Geography: Blog items
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 4:59pm
Today, Year Two participated in the whole School's 'No Pen Morning' ensuring we focus on our language skills and complete tasks in a creative way. In Reading into Writing, we are in the process of planning our own animal adventure story based on the book 'And Tango makes three' so today, we explored different famous landmarks in New York which is where our story will be set. In Maths, we continued our money journey by comparing different amounts of money having to practice our coin counting skills as well as our knowledge of the comparisons symbols. The children loved completing tasks in a different way and loved that they didn't have to touch a pen all morning!
Year 2 Where in the world am I?
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 7:34am
This half term in Year Two, we will be exploring the world by looking at the worlds continents and oceans. We began our learning journey by exploring where in the world we are focusing on key vocabulary: house, street, village, town, city, county, country, continent and hemisphere. We learnt what each of these words meant and used Google Earth to explore the places further. We began looking at the world and kept zooming in until we reached our School. We know know we are in the Northern hemisphere and we live in the county Lancashire. We are looking forwards to continuing our learning journey further in the coming weeks.
Date: 8th Dec 2022 @ 7:13pm
This week Year 1 have been very interested in the seasonal changes taking place. As the weather has got much colder we have enjoyed spending some time outside observing what is happening to the trees, making patterns in the frost and exploring ice!
Year 6 Geography - Where do people live in the UK?
Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 6:40pm
Our geography lesson this week asked the key question: Where do people live in the UK? We began the lesson by recapping on what we had already learned about the UK, including countries and capital cities. We then went on to learn about where people live, focusing on the key differences between cities, towns, villages and hamlets. We used online maps to locate towns and villages on the Fylde coast, towns and cities in Lancashire and major cities in the UK.
Year 5 Blackpool Zoo Orienteering
Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 9:20am
Active Blackpool run a number of physical activity programmes aiming to improve the physical wellbeing of all children across Blackpool. We were invited to take part in two fun festivals within Blackpool Zoo where each school will be given a map of the park to help them to solve the clues to find the right animals. The intention for the event is to get the children out walking in the fresh air whilst having a look at the animals along the way.
The children, chosen from Year 5, had a great morning with Mrs. Millar and Mr. Parsons supported by Leaders from Blackpool Sixth Form. Efficient map reading and a keen sense of time meant that we returned to the finish before the other schools – having even had time to visit some of the animals not on our list (and the dinosaurs too!).
Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 9:17am
Today, nine children from Year two represent Boundary for an orienteering activity at Blackpool Zoo in conjunction with Active Blackpool and the School Games.
The children had an amazing time, finding out information about animals to answer the clues on the activity sheet. They used their reading skills and previously taught knowledge to identify the key information around the Zoo to answer the questions in regards to each animal and used the map and signage around the zoo to locate the animals. We all learnt so many new facts; who knew a giraffe’s neck is 2.4 metres long!
All participants demonstrated persistence, teamwork, and resourcefulness.
Date: 15th Oct 2022 @ 6:58pm
This half term Year 1 have been learning all about our local area. As part of this learning we went on a local area walk around Grange Park. Prior to leaving school, we explored photos of past and present Grange Park and discussed what we thought we might see. Whilst on our walk, we observed different types of houses, spotted physical and human features and talked about the current changes taking place. We we're also lucky enough to visit @thegrange, where we we're shown around the gardens, read a book in the library and told all about what @thegrange has to offer.
Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 10:13am
To support our learning about mountains, pupils have been researching one of the 7 Summits (the 7 tallest mountains on each of the 7 continents). We have found out which continent and country they are in, and this morning we have indicated their position on the whole school world map.
Date: 5th Oct 2022 @ 2:52pm
We began to create our maps. Based on of knowledge from the last few weeks of using typography, powerful images and ideas from great artists, we began to form our maps. Our success criteria was to have typography on the map and some element of 3D work. We discussed the features of a map that we could include, based on our class novel, Kensuke's Kingdom and the map included in that book.
