A Special Visit From Local Author, Janek Puzon
This morning, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed a visit from local author, Janek Puzon. Janek engaged the children in a storytelling session by reading them his latest book, Agent Glen. The book was all about Agent Glen who was hired to detect a mysterious burglar who kept stealing riches from an art gallery. However, Agent Glen was a little hard of hearing and he ended up in some rather hilarious situations whilst completing his mission. The children particularly enjoyed the part where his hand got stuck to the toilet. Thank you to Janek Puzon for visiting our school and sharing his wonderful book with our infant children. We can’t wait to add Janek’s books to our school library collection.
Year 1 Class Worship- Picture News
This week in Class Worship, Year 1 thought about their morning routine and decided that breakfast was a very important part of this. They then listened to the news about how the government are trialing breakfast clubs across 750 schools. Initially, the class was very divided with regards to whether they thought having their breakfast at school was a good idea. However, after discussing this in detail, most children decided that it was in fact a good idea as it would ensure that every child across the country would have the chance to fill their tummies up so that they can learn, have the chance to eat some of their 5 a day to keep fit and healthy and get the chance to catch up with their friends before school.
Year 3- R.E- Exploring Sadness and Joy of Easter
In R.E, Year 3 learned about the events of Palm Sunday. They watched a short film showing Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and discussed the different emotions of the people in the story. The crowd was excited and joyful, waving palm branches and shouting "Hosanna!" because they believed Jesus was their King. The disciples felt proud and amazed as they walked beside Jesus and saw how much people loved Him. Jesus himself was calm but thoughtful, knowing what was to come. However, the Pharisees were angry and worried because they didn’t like how many people followed Jesus. The children learnt that Easter Sunday is both joyful and sad because it brings together the emotions of Good Friday and the Resurrection of Jesus.
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Year 6- Mrs Doubtfire, Covent Garden & Trafalgar Square
Our Year 6 children enjoyed seeing the sights of Trafalgar Square and the street entertainers in Covent Garden. They then watched Mrs Doubtfire the Musical in the West End which they found really funny and entertaining. All of the Year 6 London trip photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/year-6-london-trip-2025
Year 6 Science Museum
Year 6 also visited the London Science Museum and took part in an interactive gallery called Wonderlab:The Equinor Gallery. The interactive experience ignited their curiosity, fuelled their imagination, and inspired them to see the world around them in new and exciting ways. They enjoyed lots of hands on experiments, live science demonstrations and revealed the beauty of the science and maths that shape our everyday lives. They particularly enjoyed the friction experiment using slides with different surfaces that they could zoom down and see which one had the most friction! For all of the photos from the Year 6 London trip, please click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/year-6-london-trip-2025
Year 6- Natural History Museum
Our Year 6 class had a wonderful time exploring the Natural History Museum in London. They saw dinosaur and animal bones and fossils and lots of stuffed animals. They also went into the earthquake simulator shop and also enjoyed visiting the gift shop. For all of the Year 6 London trip photos, please click here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/year-6-london-trip-2025
Year 6- London Sightseeing
Year 6 saw lots of London's famous sights such as Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament , the Tower of London and we saw some of the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. All of the Year 6 London trip photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/year-6-london-trip-2025
Year 6- St James's Park, London
Year 6 had a fantastic time playing on the play area in St James's Park after a picnic lunch. It was wonderful to see everyone getting along and playing with their friends.
Year 6- Singing the National Anthem outside Buckingham Palace
Our amazing Year 6 children drew quite a crowd when they sang their hearts out singing the National Anthem to King Charles outside Buckingham Palace. All of the Year 6 London trip photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/year-6-london-trip-2025
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Reception: The Last Supper
Reception continued their Easter learning in RE by finding out about Passover. They listened to the story of the Last Supper and roleplayed the story. The children gave thanks to God and remembered Jesus who sacrificed himself. The children drank juice and shared bread together to remember the story.
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Reception, Year 1 and Year 2- Story Club
Today, Miss Flynn and the librarians led a lunchtime story and craft club for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. They read ‘The Baddies’ by Julia Donaldson and got the children to discuss their favourite part of the story. Percy said that his favourite part was when the ghost didn’t manage to scare the girl, Summer said that she thought it was funny when the witch got tangled up in the ropes and the sweet got stuck to her nose, Hollie said that she liked the spell that the witch chanted, Marnie-May said that she enjoyed the troll falling into the river and Heidi said that she thought that the mouse getting the hanky was a nice ending to the story. We then finished with some colourings of a couple of the main characters (the witch and the troll).