PSHE & RSE: Blog items
Year 2 - Promises, promises, promises.
Date: 7th Sep 2022 @ 8:19pm
The beginning of a new school year is the perfect time to recap on our all important Boundary Promises. We discussed why we have rules and why they are important in a range different of environments, not just in school. We then recapped on our five key Always Promises at Boundary; be in the right place at the right time with the right things, act with honesty and respect, always try your best, work well together and use safe and friendly words and behaviours. We then worked well together to sort different scenarios, discuss how they linked to each Promise and whether they were a good choice or a bad choice.
Nursery Get off To A Flying start!
Date: 7th Sep 2022 @ 4:45pm
We have been having a wonderful time in nursery getting to know all of our new starters. It looks like we are going to be in for a fabulous year with a super bunch of children! They have been working so hard to learn all of the routines and have really impressed us with how quickly the are learning everything. The children have demonstrated some great PSED skills by making friends and playing well together. They have also been showing their super drawing skills by making some wonderful self-portraits. What a great start!
Year 2's Final Forest School Fun
Date: 22nd Jul 2022 @ 3:37pm
Yesterday saw our final forest school session of Year 2 before we begin completing our passport in Year 3. This week, we thought about our senses and took a moment to lie on the floor and think about the things we could see, hear, taste, smell and feel- some of us were lucky enough to be joined by a miniature spider. We then looked at different cloud formations and tried to see if we could see any different ones in the sky as well as playing a game of forest school bingo. To end the session, we toasted crumpets on the fire.
Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 10:46am
This week Reception took part in the Boundary Choral Speaking competition, reciting the nursery rhyme 'Old Mother Hubbard'.
The children tried to communicate the mood through drama, costumes, choreography of body movements and emphasis of certain words in the rhyme.
They were amazing and we are so proud of them all!
Whole School Pupil Pipeline for Water Aid!
Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 10:30am
Date: 11th Jul 2022 @ 4:01pm
On Friday we gave money to our chosen charity 'Water Aid'. In an assembly the school council talked about the charity and how money raised can change the lives of those who don't have clean water to drink. We passed a bucket of water all the way round the school, from Nursery to Year 6. This was to make us think of the long journeys some people make to get their water, which can often be dirty and full of disease. As a school, we raised £112.84 - we hope the money will help those less fortunate than us.
Date: 6th Jul 2022 @ 3:47pm
We have been learning different yoga poses in our PE lessons this half term. We have been listening to calming music and learning how to control our breathing in order to get the best out of the different breathing exercises. Yoga is beneficial for our bodies but also our minds, it helps us to find a place of calm, grounds us and helps us to maintain a good mental health. We sequenced some of our different poses in order to creat our own mini meditations.
Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 4:08pm
Year 6 have continued their journey through the book Unstoppable by Dan Freedman. Unstoppable is also the name of Blackpool FC Community Trust's Year 6 PSHE programme. It addresses several issues that the children may face as they continue to grow including emotional wellbeing, family dynamics, relationships and the transition to high school. This week's focus has been secrets and confidentiality and the children discussed when it is important to speak out and share.
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!
Year 6 Heritage Day - Blackpool's LGBTQ+ history
Date: 4th Jul 2022 @ 12:53pm
Today is our Blackpool Heritage Day and our topic is the history of LGBTQ+ in the resort. We were extremely privileged to have a visit from Basil Newby - a prominent name with Blackpool's gay bars and nightclubs. He talked about his life, how he had influenced the LGBTQ+ community here in Blackpool and introduced us to 2 of his team from Funny Girls, Alex and Nikki. Nikki came dressed in drag and it was a great opportunity for us all to ask questions to the whole team, which they all answered and gave us lots of information about life at Funny Girls. We would like to say a big thank you to all three of them for taking time out of their busy schedules to come and talk to us today.
Reception Families, Friendships and Relationships
Date: 3rd Jul 2022 @ 9:44pm
This week in Reeption we have been talking about the importance of friendships, families and different relationships. We meet Ezaa the Bear and helped her overcome some different problems including feeling worried on her first day of school, worrying about her family being different to others and falling out with her best friend Heckle. We talked about different emotions and the children were able to identify when and why they felt scard, sad, worried and excited. We discussed the importance of friendships and why it is important to beable to say sorry and forgive people. Finally we talked about our families and discussed how they are similiar and different but still all equally as special.
"If my fiend is sad I will make them laugh" Indi-Anna
"I live with Nana and Grandad. They look after me" Jaden
"If someone upset up you should forgive them" Harrrison
"You should say sorry if you hurt someone" Evelyn
Year 2 Exploring Similarities and Differences
Date: 1st Jul 2022 @ 7:48am
This week Year Two have looked at a range of similarities and differences through our RSE lessons. In our first lesson, we explored gender stereotypes by sorting items of clothing and objects into whether we believed they were for boys, girls or everyone. By the end, everyone agreed that everyone can wear, do or play with what they would like to as long as it makes them happy. We then looked at a range of babies and thought about how we can tell what gender they were.
In our second lesson, we explored similarities and differences between male and female animals. We learnt that a mother animal can feed their young through their teats and explored that there needs to be a male and a female animal to have a baby.
In our final lesson, we looked at the human body and learnt to correctly name parts of our body including 'our private parts.' We discussed the importance of knowing the correct terminology the same way we need to be able to label our arms, legs and skull.
The children were very responsible and grown up about the conversations. Well done Year 2, Miss Hooson and Miss Duckworth were very impressed with your maturity.
