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Reception: Creative masterpieces
The children have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They have really enjoyed sculpting their own caterpillars in the malleable area, painting symmetrical butterflies and creating butterfly collages too.
Bee Stinger Netball Heat Winners
A huge congratulations to our Bee Stinger Netball squad who played amazing well in searing heat this afternoon and came away as heat winners. Five solid victories 11-0, 6-0, 2-0, 5-1, 6-0 . The children represented Team B brilliantly and now go on to take part in the grand final in a few weeks . A huge thank you to Mrs Gardner for her fantastic coaching and to Mrs Wilkinson for supporting and transporting.
Little Craft Club
At Craft Club this week, the children made miniature action figures of themselves! The children thought about what accessories they would come with and made the figure look like themselves using pens and paper craft. They then welcomed spring by making some floral bookmarks.
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Collective Worship- Songs of Praise
As part of our focus on prayer this half term, we further explored how one way we can pray is through song. We had a joyous start to the morning singing some of our favourite songs of praise and different classes were chosen to model the singing and actions at the front. We are super proud of our Reception class for showing their Build Up song as they showed lots of courage singing in front of the whole school family. We sang Waymaker, Shine from the inside out, Build up one another, Life in all its fullness and Jesus strong and kind. Most of our favourite worship songs can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/about-us/church-and-worship#tab-5832
Year 2 Art- Mixing Primary and Secondary Colours
Today in their art lesson, Year 2 did some colour mixing with paints. They mixed primary colours to make secondary colours.
Year 1 Geography- Map Work
Today in their geography lesson, Year 1 had to read a map to navigate their way around the school grounds to identify different human features such as the MUGA, peace garden, KS1 playground, carpark and trim trail. In doing so, they used positional language such as in front of, behind, between and next to and describe features of the school grounds that were close to their Year 1 classroom and slightly further away.
Year 2- Maths-Measuring Mass
Year 2 applied their calculation skills to mass problems using scales and real-life contexts today. Some children used base ten blocks to support their thinking, while others shared their methods at the front of the class, helping everyone explore different ways to solve problems.
Reception: Muddy Monday
For their Muddy Monday session, Reception walked to Whitehall park and looked for signs of spring. The children saw squirrels and heard lots of birds tweeting away which was lovely to see and hear. They saw more leaves on trees and also saw berries and blossom. The children then got to spend some time in a different section of Whitehall park. We role-played a camp fire and built a den too.
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Reception: Maths
The children have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar. They have been solving problems to complete patterns in the Maths area to create caterpillars using 2 and 3 colours. Well done!
Year 2 English- Contractions
Today in their English lesson, Year 2 learnt that a contraction is a combination of two words where letters are omitted and replaced with an apostrophe. First of all, they explored some examples and understood the meaning of a contraction before playing a game where they had to match the words in their full form to their contracted version. To finish the lesson, they enjoyed a practical hands-on activity where they had to perform ‘surgery’ on some words in their full form. This involved omitting letters by physically cutting them out and binning them and replacing where the letters previously existed with an apostrophe.
Whole School Worship - Exploring Prayer
Today’s worship marked the beginning of an exploration of prayer: what it is, why people pray, how, when and where they pray, and why it is an important part of faith. We started by reciting the Lord’s Prayer and signing parts using the Makaton symbols we already knew. Jesus told his disciples this prayer twice when they asked him how to pray. We watched a short video explaining that prayer is simply talking to God and that there are no specific rules when communicating with God. We also learned that he is never too busy to listen to us. The children spent time recapping some of the ways they have prayed including through the Diocesan Year of Prayer, and thinking about what they might want to tell God. We then had some quiet time to say our own prayers to God. Some children said thank you for God’s wonderful creations, some said sorry for making wrong choices, some were thankful for their family and friends and some were grateful for their homes and food. We finished by singing our special Lord’s Prayer song with our Makaton actions.
Year 3- P.E- Rugby skills
For PE this term, Year 3 are developing their skills in Rugby as part of our focus on invasion games. The children have been developing their passing skills, aiming to improve their teamwork, communication, accuracy and speed.