Year 3 Class Worship: Happy News and Fun Reflections
During our class worship today, we explored several inspiring stories from our Happy News issue, reflecting on the theme of happiness and how small actions can make a big difference. We learned about "Moon Chickpeas" being grown in special soil for astronauts, the kindness of "Yakult Ladies" in Japan who check on the elderly, and the creativity of 10-year-old fashion designer Max Alexander. We also celebrated the return of the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly to the UK and the use of "super-hearing" to keep hedgehogs safe. Following these stories, we shared our own thoughts on what makes us happy and what "fun" truly means to us, such as the joy of spending quality time with friends and family. Charlie then read a prayer from Picture News, which thanked God for the things that bring us joy and excitement, like our favourite hobbies and games, and for the friends and family we share them with. We concluded that whether it is through a global scientific breakthrough or a simple chat with a friend, we all have the power to spread happiness and look out for one another.
Year 6 Junior Jam - Computing
In this week's Junior Jam Computing lesson, year 6 created their own GIFs using the Keynote app. They worked in pairs, choosing an image and adding some humorous text, then animating their image with a Build-In, Action and Build-Out. At the end of the lesson, they showcased their finished GIFs on the board. This was such a fun and informative lesson and the children really enjoyed it.
Year 3-A Brain Break
During our assessments today, we made sure to take a purposeful break between papers to give everyone’s brain a rest. The children stopped for a few minutes to enjoy some quiet reading or to engage in creative writing, jotting down whatever ideas came to their heads. Some children even chose to write about their break times. It was a fantastic way for the class to "switch off" for a moment, recharge, and feel refreshed and ready to start the next part of their assessment.
Year 2 - P.E. The Great Outdoors
Year 2 have been using our map reading skills to find times tables questions hidden in the school grounds. We then solved the times tables questions when we got back to the classroom.
Year 1 PE: Handstands and Cartwheels
In our PE session today, we learnt some safe techniques for handstands and cartwheels. These techniques will helping us develop our handstands and cartwheels later. We showed good balance skills and careful partner work.
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Reception - PSHE - King Charles III
In the lesson we discussed who King Charles III is and what he does for our country. We looked at how he helps people and charities and that he represents our country. We made crowns, practised our royal waves and watched a part of his coronation. The children really enjoyed learning about where he lives and his job.
Reception - PSHE - Money
In today’s lesson we talked about money, what it is, what we can do with it, where we keep it and how adults and grown ups make money. We looked at different coins in circulation and role played a shop keeper and buying goods. We even moved this to play with our little ice cream cart outside in the sunshine!
Year 4 - RE: Forgiveness
This week, Year 4 children embarked on some philosophical enquiry into the meaning of forgiveness and its importance to God’s salvation plan. They watched the story of Peter and then acted out 3 key parts: his actions in the Garden of Gethsemane, his denial of Jesus and how Jesus forgave him. The children then acted these parts out in groups to create a dramatic class retelling. Following this, the children explored “forgiveness” as a BIG idea. They located it in the story and asked questions about the salvation plan. They then spent time exploring what forgiveness means to them, before creating metaphorical representations of this using Brusho paints, water spray bottles and Sharpies.
Year 4 - Class Worship: Joy
In our class worship we looked at the Picture News story for the week about Pokémon turning 30 years old. The subject of the worship was: Finding Joy in the Journey. After discussing the story, the children worked in pairs to discuss their experiences of having fun. They used the social and emotional skill of oracy to really listen to their partner’s response, ready to share it with the rest of the class. They then listened to the Bible passage taken from Ecclesiastes explaining that God wants us all to experience and seek out joy, with the following caveats: don’t sacrifice your kindness and respect towards others in the pursuit of joy, and enjoy the journey rather than solely focussing on the destination.
Let's Go Sing 2026
* Pure Magic at the Blackburn Ice Arena! * I am bursting with pride this evening after watching our incredible school choir perform at the Let’s Go Sing concert. Seeing them out there, singing their hearts out with such passion, was a moment I won't forget! What struck me most wasn't just the beautiful music, but the sheer enthusiasm and commitment our children showed. They didn't just learn the songs; they mastered every word and every action, performing with huge smiles and brilliant energy. * A Huge Thank You * Events like this don’t happen without a massive team effort behind the scenes: • To Mrs. Govan and Mrs. Wilkinson: Thank you for your tireless dedication, your lunchtime rehearsals, and for championing our young vocalists every step of the way. • To our Parents and Carers: Thank you for braving the cold at the arena to cheer them on! Your support in the stands means the world to the children (and to us). Our children represented the school perfectly tonight, behaving impeccably. They truly found their voices! What little superstars!
Easter Egg Donation
In Worship this morning we focused on our Kindness Kite for this week, which was about fairness and sharing what we have with others. Our children thought of so many ways we share what we have with those who don't have as much as we do such as donating food through our Harvest Appeals, donating warm coats to the homeless, donating our clothes and toys, our Rotakids donating teddies to Darwen Rotary Club and our shoebox appeal for Darwen DARE - Darwen Asylum and Refugee Enterprise. This led us to think about what we could give this Lent and the children thought about gifting Easter Eggs. If you would like to gift an Easter Egg to a child in need in our community, please send one into school. Thank you in advance for your kindness.
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Our Whole School Worship-Palm Sunday and Serving Others
Our whole school worship began with signing the Trinity, bringing the whole school together in reflection. To explore the theme of our new Kindness Kite, Jack (Y5), Eliza (Y5), and Olivia (Y4) shared the Fairness Kite, which explained the biblical perspective on justice and treating others equitably. Mrs Ham asked the children to take a moment to reflect on everything we have done as a school to serve others who don't have as much as us. We looked back on our collective efforts to help those in need: Donating clothes, coats for the homeless, and teddies, which were organised by Year 5 Rotakids. Collecting food for Harvest and supporting the Darwen Enterprise Easter Egg appeal. Filling shoe boxes and raising money through sponsored walks. Worship continued with Mrs Ham reading a rhyming Palm Sunday Bible story about Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, which the children and staff acted out brilliantly. Jesus and his friends were played by Charlie G, Peyton, and Mr Bloomfield. Zac (Year 1) played the donkey that carried Jesus into the city. Iris, Ava, and many other children acted as the crowd, waving palm leaves to welcome the King. Mrs Araujo and Mr Mealor played the Pharisees, representing the religious leaders who disagreed with Jesus and watched the parade with concern. To end our worship, we sang, 'We Have a King Who Rides a Donkey.' We left worship thinking about the example Jesus set and how we can continue to give in service to those around us.