--- title: "Whole School Worship: National Storytelling Week Launch" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-02-02-whole-school-worship-national-storytelling-week-launch" 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! # Whole School Worship: National Storytelling Week Launch ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_0389.jpeg) 2 February 2026 Today marks the first day of National Storytelling Week. Mrs Wilkinson launched the week during worship, where we began by discussing some of our favourite stories, such as The Snail and the Whale, Dork Diaries, and The BFG. Mrs Wilkinson then read a chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We discussed how even longer books can be enjoyed by our younger students and shared a reminder about the wonderful variety of books available in our school library. As a focus of the week is on performance stories, the whole school joined in with Michael Rosen’s reading of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. It was wonderful to hear students from all year groups reading and performing the story together. Throughout the week, we look forward to welcoming mystery readers into our classes to share their favorite stories, and the children will also be participating in several storytelling workshops. We are excited to continue celebrating this week together. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/IMG_0389.jpeg) [English](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_1991.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-30-year-6-photography) Previous ### [Year 6 - Photography ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-01-30-year-6-photography) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/08B18463-EEFC-49EA-9186-ACA5FC0F5120.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-02-03-year-1-re-jesus-turns-water-into-wine) Next ### [Year 1 RE: Jesus Turns Water into Wine](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-02-03-year-1-re-jesus-turns-water-into-wine) ### 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/)