British Values: Blog items

Acorns - People who help us

Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 2:26pm

Acorns will be exploring and learning about people who help us for the next few weeks. We have enjoyed listening and interacting with our sensory story. 
Acorns have enjoyed being introduced to people who help us through our puppets. We have also incorporated activities into our learning. We loved putting out fires outside like firemen. 

Year 3 - School Council Elections

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 2:50pm

Today, our school witnessed an inspiring democratic exercise as children voted for their class school counsellor. Each candidate confidently read out their manifesto, sharing ideas to support classmates and improve the school environment. After hearing the speeches, students headed to the hall to cast their votes in the ballot box, embracing the importance of participation and responsibility. This event not only encouraged leadership skills but also taught the value of making informed choices. It’s wonderful to see young minds actively engaged in shaping their school community!

Year 5 - School Council Elections

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:51am

School Council Elections!

Yesterday was a very exciting day- it was Election Day for the School Councillors! 

Candidates started the day by presenting their manifesto to their class and then every child completed a ballot paper to vote for their chosen representative. The voting booths had been set up in the hall and children placed their ballot paper in the ballot box. After the votes had been counted, an assembly was held to reveal the results.

The children learnt about the key British Value, democracy, what it means and if it is a good thing.

Year 4 - Non Chronological Report - Shared Write

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:14am

Today, we completed a shared write about Black History Month, which is next month. We had to use our knowledge of the features of non-chronological reports to set out the information we were given correctly.

Year 4 - Election Day!

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:07am

Earlier this week, children who wanted to run for School Council presented their manifestos to their class. They presented with clear and confident voices. Today, was voting day! We will find out who has been elected this afternoon. Good luck to all the candidates!

Year 6 - Magistrates visit

Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 12:53pm

Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!

Year 1- School Council Elections

Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 7:45am

This week, the whole School have been preparing manifesto's as to why they should represent the class as a member of the school council. As part of our Reading into Writing, we carefully thought about why we would be a good councillor and presented them to the class to encourage them to vote for us. On Thursday, we went into the hall and confidentially placed our votes for who we believed would be the best person to represent us. 

 

Well done to our newly elected councillors!

Beech- Kevin

Hazel- Myla-Gray

Reception- Katie Kindness

Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 11:34am

This week the children in Reception have been looking at the characteristic  'kindness'- Katie Kindness. 

They read stories about being kind and talked about what it meant to be kind.

"You help people" Zara.

"You hug them when they cry" Dolcie-Rae.

"If someone falls over you take them to the teacher" Lockie.

"When you share toys you are being kind" Isabel.

School Council- Democracy Week

Date: 16th Sep 2025 @ 8:33pm

This week sees the launch of the School Council Elections. 

 

It began today with a whole school assembly and a visit from Chris Webb MP where the children learnt about the British Value, democracy , why we vote and how to become a school councillor. 

 

The children looked at what characteristics make a good school councillor and how they can encourage their class to vote for them. 

 

Have you got what it takes to be part of the school council? If so, your school needs YOU!

 

Voting day is Thursday 25th September.

 

Year 4 - Boundary Roman Museum

Date: 16th Sep 2025 @ 4:12pm

Today, children in year 4 had the experience of exploring Roman artefacts, that were loaned to the school from The Lancashire Museum. The artefacts included armour and weapons, clothing and kitchen equipment such as jugs and lamps. Pupils had time to investigate the items and discussed what they were, what they made of and who may have used them.

Building on previous learning about Boudicca, we also used AI to create a realistic image of the Celtic leader who fought against the Romans. This allowed us to share the amazing power of generative AI with the pupils and also to discuss the uses and possible dangers of this new technology.

Year 3 - RESPECT

Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 7:20pm

What a fantastic week we've had in PHSE! We've been diving into the importance of showing respect, which ties in beautifully with our Skills for Life focus. The children had some lively discussions about how respect can be expressed and why it's essential in our everyday lives. To add a fun twist, they learned to say "please," "thank you," and "you're welcome" in Makaton. Their creativity shone through in the amazing posters they've created. Keep up the brilliant work, Year 3, and continue striving to be the best you can be!

Year 2- Skills For Life!

Date: 11th Sep 2025 @ 4:12pm

In Year Two, we have started looking at one of our Skills For Life ‘Respect’. We focused on what respect was and how to show it. We then looked at how manners and compliments link to respect, and thought about how to give compliments. We then filled a cup of compliments, thinking about which different attributes we could compliment people on.

Nursery learn the Routines

Date: 10th Sep 2025 @ 2:04pm

The Nursey children are becoming familar with all of our routnines. They are starting to get themselves ready to go outside by putting their shoes in their trays and putting on waterproofs. At snack time, they are washing their hands, choosing a snack and putting the rubbish in the bin. They are all doing a fantastic job! 

Year 6 - Goals and Aspirations

Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 7:02pm

In today’s lesson, we discussed our goals. We completed our leaves for Boundary’s tree of goals and then talked about how we could achieve these. We completed a ‘goal’ mountain where we looked at the goal, challenges that may stop us from achieving the goal and who can help us. We finished by discussing the importance of having high aspirations.  

