PSHE & RSE: Blog items
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 9:10pm
Bailey is our school therapy dog. She will be visiting Acorns weekly to spend some time with the children.
Some of our pupils already know Bailey from last year, our new pupils will be able to get to know her over the coming weeks.
We enjoyed catching up with Bailey and are looking forward to spending time with her weekly.
Reception Growing and Changing
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 3:59pm
This week the children have been learning about how we grow and change. We listened to the story 'When we were giants' and talked about how we change throughout time and the different things we learn to do at each stage.
"When I was a baby I crawled" Kevin
"I go on my bkie now" Dennis
"Grown up make dinner and look after me" Lily-Mae
The children then made their own timelines.
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 1:28pm
Acorns have been busy learning all about me, over the last couple of weeks.
We have been reading This is me and From Head to Toe.
We have had lots of fun developing our understanding through music and exploring our faces and how our bodies move with mirrors.
We have been exploring mark making and making faces during arts and crafts.
Using visuals and Makaton to support our understanding.
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Nursery Are Forever Blowing Bubbles
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 4:36pm
Bubbles are never far away in nursery! They have so many benefits for the children and they absolutely love them! The chidlren have to learn to wait their turn and also learn self-control so they don't pop the bubbles when it's not their turn! The act of blowing bubbles is a super way for the chilldren to explore the different shapes they can make with their mouths ready for making different letter sounds. Popping the bubbles encourages them to move their bodies in different ways.
Nursery Get To Know Each Other
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 4:20pm
Nursey have been spending time getting to know each other and making new freinds. Playing in our provision has allowed the children to bond and support each other when someone has been a little unsure of their new envirnoment. The children have been leanring to share and treat each other with kindenss and respect.
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 3:39pm
As we return to school from a long holiday, pupils in year 5 have been reflecting on the Boundary promises and what they mean. In small groups, pupils discussed how they can show the correct behaviours and be an 'Always' pupil .
The Boundary promises are:
- Act with Honesty and Respect
- Always try your best
- Work well together
- Always use Safe and Friendly Words and Behaviours
- Be in the Right Place, at the Right Time with the Right Things
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 8:55am
To begin the year we have all been thinking about our goals for the year ahead. We discussed what a goal is and how we can achieve them by breaking the goal down into small achieveable steps. We are all going to be working hard this year to achieve social and academic goals.
Nursery Settle in for a Fantastic Year
Date: 5th Sep 2024 @ 8:42pm
We have had a wonderful week welcoming our new starters to Nursery. We have all spent time getting to know each other and the chidren have made a super start learning all the nursery routines. We've got a feeling it's going to be a brilliant year!
Date: 4th Sep 2024 @ 5:13pm
Acorns have enjoyed their first few days settling into their new learning environment and meeting new peers and staff.
We have been busy exploring lots of different areas and resources as well as beginning to establish our daily routines.
Year 6 - Sports and Picnic at Stanley Park
Date: 19th Jul 2024 @ 10:40am
Today we took our Year 6 children for a fun-filled morning of sport at Stabley Park. The rain just about held off enough so that we could enjoy ourselves. A picnic together rounded off the great morning!
Acorns - Visit to Farmer Parrs
Date: 16th Jul 2024 @ 1:11pm
This term Acorns have been exploring growth on the farm. We have been learning about different animals and the habitats on the farm.
Acorns have enjoyed their trip out to experience the farm first hand. Acorns enjoyed seeing the variety of animals on the farm, watching them eating and seeing where they lived.
We found the animals a little noisy but loved the opportunity to copy them too!
We even saw some alpacas and deer. What a great day!
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 2:57pm
Today we had a visit from a local farm and we had a great time. We got to see and pet a range of farm animals: goats, sheep, cows, chickens, rabbits and a pig! We were told how to safely pet/handle the animals and were allowed to groom and brush some of them.
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 3:54pm
Poetry by Heart
Well done to Year 6 who took part in a national poetry competition highlighting poetry and oracy in Primary Schools. They have been Highly Commended by the Poetry by Heart judges who said:
"We were impressed by the unity of voices and actions and that you all memorised this long poem..."
Boundary is proud of you all!
Year 4- Congratulations Albie!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 5:24pm
Earlier this year, Albie was entered into a creative writing competition called 'Once Upon A Dream- A Collection of Fantastic Words!' He wrote a poem which was about the dangers that our planet faces and how we can save it. This week, we recieved the fantastic news that Albie has been selected for his work to be published in a book! We are so proud of you Albie and we look forward to buying some copies of the book for our library!
