Rhyme time Notice
Thank you to everybody who has attended our weekly rhyme times and story times. Today is the last one for this half term and they will recommence after the holidays on Wednesday 21st June.
Reception - Migration
This week in our Amazing Animals topic we learned all about migration. We looked at why birds migrate to warmer climates and made our own bird feeders. We have put a bird feeder outside of our window too so that we can watch the birds!
Year 4 - Science of Sound
In Year 4 this week, we have been investigating how sounds can change when they travel through different mediums: air, water and solid objects.
Year 4 - PE: Batting Skills
We have been developing our batting this week in PE, practising a straight drive. We used peer coaching to perfect our skills ready to play a game of ‘Runs and Catches’ at the end of the lesson.
Reception: Physical Development
The children in Reception have been improving their gross motor skills by climbing on the climbing frame and playing basketball and football on our MUGA.
Year 3 Art: Collecting Natural Materials
On Tuesday afternoon, Year Three went on a walk to Whitehall Park, where we collected some natural materials to use in our next Art lesson. The children will be experimenting with using natural materials for mark making. We collected a variety of different materials, such as acorns, bark, sticks, leaves, conkers and moss!
Mental Health Parent Webinars
The week commencing 15th May is ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’. After much success of hosting some parent webinars back in February for ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’, the Mental Health Support Teams are rolling out some more. The topics for the week will be: My anxious child Helping with exam stress Psychoeducation around worry They’ll take place at 10am and 6pm, Monday 15th to Thursday 18th May and it’s for parents, teachers, carers, children and young people, in fact anyone can join.
Year 2 - Creative Writing
During our writing unit the children have been sorting their own sequel adventure to the amazing story A Winter’s Child. The children based their writing on their characters drawing a magical door and then writing about what would be on the other side of that magical door. All the children used really exciting vocabulary and lots of technical grammar skills to make their writing exciting and griping for the reader. A huge focus on presentation and handwriting has been instilled into the children and the examples show some beautifully presented work.
Reception-Phonics
We have recapping our digraphs in phonics. We have been using phonics play to read words and then decide whether the word is a ‘real’ or a ‘nonsense word’. The children have also been writing a sentence about the kings coronation, they wrote ‘The king has a crown’, they did this independently if they could using their phonics sound mats.
Be a Baker Part 2 - Bread Making and Cooking
Be a Baker Part 2 when we rolled our bread into different shapes such as plaited, cottage, hedgehog and knotted. We then popped them in the oven for twelve minutes and voila! Amazing results Year 4.
Mrs Ham's Weekly Messsage
Good afternoon parents and carers, we have had a short but very busy week at St Barnabas celebrating the King's upcoming coronation. We had a wonderful red, white and blue day and coronation picnic on Wednesday with the whole school eating and playing out together on the top field. To see all of the King's coronation celebration photos please click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/king-s-coronation-celebrations On Tuesday Years 1-6 took part in a triathlon with TriKidz. To learn more about that and what your child has been learning this week, click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news A huge good luck to our Year 6 children as they have their SATS next week. Year 6 children can arrive from 8.45am and will be provided with a breakfast each day but please feel free to give them a breakfast before they arrive if they are used to eating earlier. Please make sure they get plenty of food, rest and sleep this weekend so they are ready to do their best and shine like the stars that we know they are. All of the children have been given a special commemorative coronation coin, book mark and sticker from our Cidari Trust as well as a special coronation flag purchased through a donation from BWD council. We hope that you all have a wonderful bank holiday weekend and enjoy watching or joining in with the coronation celebrations. If you haven't got any plans yet then Whitehall Park has a family fun day on Sunday and the town centre has a street party on Monday. (Posters are attached) See you all on Tuesday. Take care and enjoy the bank holiday weekend, Mrs Ham
Be a Baker Part 1 - Making the Dough
As part of Be a Baker unit, in our first practical session, we made the bread dough. We kneaded and folded it to make it nice and smooth. Then we left it to prove over lunch. We can’t wait to make it!