--- title: "Year 2 - Striking a ball" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-19-year-2-striking-a-ball" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 2 - Striking a ball ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_3464.png) 19 March 2025 This week in PE, Year 2 continued to practise striking a ball. In this session, we moved onto bowling the ball to our partner. We practiced bowling to each other and focused on making sure the ball bounced in the correct spot with the ideal amount of force. After that, we introduced racquets where our partners had to strike the ball in a controlled way to return it. The children have improved and developed their skills enormously and they will be able to use them more and more as they play games in PE throughout school. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/IMG_3464.png) [Year 2](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-2) [P.E](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/p-e) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_4906.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-18-year-4-brfc-league) Previous ### [Year 4 - BRFC League](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-18-year-4-brfc-league) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/activitymore-434D2132-AA03-4614-BAD9-38BD64FD5207.png)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-20-year-3-english-using-adverbs-to-bring-the-iron-man-to-life) Next ### [Year 3- English- Using Adverbs to Bring The Iron Man to Life](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-20-year-3-english-using-adverbs-to-bring-the-iron-man-to-life) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)