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Whole School Worship with Rev Matt
Our Whole School Worship was led by Rev Matt this morning. We started with our WOW group sharing their broken toy initiative. They reminded us that they are collecting broken toys which Mrs Araujo will then donate to Tesco Extra to repair and send them on to those less fortunate than ourselves. Our challenge this morning was to guess ‘ Which is bigger? ‘ An elephant or a blue whale? Big Ben or The Empire State Building in New York? A hamster or a mouse? Todays Bible story was ‘ In the Beginning’. The story told can be split into days. Day 1: God created light and separated it from the dark, making day and night.Day 2: God made the blue sky and the fluffy clouds.Day 3: God gathered the water into oceans and made dry land, filling it with plants, trees, and colorful flowers.Day 4: God put the sun in the sky for the daytime, and the moon and twinkling stars for the night.Day 5: God filled the oceans with swimming fish and the air with soaring birds.Day 6: God made all the land animals. He made everything from tiny bunnies to big roaring lions. Finally, He made the very first people, Adam and Eve, to take care of the world.Day 7: God finished everything and took a day to rest, and he was very happy with all that he had made.
Gifted and Talented Gym Squad Competition Preparation
Today our G & T Gymnastics Squad went through their complex routines ready for the competition next Tuesday. The children have worked exceptionally hard to develop these routines and we wish them the best of luck! Watch this space.
Year 4 Art - Mark Making with Charcoal
In our first art lesson this half term we looked at the formal elements of art and in today’s session we have been using charcoal. The children experimented with different sizes of charcoal, making various patterns. We had some very different pieces and looked like we had been in a coal mine by the end of it!
Year 5 - PE
In our latest PE lesson, we continued developing skills associated with the game of rounders. We initially focused on accuracy with overarm throwing, with children aiming between two cones from increasing distances away. Then we practised hitting a tennis ball off a cone using a rounders bat, learning how to hold the bat and the importance of looking at the ball in order to hit it.
Year 5 - Children’s Literature Festival
On Tuesday, we had the opportunity to walk down to Darwen Library to participate in Blackburn with Darwen’s Children’s Literature Festival. We had the privilege of talking to Sarah Surgey, author of books such as Subject Society, Jumping Hurdles and The Heavy Bag. She gave us a great insight into the process of writing and the business of publishing, before reading some of her latest book. The children asked some really interesting questions and we all enjoyed this rare opportunity to gain advice and understanding from an accomplished professional.
Year 5 - RotaKids
Year 5 have been putting the finishing touches to our final project with Darwen Rotary Club. On Friday 3rd of July, we want everyone to come to school dressed up as the job they want to have when they grow up. Alternatively children can come dressed in the jobs their parents or guardians have. It’s a great chance to dress up, have fun and think about our hopes and dreams for the future. There is a fee of £1 (paid through parent pay) and all proceeds will go towards supporting the school.
Reception - PSHE - How we encourage others to keep to keep trying.
Today we continued learning about resilience and the magic word ‘yet’. We talked about ways we can encourage others to keep trying if they don’t succeed first time by working together and celebrating each other’s successes. We played games to get her to work as a team and applaud the winners and other players for trying.
Refugee Week: Year 3 Bubble Collection
As part of Refugee Week, Year 3 asked everyone to collect bubbles to support DARE. The bubble donations were picked up yesterday by the Darwen Asylum Refugee Enterprise (DARE). Year 3 is so proud of the fantastic response, and these items will now go directly to bringing joy and smiles to the children and families supported by DARE.
English-Year 3 Celebrate Refugee Week at the Global Tea Party!
As part of their learning this week, Year 3 have been exploring what it means to be a refugee or an asylum seeker. The children learned about some of the real challenges these individuals face, including the fact that asylum seekers are often given just under £37.00 to live on for an entire week. Discovering this really brought home the importance of our community efforts, helping the children see firsthand how much of a difference the bubble donations will make for families budgeting on so little. The children were also invited to a wonderful global tea party, where they experienced diverse cultures by tasting food from Greece, Palestine, Africa, Kurdistan, Sri Lanka and Italy. Year 3 were absolute superstars at the event, they represented the school exceptionally and truly sang their hearts out! As a special treat, the event organisers handed each child a small bag of sweets. Year 3, now fully appreciate how far our community's generosity will go in bringing joy to the children and families supported by the Darwen Asylum Refugee Enterprise (DARE). We are incredibly proud of their maturity and enthusiasm today!
Year 4 - Visit to St Matthew’s
This week was the Year 4 class’s long anticipated trip to meet their link class. After a short minibus ride into Blackburn, we arrived at St Matthew’s CE Primary School to the most wonderful welcome from Doves class. We had a short getting-to-know-you session and then split up into our mixed groups. We had great fun creating handshakes, decorating friendship poems and having a picnic lunch together. We can’t wait to welcome St Matthew’s to our school next week.
Year 4 - Mosque Visit
Whilst we were visiting St Matthew’s, we had the opportunity to enhance our RE unit on places of worship by visiting the mosque next door. We had a tour of the main hall and the washroom and learned about some religious artefacts and practices that are customary to Islam. It was great for the children to see these features in real life so that they could make comparisons with the other places of worship we’ve studied this term. The imam arranged a special surprise as well, allowing all the children to choose a drink, some crisps and a chocolate bar, followed by treating them all to an ice cream from the ice cream van. All in all, I think they had a fantastic day.
Year 4 - The GULP Project - Effects of Sugar
In this week’s GULP session, the Year 4 children were learning about the effect that sugary drinks can have on our teeth. They learned how to make healthy choices when deciding how to hydrate themselves and they started an experiment to see which drinks have the worst effect on our teeth. We will find out the results next week. The second part of the session involved physical activity. The children played invasion team games and discussed tactics, giving them the opportunity to adjust their strategies in order to score the maximum points.