Year 5 Exploring mountains of the UK through Maps
Date: 27th Sep 2022 @ 7:29pm
We have been looking at the atlases to find the Mountain ranges of the UK and the highest peaks in the 4 countries. We practised a loop card game and continued to learn through the use of Kahoots quiz!
Year 5 Exploring Strong sketches
Date: 21st Sep 2022 @ 8:54pm
We explored using heavier, darker pencils and charcoal to sketch onto recylced maps this week, to continue our journey. Our aim was to make our sketches stand out against the print of the maps. We sketched mountains and animals with focus and some people really used the features of the maps to enhance their sketches.
Year 2- Exploring the Commonwealth
Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 3:02pm
As part of our remembrance of the Queen, Year 2 explored the commonwealth. We looked at the 56 countries that are part of the commonwealth and identified some of these places on a world map as well as exploring each of the nations different flags. Also, we discussed the role the Queen had in the commonwealth and looked at a variety of pictures of her visiting the different members. We found it interesting looking at pictures of the Queen from the time across her reign and created a collage using pictures, flags and facts to display our learning.
Year 1 Human & Physical Features
Date: 12th Sep 2022 @ 7:10pm
In todays lesson we worked to explore the question, ‘what are the main features of our school grounds?’ We firstly had to understand some new key vocabulary; human features, physical features and birds eye view. We learnt what these new words meant and created an initial mind map of examples of both. We then explored our school environment. We worked to identify the features of our playground, the forest school area, the Key Stage 2 playground and our classroom outdoor area. We found lots of different features we were able to identify!
Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 7:27pm
We began our learning in Geography by beginning to answer the question, 'what sort of area do I live in?' We learnt and discussed the meaning of new key words, including urban, rural, village, town and city. We then read the story 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.' This story included lots of different features of urban and rural areas and we were able to discuss these together. We then worked indpendently to sort a number of photos into urban and rural areas. We talked about the similarities and differences between the two whilst working and compared these to our local area. We then evidenced our learning on Seesaw!
Year 5 A Fresh look at Forest School
Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 12:31pm
What a great time of Year to be outdoors! We managed to avoid the showers and had a lovely morning exploring the Forest School environment. We went on a mini beast hunt with the magnifying glasses and observed the habitats. We found lots of insects, arachnids and bugs lurking under the rocks and logs. A Frog leapt in! We all looked at it's camoflage, while learning the differences between frogs and toads. There was lots of seasonal fruit including mini apples, pears and plums, but they weren't yet ripe enough to pick. We also explored and enjoyed spending time with our friends outdoors and catching up casually after the holidays.
Karson planted some trees using the fallen fruit's seed.
Harley enjoyed working with his team to build dens and shelters.
Molliemae worked with her friends to make a chill out zone in their den, with books and colouring.
Darin made a cake masterpiece recipe including flowers, mud and fruits. He used his imagination to create a bakery business too!
Year 5 Mountains around the world
Date: 6th Sep 2022 @ 7:18pm
We have started off our learning in Geography this term by using the atlases to find the Seven Summits around the world. We used the maps to record the names of the 7 highest peaks on each continent. It was great to get back to learning!
Date: 13th Jul 2022 @ 12:48pm
Year 6 continued their local area study of Blackpool by finding out how Blackpool has changed over the years. We used a variety of resources including videos, photographs and maps to identify changes and suggest possible reasons for these changes. We then went on to learn about the factors behind the growth and subsequent decline of Blackpool and how the town has suffered because of cheap foreign package holidays.
Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 9:04am
As part of heriatge day, Year 3 answered the question 'Who are the Thompson family and more specifically who is Amanda Thompson?' We started by looking at the jounrey of the Pleasure Beach and discovered how much it has changed since it was first opened. We ordered pictures to create a timeline of the Pleasure Beach. Did you know that the Pleasure Beach was originally built on the sand dunes?
We then went on to look at the significance of the Thompson family and everything they had done for the pleasure Beach and Blackpool. We used our art skills to create an artistic fact file about Amanda Thompson. We were inspired by her achievements, especially in her achievements as a female. We found out that the role she is holds is mainly held by men!
