Year 5 - Science
In science, we looked at how the Earth moves through space and how this creates day, night and the seasons. After going through the concepts and vocabulary, the children used torches to mimic the light and heat from the Sun and table tennis balls to mimic the Earth. By rotating the ball on its axis, the children saw how sides faced towards and away from the light, creating day and night. Then the children moved the ball around the torch, with different hemispheres receiving different amounts of light over the course of its orbit, creating winter and summer.
Wire sculpture in Year 4
In our art lesson we explored how shapes can be formed and joined in wire. We bent the wire to make different shapes, joined it with twists and loops and added detail using smaller pieces of wire. We created some fantastic sculptures which included cars, humming birds and dragonflies.
Year 1 Geography: Searching for clues about seasons
In Geography, we searched for clues to decide what season we are in. We looked for information about the colours of leaves, the weather and the plants. We were able to find some red and orange leaves, leaves on the ground and we had some windy and rainy weather which helped us to decide that we were in Autumn.
Little Gardeners Club: Bug Hotels
Today in Little Gardeners Club, we became mini wildlife architects and made our very own bug hotels! We started by exploring the school grounds and collecting natural materials such as sticks, leaves, bark and other bits and pieces that bugs love. We then used our materials to create cosy little homes for insects and minibeasts. Once our bug hotels were finished, we placed them around the school perimeter, ready to provide shelter for our garden visitors. We had lots of fun getting creative while also helping to support the wildlife around our school!
Year 1&2 Lunchtime Games Club
Another great lunchtime games club. Some of us had a huge stroke of luck this week whilst others were a bit unlucky but we all had lots of fun all the same! We played ‘Pizza, Pizza’ again as it was a favourite last week and lots of us also played ‘Don’t Wake Mr McGregor,’ ‘Shopping List’ and ‘Dinosaur Number Eggs’. We hope to introduce a couple of new games again next week. Well done everyone!
Netball Club
Tonight was our second netball club of the year and it was great to see lots of enthusiasm and eagerness to improve skills, especially speed and agility. We also worked on tactics and how to dodge in and out of space.
Boccia and New Age Kurling in Year 4
We have really worked hard in Year 4 to develop our skills in Boccia over the past few weeks. Today we looked at how to be patient and knock the opponents balls away from the target. As we are getting so good at this sport we also introduced New Age Kurling which is an indoor, ice-free adaptation of traditional winter curling designed to be completely inclusive for players of all ages and physical abilities. The children loved this addition and wanted to play all afternoon.
Friday Celebration Worship
This morning, we started our celebration worship by reflecting on a fantastic week in school. It is great to see that our whole school are settling into their new classes and continuing to work hard to earn dojo points for achieving great things and showing a huge amount of respect. This week has also seen us launching our lunchtime and after school clubs. It’s been brilliant to see our children enjoying and making the most of these extra-curricular opportunities. There may still be a few places on a number of our clubs. Please see Arbor. We then presented our Barney’s Brilliant Beacons. A huge well done to Noah, Elsie, Elara, Noah, Hendrix and Luna in Reception and KS1 and Teddy, Alice, Renee, Harry, Lana, Alfie, Layla and Charlie in KS2. Well done to these amazing children for working extremely hard across the curriculum and for their exemplary behaviour. We ended our worship with a reminder from Mrs Ham about MacMillan Coffee Morning next Friday. We would really appreciate any donations of cake to help us to raise funds for an amazing charity. We also had a sing along to ‘Shine.’ We thank our St Barnabas families who could attend celebration worship this morning and extend a thank you to all of our other families who continue to support us in many ways. We wish you all a fantastic weekend.
Year 6 - Expressing Myself
Today, Year 6 began exploring their creative side using graffiti as a stimulus for their artwork. The children experimented with colour, pattern and design, using masking tape to create a four-letter word or slogan across their page. They then used vibrant oil pastels to build a bold and colourful scene around their design. Once the artwork was complete, the children carefully removed the masking tape to reveal their hidden slogan, creating a striking contrast between the vibrant background and the clear lettering. The finished pieces showcased the children’s creativity, imagination and ability to use different artistic techniques to create an impactful piece of art.
Year 4: Science
This week in Science, we were spent time researching animal habitats.We focused on Polar, Ocean, Rainforest and Grassland habitats and the children used their Chromebook’s to access the internet and answer the following questions: What animals live in your habitat? what plants live in your habitat? What is the climate like in your habitat? What are the conditions like in your habitat? The children worked really well in mini groups in order to collect the information, recording this in their books.
Reception: Mark Making
This week, our Reception children have been hard at work strengthening their fine motor control and perfecting their mark-making skills through a creative activity inspired by Elmer the Elephant! To build early writing skills, the children were challenged to decorate Elmer with various patterns using felt-tip pens, allowing them to practise key pre-writing strokes: drawing straight lines for grids, fluid wavy lines for movement, and anti-clockwise circles and dots, which are essential building blocks for forming letters like a, c, d, and o. The children showed great concentration and pencil control as they explored different shapes and colours to complete their vibrant patchwork designs.
Whole School Worship with Rev Ben
Our Whole School Worship was led by Rev Ben this morning. We started with a game of “ Guess Who?” where Rev Ben showed us a baby photo and we had to guess who they were. This included Prince William, Taylor Swift, Marcus Rashford and Rev Ben. The reason for this game is because our Bible story this week was The Birth of Moses. The story of the birth of Moses is a famous Bible adventure about a brave mother, a floating basket, and how God kept a special baby safe. Following our Bible story, we discussed how hard it can be to trust others including God. Our questions were: In the Bible story what happened to Jesus? and What do you think it must have felt like for Moses’ family to trust God? The children shared some lovely ideas about how mean the King was trying to get rid of people but the family had to trust God when they placed him in the reeds to keep him safe.
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