood. Next we will start to contruct the frame, before adding sides and some shelter for the insects. Come back for more updates over the next week.
School Council- OPAL Primary Play ideas.
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 2:28pm
The School Council had an important meeting with Mrs Webster regarding new sustainable play ideas for KS1 and KS2 to improve the quality of play at playtime.
They looked at lots of ideas for messy play, physical play, construction play, ball play etc and gave their ideas of what the children would like to use on the playground during playtimes.
This will help support and develop children's physical,social and emotional wellbeing as well as their mental health. They were all very excited about the prospect of a range of new and recycled equipment to use during their playtime.
"I'd love to role play, dress up and dance- it would be fun!" Izzy.
"I'd like to build with Lego" Elliott.
"Maybe we could have bikes some days or scooters..." Lewis.
"I like playing with small world figures" Jack.
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 1:04pm
Year 4 took part in their first Forest School of the year today.
The children built dens, an musical theatre, played in the mud kitchen and spotted creatures. The children really enjoyed their time outdoors despite the mud!
Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 6:03pm
Today we began to discuss our key question in RE, ‘How might beliefs about creation affect the way people treat the world?’ Our lesson involved learning about how we should treat the environment, why it is important and whose responsibility it is. We did this through looking at images and real life nature examples. We went on a nature walk to collect lots of natural resources and we then used these natural resources to create transient nature pictures. After this, we looked at a number of images and decided which are examples of looking after the environment and which are not. We sorted them together, verbally discussing and justifying each example.
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 11:16am
This week Acorns have been exploring habitats. We have engaged in a variety of multisensory activities to develop our curiosity and understanding.
We have enjoyed our tuff tray of different environments, singing the habitat song and looking at the different animals and where they live.
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 10:49am
This week was the start of Switch- Off Week!
It was launched on Monday with an assembly reminding children of the of how to save electricity and the reasons why.
The Eco Warriors read the electricity meter on Monday and they will be monitoring the number of lights and plugs that are switched off around school.
"We need to switch off electricity to save money- electriciry is expensive" Hannah- May.
"I will make sure we don't boil the kettle with too much water in it" Lyra- Rose.
"I will switch off my Play Station when I've finished with it" Logan
Eco- A Micro Wood on Grange Park.
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 10:16am
This week, the Eco Warriors were invited to take part in planting trees to create a micro wood on Grange Park.
They planted various different young trees with other local schools and members of the community.
Jenni from Treescape, Lancashire explained how the micro wood was for everyone in the community to enjoy over the years. and the Eco Warriors were excited to discover that some of the trees planted were the same as the names of our classes in school, such as Oak and Hawthorn.
"I will come here with my mum and look at how they have grown" Lyra- Rose.
"I have an oak tree in my garden- it grows acorns" Lacey
"I planted about twenty five trees this morning and then I lost count. It was really good planting them near our school" Damien.
" I hope that hedgehogs will find a home in the woods" Hannah- May.
Date: 13th Nov 2024 @ 9:44pm
Today, the Eco Warriors had the chance to visit the Blackpool waste vehicle- Dennis to the Rescue!
They learnt about local issues, such as litter, dog fouling, beach waste and recycling. They then had the opportunity to plant a pine cone which will hopefully, over time, grow into a tree.
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 4:09pm
Mrs McAllister's Gardening Club have been busy tidying the school grounds to get ready for Winter. They have also been planting bulbs for Spring and learning about the lifecycle of a flower and that flowers can grow from bulbs. It is also important to enhance the school grounds so that they look neat, tidy and pretty and attractive to pollinators and wildlife too.
Eco- Welcome to our new Eco Warriors.
Date: 4th Nov 2024 @ 5:43pm
It was the first meeting of the school year with our new Eco Warriors.
We chatted about how we can have an impact on the school with our environmental action and learning and that we need to keep thinking about new ideas to discuss at our meetings. In November, there will be Switch Off Week to get ready for and also planting trees at @thegrange with Treescape to create a micro forest.
Watch this space for more environmental work and ideas.
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 10:40am
On Thursday, Reception visited Forest School with Jenna and Emma.
We had a great time listening to a story, searching for bugs and making homes for them using leaves and twigs that we found. All the children worked together, helping each other and sharing what they had found.
"I can't believe we have found slug eggs!" Kevin.
"Worms come up through the soil" Dennis.
"Look! I've found a bug under the log" Harley.
"I made a house for my bug from leaves and some mud" Hazel.
"I've found a secret path in the trees" Harry.
Year 2- Forest School Fun Part 2
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 10:43pm
This week in forest school we had another fantastic session and managed to enjoy some sunshine! We started by discussing who can help us in case of an emergency on a mountain side and made ourself an emergency shelter before exploring the areas. We said we wanted to focus on frogs so we discussed a frogs habitat, life cycle and food chain before going pond dipping to see what wildlife we could find. We found: water beetles, worms and even a dragonfly nymph that was wrapped up, keeping warm in the pond weed.
Year 5 - Wellbeing and Mental Health
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 10:19am
In this lesson we looked at the words Mental Health and Wellbeing and we defined them in our own words.
In small groups we discussed and recorded what these words mean to us; we took part in a quiz to help us understand that our emotions, thoughts and feelings (and the choices we make) can affect our Mental Health and Wellbeing.
We watched a video that suggested some great ideas about the type of things we can do to improve our own Mental Health and Wellbeing and finally, we came up with our own top tips for ourselves and others!
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 7:40am
This week in Geography we have used fieldwork to identify the features of our school grounds. We went out into our school environment to explore the main features we could see and identify them on a birds eye view map.
Date: 15th Sep 2024 @ 7:52pm
This week, Year Two continued their learning of Living things and their habitats by going into our School grounds and forest school area to find what microhabitats we have around us and the minibeasts we could find in each habitat. We looked under logs and wooden objects, in the long grass as well as looking at the pond. We found: a ladybird, slugs, snails, woodlouse and spiders. We then discussed the conditions in each of the microhabitats that made it suitable for each of the minibeasts.