Reception All about me

Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 1:30pm

This week we are going to starting our topic 'All about me'.  We started by thinking about what we look like and how we are similar or different to others.  The children enjoyed using mirrors to look at the different features on their faces and made some thoughtful observations.

"I have blue eyes don't I' Harlie

"My name is yellow" Ava 

"I have glasses" Theo

The children then painted their faces at the painting easel try hard to select the correct colours they needed.  Have a look at our super paintings.

Reception stays for dinner

Date: 8th Sep 2025 @ 1:17pm

Today our new Reception children have stayed for dinner for the first time.  They lined up smartly in the classroom and walked down the corridor to the dinner hall.  We were very impressed with how they politely asked for their dinner remembering to say please and thankyou.  The children were able to choose three items from the salad bar.  The children sat at the tables brilliantly and enjoyed their dinner whilst chatting to their new friends.  What a super start!

Reception Rules and Routines

Date: 5th Sep 2025 @ 4:06pm

This week we have been focusing on the children learning the classroom rules and routines.  We have been busy learning how to sit on the carpet properly, sharing the classroom resources and putting them away correctly and practicing putting on our waterproofs independently ready to go outside.  Have a look at some of our pictures!

Nursery Get to Know Each Other

Date: 4th Sep 2025 @ 2:45pm

It has been great to welcome all of our nursery new starters. They are starting to settle in really well and are becoming familiar with the nursery routines. We can see some great freinships being formed and some super play skills - we think its going to be a fantastic year! 

Y5 PGL

Date: 17th Jul 2025 @ 12:41pm

Here’s a selection of photos from our children’s recent PGL residential. They had a fantastic time learning new skills, making memories, and working together as a team.

A big thank you to our dedicated staff for supporting the children and making the trip so special!

Year 5 - Mobile Farm Visit

Date: 17th Jul 2025 @ 11:56am

Today, all classes had the fantastic opportunity to visit the mobile farm from Fishers Farm, and it was an absolute highlight for everyone involved. As Year 5 teachers, we were especially proud of how our pupils conducted themselves throughout the visit. Their curiosity, thoughtful questions, and respectful behaviour really stood out, and it was lovely to see them so engaged with the animals and eager to learn more. The staff from Fishers Farm even took the time to compliment the children on their excellent manners and enthusiasm, which made us incredibly proud. It was a wonderful experience that brought learning to life and showcased the very best of our Year 5 pupils.

Year 2- Looking after the environment

Date: 16th Jul 2025 @ 3:02pm

Today, we explored the key question how does rubbish affect our environment? We read the story a rubbish day at the beach, thinking about the problems we saw in the story and how we could improve the problem. We then made a pledge to do one thing to help the environment including: giving things to charity, recycling more or picking up litter. 

Reception- The Ice-cream Shop

Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 10:08am

Reception were very excited when the home corner changed into an ice- cream shop!

Someone made the ice-creams, someone was on the till, the customers chose what they wanted by completing a form with the different flavours and styles of ice- cream and you could design your own ice-cream and ice lolly too. They took turns, helped each other and chatted about their favourite ice- lolly and ice-cream.

Then, when we returned from a day at the beach, Mrs McAllister opened up her own ice-cream shop outside, where children could enjoy a real ice-cream as a treat!

"I love strawberry ice-cream!" Myla- Gray.

"I'm making my own rainbow ice-lolly" Hazel.

"The ice-cream is so refreshing" Harley.

Year 2- Judaism

Date: 10th Jul 2025 @ 7:41am

This week in Year 2, we got our hands doughy and made Challah bread, a special treat for the Jewish weekly celebration of Shabbat. This half term, we've been diving into the fascinating world of Judaism, exploring everything from the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments to understanding why the Sabbath Day is so important and how it's celebrated. The children thoroughly enjoyed shaping their own loaves and learning about the significance behind this delicious bread. Join us as we reflect on our tasty experience and the important lessons we’ve uncovered about faith and tradition!

Reception- Sports Day

Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 10:47am

It was Sports Day this week and, although it was a little chilly to start off, we had a fantastic time and showed lots of great teamwork and resilience.

"I love throwing a welly!" Hazel.

"The Egg and spoon race was tricky but I kept going until the end" Harry.

"I did twenty two jumps (on the speed bounce)" Lucas.

"I jumped really far up to number 4!" Riley.

"The cup stacking was fun- they kept falling down so it was tricky!" Antoni.

"I loved running fast in the running race" Harley.

"I threw the beanbag into the hoop!" Chloe.

Year 1 Heritage

Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 4:41pm

For our heritage work, year 1 explored the question 'how has Blackpool Tower Circus changed?' We shared what we already knew about the circus, before looking at different sources to explore what the circus was like in the past, comparing this to the present day. We completed a past and present sort and created a timeline using a range of circus posters which gave us further information about the circus. We ended our day with creating our own circus posters for the modern circus. 

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