Geography: Blog items
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!
Date: 16th May 2022 @ 4:48pm
Last week in our Geography lesson, we focussed on identifying the different threats to the Amazon rainforest and how the animals, people and plants that make up the rainforest are affected by these threats. We worked well in our groups and all got involved!
Year 1 Human and Physical Features
Date: 28th Mar 2022 @ 6:51pm
Today we worked collaboratively to explore the definition of physical and human features, famous features around the world and the continent they are located in. We worked together to answer the question, what are the main features of each continent? We were split into seven groups and each group had a pack of images from one continent. We had to sort the images into human and physical features. We then moved around the room until we had sorted the images for each continent. We quickly found that we needed to work effectively as a group, to share reading and knowledge, to help us to sort the features.
Year 1 Locating continents and oceans!
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 8:01pm
Today we recapped the 7 continents and 5 oceans, using our songs to help with naming each. We then had a cut up version of the jigsaw map. We had to use our locational knowledge to rebuild the map and label the continents and the oceans. Whilst working with a partner to rebuild our jigsaw map we answered the questions, where will I place each continent and ocean on my map? Where on my map should this information go? And how can I use my map to plan a journey across the world?
Date: 17th Mar 2022 @ 9:31am
This half term in PE we are orienteering! We have had a fantastic time so far learning how to read and follow instructions to achieve an end goal, worked really well in pairs and groups to remember different codes to feedback to the teachers, enjoyed the outdoors and got in a good bit of exercise! Year 4 are really looking forwrad to seeing how this develops in the coming weeks and eventually moving onto reading maps!
Year 1 Continents of the World
Date: 3rd Mar 2022 @ 7:29pm
This week in Geography we began to name and locate the seven continents of the world. We recapped on where we are in the world before beginning to explore a world map. We found which country we live in on the map, before learning that there are 195 countries in the world! We then learnt that we can put the countries into groups and these large areas of land are called continents. We watched our continent song and we were able to name all 7 continents. We then located and labelled each continent and explored the shape of the continents to complete a matching activity.
Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 8:18pm
This week in Geography we have been learning all ab out how waves affect out coastlines. We have learned all about contructive and deconstructive waves and the impact they have on our coastlines. We had a conducted a great experiment using water and sand to recreate the two types of waves in our classroom!
Date: 2nd Feb 2022 @ 11:39am
This week Reception have been learning all about Antarctica, what the climate is like there and finding out about different animals that live there. We have been looking at world maps and globes and identified that the top and bottoms parts of the globe have the coldest climate and in the middle is where it is warmer because of the equator. We found out that Antarctica is one of the 7 world continents and is home to the penguin species. During class discussions, exploring globes and atlases, playing with small world figures and reading different information books we found out lots of interesting facts and learnt lots of new words including; continent, climate, north and south pole, temperatire, globe, equator, blubber and carnivore. We produced our own child initiated writing about the different animals used the globes to locate different places, looked at how he animals had adapted to their environment and created out own narratives.
"Polar bears have lots of blubble to keep them warm" Evelyn
"Look that Antarctica, it white on the map because its cold and snowy there" Harrison
"Penguins can't fly but they are good at swimming and diving" Neveah
"Antarctica is a continent" Marleigh
"The equator is in the middle of the earth. Its warmer there" Isobelle
"Polar bears are carnivores and they eat meat" Isaac
Date: 18th Jan 2022 @ 4:40pm
Today in Year 1 we had a visit from the character in the story ‘Lost and Found.’ It was the boy! We were all very excited to talk to him and ask him lots of questions. The boy talked to the children about his journey to the South Pole. He explained what he saw, what he heard and how he felt. He then showed us the route he took across the Atlantic and Southern Ocean on our big world map. We gathered lots of information from talking to the boy that will help us to write our recounts!
Date: 10th Jan 2022 @ 6:34pm
Todays Science lesson was a jam-packed one! We explored both local and world habitats and identified animals that live in each. We learnt that a habitat is a place where animals and plants live and we explored both local and world habitats within todays lesson. We started by looking at local habitats – urban, woodland, pond and coastal. We discussed and compared each habitat, before looking specifically at a coastal habitat and what animals/plants we might see there. We then explored world habitats – desert, artic, tropical rainforest and ocean. We then completed a world habitats animal sort, discussing how we thought each animal was adapted to its habitat and what it is like in each place.
Year 5 Building Frame Structures!
Date: 8th Jan 2022 @ 5:34pm
Upon our return to Year 5, we spent Wednesday afternoon building our own frame structures... out of raw spaghetti!
