Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 29th Nov 2023 @ 12:26pm
This week the children have been reading the story 'Oliver's Wood' which is all about an owl called Olliver who stays up late on day and discovers the sun. He is so excited that he wants to tell his friends hedgehog and badger but they are all asleep. The children have enjoyed retelling the story and finding out more information about nocuturnal animals. The children we lucky enought to meet a real life hedgehog Norris from Blackpool Hedgehog Rescue. The children learnt about how to care for a sick hedgehog, how they use their sense to find food and what they like to eat. We followed up our visit by creating our own hedgehogs at the creative table and writing about them.
"Hedgehogs use their nose to sniff out food" Mathew
"They eat worms, slugs, beetles and snails" Hunter
"Don't feed them milk it makes them poorly" Summer G
"Hedgehogs are nocturnal" Isaac
"They come out at night and sleep in the day" Levi
Date: 29th Nov 2023 @ 12:08pm
Reception have been talking about the Hindu and Sikh celebration of Divali 'The Festival of Light". We talked about why the celbration was iimportant to them and how they prepared to it and celebrated with their families. We looked at some tradition Skih clothing, maki diva lamps and painted rangoli patterns.
"They decroate their homes for Divali" Sahiti
"Diva lamps go in the windows" Sid
"The make rangoli patterns rto welconme people to their house" Esmai
"They have a special dinner with thei family" Elisha
"They watch fireworks at night" Kisha
Date: 29th Nov 2023 @ 8:12am
We had a visit from the fire brigade who discussed all the ways they help us. They taught us what to do if there was a fire and how we can keep ourselves safe. They set us a mission to see where our smoke alarms are and to test that they work with the help of an adult to ensure we keep safe.
Date: 28th Nov 2023 @ 9:01pm
During our RE sessions this half term, Year Two have been studying Christianity and what Christians mean when they say that Jesus is 'the light of the world'. We explored a Christingle and what each part represents before making our own Christingles. We then gathered together in the hall to light our Christingles and have a collective moment of reflection. We also sang the Christmas carols, 'Silent Night' and 'Do you hear what I hear?' whilst considering the meaning behing their lyrics.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 5:44pm
On Thursday, Reception took part in Forest School. It was a windy day but that didn't stop us wrapping up warm and venturing outside to search for animal footprints, insects and spinkle seeds to feed the birds.
We collected sticks to make a huge nest which we decided would be perfect for a big bird , such as an eagle and listened to a story and played some games too.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 7:53am
Our lovely choir performed at @thegrange's Christmas lights switch on event. It was their first festive performance and they have lots more community events planned in December.
Year 6 - Visit with PCSO Debbie
Date: 22nd Nov 2023 @ 3:03pm
This afternoon we welcomed PCSO Debbie Savage to Year 6 to give our children a safety talk around drugs,smoking, vaping as well as knife crime and peer pressure. We discussed different drugs, such as nicotine, alcohol and a range of others that Debbie told us more about. Debbie showed us a range of replica drugs and the side effects of these drugs. We learned valuable lessons this afternoon that we hope will stay with us as we transition to high school.
*NO SUBSTANCES WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CLASSROOM. EVERYTHING WAS A REPLICA
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 5:51pm
Today we began to formalise the idea of addition as bringing two or more parts together to create a whole. We completed three different tasks that encouraged us to explore and focus on bringing two parts together. We used the correct mathematical language to explain, e.g. ‘3 cubes plus 5 cubes is equal to 8 cubes.’ Some of our grow ups joined us for ‘together time’ and we showed them how we use tens frames, counters, part whole models and cubes to support our learning.
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 4:39pm
Friday 17th November was Children In Need.
Children could join in and raise money for the charity by paying £1 to wear an item that was spotty.
In the afternoon the whole school came together for a special assembly to learn about how the money raised was spent and ended with everyone dancing to the popular song 'YMCA' .
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 4:03pm
Today, we used the Now Press Play equipment to explore bullying and teasing. The story was of a young boy who joined our school and became friends with two girls; however, one was jealous of the new attention divide and began teasing Hasaan (the new boy). We discussed as a class how some of the things Sofia did towards Hasaan were wrong and what we would have done in that situation to ensure it did not happen and we could get help.
Date: 17th Nov 2023 @ 12:04pm
Today we wore our spits and stripes in order to raise money for Children in Need. We had great fun in assemble dancing to the YMCA!
Date: 16th Nov 2023 @ 2:09pm
For anti-bullying day we wore odd socks to show that we celebrate differences. In Year 3 we focused on being an upstander not a bystander. We looked at what this meant and the ten steps we could take to achieve this. At the end of the lesson, we made a pledge on how we could be more of a upstander.
Date: 13th Nov 2023 @ 9:13pm
Today in Reception the children have been celebrating everyones differences by wearing odd socks. We talked about how everyone looks different, lkes different things and wears different clothes. We discussed how being different makes us all unique. We learnt the phrase "Everyone is different but everyone is special". The children used the different resources at the creative table to make their own odd socks.
In the afternoon we explored the importance of having kind words and actions and the characteristics of a good friend. The children created their own faces in the style of Andy Warhol. The talked about how all people look different and have different coloured skin, har and eyes and how it is important we are kind to them regardless of this.
