--- title: "Year 3 - English- Expanding Our Vocabulary" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-09-11-year-3-english-expanding-our-vocabulary" 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 3 - English- Expanding Our Vocabulary ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-E594F52A-03FE-4BC1-A324-98D63F65EA39.png) 11 September 2025 Today in class, Year 3 writers were introduced to a thesaurus to help make their writing more descriptive and interesting. We learned that a thesaurus is a tool for finding new and exciting words. The children practiced this by using it to find different words such as beautiful, kind and cruel and which helped them expand their vocabulary. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/activitymore-E594F52A-03FE-4BC1-A324-98D63F65EA39.png) [Year 3](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [English](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_0099.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-09-10-year-4-class-worship) Previous ### [Year 4 - Class Worship](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-09-10-year-4-class-worship) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/0480DE8A-23B9-4CFF-9100-4CD343E87237.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-09-12-year-1-animal-masks) Next ### [Year 1-Animal Masks](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-09-12-year-1-animal-masks) ### 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/)