This Heritage Day 2025, Year 5 explored the proud sporting history of Blackpool FC, with a special focus on their remarkable achievements in 2010. The class learned about the club’s journey to the Premier League and what it meant for the local community. To bring their learning to life, pupils were challenged to create either a website or presentation to showcase what they had discovered. The creativity and enthusiasm shown in their work was truly impressive and reflected a great understanding of Blackpool's football heritage.
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Eco at Boundary- Gardening Club
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 12:22pm
Gardening Club have been busy, busy, busy this term. Mrs McAllister and her team of gardeners have been working hard planting seeds, growing them, watering them and tidying the garden beds ready for the summer holidays. Everyone has worked together this year to improve our school grounds so they attract pollinators, insects and wild life as well as looking beautiful too.
"There hasn't been much rain this week so I have given the peas extra water to help them grow" Isaac.
"These are weeds that I have removed -look at the roots on them- they would be taking all the water from the potatoes" Lewis.
"These were grown from seeds, now I'm planting them out into larger pots to help them grow even bigger" Miya.
Date: 1st Jul 2025 @ 11:07am
Acorns enjoyed welcoming their families for a sporty stay and play session. We had lots of different activities to explore, including, Boccia, climbing and jumping, peg throwing, beanbag throwing and sensory toys.
Boccia was a favourite, rolling the ball to hit the skittles and developing turn taking and peer interaction skills. We can't wait to do it again!
Date: 30th Jun 2025 @ 9:02am
Despite the cloudy weather, morning rain, and several team absences, the group performed exceptionally well in last week's netball tournament. The children demonstrated great resilience and teamwork in every game, along with admirable sportsmanship as they shook hands with the opposing teams.
Year 4 - Health and wellbeing week
Date: 28th Jun 2025 @ 8:58am
As part of Health Week, our class has taken part in many activities: glow sports, skateboarding, forest schools, and learning about the England Lionesses. We learned about two footballers’ achievements both on and off the pitch. The children then completed fact files about them showing their successes so far.
Reception- Sports Week Gymnastics
Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 12:14pm
This week Reception have enjoyed taking part in Sports Week.
They had an exciting time doing gymnastics with Mr Rartcliffe where they were able to climb, jump, balance, swing and roll using the large equipment in the hall.
They followed the rules, showed resilience, respect and teamwork as they negotiated their way around the hall using the different types of equipment.
They learnt about why they need to keep themselves fit physicaly, socially and mentally.
"I can climb and jump because I eat lots of fruit to keep me healthy" Dina
"I am hot because I am exercising and the blood is pumping around my body... drinking water will cool me down and hydrate me" Harry
"We have to take turns to jump or we might hurt ourselves" Riley
Nursery Helping our Friends to Learn
Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 4:59pm
We are so proud of our preschool children and how they show us every day that they are ready for their next adventure in Reception. They are showing a great understanding of the feelings and needs of others and have started to help each other with their learning This week it was a joy to see one friend helping another to write the letter "e" at the end of her name.
Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 12:31pm
As part of health week, we thoroughy enjoyed a scooter workshop with Elanor! Firstly, we prepared ourselves by putting on our knee pads and helmets. We listened carefully to how to ride the scooters and even learnt some new tricks!
Date: 25th Jun 2025 @ 3:57pm
Years 5 and 6 had a great hour talking to the Coastguard volunteers. We learned how to stay safe around water and how to look for dangers. We also learned that in an emergency on the beach or in the sea, you should never put yourself in danger and always call 999.
Year 5 - Learning about the Lionesses
Date: 24th Jun 2025 @ 10:14am
As part of Health Week, our class explored the inspiring journey of an England Lioness, learning about her achievements both on and off the pitch. We discovered how her dedication, resilience, and healthy lifestyle contributed to her success in women's football. Through this lesson, we gained a deeper understanding of the importance of physical and mental wellbeing in reaching personal goals. The session also highlighted the value of teamwork, perseverance, and having strong role models in sport, encouraging us to lead active, healthy lives ourselves.
Date: 23rd Jun 2025 @ 6:45pm
The children and staff in Year 5 were excited to kick off Health Week with our first big event—inflatable football! It was a fantastic way to get everyone moving and having fun right from the start. The energy was high, and the children threw themselves into the challenge (sometimes quite literally!). For those who preferred something a bit different, archery offered a great alternative, and it was lovely to see how focused and engaged they were. Overall, it was a brilliant start to the week, and we’re looking forward to what’s next!
Date: 19th Jun 2025 @ 10:00am
Year 5 Takeover Day was an absolute blast, with the children stepping into the shoes of adults and running the show! From Class Teachers and Teaching Assistants to even taking on the big role of Head of School, they gave it their all and really rose to the challenge. It was amazing to see them leading lessons, helping younger pupils, and making real decisions—it felt like the school was in safe hands! The day was all part of our ongoing effort to raise aspirations and build those all-important Skills for Life, and judging by the confidence and enthusiasm on display, the future looks very bright indeed!
