Harvest Family Church Service
A huge thank you to all our wonderful children and families who joined us for our Family Harvest Church Service this morning! It was fantastic to see so many of you there celebrating together. A special thank you goes to Rev Matt for leading such a lovely, engaging service—the inflatable game was an absolute highlight and enjoyed by everyone! We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to our Year 1 class parents for their incredible generosity in putting together the Year 1 Harvest hamper. Your contributions are truly appreciated. Over the next few weeks, we will continue collecting tins and non-perishable packets to support our local food bank. Any donations you are able to send in will be greatly received and will go a long way in helping families in our community. Thank you again for your continued support!
Year 6 - Hello Yellow Day
Today, our Year 6 children celebrated Hello Yellow Day by wearing yellow to show their support for raising awareness of mental health and reminding everyone of the importance of looking after our wellbeing. The children embraced the day brilliantly, helping to spread positivity and reinforce the message that we need to talk about how we feel and that no one should ever feel alone.
Year 1 Hello Yellow Day
Year 1 have loved celebrating Hello Yellow Day for mental health awareness day. They came dressed in bright yellow and completed some Hello Yellow colourings. They also really enjoyed the parade in worship, showing off their outfits.
Hello Yellow Day Collective Worship
This morning, Mrs Gardner, our PSHE leader, The Wellbeing Warriors, some of our Year 4 children and our Head and Deputy Head’s led a special Collective Worship in celebration of Hello Yellow Day. They raised awareness of mental health and the importance of discussing our feelings, doing the things that we love and spreading kindness. Last week, Year 4 wrote some beautiful wonder poems in celebration of National Poetry Day and they shared these with us this morning and Thorncliffe Nursing Home last week. This was a wonderful act of kindness that brought huge smiles to the resident’s faces. They set us the challenge of spreading kindness and positivity today. We all then joined with a Hello Yellow Parade with each class showing off their amazingly yellow outfits. Thank you to our wonderful school community for all of their efforts… we were a sea of yellow. We then finished our worship with a very special prayer and sing along. What a joyous worship that helped to make us all feel brighter on a wet and miserable morning! 💛✨😁
Reception - Hello Yellow Day
Our Reception class was transformed into a sea of sunshine today as we came together to celebrate Hello Yellow Day in support of YoungMinds and young people's mental health. Dressed in vibrant yellow clothing, our Reception children looked like a true ray of sunshine! Throughout the day, the children took part in a range of uplifting activities designed to boost their mood and promote wellbeing. The classroom was filled with calm and focus during mindfulness colouring sessions, where we enjoyed taking time to relax and create. We also let loose with some fun dancing to boost our energy, filling the room with smiles, music, and feel-good fun. Hello Yellow Day was a wonderful opportunity for our Reception children to learn about kindness, taking care of their feelings, and supporting one another.
Reception Mystery Reader
Our Reception children were treated to another Mystery Reader this afternoon. Liliana's Mummy joined us to read 'The Wonky Donkey' and 'There's a bear in your book!' The children thoroughly enjoyed listening to these funny stories and were so engaged. A big thank you to Liliana's Mummy for giving up her time to share these wonderful books with the children.
Year 3 - Hello Yellow Day
In Year 3, we had a great time celebrating Hello Yellow Day. This year, we focussed on identity, creating identity constellations with stars representing the things that are most important to us, and belonging, making peer support pledges about ways we will endeavour to help everyone feel welcome in our class. There were also some fabulous outfits containing yellow, and even the sun made a mid-morning appearance!
DPSSA Girls Football League
A huge well done to our girls’ football team, who kicked off the league in fantastic style with three wins from 3 games. Some impressive performances and brilliant scores to go alongside them. The girls showed great teamwork, determination and a real desire to work for each other throughout. An excellent start — well done, girls!
Year 6 - Remembrance
Today, Year 6 visited Darwen Cemetery to care for the war graves that our school has proudly adopted. The children showed great respect as they cleaned and looked after the graves, taking time to reflect on the lives and sacrifices of those who served during times of conflict. The children then visited the Remembrance Memorial, where they reflected on the importance of remembrance and why it is so important that we continue to honour those who gave so much for others. This visit formed an important part of our preparation for our upcoming Remembrance Service and helped the children to understand the significance of the occasion in a meaningful and personal way, as well as deepening their knowledge of World War II.
Whole School Worship with Rev Matt
During our whole-school worship, Rev Matt explored the theme of ‘Life as a Journey’, sharing the story of Moses and how he led the Hebrew people through challenges and uncertainty towards freedom. The children reflected on how journeys can be filled with obstacles, difficult decisions and moments that test our faith, but also how perseverance, courage and trust can help us overcome these challenges. This encouraged the children to think about their own journeys through life and the importance of supporting one another along the way.
Year 1 RE: Harvest Hamper
🌽Year 1 RE: Harvest Hamper 🥫 Year 1 collected food items to donate in our collective Harvest Hamper. This will go to families in need. We will be giving our hamper at St Barnabas Church on Sunday during the Harvest Family service. We can't wait to see as many children as possible singing songs of thanks. Thank you for all of your generosity! If any other year groups would like to donate any tins, packets or cans of food, please send them into school over the next couple of weeks as we are collecting for those in need locally.
Year 2 Science- Food Chains
Today in Science, Year 2 learnt all about food chains. They explored the key vocabulary producer and consumer, before enjoying the opportunity to construct their own food chains using animals and plants from a range of habitats, including woodlands, rainforests and oceans.
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