--- title: "News: FOSB" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/fosb" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # News: FOSB ![Image of Barney's Bonfire Bangers Disco](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_5237.jpeg) 6 Nov [2026-11-06-barney-s-bonfire-bangers-disco](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-11-06-barney-s-bonfire-bangers-disco) #### [Barney's Bonfire Bangers Disco](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-11-06-barney-s-bonfire-bangers-disco) To celebrate Bonfire night, the Friends of St Barnabas (FOSB) organised an after school disco for KS1 and KS2. Everyone dressed up and enjoyed the music, crisps, sweets and drinks. Apart from dancing to disco bangers such as Waka Waka, Freed from Desire and Billie Jean, we also played classic party games such as Musical Bumps. Thank you to everyone who came and made it such a great night. A huge thanks to Mr Mealor, Mrs Irshad and Mrs Capitelli and our FOSB volunteers for their support. The photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/barney-s-bonfire-bangers-disco ![Image of FOSB Easter Chocolate Bingo](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/658951305_1310782057765446_6452299397287443364_n.jpg) 1 Apr [2026-04-01-fosb-easter-chocolate-bingo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-04-01-fosb-easter-chocolate-bingo) #### [FOSB Easter Chocolate Bingo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-04-01-fosb-easter-chocolate-bingo) A huge thank you to everyone who came to our FOSB chocolate bingo this evening. We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. A massive thank you to our FOSB PTFA for organising and running the event. A special thanks to Mrs Araujo for being a super spring chicken! ???? All of the photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/fosb-easter-chocolate-bingo ![Image of Year 5 - Chocolate Bingo](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_3648.jpeg) 31 Mar [2026-03-31-year-5-chocolate-bingo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-03-31-year-5-chocolate-bingo) #### [Year 5 - Chocolate Bingo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-03-31-year-5-chocolate-bingo) Jade from Tesco's community champions visited Year 5 today to play a game of stand up bingo. Every child received a ticket and sat down with a bag of sweets when their number was called. The last person standing was Layla, who won an Easter egg. Thank you so much to the Tesco for coming today. ![Image of FOSB Christmas Fayre 2025](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/0d45ed5a70b4.jpg) 20 Nov [2025-11-20-fosb-christmas-fayre-2025](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-11-20-fosb-christmas-fayre-2025) #### [FOSB Christmas Fayre 2025](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-11-20-fosb-christmas-fayre-2025) Good morning, Get ready for some festive fun! Join us for the annual St Barnabas Christmas Fayre on Wednesday 10th December 2025! We have a fantastic afternoon planned with something for the whole family from 3.30pm-5.30pm: ????Festive Stalls.???? Browse a variety of stalls perfect for finding unique Christmas gifts, including: ❄Diamond art, Handmade cards & Crafts ❄Toy Stall ❄Tropic Stall ❄Christmas Gnomes, decorative glasses and Cups ❄Jewellery & Watches Stall ❄Henna and glitter tattoos ????Fun Games???? Test your skill at classic Christmas games! (50p a go or 3 goes for £1) ❄Pin the carrot on the snowman ❄Match the snowmen ❄Hook the reindeers antlers ❄Splat the Christmas pudding ❄Hook the candy cane ????Delicious Food & Drink???? Treat yourself to a warm bite or beverage. ❄Hotdogs (£2) ❄Tea & Coffee (£1) ❄Hot Chocolate (£2) ❄Luxury Hot Chocolate (£2.50) ❄Cans/Fruit Shoot/Water (£1) ????Raffle Prizes???? Don't forget to enter our fantastic raffle for a chance to win one of our amazing hampers and other donated prizes! ????We will have Card Readers available for food, tuck shop, and tombola, so you won't need to rely solely on cash.???? We look forward to seeing you there! Mrs Wilkinson and Team FOSB ![Image of FOSB Spooky Discos ](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_6370.jpeg) 22 Oct [2025-10-22-fosb-spooky-discos](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-22-fosb-spooky-discos) #### [FOSB Spooky Discos ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-10-22-fosb-spooky-discos) A huge thank you to our Friends of St Barnabas (FOSB) volunteers and Mrs Wilkinson for planning and running our spooky discos tonight. What a great way to end a busy half term! The children had a great time dancing and playing games! The photos can be found here : https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/fosb-spooky-disco-1 ![Image of Donuts for Dads Event](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_2617.jpeg) 11 Jun [2025-06-11-donuts-for-dads-event](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-11-donuts-for-dads-event) #### [Donuts for Dads Event](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-06-11-donuts-for-dads-event) Good afternoon, Thank you so much to everybody who came to our Donuts for Dads and for making the event a huge success. We haven't got an official total but it is around £300 so thank you so much for your kind donations. Further pictures will be available on our gallery on our website. https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/donuts-for-dads We do have plenty of doughnuts available so there will be a doughnut sale after school tomorrow to sell the remaining doughnuts for a donation. All of the money will be spent to benefit our children in school. Thank you to our FOSB and to our staff for helping to set up, for running and for tidying up after the event too. I will post the raffle draw results shortly. Thank you, Mrs Wilkinson ![Image of FOSB Mother’s Day Coffee Morning ](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_0296.jpeg) 26 Mar [2025-03-26-fosb-mother-s-day-coffee-morning](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-26-fosb-mother-s-day-coffee-morning) #### [FOSB