Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 8:05pm
Earlier in the term we did some music around Chinese New Year, we selected the instruments from the percussion trolley to represent the animals and played them loudly and softly.
We have been doing lots of singing of a variety of nursery rhymes including Hey Diddle Diddle, Pop goes the Weasel, Have you ever seen a Penguin come to tea and Baa Baa Black sheep. We have been learning the names of the percussion instruments and learning the vocabulary of beat, tempo (fast and slow) and dynamics (loud and soft).
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 4:56pm
Today, we celebrated our 100th day in School. We begun the day with an assembly by Miss Hooson who asked us 'What is the number 100?' and we had to come up with lots of different ways to make the number. She then read us the story '365 penguins' and we did lots of maths throughout adding up how many penguins we had as each day another one turned up. We continued our celebrations in Maths by making arrays using penguins linking to our multiplication unit by practising our skills of making arrays, writing repeated addition as well as writing multiplication sentences.
School Council -Fundraising for the NSPCC
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 3:48pm
The School Council have been selling cup cakes to raise money for the NSPCC, a national charity they have chosen to support.
They were baked by our school cook and were absolutely delicious!
Reception- PE Throwing and Catching!
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 11:05am
The children in Reception have been learning how to throw and catch a ball using their hand eye coordination skills.
They worked together to throw the ball into a hoop, then they practised bouncing and catching it on their own and finally they had to throw a ball to each other .
Take a look at how we did!
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 8:42pm
The children in Reception have been learning about Luna New Year and how it is celebrated across the Uk and the world. The children enjoyed taking part in lots of different activities inclduing making lantern and dragons, reading the story of the 'New Year Animal Race' and role playing in the home corner. The children learnt why each year is named after different animals, how people prepared for the celebrations aswell as enjoying some different themed maths activities.
"People clean their houses ready for Luna New Year" Lelan
"They wear red clothes because they think it is a lucky colour" Kit
"People have a special meal with their family" Kazimir
"They have a big celebration with music and fireworks" Lennox
"Each year is named after a different animal. This year it is the year of the rabbit" Lana-Rose
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Year 6 - healthy relationships and consent
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 6:51pm
During our RSE week, we explored different relationships and the qualities we want others to have in order to be in a relationship with them. We also disucssed what makes an unhealthy relationship and what to look for when we get older. We finished the session by looking at what consent means and why we must always ask for consent before we touch someone else.
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 5:31pm
Today, we explored some existing toy cars and looked at how the cars moved. We discussed that the cars moved because they all had wheels and thought about why different sized vehicles have different sized/different amount of wheels. We then explored how the wheels are connected and learnt they are joined by an axle that ensures the wheels move together.
Date: 19th Feb 2023 @ 7:50pm
On the last day of Spring 1, we welcomed parents and carers into school so that the children could showcase everything they have learned during our Fit 2 Go course. From living a healthy lifestyle, to teeth health, as well as physical and mental health, the children showcased their work brilliantly. Four children from the year group won certificates for their fantastic efforts during Fit2Go. Well done everyone!
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 10:13am
This week we have been learning about the prigins of 'Pride' month as part of our LGBTQ+ work. During 'No Pen Day', we had lots of discussions about what Pride month is and why it was first introduced. As part of Reading into Wriitng, we used what we have learned to write a non-chronological report. Here are our drafts - we are looking forward to completing our final piece of writing.
Reception- A Winter Wonderland!
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 10:01am
What a surprise! We woke up Tuesday morning to find everywhere had turned white- it had been snowing!
The children could not wait to go outside and explore the garden, mark making in the snow and making snow angels.
" It looks different- it's all white- snow is white!" Halliegh.
"Snow is cold... slippy..wet!" Kian.
"The sun is coming out ...the snow will melt and be water again because it is hot" William.
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Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 2:42pm
Year 3 enjoyed a No Pen Morning and used their Reading into Writing lessons to put down their pens and use their voices! In Reading into Writing, we focused on stereotypes (in theme with our playscripts) and we debated the issues that were put forward. This has helped us in creating conversations for our play scripts. We thought about how we can develop conversations but asking questions and developed our listenign skills.
In Maths, we worked in pairs to practically do flexible partitioning. We used our grouping skills to divide numbers. We had to discuss how we were solving the questons and worked on justifying our answers.
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 5:07pm
This half term we are learning about Hindu Dharma focusing on the key question 'How might people express their devotion?' So far, we have explored who or what is special to us and how they show us that they are special. We all came up with different people that are special to us and the reasons why we think they are special and appreciated how we all have different special people in our lives. Today, we continued our journey by learning about how Hindu's believe in one God that can be worshipped in different forms. We looked at the different forms: Shiva, Ganesh, Brahma, Lakshmi, Vishnu and Saraswati and what the Hindu's believe about each one.