We spent time as a class looking at beautiful buildings around the world, some that we knew (Eiffel Tower, Taj Mahal and London Bridge) and some that we didn't know (The Louvre... in Abu Dhabi and The Centre Pompidou).
Next, we had to design what we wanted to build and explain why we wanted to build a frame structure in the way we had designed.
Then came the hard part! Putting our ideas into practice with just spaghetti and Blu-Tac. This took a lot of teamwork and patience, but it is fair to say we did an excellent job! Year 5 are really looking forward to our Design Technology unit over this next half-term.
Date: 6th Jan 2022 @ 7:58pm
In Year 4 this week we have started our Geography journey by beginning to learn about our coastlines. This week we focussed on physical and human features of geography and what they mean. We watched an 'ama-sea-ing' video of different clips of the coastlines around the UK.
We then look at different features and decided whether they were human (man made) features or physical (natural) features. A fantastic effort from our Year 4's and it was clear to 'sea' that they enjoyed their lesson!
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 3:43pm
In geography this week we explored what human and physical features are. Using our team work skills we sorted pictures and annotated then to identify features. We look at famous landmarks across the UK and identified whether they were were formed from human or physical features and compared them.
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 4:12pm
As part of our final Forest School session, we spent our time outdoors learning different types of survival skills.
Year 5 made dens out of different materials and learnt how to secure them using a range of knots and understood why it is important to protect ourselves from cold weather whilst out in nature. We then made a fire and understood why different factors such as the wind and types of energies can have an impact on their effectiveness.
To finish our sessions, we made pizza, shortbread and hot chocolate.
We have had such a great time and learnt so much about the outdoors.
Date: 16th Nov 2021 @ 4:13pm
In Geography we started our journey learning about the UK. We went on ariel tours of England, Northern Island, Scotland and Wales and we were fascinated by the beautiful landscapes and spectactular buildings that the UK has to offer.
We also used atlases to find the UK on a world map and compared it to other countries in the world. We enjoyed looking for places we had visited and those we long to visit.
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 12:50pm
While black history is celebrated year round, Black History Month is marked annually. It recognises and values the inspirational individuals and events that have shaped the black generation. During Black History Month, we remember and celebrate the important people from the past and also those who contribute to and help our society today.
Alongside shared class books highlighting the work and impact of Black people, the month of October began with an assembly to introduce the themes of Black History Month and its importance for us all. Classes have woven some significant figures from Black History into a range of lessons including Reading into Writing:
EYFS and Year 1 – People around the world
Year 2 – Rosa Parks
Year 3 – Mary Seacole
Year 4 – Sporting achievements
Year 5 – Influential musicians
The children's work will be displayed on specially designed black and gold post boxes that will feature, as in previous years, in prominent positions throughout school as we share our learning with other classes and visitors to Boundary.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 7:48pm
Today Year 1 experienced the musical delights of Travelling By Tuba! During the morning show we watched Stewart and Chris perform different musical intruments and pieces from around the world. It was a very entertaining tour around the world, which we all very much enjoyed! We then took part in a workshop where we had the oppourtunity to play some of the musical instruments. Our workshop involved creating a piece of music to a Brazillian Samba! Our day ended in a musical performance where we shared our learning with our audience!
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 5:01pm
Over the past three weeks, Year 2 have been getting their hands dirty and enjoying learning outside. In the first session, the children explored the different outdoor areas and enjoyed making cake and other treats in the mud kitchen as well as doing some leaf painting. During the second week, we built dens and bird boxes for next year before learning to light a fire so we could cook apples and dip them in melted chocolate of caramel. This week, both classes learnt about the cardinal directions (North, East, South and West) and what each one represents. We created pieces inspired by Andy Goldsworthy to represent the Earth (North), Air (East), Fire (South) and Water (West). Lastly, we enjoyed toasting marshmallows. We have enjoyed our three weeks outside and look forward to our next sessions in the Summer.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 5:00pm
We took part in 'What's Under Your Feet' task where we had to check the food supply for birds. We threw a pencil onto the grass to select the area and this would be the place we were going to dig up to investigate. Once we had selected our area, we measured 30cm x 30cm ready to dig up. We used a spade to dig up the top layer of grass and soil and tipped it onto a tray. Using rulers and plastic dishes, we placed worms and other wildlife in to measure the lengths of the food source for birds. Whilst we were doing this task, we saw seaguls stamping their feet on the grass to trick the worms into thinking that it's raining so that they would come to the surface.