Mother’s Day Coffee Morning ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-03-26-fosb-mother-s-day-coffee-morning) A huge thank you for your generous cake donations yesterday and to all of the wonderful ladies in our school family that came to our FOSB Mother’s Day Coffee Morning. We were overwhelmed with the turn out and thank you for your patience. We hope you all enjoyed having a few minutes to relax and have a brew and a cake with your loved ones. Thank you so much for your generous donations and for purchasing raffle tickets. We have raised an amazing £375 to go towards upgrading our trim trail surfaces and purchasing new chrome books. Thank you for bringing to our attention the issue with some of the wrong tickets being sold by our Year 6 helpers in the raffle. We worked out the missing ticket numbers and made tickets with those numbers and added them to our tombola drum to make it fair. The winning tickets drawn out were( also see photos) : \*Peach number 30- £40 ocean palace voucher \* Pink ticket 982- Dolly’s Tea Room afternoon tea for 2 voucher \*Blue ticket 954- £20 Mangiamo Voucher \* Blue ticket 669- £20 Freya’s Grill Voucher \*Peach ticket 271- Bottle of Asti & Lemon Drizzle Cake \* Pink ticket 979- Bottle of Pinot Grigio & Red Velvet Cake \* Peach ticket 302 - Red wine & Red velvet \* Peach ticket 6- Rose wine, photo frame & blueberry cake If you have won a prize, please bring your ticket to the office to claim your prize by the end of the week. A huge thank you to our FOSB members and staff involved in planning and supporting the event as we couldn’t have done it without you. A special mention to our Year 6 helpers too who did a brilliant job. Thank you so much to Katie and Steph from FOSB who also stayed after the event to clear out the FOSB cupboards. You have done a fantastic job! There are still plenty of cakes left so children can buy one after school today to give to the special lady in their life. They will be priced at 50p a cake or 3 for £1.00. All of the photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/fosb-mother-s-day-coffee-morning Thank you to everyone who made this morning a success and on behalf of our whole school family I wish all of our Mums, Grandmas and Aunties a wonderful and relaxing Mother’s Day and thank you for everything you do. You are all amazing! ![Image of Join our PTFA](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/join_the_ptfa.PNG) 30 Jan [2025-01-30-join-our-ptfa](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-01-30-join-our-ptfa) #### [Join our PTFA](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-01-30-join-our-ptfa) Friends of St Barnabas (FOSB) are always looking for volunteers. We would love for you to join us to help fundraise for our wonderful school. If you would like to volunteer, please contact us via email: stbarnabasptfa@gmail.com Thank you in advance for helping. ![Image of FOSB Fundraiser Thank you ](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_6246.jpeg) 19 Dec [2024-12-19-fosb-fundraiser-thank-you](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-12-19-fosb-fundraiser-thank-you) #### [FOSB Fundraiser Thank you ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-12-19-fosb-fundraiser-thank-you) Good morning, A huge thank you to you all for your support with our recent fundraisers. Our total profit from our spooky disco was £426.89. Our total profit from our Christmas gifts and cards fundraiser was £222.12. Our total profit from our Christmas Fayre was £810.08. This means we have raised £1459.09 Thank you to our FOSB for all of their support and help with planning and running our fundraisers. The money will help us to purchase chrome books and repair our trim trail. Thank you, Mrs Wilkinson ![Image of Christmas Fair 2024](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_7264.JPG) 12 Dec [2024-12-12-christmas-fair-2024](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-12-12-christmas-fair-2024) #### [Christmas Fair 2024](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-12-12-christmas-fair-2024) Thank you so much for your fantastic support in donating items for our Christmas Fair, purchasing our DT products and coming to show your support at our Christmas Fair. Thank you also to our FOSB and staff team for their support in organising and running the Fair. Thank you to Mrs Govan and her choir for all getting us in the festive mood. We are still awaiting the final total that has been raised that will be used to purchase new chrome books and repair the trim trails. ![Image of FOSB Mother’s Day Breakfast](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_9064.jpeg) 6 Mar [2024-03-06-fosb-mother-s-day-breakfast](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-03-06-fosb-mother-s-day-breakfast) #### [FOSB Mother’s Day Breakfast](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-03-06-fosb-mother-s-day-breakfast) A huge thank you to our members of FOSB and staff who supported at our special Mother’s Day breakfast this morning. Thank you to everyone who came and we hope you enjoyed it. Wishing all of our school family Mums and Grandmas a wonderful relaxing Mother’s Day on Sunday. All of the photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/fosb-mother-s-day-breakfast ![Image of FOSB Disco ](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/720x440c/news/IMG_5886.jpeg) 22 Feb [2024-02-22-fosb-disco](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-02-22-fosb-disco) #### [FOSB Disco ](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2024-02-22-fosb-disco) A huge thank you to everyone who attended our FOSB Disco. It was lovely to see all of the children dancing and having lots of fun. A huge thank you to our FOSB members for giving up their time to prepare and stay for the disco- you are all superstars! A massive thank you to DJ Dunn, one of our parent governors for providing the music and games! 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