--- title: "Year 4: National Poetry Day" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-10-01-year-4-national-poetry-day" 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 4: National Poetry Day ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_4133.jpeg) 1 October 2026 ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/IMG_4133.jpeg) part of National Poetry Day, Year 4 decided to write poems based on ‘I Wonder’ by Jeannie Kirby. We decided to use the idea of nature and the children collected lots of ideas through discussion, using their talk tokens. Then end result was fantastic with high quality poems that the children are going to share with the residents of Thorncliffe Nursing Home tomorrow. We also had lots of children reading poems to the class using their oracy skills and we also managed to watch some performance poetry by Michael Rosen. What a wonderful way to celebrate all things poetry! [Year 4](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-4) [English](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/english) [National Year of Reading](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/national-year-of-reading) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_3502.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-09-30-year-3-science-clean-coins-and-conclusions) Previous ### [Year 3 - Science: Clean Coins and Conclusions](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-09-30-year-3-science-clean-coins-and-conclusions) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_4564(1).jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-10-02-friday-celebration-worship) Next ### [Friday Celebration Worship ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-10-02-friday-celebration-worship) ### 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/)