"You have to have kind words" Hunter
"Some people look different but we still have to be kind to them" Levi
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 4:42pm
This half-term, Year 4 our topic in science is Animals including Humans. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been looking at the functions of each one of our teeth. After this, we modelled our own teeth using playdough. We have also looked at why it is important that we brush our teeth twice a day. To test why we need to do this, we put 6 eggs into a range of different liquids and observed what happened to their shells. We found that the driinks with the most sugar caused the egg shells to decay and discolour. This showed us that too many sugary drinks can damage our teeth.
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:22am
On Friday 10th November, Boundary Primary took part in a whole school act of Remembrance.
It began with all the children, from Nursery to Year 6, planting the poppies they had made in our Remembrance Garden.
Then, at 11am, the school came together for an outdoor assembly. We all observed a two minutes silence and listened to important historical facts about the significance of the poppies we were wearing.
During the week, each class took part in creating poppy art and each year group was also given a silhouette of a soldier which they were asked to decorate around the theme of Remembrance. This activity focussed all our minds on who we were remembering and why it is important to remember them. The completed soldiers were then displayed around the school hall and will remain there – helping us to think about those who gave their lives during war and those who continue to serve to keep us and our country safe.
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:19am
This week the children in Reception have been learning about Remembrance Day.
They started the week with their first visit to the hall for assembly about why we wear poppies, they also learnt about events that happened in the past in Blackpool, where they live.
Throughout the week, they were very busy painting and collaging poppies and also labelling poppies they had drawn. Some of their work was then placed on a sillhouette solldier to be displayed in the hall.
Finally, on Friiday, they joined the whole school by planting a hand made poppy in the Boundary Remembrance Garden, followed by an outdoor whole school Remembrance Service.
School Council- Fund Raising Ideas for Elmer
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 10:35pm
The School Council met again today to discuss ideas of how to raise money for Elmer's Parade.
After a democratic decision it was agreed that we would hold a :
1- Cake/bake sale.
2- Toy sale.
3- Sponsored event (to be agreed at a later date).
School Council- Business Enterprise
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 9:08pm
Today, the School Council met with Miss Moyes to launch the start of our School Business Enterprise at Highfurlong School.
Over the next half term, the School Council will be involved in visiting Highfurlong School and creating ideas on what we can make to sell at the Summer Fair.
Watch this space for more updates!
Date: 6th Nov 2023 @ 12:32pm
Today we went on our local area walk around Grange Park. Whilst on our observational walk we looked for different types of houses, similarities and differences between them and how Grange Park has changed over time. At the end of our walk we then visited @thegrange. We met with Anna and Claire who showed us around the gardens and talked to us about the different services @thegrange offers.
Year 6 - Meet the House Captains and Prefects
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 5:03pm
Our House Captains and Prefects have been doing a great job since their selection. They have a number of roles to carry out throughout the week, including reading with younger children, organsing Friday assemblies and helping in other classes on a Friday afternoon. There will be many other roles and responsibilites for them to be involved with over the year. They are proving to be great role models for the rest of the school.
Date: 2nd Nov 2023 @ 2:49pm
This week, it was the beginning of Elm's turn to read with Mr Vincent and Bailey. Throughout, the half term different children will take it in turns to read to Bailey as well as enjoying stories shared by Mr Vincent to the whole class. This week, we enjoyed a story about a puppy who kept forgetting his name and we compared it to a story we have previously read 'Mog the forgetful cat'. The winners of reader of the week were Stevie and Joshua for excellent sounding out and expression for speech. Before Bailey went home we enjoyed blowing some bubbles for her to catch.
Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 8:47pm
The children in Reception were lucky enough to use our Now Press play head phones and go on a virtual adventure. The children listened carefully and followed the narrators instructions as they became the character of Little Red Riding Hood. They made cakes for Grandma, went for a walk trhough the forest and even met the big bad wolf. All the children demonstrated excellent listening skills.
Year 4- Core Vocabulary and Phonetics
Date: 18th Oct 2023 @ 4:25pm
This half-term, Year 4 have been recapping core vocabulary from Year 3 such as numbers to 20, colours, days of the week, days of the month and months of the year. We have also learnt the essential French sounds and vowels. We have recapped and practised these sounds and words through a range of methods. For example, we used a song to recap the days of the week. We are looking forward to becoming more confident with our French speaking next half-term!
Date: 18th Oct 2023 @ 12:14pm
School Council-'s First Meeting- Elmer's Big Parade
Date: 17th Oct 2023 @ 5:00pm
The School Council met today for the first time since the elections took place.
They were joined by a special guest, Miss Moyes, who was there to launch Elmer's Big Parade- the School Council's first big fund raising event.
Elmer's Parade is part of the Learning Programme where each school, nursery, college or community group will adopt an Elmer for £99 and pledge to raise a minimum of £850 for Brian House Children’s Hospice. They will receive a blank Mini Elmer sculpture to decorate and there will be a Learning Programme resource pack linked to the curriculum to help teachers stimulate young minds.
These mini Elmer sculptures will accompany our full-sized Elmers on display on the trail, allowing the children and young people, and their families, the chance to see them all and admire their great work. At the end of the trail, the Mini Elmers will be returned to their creators as a permanent legacy and celebration of their involvement.
The Mini Elmers will complement and add value to the main art trail, showcasing the creativity of schools and organisations in our community.
The school council were tasked with collating ideas from their classes as to how Boundary can begin to raise £850 for Brian House. They will meet again next half term with their ideas.