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 4:59pm
Today, Year Two participated in the whole School's 'No Pen Morning' ensuring we focus on our language skills and complete tasks in a creative way. In Reading into Writing, we are in the process of planning our own animal adventure story based on the book 'And Tango makes three' so today, we explored different famous landmarks in New York which is where our story will be set. In Maths, we continued our money journey by comparing different amounts of money having to practice our coin counting skills as well as our knowledge of the comparisons symbols. The children loved completing tasks in a different way and loved that they didn't have to touch a pen all morning!
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 9:36am
The first thing we did was flashback to last week's lesson. The children were amazing at remembering the story 'Blood and Milk' and what Sikhs learn from this teaching. Then we went on to learn about the Sikh 5Ks. These are 5 items (like our uniform) that Sikhs wear which represents beliefs they have. We then discussed how this can relate to us!
Date: 16th Jan 2023 @ 3:46pm
Today we had to draw circuits. We realised that it would be too difficult to draw the actual components (parts) of the circuit all the time and it would take too long. So we learned that components of a circuit have symbols. This made it much easier to draw a working circuit. We then explored using components such as light bulbs, wires, buzzers, batteries and cells to make different circuits. We found out that a battery (such as a car battery) has multiple cells, whereas a AA battery is actually a cell because it is singular. This made a lot of sense to us because a car battery needs more power and voltage to allow a car to work compared to a remote control which usually just needs one or two cells.
Nursery Welcome Some New Friends
Date: 15th Jan 2023 @ 1:43pm
We have had some new children join us in nursery and we have had lots of fun getting to know them. They have been exploring the environment and learning all about the nursery routines. We have been so proud of how well they have settled in and can't wait for lots of adventures!
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 9:01am
This week we have treated the children to a range of new books for their class reading areas as we love to read at Boundary - we hope you enjoy the new titles.
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 6:13pm
We begin our PE unit by playing team building and communication games. The children had to work as a team to protect the person who was wearing the bib. After several attempts, they learned how to communiate effectively and move around the hall as a group. We then began to learn two passes used in netball - the chest pass and the bounce pass. After practising each one, the children were challenged will some passing and moving games.
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 3:30pm
In forest school this week the children learnt all about habitats and made their own dens for creatures. They also enjoyed building a fire and exploring the outdoors.
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 3:07pm
This term Year 5 are asking the question: What do Hindus learn from stories about Krishna? In this lesson, pupils reflected on previous learning about Hinduism and recalled things that they know about this popular religion. In groups, pupils had to retell the story of Rama and Sita and discuss what they knew about Ramadan - The Festival of Lights.
KS2 Anti Bullying Amasadors attend training with the Diana Award
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 11:44am
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 3:56pm
Today, we began our Design Technology food journey by fruit tasting so we are aware of the fruits we like and dislike before designing and making our own healthy fruit snack. We tried lots of different fruits including: blackberries, strawberries, mango, pineapple, pears, bananas, kiwi and apples. We realised we all enjoyed different fruits for different reasons and used adjectives to describe each fruits texture and taste.
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 3:46pm
This week, the whole School is taking part in Road Safety Awareness week. We begun the week with an assembly by Miss Moyes thinking about all the people that use the roads and pavements and all the things that are in place to keep us safe whilst using them. We then thought about how we need to take responsibility for our own safety and explored some of the ways we could do this. In Year Two, we today explored safe and unsafe places to cross a road; we learnt that it is not safe to cross in between cars or diagonally and where possible we need to use pedestrian crossings with traffic lights or a zebra crossing.
KS2 - Blackpool Schools Football Tournament
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 2:08pm
This morning our KS2 boys football team took part in the Blackpool Schools Football Tournament, which they qualified for before Christmas. The rescheduled event saw all schools from Blackpool take part in a couple of fixtures to determine who would go on to represent Blackpool at the finals on Friday.
As always, our Boundary boys put on a great show of character, determination and although they didn't qualify for the final, they came away smiling after a spirited performance.
Well done to all KS2 boys involved in today's event, you've done your school proud!
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 2:46pm
This half term we will be completing our Fit2Go programmes with Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. The programme consists of a practical lesson and a theory lesson. Each week there is a different theme to the week.
Week one: Healthy lifestyles
Week two: The Eat Well Guide
Week three: Physical activity
Week four: It's all about balance
Week five: Snacks and label reading
Week six: Teeth and hydration
For our theory about healthy lifestyles this week, we looked at what we need to stay healthy. For example, 9-11 hours sleep, drink water and a balance of foods from different food groups. Then for our practical we did some warm ups and then played dodgeball.