Acorns - A visit from the Naughty Bus
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 2:27pm
Acorns have been celebrating Geography day with a visit from the Naughty Bus.
We enjoyed reading the story about the naughty bus and its journey.
Acorns then went on their own journey to explore our school community. Soon the naughty bus was popping up everywhere!! We found he had been to reception class, he had visited Mrs Bunday's office, Year 1, Elmer, the reading tree and Miss Moyes office. We had great fun exploring the school and finally found the bus un the sensory room where we enjoyed spending some time.
We can't wait for the naughty bus to come and visit again to see what our next journey could be!!!
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 7:58am
For Year 6's Heritage Day we looked at the history of LGBTQ+ in the town and how Basil Newby has played such an influential role in the growth of the town.
Acorns - Supertato and Health week
Date: 30th Jun 2024 @ 5:40pm
Acorns have been celebrating Health & Well-Being week this week through a variety of activities. Firstly, our very successful interactive sports session which we all loved. Our sensory story was Supertato. We loved listening to the story and exploring the Superveggies!! We had a selection of vegetables to touch, smell and taste before matching them to the correct cards. We also made fruit kebabs and loved tasting a variety of fruit and strengthening our fine motor skills, threading the fruit onto skewers. We counted potatoes and vegetables during maths and even made our own Supertato art work. We finished the week off wearing bright and sporty outfits and developing some turn taking skills during our activities.
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 10:22am
This week has been Health week! Year Three has loved all the sports themed activities that we have done! We had Wigan Warriors in to do wheelchair rugby, which we loved spinning and whizzing around! We also had a visit from the Coast Guard who taught us all about water safety. The children also thought it was hilarious the throw water at Miss Hughes to test if the dry suit worked!
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 7:43am
Today we were visited by the coastguards who gave us a talk on water safety and how to stay safe when we are at the beach. Advice included what to do if we find ourselves in trouble in the water and what to do if someone we are with finds themselves in trouble.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 4:48pm
Nursery enjoyed exploring oranges and lemons this week. They squeezed and squeezed until all the juice came out and then made some delicious fruit cocktails. They had to learn to take turns with the squeezers and did really well waiting their turn.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 2:53pm
This week the children in year 5 were visited by the School Nurse. She spoke to the children about the importance of exercise, sleeping and having a healthy diet. SHe also gave us some advise on how to brush our teeth and look after them properly.
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 1:27pm
Year 6 had a great afternoon of sport. The sun was shining and everyone had a super time. Events included archery, obstacle races, hockey dribbling and speed bounce. The event was well attended by parents and carers. Thank you to Mrs. Webster for organising sunch a great event.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 1:55pm
Acorns have enjoyed meeting the ducklings and learning about their growth and life cycle.
We have incorporated lots of eggciting activities into our learning this week.
We loved our sensory duck themed tuff trays, maths activities and writing activities.
We have been reading Oh Dear and looking for the eggs and enjoyed matching the animals during our sensory story and using the correct noises of the animals.
Acorns have also been busy making ducks during art.
Our highlight was watching the ducks take a paddle in the reception play area before we said good bye.
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 11:14am
Today In Boundary Primary School Year 5 had Takeover Day when they takeover the teachers, teaching assistant, site staff, administration staff and social media roles!
About a week before Takeover Day, each child from both classes got to choose one job to work for the day - they then had to apply and interview for their chosen role.
Throughout the day Year 5 have been doing a wonderful job learning what it takes to have a real job. The reporters have been interviewing pupils and mini teaching staff; Mrs. Farley says that she wouldn't change anything about this Take Over Day.
Children told us that they have had a great time, the Deputy Head Teacher's were invloved with lesson observations, the Admin Team were taking phonecalls and ensuring classes had the correct letters to take home (and that the lunches for next week were ordered!). Mr. Humble our Sports Coach enjoyed having his Year 5 helpers, telling us "the Year 5 mini teachers were very organised and I would let them do it more often".
Overall the day has been a great success - with feedback from the adults who have the real jobs saying that this has probably been the best Take Over Day yet!
*Written by Thoma, Lacey, Jophina and Casey - Year 5 Social Media Team (for the day!)
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 10:39am
The children in Year 5 had the opportunity to talk about a variety of careers such as The Sandcastle, Occupational Therapy at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, DWP Digtal Jobs, Handels Bank and The Ministry of Defence.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their morning learning about these different occupations and it has given them an insight into a future that they would like to have for themselves. Another huge thank you to everyone who was involved!