Year 1: Blog items
Date: 19th Sep 2019 @ 4:02pm
We have been learning the name each of our senses as well as the body part we use for that sense. We explored and a range of foods using our sense of smell, touch, sight, and taste and we able to think of some fantastic describing words such as spiky, sour, rough, oval and juicy.
Date: 12th Sep 2019 @ 9:23am
Our first trip to the library was very exciting! We walked to @Grange dodging the puddles along the way as it was a very wet day! When we arrived at the library we couldn't wait to choose a book to look at. There were lego books, princess books, robot books and one of our favourite books 'We're going on a bear hunt". We spent some time looking at the books before Miss James read us a story. It was about a little boy who told lies - we knew this was something we should not do and if the little boy was in our class he would not have an always badge!
Date: 3rd Sep 2019 @ 4:23pm
Today for our WOW we have learnt the song ‘Good to be me’, talked about how we are special and different, choose a friend and made a certificate to celebrate what we like about them, made friendship bracelets, created self portraits and made faces out of natural objects and resources.
Date: 3rd Sep 2019 @ 10:22am
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Autumn 1 Topic Overview 2019/20
Date: 3rd Sep 2019 @ 9:56am
Date: 5th Jul 2019 @ 8:30am
Children have been lucky to have the experience of a Sikh workshop. It brought the faith to life through re-enactment of traditional stories, dressing up and dancing. The hands on approach through drama created fun and enjoyment through learning about a different faith.
Date: 5th Jul 2019 @ 8:17am
It was a warm sunny day for our children that enjoyed various activities on the mugga, including a relay race, egg and spoon and obstacle course. Children developed their competitive spirits in order to gain house points for their team. A great day enjoyed by all.
Why do some people get Baptised? We went and found out!
Date: 4th Jul 2019 @ 8:13pm
Why do people get baptised? ... This was a question which arose during an RE lesson, so we decided to go and find out. What better way than visit the church ourselves.
We visited St.Marks church in Layton and learnt about why a church is an important place for Christians. Reverent Hannah showed us what happens when a someone gets baptised and some of the reasons why people choose to do this. People get baptised so they can belong to Gods family and be loved, protected and cared for. We also learnt about holly communion, the giving and receiving of bread and wine, and what the word belonging means to ourselves and to Christians and why it is so important.
Lets get creative! #NorthernBalletSchool
Date: 4th Jul 2019 @ 8:04pm
Our visit from the Royal Ballet school was fantastic! Keisha, a dancer from Northern Ballet, worked with us to explore the story and characters within Puss in Boots. We took on different roles throughout the lesson and learnt how we could use our bodies and expression to convey different feelings and movements.
Date: 4th Jul 2019 @ 7:55pm
Well done Year 1 for a fantastic performance in your first Choral Speaking competition. You showed determination, persistence, confidence, enthusiasm and teamwork when learning to recite both poems. Diplodocus Dan was very funny; especially the part when it said 'puts bananas on your head!'
Date: 20th Jun 2019 @ 9:21am
This week we have been introduced to our new topic 'Dinosaur Planet'. We created our own small worlds, containing what we believed we would find in prehistoric times. We discussed what dinosaurs were, how we knew they were alive and the different types of dinosaurs we would have found! To finish, we created our own dinosaur, decided what it would have eaten and where it would have lived.
There were dinosaurs all over our classroom too!
Date: 14th Jun 2019 @ 2:59pm
Today we have taken part in the relaunch of the Boundary mile. We can't wait to do it again on Monday!
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Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:43am
This week we have been doing lots of activities around Anti-bullying day. We thought about how we can be kind and support each other, how we can make sure everyone has a friend and who and where we can go if we feel upset or need to share something with someone. We also all wore odd socks to celebrate our differences and anti-bullying day. it is our differences that we need to celebrate and these differences which make us special. Take a look at some of odd sock picture below.
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:20am
Each week our Year 1 children cannot wait for Thursday to come around! They know that Thursday afternoon means it’s computing time!
We began our first session of computing by discussing the devices and technology we use both in school, and at home. We discussed how we use each device, and how they can be important in day to day life. We then discussed what we need to remember when accessing online devices, and introduced SMART. We discussed the importance of staying safe, not meeting up, accepting files, reliability and telling someone.