Reception- The Three Little Pigs
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 2:29pm
This week Reception have been reading the story The Three Little Pigs. We retold the story, learnt new words and discussed why it is importatnt to work hard like the third little pig and not become lazy like the other two little pigs who quickly made their houses out of straw and sticks. Look at what else we did too!
Date: 13th Jun 2025 @ 2:23pm
Yesterday, Reception took part in Forest School. They had fun playing games, such as Twit and Whoo (hide and seek),helping each other look for wildlife , including minibeasts, and creating models of nature with playdough.
"I found a worm" Evan.
"I made a playdough fish" Freya C.
"Bees go on flowers and drink the sugar in them" Freyja.
Take a look at our photos!
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 11:36am
This week the children have been enjoying hunting for minibeasts in our outdoor area. They used magnifying glasses and viewing jars to inspect them. looking at their colour, number of legs, if they have antennae and naming them too.
"I think i have found a wood louse" Perisa.
"This minibeast has antennae" Kevin.
"I've found a butterfly on the bush" Dina
"Look at the snail...it's on my finger...it's small" Levi.
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 9:12am
This week children in Year 5 have continued their art journey into fashion design. In this lesson, pupils were inspired by three British designers and created the designs for their final piece.
Reception- Keeping Safe in the Sun.
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 1:36pm
Over the last few weeks, the weather has become quite warm and sunny- some days it has even been hot!
The children in Reception have been learning about sun safety.
"Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from the bright sunshine" Myla- Gray.
"You need to wear a sun hat to stop your head from getting too much sun" Lilah.
"Make sure you wear sun screen. It stops you from getting sunburnt" Hazel.
"Always drink lots of water to stay hydrated" Kevin.
"Remember to stay in the shade too" Theo.
Take a look at us keeping safe in the sun while we play outside.
Year 3 - Geography News Reporters
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:54pm
In this week's Geography lesson we learnt about the eruption at Mount St Helen’s which occurred on Sunday 18th May 1980 at 8:32 am. We learnt that this eruption has been likened to that of the dramatic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. Thankfully, through scientists observing the volcano, they noticed that the north side of the peak began to bulge and earthquakes were being detected under the mountain. This led to the prediction that an eruption would happen imminently, which meant that they could evacuate the surrounding areas as best as they could. With the information that the children had learned, they had to do a news report on it. They got into trios and had: one reporter, one eye witness and a scientist. They did such a fantastic job - I defintiely think we have some future broadcasters on our hands!
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:22am
In today's lesson, Year 5 took inspiration from 'Look into The Night', a piece of K-Pop music, and composed their own pieces using the Charanga software 'YUMU'. This is an aopportunity for children to use their knowledge of notes, composition, affect and timing as well as their own creativity to compose and perform their composed pieces.
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 1:09pm
Our KS2 Pupils have enjoyed exploring the costumes, blankets and accessories we have out at lunch times. Pupils have really got in to character creating their own stories and adventures.
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 1:04pm
Our Keystage One pupil have enjoyed working together, developing their communication and teamwork skills while building a boose out of loose parts. This developed into a role play activity which everyone enjoyed being part of. Super work !
VE Day - 80th Anniversary Celebrations
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 5:28pm
To mark the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, we joined together as whole school to take part in a live commemorative assembly. We heard from a veteran of World War II and used the time to reflect on all the sacrifices that were made by so many people in order to achieve peace. We also spent some time thinking of children around the world currently caught up in conflict and how it is impacting upon their lives.
Lunchtime was more of a celebratory event, where we listened to some music from the 1940's and enjoyed some delicious cupcakes made by our fabulous catering team.
Date: 8th May 2025 @ 2:56pm
Alongside the rest of the school, today we learnt about VE day. We began the day with our online assembly, before enjoying a lovely themed lunch to celebrate!
Reception Imaginative Play Outside
Date: 7th May 2025 @ 4:33pm
Outside the children have been working together in the mud kitchen to create their own narratives through imaginative and real life play. The children worked together the chop and prepare a healthy meal for their family. The developed their oracy skills by discussing together why different foods are healthy or unhealthy.
"I've made Japan soup- it full of vegatables" Kevin
"Brocolli is healthy" Levi
"I've made soup" Renesmae
"Too much sugar is bad for your teeth" Freyja
"I have icecream but thats my special treat" Harry
Nursery and the Beautiful Garden
Date: 5th May 2025 @ 4:20pm
The Nursery garden was beginning to look a bit sorry for itself and it was time to give it a make-over! After a lot of preparation,digging out beds, removing weeds and moving countless wheel barrows of garden rubble, it was time to plant some beautiful plants, flowers, grasses and herbs.The children played a big part in creating the garden and helped to dig out the old soil and plant the new flowers. The garden now looks beautful and we are excited to help look after it and watch the plants grow, Extra special thanks goes to Mrs McAllister. Without her expert knowldge and hard work, this wouldn't have been possible. Also a big thanks to Mr Galloway and Mr Harding who had the hard task of digging up the beds! And finally, thank you to the all the nursery staff and children for all their help.