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 7:14pm
For our second RSE lesson we explored how we grow and change. We recapped on our ground rules before our lesson and practised our feeling faces. We all remembered how to listen respecfully to one another and use our talking object on our turn. Today we read another story and discussed key questions about the events. Our story enabled us to discuss how and why babies need more help and care than older children. We tallked about lots of things we can now do that we couldn't do when we were babies. Finally, we created a lifecycle for a human being. We ordered the cards from youngest to eldest and labelled each picture.
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 6:51pm
This week we have enjoyed our three RSE lessons. Our first lesson included reading the story 'It's Okay to Be Different' by Todd Parrs. We all took part in a circle time session to discuss the story and its key themes. This story helped us understand an important message of acceptance and understanding through a fun story with some silly scenes! We celebrated our individuality through acceptance of others and self-confidence. Through our circle time we then explored how we are all different! We drew and wrote about an imaginary friend who is different to us. Some of us drew friends with different skin colours, different hair colours, friends who were a different size to us or friends who moved differently to us.
Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 5:29pm
This week we were visited by the school nurse, who conducted lessons for the boys and girls about puberty. The sessions focussed on the changes that occur in both male and female bodies as we grow up, and the importance of looking after ourselves in relation to good hygiene. All of the pupils were very mature and sensible, discussing a sensitive and potentially embarrassing subject.
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: 29th Jun 2022 @ 6:55pm
Our key question for RE is 'Why might some people put their trust in God?' This half term we are learning about Judaism. Today we looked at what the word trust means and who we trust. We learnt that Jewish people believe they can have a personal relationship with God and that God continues to work in the world, affecting everything that people do. We then thought about who our trusted adults are and why we trust these people. As a class we came up with some great ideas!
'We trust people who don't lie and tell the truth even when it is not easy.' 'Trustworthy people are reliable and responsible.' 'They do what they say they are going to.'
Date: 29th Jun 2022 @ 10:43am
Year 3 looked at differences today. We began by looking at how we are all unique and what makes us different. We moved onto identifying the differences between males and females. We learnt the body parts penis, testicles, vulva, vagine and uterus. We then went on to learn about unwanted touch and the rights we have for our body. We looked the the 'PANTS' poster and ensured that we understood what it meant.
P- Privates are private
A- Always remember your body belongs to you
N- No means no
T- Talk about secrets that upset you
S- Speak up, someone can help
We finally went on to look at families and how families can differ. We looked at a range of images that represented a wide range of families and we compared to our own, identifying similarities and differences.
Year 6 - Healthy and unhealthy relationships
Date: 29th Jun 2022 @ 7:25am
Today we had our second RSE lesson on relationships. We discussed what values a good friend should have and why we wanted our friends to have certain qualities. We then discussed qualities that made a relationship unhealthy and what we should do if we ever felt unhappy or unsafe in a relaitonship with friends/adults.
Date: 27th Jun 2022 @ 4:30pm
Today we began our RSE week by looking at the changes both boths and girls go through during puberty. This included both physical and emotional changes. We were given oppotunities to discuss anything we weren't sure about or ask questions about anything that we didn't understand. Throughout the rest of the week we will be looking at conception, communication in relationships and how to have safe/friendly online relationships.
Date: 25th Jun 2022 @ 8:11pm
This half term in Science, we are consolidating all our learning from Year 2. This week, we discussed how hygiene is important through our Animals including Humans unit. We conducted an experiment to test how effective different cleaning products that we can use on our hands are. We used pepper in a bowl and tested how far the pepper dispersed from our finger when we had washed our hands using: no soap, liquid soap, washing up liquid and hand sanitiser. We learnt the most effective product to use when washing hands is liquid soap and the least effective was no soap. We are enjoying revisiting our learning and deepening our understanding of each unit.
Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 2:34pm
Summer has arrived in Reception!
This week we have been talking about the changing of the season and spotting signs of summer.
"The weather is hot and sunny" Jessica
"It is light went you go to bed" Evelyn
"The plants and vegetable grow big because there is lots of sun" Charlie.
Due to the weather being so warm we have also been learning about the importance of keeping ourselves safe in the sunshine including wearing a sun hat, drinking lots of water and putting sun cream on.
"You need to wear sun cream so you don't burn" Ariella
"Drink lots of water to keep hydrated" Indi-Anna
"Wear sun glasses to protect your eyes" Isobelle
"Go into the shade when it is too hot" Sab"
Date: 20th Jun 2022 @ 7:43am
In this unit, we ask ‘How Does Music Connect Us with the Environment?’ as an entry point for the broad Social Theme of ‘Music Is a Nature Lover and Guardian of the Earth’. We will look at how this links to other subjects and learning in school such as nature, environment, animals, Geography, Science, Art, Forest School, climate change etc. We began our first lesson by listening to the song ‘You and Me’ and decided that this was Pop music. We discussed similar songs and artists from this genre and why we like or disliked this piece. We then began looking at the structure of the song ‘You and Me’ and began learning the chorus – we know this to be the ‘catchy’ part or the hook and we started to practice the first verse and chorus.
We can't wait to use the Recorders in the next few weeks and create our own piece of music!
Date: 13th Jun 2022 @ 4:26pm
Reception have returned to school from the half term holidays and our classrooms have been transformed into Superhero Central. The children have enjoyed exploring the classroom areas and completing lots of superhero themed activities including superhero maths composition, superhero phonics, role playing in the superhero headquarters, retelling the story of 'Supertato and lots more. What a 'super' start to Summer 2.
Year 6 - 'Road Sense' safety talk
Date: 26th May 2022 @ 11:08am
Today we were visited by Lancashire Fire Service who delivered a talk on road safety. They talked through the importance of being aware when crossing roads by putting our phones down, turning music off and pulling down hoods. They also talked about the different pedestrian crossings to use when walking to high school. This was a very important talk as soon the children will be more indepdent and allowed to walk on their own if they don't already so road safety is crucial.