We have then been practising our essential skills. We have learnt how to turn the Chromebook on and off, click and scroll on the mousepad and type with the keyboard. When using the keyboard to type in our personal log in details, we have also had to get used to the fact that some letters look slightly different to the ones we are used to seeing, but we have all been trying really hard to do this independently.
We have also explored the program Paintz App. We spent some time exploring the different tools available, and we found out we could do things like change the background colour, add 2D shapes, and even add text! During our Reading into Writing sessions we have been exploring the book ‘Aliens Love Smelly Jelly,’ creating invites to an alien tea party from an alien. We then linked this to our computing session, and we designed the alien using the Paintz App!
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:17am
Today we came into school to find out our Christmas elf had returned! Not only was he back, but he had also brought something with him…a letter! We discussed why we might receive a letter, or why we might send one, and what information may be included in a letter.
We then compared the features of three different text types, beginning to discuss how we knew which ones were letters, and which weren’t. We have done lots of work on invitations and lists over the past couple of weeks, and so we compared the features of these two text types to those included in a letter, beginning to discuss similarities and difference. We found out a letter is always set out in a particular way, and we write a letter when we want to send a message to someone.
We used our phonics skills to segment and blend the information in the letter, and found out we had received a letter from Goldilocks as well as our class Elf!
We then moved on to identifying the features of a letter in greater depth, highlighting the address, date, who the letter is for and who the letter is from.
We will continue to look and read lots of different types of letters and are very excited to eventually write a letter to the Elf that he can take back to Santa!
Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:16am
We have had a very busy week in Maths this week!
At the start of the week we continued our work on exploring teen numbers, showing the numeral in numbers, words and pictorial representation. We have then worked on showing numbers in different ways, for example on tens frames, part part whole models, with objects and with drawings.
As we continued through the week we then moved onto problems involving one more and one less. We recapped on when finding one more the number gets bigger, and when finding one less the number gets smaller. We learnt that there are 2 ways to describe a number, for example 17 is one more than 16, and 17 is also one less than 18.
In partners we then thought of a number and tried to describe it to each other using the language of one more and one less, and seeing if our partner could tell us the number in our head! We then explored lots of different practical activities to explore the concept of one more and one less, using numicon, objects, counters and more!
Religious Education; a summary of our learning so far
Date: 15th Dec 2020 @ 2:27pm
At Boundary, our curious and tolerant children have had a busy few weeks learning lots about different religions and we can’t wait to share what we have done…
Reception have been busy learning about the Christmas story and filming our nativity in their outdoor area. They loved dressing up and re-enacting the nativity play.
This half term in Year 1 for RE, the children have been learning all about Jesus and the Christmas Story. They have learnt about the roles of a family and why babies are special. They have read the Christmas Story and then ordered the events. This week, they worked together in groups, to sort out Christmas cards into ones with a religious meaning and ones without.
Year 2 having been exploring the question…
Why do Christians say that Jesus is the ‘Light of the World’?
They children have learnt about how lights are used by Christians in celebration and to mark special events, what advent means and how they can be a light to other people!
Year 3 have been learning about Islam and who Muslims follow. They have learnt about the characteristics that the prophet Mohammed showed and how Muslims can be charitable. The children have reflected on this and how they can apply it to the role models in our lives.
In Year 4, they have been learning about Christianity and how Christians show love to everyone. The children have done this by looking at parables such as The Good Samaritan and The Unforgiving Servant. These parables have told them that it is important to ‘Love thy neighbour’ and treat everyone around them with care and respect.
This term in Year 5 they have been learning about Islam. They looked at Ramadan, The 5 Pillars of Islam, The Holy Qur’an and Hajj.
The Holy book of Islam is the Qur’an, Muslims clean themselves in water that has been blessed, before they hold it. – Lacey-Morgan
The pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) is one of the five pillars of Islam and Muslims must do it at least once in their life if they are physically capable of it. Ihram is the name given to the special spiritual state in which pilgrims wear two white sheets of seamless cloth during their pilgrimage. – Myles
Year 6 children have been learning about the Hindu belief in reincarnation, karma and the 4 Ashramas (stages of life). The children have reflected on the milestones they have achieved in their lives already and possible future ones.
