Image of Year 1- illustration Worksop with Ursula Hurst
3 Oct

Year 1- illustration Worksop with Ursula Hurst

After meeting Ursula Hurst and looking at many of her illustrations in various children’s books including her very own book, ‘Drawing Hope,’ Year 1 had a lesson in illustration. Ursula showed the children how to create different characters with expressions such as sad, shocked and happy and various hairstyles and clothing. Thank you to Darwen library for this wonderful opportunity.

Image of Year 4 - Children’s Literature Festival
3 Oct

Year 4 - Children’s Literature Festival

After a blustery walk to Darwen Library, Year 4 enjoyed a great afternoon meeting Louie Stowell, author of the popular children’s book series, Loki. They had great fun learning about the characters, taking part in the ‘which character are you’ quiz, drawing the main character and asking the author questions.

Image of Year 4 - Information Texts
3 Oct

Year 4 - Information Texts

In Year 4 this week, we started our new English topic: Information Texts. We spent our first lesson recording what we already knew about the Amazon rainforest, and then we researched some facts around a specific category.

Image of Year 2 - Library visit
3 Oct

Year 2 - Library visit

We had an amazing time during our visit to Darwen Library. We were lucky enough to spend time with Ursula Hurst as she delivered a workshop for us. Ursula is a fabulous illustrator known for her book illustrations and murals of which many can be found in local primary schools. The children loved listening to her stories and seeing how she made words come to life. Then the children had their chance to become illustrators as they learnt how to draw different characters with different emotions. Ursula showed us some simple tricks to really emphasise our characters expressions. It was a brilliant opportunity for the children which they engaged really well with and had a lovely afternoon!

Image of Year 2 - Pattern Making
3 Oct

Year 2 - Pattern Making

During our Art lesson this week, we looked at how to create patterns. We spotted any patterns around our classroom and predicted what comes next in other patterns. It was then the children’s turn to create their own patterns. We created symmetrical patterns and alternating patterns using different shapes and colours. Next week, we will continue learning about patterns and design new patterns on different mediums.

Image of Monday Worship: Black History Month
2 Oct

Monday Worship: Black History Month

This month it is black history month. Mrs Ham told us how some African children were sold as slaves and would have to work and could not go to school. They would not earn any money but were forced to be slaves. The Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman wanted to make a difference and stop slavery. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, the president of the USA stopped slavery and freed them all. Black history month reminds us of all the black people who made and continue to make a difference to change the world such as Martin Luther King Junior, Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela. We watched a video to find out more information about a group of black children who made a difference in their town by having peaceful sit ins in restaurants that were just for white people. They had to show our Christian value of courage when standing up for what was right. We ended our worship by reflecting on how we can stand up to things that are unfair and we sang 'I can make a difference'.

Image of Foodie Friends Funtime Club- Years 3 and 4- Cornflake Cakes
2 Oct

Foodie Friends Funtime Club- Years 3 and 4- Cornflake Cakes

Today, the children followed step-by-step instructions from a short clip and worked in small groups to make cornflake cakes. The most exciting part was when they got to lick the spoon and the mixing bowl!

Image of Year 3- P.E
2 Oct

Year 3- P.E

Today, Year 3 carried on with the throwing and catching game. We emphasized three important aspects during our activity: Keep your eyes on the object at all times. Position your body to intercept the ball's path. Ensure your hands are ready to meet the object.

Image of Choir singing at the Harvest Service
1 Oct

Choir singing at the Harvest Service

Thank you so much to Rev Ben for inviting us to sing at the Harvest Service. We are so proud of our choir members and members of Rainbows and Brownies as they sang so brilliantly. Thank you so much for your generous donations to the local food bank.

Image of Year 2- P.E
1 Oct

Year 2- P.E

This week we worked on the perfect egg roll, forward roll and pencil roll. They all tried really hard to perfect their rolls.

Image of Week 2 of super sports club
1 Oct

Week 2 of super sports club

Our second session at sports club we looked at the correct hand position, the ‘W’ position. Then we moved onto using the correct hand position whilst passing the ball. Then we looked at a chest pass followed by a bounce pass. They worked really hard on these two passes before moving on to a game of netball.

Image of Message from Mrs Ham
29 Sep

Message from Mrs Ham

Good afternoon parents and carers, Wow, what another busy week at St Barnabas! We had a visit from our Trust CEO, Mr Ashworth, on Wednesday and a brilliant stay and play session on Thursday morning. It was an absolute pleasure to show our visitors around and your children made me so proud as they showed off their brilliant behaviour and showed lots of kindness and respect. One potential parent emailed afterwards to say that ‘All of the children at St Barnabas are an absolute joy!’ I couldn’t agree more! A huge thank you to everyone who came to our Macmillan Coffee Morning this morning. Thank you so much for all of your generous cake donations which meant that every child in school was able to enjoy a cake. Thank you for your very kind donations to Macmillan. If you would still like to make a donation please do so via parent pay. A quick reminder that we have our Harvest church festival this Sunday and our choir will be singing. Please meet at 10.50am in your smart school uniform. Non-choir members are welcome to come along and join in too. We have another busy week next week. Here are a few reminders: Tuesday 3rd: Years 1-6 will be visiting Darwen Library for a special Literature Festival Workshop Wednesday 4th - School photo day. All children to come to school in their full smart school uniform. Years 1 & 2 to bring their PE kit in a bag to change into please for their afternoon PE session. Friday 6th October : Rotakids non-uniform day to support the Moroccan earthquake appeal. Children to wear something red or green for the colours of the Moroccan flag in exchange for £1.00 on parent pay. For all of this week’s news from each class, please click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news For all of the upcoming events, click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events Finally, I would like to wish Mrs Thompson all the best as she starts her paternity leave for the next 8 weeks. Thank you so much for helping to settle our new Ducklings into school. We hope you have a wonderful time with your baby boy, Rupert. Wishing you all a lovely weekend with your loved ones. Thank you for your continued support, Mrs Ham