Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 11:50am
During the Autumn Term, some of our families participated in Family Workshops, designed to help support with learning at home. The focus has been working together and there was the opportunity to create some resources that can be used at home to support the learning that takes place in school. These workshops were well attended and we received some fantastic feedback from participants. Thank you to all those involved.
Making Changes - Healthy Lifestyle Family Workshop
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 11:28am
Some of our families have taken part in a 12 week Healthy Lifestyle course. The course involved a wide range of activities desgined to help families make healthy changes. The sessions focused on portion sizes, the Eatwell Plate, shopping on a budget, healthy packed lunches and the importance of sleep to name a few.
The families involved showed a great committment to making a change and they had lots of fun whilst doing it. Well done to them all!
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 11:14am
As the culminaton of our short journey looking at Christianity, we sketched, planned and finished a piece of topographical art linked to the Nativty. We used skills we have learnt in art and geography to create a nativity scene using a map of the Jerusalem and Bethlehem as a centre image.
Reception- Christmas Party Time!
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 12:09pm
Today it is our Christmas party!
We all came to school wearing our party clothes and had lots of fun playing games, dancing and eating party food. We took turns passing the parcel and were respectful when playing musical statues and musical bumps. Then, at the end of the party, Father Christmas gave us a surprise visit- bringing a present for every child!
Everyone had such fun!
Merry Christmas!
Year 1 PE with Blackpool Football Club
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 10:04am
We have been very lucky to work with Gaz from Blackpool Football Club this half term. He has helped us to develop our fundamental skills through lots of activities and games. We have had lots of fun!
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 9:57am
We were all very excited for our Christmas Party this afternoon! We enjoyed dancing, playing games and eating party food! We had lots of fun and are all very excited for Christmas!
Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 4:14pm
Today, we celebrated our Christmas party. We came in our fancy party clothes, enjoyed a drink of juice in the classroom, did lots of dancing, played some party games such as pin the nose on Rudolph and pass the parcel and EVEN got a very special visit from Father Christmas himself! We had a great time celebrating together and wish everyone a fantastic Christmas!
Reception Nativity- Why do Christians celebrate Christmas?
Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 12:02pm
Over the past few weeks the children in Reception have been learning about why Christians celebrate Christmas. The have been using the different figures at the storytelling table to retell the story in their own words. As part of their learning we have also be rehearsing our annual nativity; The Wriggly Nativity. The children have been working hard singing the songs, practricing their lines and perfroming on stage.
Reception- Christmas Jumpers and Christmas Dinner!
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 11:55am
The whole school celebrated Christmas Jumper Day by wearing their Christmas jumpers to school. In Reception, we also designed our own Christmas jumpers with bobbles and glitter and sequins!
At lunchtime, we all went to the hall, wearing our party hats, to eat Christmas lunch and celebrate the festive season. We pulled Christmas crackers, ate a traditional Christmas dinner and had a Christmas sprinkle sponge cake for dessert.
Take a look at our photos!
Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:05am
As part of our Christmas activities and fundraising events, the whole school took part in an Elf Run. Taking place on the Key Stage 1 playground, classes used the Boundary Mile to get fit, run quick and have fun (elfing around you might say!) and all on our annual Christmas Dinner and Christmas Jumper day!
Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 6:00pm
Lots of our Year 1 children enjoyed coming to our Christmas Disco after school! We came back to school dressed in our party clothes for lots of fun, games and party food! We are all looking forward to our Christmas party next week!
Year 2- Christmas Jumpers, Elf Run and festive lunch
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 9:48pm
Today, Year Two celebrated all things Christmas. We wore our Christmas jumpers for our annual Christmas lunch and completed the Elf Run to raise some money for charity. We enjoyed the festive activities and loved our delicious lunch!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 7:12pm
This week we visited St Marks Church to talk to followers of the Christian faith about what the important message in the Christmas story is. We met Reverend Matthew and told him everything that we have learnt about Christianity so far. Reverend Matthew then read the nativity story to us and we all joined in with different parts. He taught us about the key messages in the story and the roles of different characters.
Year 1 Christmas Jumper Day and Elf Run!
Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 12:25pm
We were all very excited to come to school today dressed in our Christmas jumpers ready for our Elf Run and Christmas lunch! We enjoyed raising money through our run, making our Christmas crowns and eating a yummy lunch!
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 2:07pm
We have been working with Wigan Warriors this half-term, developing our skills in invasion games. We have learnt how to think tactically, how to make decisions at speed and how to find space in order to avoid having one of our tags taken.
Year 2- Writing a Christmas Story
Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 11:02am
Year Two are beginning to write a christmas story based on the John Lewis advert Excitable Edgar. So far, we have immersed ourselves in different stories that have been told through a variety of Christmas adverts including the Christmas truce, Monty the penguin and the man on the moon. Throughout, we have discussed the problem and solutions for a story, main characters and the different settings. We noticed, good stories have lots of descriptive language so through our GPS sessions we have explored using adjectives to describe characters and settings as well as adverbs to describe actions. We are looking forward to planning and drafting our final stories.
Reception- Boundary Learning Together
Date: 2nd Dec 2024 @ 12:16pm
Reception were asked to collect things they found when they went on an Autumn walk at home.
Lucas's BLT project was amazing so it was displayed outside Miss Moyes room for the whole school and visitors to see.
"We went on a walk and collected leaves, twigs and grass... I made this with Mummy" Lucas.
Date: 28th Nov 2024 @ 7:24pm
Over the past few weeks, Year 1 have enjoyed our Forest School sessions. We have looked for shapes in nature, made leaf characters, learnt how to make 'dragon sparkles,' played in the mud kitchen, found animal footprints and even enjoyed some hot vimto! Even though it was very cold during our sessions we wrapped up warm and had lots of fun!
Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 3:47pm
Today, we celebrated no pen morning by completing activities without picking up any writing devices. In Reading into Writing, we began our Christmas story unit by immersing ourselves in a variety of christmas adverts that tell a story. We enjoyed watching the adverts before discussing who the main characters were, what the problem and solution were in the story as well as generating adjectives to describe characters and settings. In Maths, we explored adding two 2-digit numbers using base 10 and place value counters to help us; we learnt we need to add the ones first to help us in the future when it crosses a ten.
Date: 25th Nov 2024 @ 9:11pm
Last week, we had a visit from the Fire Service who came and talked to us about all the ways they help in the community. They taught us what to do if we accidentally caught on fire and what to do if there was a fire in the house including how to get out safely. We were tasked with testing our smoke alarms and checking they all work to help keep us safe. We really enjoyed learning about how to keep safe.
Date: 25th Nov 2024 @ 10:33am
We started this week by welcoming Parents and Carers into class. This was a wonderful opportunity for Year 5 to demonstrate their coding skills. Together with a partner and their adults, the children were tasked with coding a Pong-style computer game. Children were able to code, debug and then play their completed game. Thank you to all those parents and carers who were able to join us. We look forward to seeing you again at other Together Time sessions later in the school year!
Reception Visit Salisbury Woods
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 10:54am
This week Reception have been on their first class trip to Salisbury Woods. We enjoyed taking part in a autumn walk through the wood looking for different signs of autumn. We found different colouredleaves, acorns, pinecorns and. conkers. We even maged to sport some squirrels and a robin.
"In autumn the leaves change colour" Harry
"The leaves fall off the trees" Emily
"I've found a conker and acorn" Dennie
"The squirrels are running up the threes" AuroraRec
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 9:08am
We changed one part of our uniform to celebrate and raise money for Children in Need!
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 10:25pm
Today, we showed our support for Children in Need by changing one part of our uniform for something spotty or stripy. During always time, we did some activities related to Pudsey and children in need including colouring, Pudsey problem solving and word searches. In assembly, we thought about why we support Children in need as well as how the money we raise helps children around the UK.
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 1:43pm
Today, Year 1 visited @thegrange as part of our local area work. On our walk to @thegrange we looked at the different types of houses, discussed human and physical features and other aspects of our local area. In @thegrange, we were shown around the centre, explored the gardens and what was growing there and read a story in the library.
