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Friday Celebration Worship
This morning, we began our Celebration Worship by reflecting on another amazing week at school. This week, we have thoroughly enjoyed our whole-school performance of Pinocchio, and across the school, our children have been working extremely hard to demonstrate Barney’s 4Bs and our Christian Values as they strive to earn ClassDojo points. We have been incredibly impressed by the children’s positive attitudes to learning and the high standards of behaviour we have seen throughout the school. Well done, everyone! We then celebrated our Barney’s Brilliant Beacons. A huge well done to Hunter, Lily, Albie and Hadi in KS1, and Elsie, Phoebe, Annabel, Alice, Harry, Emily, Alfie and Eliza in KS2. Well done to these amazing children, who have made such a fantastic start to the academic year! You have all been wonderful role models and truly shining examples of Barney’s Beacons. We are incredibly proud of you! Mrs Ham then shared a few important reminders with us. The Big Summer Weekend at our church this weekend, School Photograph Day will take place on Wednesday 16th September, followed by our Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 25th September. Our lunchtime and after-school clubs have also now gone live on Arbor and are available to book. To bring our worship to a close, we were treated to some beautiful prayers from Annabel and Seb. Thank you to everyone who joined us for Celebration Worship this morning, and an extended thank you to all of our families for your continued support, both this week and every week. We wish you all a wonderful and restful weekend! 🌟
Year 2 English- Gruffalo Granny
This morning, Year 2 were delighted to enjoy a special livestream of The Gruffalo Granny, read by the wonderful Julia Donaldson. We won’t give too much away for those who haven’t read it yet, but we absolutely loved seeing the mouse getting up to his usual tricks! We also enjoyed a fantastic illustration lesson from Axel Scheffler, where we followed along and had a go at drawing our very own Gruffalo Granny. The children were fantastic illustrators and thoroughly enjoyed bringing the character to life! What a lovely way to celebrate one of our favourite storybook characters!
Reception Self Portraits
Our Reception children have been busy showcasing their artistic talents and fine motor skills through self-portraits this week. We spent time looking closely into mirrors, looking at our unique facial features—from the shape of our eyes and eyebrows to our hair and smiles. Working with fine liners requires precision and steady hands and the children rose to the challenge brilliantly, capturing detail and personality in every drawing. We are extremely proud of their hard work. Their fantastic self-portraits will soon be displayed in our infant corridor for everyone to see!
Year 4 - National Day of Prayer for Schools
In our Class Worship, we focused on The National Day of Prayer for Schools when Christians across the UK set aside time to pray for their local schools. As a class, we decided to write our own special lunchtime prayers thinking about everyone that is involved in making our lunches from the farmers who grew the crops to the kitchen staff who serve it or our mums and dads that may have made our packed lunches.
Welcome Wellbeing Warriors in Year 4
Today our new Wellbeing Warriors were given their Ambassador badges along with their SCARF lanyards so that children can recognise them and they can support them with new ideas and initiatives along with running our Living Streets Walk to School Campaign. The children are super keen and enthusiastic about their roles and we can’t wait to see what they do. A big welcome to Seb, Elijah, Ella and Heidi.
Collective Worship with Rev Ben
Today, Rev Ben began worship by talking to the children about what they had done over the summer holidays. He asked them to think about the different experiences they had enjoyed, such as going on holiday, horse riding, swimming, enjoying the hot weather, watching football and going on a boat trip. Rev Ben then introduced the Bible story about the journey of Abraham. The children joined in by explaining that Abraham trusted God and that this was one of the most important things Abraham did. Rev Ben talked about how Abraham trusted God to give him a child, even when this seemed difficult to believe. God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. The children were then encouraged to think about how they could make the most of the new school year. They discussed the importance of having fun, living life in all its fullness, being themselves and following the 4B's. Rev Ben reminded the children that, just as Abraham trusted God, they can trust God to help and guide them throughout the school year. The worship ended with a prayer asking God to help us trust in Him during the school year and to guide us through the year ahead. Rev Ben also reminded the children about the Summer Weekend taking place at St Barnabas Church this weekend and the Youth Group for Year 6 and above, where children can learn more about God and Jesus. The children finished worship by singing a new song called “Every Beat of My Heart.”
Year 1 PE: Gymnastics
Year 1 tried really hard in their first gymnastics PE session today. They demonstrated a great gymnastics pose using straight legs and arms. The children also tried hard with caterpillar crawl, which is moving hands and feet at different times. They also started to practise pencil rolls, keeping their legs and arms straight and rolling using their hips and tummy muscles. At the end, they also worked in pairs to safely carry the mats.
Year 2 Maths- Partitioning Numbers
Today in Maths, Year 2 were flexibly partitioning numbers to 100. We started with the most basic method, splitting numbers into tens and ones. We then increased the challenge by moving a ten from the first part to the second each time, exploring different ways to partition the same number. We used Base 10 equipment to support our understanding and make our thinking visible. Fantastic maths, Year 2! 🌟🔢
Year 5 - PE
In PE, Year 5 began developing their cricket skills by using underarm throws to quickly and accurately move a tennis ball around the playground. We also practised catching the ball, being aware of how we track the ball with our eyes as well as being prepared to move our feet and hands. We then applied those skills in friendly game to see which team could complete 20 throws and catches successfully.
Year 2 English- Analysing the Features of the Example Text
Year 2 have been busy in their English lessonS this week. They have been familiarising themselves with a text based on a book called ‘The River’ by Marc Martin. Today, they had to analyse the text for features such as verbs ending in -ed, noun phrases, words to show the passing of time and repetitive phrases. We were particularly impressed with how many -ed verbs they managed to find! Year 2 will soon be using these same features in their own writing. Keep up the good work!
Year 5 - Music
Today, Year 5 were introduced to Boomwhackers and learned about their creation and development as musical instruments. We investigated how the length of each tube affects its pitch before performing in a Boomwhacker class orchestra using colour coded notation.
Year 1 Forest School: Fun On The Outdoor Gym
Year 1 had a blast playing on the outdoor gym for their forest school session today. They were shown how to use all the equipment properly and safely and it was great to see them taking turns.