Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development (SMSC): Blog items
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 5:52pm
Today was takeover day! With our new teachers we revisited the concept of 1 more and 1 less in the context of numbers from 50 to 100 by applying the counting skills we have previously learnt. We read the story ‘More or Less’ to introduce our lesson. Together, we then revisited the words ‘more’ and ‘less’ reinforcing the fact that 1 more is the number after the given number and 1 less is the number before the given number. We then worked independently to choose a task card, identify the number and then find one more and one less than this number. Finally we played a one more and one less game on Topmarks to show our new teachers everything we had learnt!
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 2:53pm
Today, we got taken over by some Year 5 children; we started the day with an assembly by our new head and deputy headteacher Miss Bell and Mr Binns to introduce our characteristics of tolerance. When we returned to our classroom our new teachers helped us recap what the different word classes are and helped us complete a sorting activity of different verbs, adjectives, nouns and adverbs. After playtime, we chanted our 2, 5 and 10 times tables before completing some sheets thinking about the multiples of each and calculating multiplication questions. We ended our Takeover morning with Guided Reading. We enjoyed being taught by the Year 5 children although they found it tiring and hard.
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 12:26pm
Nursery Get Taken Over By Year 5!
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 12:18pm
Year 5 took over the school today and became teachers, teaching assistants, office staff, the Head and Deputy Head and even Site staff! We had some super teachers and teaching assisitants in nursery. They really looked after the children and were great role models. Well done Year 5 - you can come again!
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 11:57am
What a great morning! Today was Year 5's Takeover Day. In Year 4, our teachers, Miss Shepherd, Miss Lewis and Miss Morrison, taught us lines of symmetry in Maths, how to back up our answers with evidence using the text in Guided Reading and figurative language in Reading into Writing. The teachers were helped out throughout the morning by Miss Roberts and Mr Butterfield. Well done Year 5! You did a great job and showed so many characteristics such as confidence and enthusiasm.
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 11:48am
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 7:58am
Yesterday, we celebrated World Music Day 2023. Each year group had been allocated a different continent to explore music from and ours was Oceania. We read the story about Tiddalick the frog to introduce the unit and found Australia on the map; then we practised singing the song about Tiddalick and him drinking all the water thinking about the rhythm and pitch of the notes. We then were introduced to a traditional Australian instrument- the didgeridoo and watched a video explaining how to play it before we had a go at making a sound ourselves. It was hard work as we had to try and blow really hard and create the correct shape with our mouths. We also used some other instruments to play alongside our singing. We enjoyed celebrating World Music Day and thinking about how other people across the world enjoy Music.
Date: 14th Jun 2023 @ 11:50am
On Monday Recepton had 5 little eggs delivered to your classroom. The eggs were placed in the incubator to keep them warm. The children waiting in anticipation for the eggs to begin to hatch. On Tuesday some cracks appeared in one of the eggs and at lunchline a little baby duckling hatched. the duckling had to stay in the incubator until her feather dried out. The children will be watching closely all week to observe the nest for eggs hatching.
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 1:38pm
This week Reception have been enjoying Sports Day.
They took part in teams, working together, following the rules and always trying their best.
Take a look at the photos of us cup stacking, speed bouncing, throwing bean bags into hoops, running in the egg and spoon race, competing in an obstacle course and we mustn't forget- welly throwing!
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 11:23am
Year 6 have done some brilliant work in their French lessons this half term. Our unit was called ' Le Week-end' and focused on activities that the children might do at the weekend. We learned the correct vocabulary for each activity, language to give opinions and how to tell the time to the nearest five minutes. As always, our lessons covered listening, speaking, reading and writing activities and the children produced great work in each.
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 7:04pm
Today Year 1 enjoyed sports day! We participated in team races, cup stacking, speed bounce, dome and dishes, welly throwing and bean bag throwing. We all had a fantastic morning and thoroughly enjoyed participating in all the different activities.
