Welcome to the new Reception children and parents
Good evening new Reception parents and carers, I would like to warmly welcome you and your child into our St Barnabas school family. We are really looking forward to meeting you at our parents meeting on Thursday 16th June at 6.00pm. Here you will learn lots of things about St Barnabas, have an opportunity to ask any questions you might have and you can have a look around the Reception classroom. In the coming weeks our Reception teachers will be sending you information via class dojo about the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) curriculum and about the transition to big school. In the meantime please have a look on our school website as you will learn lots about our school from looking at the latest news and newsletters. https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/ We also have St Barnabas facebook and twitter pages. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones and I hope you enjoy the jubilee celebrations. Yours Sincerely, Mrs Ham
Happy half term!
Dear Parents and Carers, I can't believe that another half term has flown by so quickly. Please find attached this half terms newsletter. https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/parents/newsletters There are lots of events coming up in the last 6 weeks of this school year so please keep checking our events page on our website. https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events We have ended the half term off with a brilliant day complete with a Royal Variety Performance and a Royal Afternoon Tea. We were so proud of each of our acts and the Mayor and Mayoress were overjoyed with the talents of our children. Thank you to everyone who came. If you were unable to make it, please enjoy watching the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=popO_zJdiFg Please see our gallery for photos too: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery Each child has received a special Platinum Jubilee Coin from our Trust, Cidari and Reception to Year 3 received a special book. I hope you all have a wonderful Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend and enjoyable half term holiday. Best wishes and God bless, Mrs Ham
Reception Royal Afternoon Tea
Reception are enjoying a real royal banquet of afternoon tea for their lunch today to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee! Delicious!
The Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration - The Royal Variety Performance
What a fantastic morning we have had watching our ‘Royal Variety Performance’ . The 20 talented acts showcased a wealth of talents. Even the Mayor and Mayoress of Blackburn with Darwen said it was a spectacular event and St Barnabas should be very humbled and proud to be part of such a lovely school family with many, many talents. What a way to show our thanks to her Majesty the Queen for her service to our country over the last 70 years!
D.T Club- Textiles - Years 3,4 and 5
Fun in D.T Club! The task was to design and make a small printed cushion cover based on the initial of the end user, which can be used in our homes. I am super proud of what they have made. They have all worked extremely well by supporting and helping each other.
Year 1 Platinum Jubilee Afternoon Tea
Year 1 really enjoyed their Platinum Jubilee afternoon lunch today.
Year 1 Geography- Creating a Messy Map
Year 1 have been looking at the immediate local area in their geography lessons. They have collaboratively worked together to create a messy map to represent this. They have included our school, Everest Pharmacy, The Tramway Cafe, The bowling green, Whitehall Park, The Park Pub, St Barnabas Church, the local shop, the post office, the graveyard, the hairdressers, bungalows, terraced houses, detached houses, semi-detached houses and Jack’s Key Clough with its reservoir and footbridge.
Quad kids Athletics
4 events with 12 wonderful athletes! Massive well done to our Y 3/4 Quad Kids! Super performances from each and every one of them. It’s been a super busy sporting week and it all ended with brilliance. Results TBC as soon as we hear! Team B are unstoppable!
National Thank a Teacher Day
Today is National Thank a Teacher Day. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of our whole school family, to say a huge thank you to each and everyone of our teaching and support team for the amazing job they do each day. You always go above and beyond and with a smile on your face.
Year 3 Class Worship - Ascension Day
Year 3 watched a video clip of the story of Jesus’ Ascension into heaven when he returned to his Father. The children wrote some prayers and they ended the worship by singing “Shine”.
Kooth Workshop- Year 6
Today Year 6 have had a session with Kooth, here we spoke about changes, in particular moving to high school. Kooth spoke about the resources on their websites showing how they can benefit the children while changes are happening or if they are experiencing worries. We spoke about self care and how we can look after our mental health in a positive way. The children asked some brilliant questions today and were very respectful of each others comments throughout. For further information please see the following website: https://www.kooth.com/
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee- Class Worship- Year 5
During our class worship, the children looked at this week's picture news. We explored the Queen's jubilee in great detail and shared prior knowledge. We read through the assembly resource and talked about the length of time 70 years is. We explored the terms 'responsibility' and 'duties' and discussed the duties young children and adults might have to what the Queen has. We then created a 70 piece jigsaw to celebrate the upcoming event. Every piece has fascinating facts about the Queen.