Year 1 Provision: Advent Wreaths
This week in continuous provision, Year 1 created some Advent Wreaths in the spirit of Christmas, as we have been learning about Advent in our collective worships. The candle on the wreaths symbolises Jesus coming to our world as the light. Year 1 really enjoyed this and cannot wait to display these at home.
Whole School Worship with Rev Matt
Rev Matt led our Whole School Worship today and we started by lighting the Advent Wreath. We have already lit the candles that represent Hope, Peace and Joy and we signed the name of The Trinity. Next we had our weekly challenge. Rev Matt put various items in a stocking and as we removed items Theo, Jacob, Mason and Harry had to guess which ones had gone missing. One of the items was a birthday candle which represents the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day. Our Bible story this week was The Birth of Jesus. An angel told Mary she would have a special baby, Jesus, the Savior. Due to a Roman census, Mary and her husband Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born in a stable (barn) and laid in a manger. Angels announced the news to shepherds, who then visited Jesus, and later, Wise Men followed a star to find and worship the baby, bringing gifts. The story is about how Jesus is a surprise gift of compassion from God. The children then reflected on what would be the best thing that they could give this Christmas. We had love, a smile and kindness which were all beautiful examples.
Year 6 Junior Jam - French
This week in French, year 6 recapped everything they have been learning this term. They played games and sang songs all about: members of their family, rooms and furniture in the house, days of the week and telling the time, and describing their daily routines. They also learned some interesting facts about how families in France celebrate at Christmas time and how their traditions differ to ours.
Reception: Reindeer Food
Santa and his elves left Reception class a very important job. He asked the class to make some reindeer food. The children had to listen to instructions and follow them step by step to make sure they could all make magic food to help the reindeer fly. How exciting!
Year 5 - Christmas Party
Year 5 joined Year 6 today for the Christmas party. The children danced and played party games like musical statues, pass the parcel and musical bumps. Mr Bloomfield, DJ and party master, led the festivities with a musical set of Christmas bangers that got every child on their feet and singing along. A great time was had by all.
Year 6 - Christmas Party
Today, our Year 6 pupils enjoyed their Christmas party, which was filled with lots of fun and laughter. They took part in a variety of games, including musical statues, bumps, corner games and dance-offs. The room was buzzing with energy and everyone had a fantastic time celebrating together.
Church Carol Service
A huge thank you to the children who came to our church Carol Service on Sunday evening. Your lovely singing has helped to get everyone in the festive mood. Thank you St Barnabas Church. Darwen. for inviting us to take part in the special service. Thank you for the chocolates too, the children loved those on Monday morning.
Year 3-Living Life in All Its Fullness- Christmas Party
What a spectacular morning! Year 3 had a brilliant time joining up with Year 4 for our big festive celebration. The hall was filled with colour as everyone showed off their wonderful festive clothes. The highlight of the day was definitely dancing to festive tunes and singing at the top of our lungs! There was so much laughter as we played exciting games together. A huge congratulations to Mila and Eli, our lucky winners of Pass the Parcel.
Christmas Dinner 2025
A huge thank you to our amazing catering team for our delicious Christmas dinner. A massive thank you to our staff team for their support. It was lovely to see the pulling cracker s with their friends and singing along to Christmas songs.
Year 3- 3D Christmas Cards in the making
Year 3 Elves have begun creating their 3D Christmas cards. From pop-up trees to 3D snowmen, the Elves are working so hard on their designs. We are sure our busy little Elves will finish them all in time for Christmas!
Year 4 - Christmas Party
We’ve been having a great time singing, dancing and playing games at our Christmas party this morning. The children showed us their best moves and we even finished with a group dance-off.
Year 4 - RE: Hanukkah
In the Year 4 RE session this week we had a special visitor. A member of our school family came into class to share her Jewish faith and the story and customs of Hanukkah celebrations. We also had the opportunity to ask some curiosity questions.