Date: 24th May 2023 @ 5:02pm
Today, Year Two participated in our annual sports day. We completed lots of different activities including: races, speed bounce, welly throw, bean bag challenge, under and over team races, stuck in the mud, speed stack and a rest station where we refuelled with water and had a much needed sit down. Throughout the afternoon, we demonstrated many characteristics such as team work, determination, perseverance and participation and everybody should be proud of the effort they showed. Well done Year 2!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 5:50pm
Today we enjoyed a visit from Fisher's Farm and their very friendly animals! We were all looking forward to seeing the animals and finding out more about them. We looked around the different pens and asked the visitors questions such as, 'What food do they eat?' 'How old are they?' and 'How do you care for them?' We even stroked and brushed some of the animals!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:10pm
Today are children were treated to a visit from Fishers Farm. The children met a variety of farm animals and learned lots about each one. We all had great fun spending time with the animals and stroking them. A lucky few managed to groom some of them too!!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 3:54pm
Today, Boundary Primary School were lucky enough to have a visit from Fisher's Farm and Year Two got to spend some time with the animals. We looked around their different pens and asked the visitors many questions about the animals including 'What do they eat?', 'Do they have any other family?' and 'How do you care for the animal?' We were exciting to touch all the animals including: goats, donkey, dog, rabbit, chicken, ducks, cow, lamb, pig and the sheep dog.
Whole School - Fishers Farm visit
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 2:39pm
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:00pm
Today the children in Reception have been lucky enough to visit the mobile farm on the Key Stage 2 playground. The children had a fabulous time visiting the different animals including rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, a cow, a donkey, a pony and Helga the pig. The children enjoyed learing about how a farm works, why it is important to look after the animals and the job of a farmer.
Ella-Rose wins the National Literacy Trust poetry prize!
Date: 19th May 2023 @ 12:02pm
During Thursday's assembly, Ella-Rose was presented with a bundle of books by Get Blackpool Reading as she won the National Literacy Trust poetry competition. Here is Ella-Rose’s poem:
"Litter, litter goes in the bin,
To throw it on the ground is a really big sin.
The earth is home to lots of creatures and bugs, they don't come in our home and throw litter on rugs.
Dont sin it, bin it! working together we can win it."
Ella's class were also given their own copy of "The Creature Choir" by David Walliams. Well done to everyone who took part!
Year 6 - Manchester Museum Visit
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 4:15pm
Today Year 6 went on a trip to Manchester Museum to support their learning so far. This involved areas such as:
Fossils
Dinosaurs
Ancient Egypt
Classification
Evolution
Archaeology
The children had a wonderful time bringing their learning to life and being given the opportunity to observe artifacts from a range of periods of time.
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 9:55pm
This week in Reception the children have visited out school pond area. We have been learning about the different animals that live in the pond and what they need to grow and survive. We observed the pond life and spotted some tadpoles. We observed them in the pond and then took some of them back to our classroom. We put them in a tank and have been wtching how they grow and change.
"The frogs lay frog spawn in the pond:" Kit
"The tadpole come out of the eggs" Albie
They have long tails to help them swim" Lelan
When they get bigger they grown legs. Then its a froglet" Alfie
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 4:37pm
Today, we had a very special visit from vicars from the local church Matt and Matthew. They came in and discussed how the church is a community for members of the congregation and shared that they pray and sing together when they attend. They also talked to us about the importance of praying and reading the bible and how this guides Christians lives. Lastly, they shared with us the clothes they wear and how they conduct communion by members of the congregation sharing wine (blackcurrant juice) and bread.
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 3:43pm
In assembly on Monday, we spoke about Mental Health Week and the focus being anxiety. We discuss things that might be going through our minds and what we could do to help ourselves.
Year 2 Making good behavioral choices
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 1:41pm
This week, Year Two explored different types of behaviours and discussed the importance of making good choices in regards to our actions and behaviours. We talked about what good behaviour make look and sound like before sorting a range of actions into good choices and poor choices. Also, we discussed how we are in control and it is important to have self-control at all times to allow us to make good choices.
Reception Find out about the lifecycle of the buterfly
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 10:29am
This week the children in Reception have been learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly. The children have been observing our classroom caterpillars, watching them grow and change.
"The caterpillar is getting bigger" Jenson
"When it is big it will make a chrysalis" Lana-Rose
"They change into a butterfly" Kit
"It happens again and again" Skylor.
The children have been getting creative painting and collaging caterpillars, cutting and sticking the lifecycle and writing sentences to explain whats happening.