It was very interesting learning about Amanda Thompson and her family and we are grateful for the jobs she creates in Blackpool and the tourism that she helps to bring in to our home town.
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 2:15pm
What another amazing Boundary Heritage Day! This year our theme was ‘Significant people and events in Blackpool’. From a trip to Bloomfield Road to a visit from a Funny Girl's Drag Queen, the children have had a great day. Each year group was given a different key question to investigate and enquire about.
Nursery/Reception: How has the seaside changed? What was it like in the past compared to now?
Year 1: How did William Cocker and Sir John Bickerstaffe influence Blackpool tourism by building Blackpool Tower?
Year 2: How did Thomas Sergenson and Frank Matcham influence theatre in Blackpool by building The Grand Theatre?
Year 3: Who are the Thompson family and more specifically who is Amanda Thompson?
Year 4: What is Fisherman’s Friend and how did Doreen Lofthouse help and continue to help the community after her passing?
Year 5: Who is Ian Holloway and what did he and Blackpool FC achieve in 2010?
Year 6: How has Basil Newby influenced the LGBT community in Blackpool?
Head to your child’s class page on the school website for more photos and information about their day. Well done everyone!
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 8:42am
This week children have enjoyed taking part in rugby workshops with the Wigan Warriors and netball workshops with a Lancashire coach. We were lucky to be visited by the CommonWealth Games Baton, which is on a journey to Birmingham ready for the Commonwealth Games. Pupils got a chance to find out about the significance of the baton and got to hold it. We are looking forward to all our Sports Days.
Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 4:36pm
This half term in Geography, Year 2 are learning about Continents and Oceans. Last week, we began the journey by labelling the 7 continents of the world and discussed how we can recognise each continent based on shapes, sized and our own continent- Europe. This week we continued our learning by labelling the 5 Oceans. To make it easier to recognise which Ocean was we looked at the continents they surround and which animals we would find in each Ocean. We linked our previous Geography unit where we learnt about the equator to our new learning to discuss the reasons behind the Indian Ocean being the hottest Ocean and the Arctic Ocean being the coldest.
Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 12:20pm
Today, Year 6 began their new music journey. We started by recapping on musical terminology so that we could correctly use it to listen and appraise the song 'Heal the Earth'. The song was in the style of Reggae and was about how climate change is affecting our planet more than ever before. The lyrics explained how we can work together to solve some of these issues.
Year 6 Getting to know the local area
Date: 15th Jun 2022 @ 2:33pm
Year 6 began their new unit in Geography today, which will focus on our local area of Blackpool. We started by recapping on the eight points of the compass and talked about the fact that Blackpool is in the North West of England. We looked at the location of Blackpool on a World map in the playground and then in an atlas. We located the surrounding towns and began to discuss the physical and human geographical features in the surrounding area.
Jubilee Celebrations at Boundary
Date: 26th May 2022 @ 1:51pm
Boundary's Jubilee Celebration's have begun. Our staff and children took part in a whole school assembly where we watched footage of the Queen's Coronation from 2nd June 1953 and learnt a song which told us a little bit more about our longest reigning monarch!
Jubilee lunchtime! The children are enjoying their special Jubilee picnic boxes and homemade cupcakes (these will be on sale at the end of the day too!)
Date: 18th May 2022 @ 1:05pm
Year 5 visit Blackpool Zoo! To further their learning, Year 5 went on an adventure to learn more about the animals and natural habitats of the Zoo. From hearing about the Orangutans (and meeting Cherie who was named after Tony Blair's wife!) to watching feeding time with the elephants, we were all treated to a variety of interesting talks where we were able to learn more about how a range of animals have adapted over time to survive in their environments. It was really exciting to see the Bactrian camels being fed - they don't share with each other very well! Just before lunch we were treated to a sea lion demonstration where their natural ability to balance, swim, jump and dive were all on show - Gloria even demonstrated the importance of recycling our plastic and not throwing it on the floor or in the oceans!
