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
Year 6 - Sustainability
As part of our ongoing climate action and sustainability project, Year 6 headed out into our local park to take part in a community litter-picking activity. The children worked together to tidy the park, collecting litter and ensuring that plastic and other waste were disposed of responsibly, helping to protect local wildlife and keep harmful materials out of the environment.
Year 6 - Wellbeing
Following their fantastic efforts and participation in the Remembrance Service at Darwen Cemetery, our Year 6 children enjoyed some well-deserved wellbeing time at the park. After representing St Barnabas so brilliantly and showing such maturity, respect and confidence throughout the service, it was lovely for them to have the opportunity to relax, play and enjoy some time together outdoors. A perfect way to round off a meaningful morning, recognising the children's efforts while supporting their happiness, friendships and wellbeing.
Year 6 - Remembrance Service
As part of the Remembrance Service, the children also had the important responsibility of placing special remembrance crosses on the war graves that St Barnabas has proudly adopted. This gave the children an opportunity to pay their own personal tribute to the servicemen and women buried there, ensuring that their names, stories and sacrifices continue to be remembered.
Year 6 - Remembrance Service
Today, our Year 6 children proudly took part in the Remembrance Service at Darwen Cemetery, joining members of the local community and other schools to remember and honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice during times of war. The children performed a special remembrance song and sang beautifully, demonstrating confidence, maturity and great respect throughout. As a special tribute, the children laid a handcrafted wreath that they had carefully designed and created themselves with their words of thanks, offering a meaningful symbol of remembrance and gratitude to those who gave their lives for our freedom. It was a particularly poignant and meaningful experience for the children, giving them the opportunity to reflect on the importance of remembrance, understand the sacrifices made by previous generations and show their respect as a school community. The song that they sang today, that some of the children recorded earlier in the week, will be played at the special Remembrance Sunday service this Sunday at 10.30am. Everyone is welcome to go along and pay their respects.
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Year 6 - Whole School Remembrance
During today’s Celebration Worship, Year 6 led the whole school in a special Remembrance song as part of our preparations for their upcoming Remembrance Service at Darwen Cemetery. The children did a fantastic job, demonstrating confidence, respect and understanding as we come together to remember and honour those who have served and sacrificed for others.
Year 1: The Great Big Barney’s Assault Course Challenge
Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed taking part in The Great Big Barney’s Assault Course Challenge for the Bishop of Blackburn's Harvest Appeal. They showed bravery, skill and determination to complete the course. Well done Year 1! Donations can be made through the QR code or here: https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/bburn-diocesan-harvest-appeal-blackburn?fbclid=IwY2xjawVEK0JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMDgwVEJYN0EzQ2lGbWVYT2VzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEebvIKZ7uGENPZjIfVN8P5b-WLjoYcHdWChA0xXbNPY1YwSgVkEwXRXG-vFV0_aem_70SfP6U3cGv2vCM-UXD3YA
Friday Celebration Worship
This morning, we came together for our Friday Celebration Worship to reflect on a busy, fantastic first week of Autumn Term 2 and to celebrate those children who have been 'achieving great things' out of school. A special thank you to our Year 6 pupils, who opened our worship with a beautiful rendition of ‘We Will Remember’ ahead of singing at the Whitehall Cemetery Remembrance service. We also celebrated our Year 5/6 girls’ football team, who won the DPSSA Football League and qualified to represent our borough and play in Blackpool! A huge well done goes to all our individual out of school award winners across sports, performing arts, and community clubs. In swimming, congratulations to William, Brody, Amelia, Alissa, Matthew, Poppy, Elsie, Minnie S, Hollie, Renee and Oliver. A huge well done to Callie and Thomas for their water safety awards. In gymnastics, dance, and drama, brilliant effort from Fiia, Ella, Thea, Lyla, Vienna, and Eleanor. For fantastic teamwork and skill in football and netball, well done to Emilie, Alfie, Mikey, Cassius, Max, Finn, Samuel, Jack, Olivia, and Vienna. In our community groups, congratulations to Jonas for Squirrel of the Week, Hendrix for Beaver of the Week, Lana for her Brownies animal badge, and Elsie, Evie, Olivia, and Lyla for their wonderful achievements at Rainbows. Extra congratulations also go to Hendrix and Lyla for finishing the Summer Reading Challenge, Callie for her martial arts award, Harry for settling so well into Progressive After School Club and Harry for earning his pen licence. Mrs Ham reminded us that the Scholastic book fair is in school from Monday-Thursday after school and it is Children in Need next Friday. Thank you to the parents who joined us today, and to our whole school family for your continued support. We wish you all a lovely and restful weekend!
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Reception Bishop’s Appeal Assault Course
Reception thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the assault course for the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal. The children demonstrated great agility, strength and coordination, taking risks on new equipment and cheering each other on. Thank you to everyone who has supported with their generous donations. The children did incredibly well and should be very proud! Donations can be made here: https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/bburn-diocesan-harvest-appeal-blackburn?fbclid=IwY2xjawVEK0JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMDgwVEJYN0EzQ2lGbWVYT2VzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEebvIKZ7uGENPZjIfVN8P5b-WLjoYcHdWChA0xXbNPY1YwSgVkEwXRXG-vFV0_aem_70SfP6U3cGv2vCM-UXD3YA
Year 2- Bishop's Harvest Appeal Assault Course Challenge
Today, Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed completing the assault course challenge for the Bishop's Harvest Appeal and participating in all the exercises along the way. A huge thank you to the WOW group, Mrs Araujo and Mrs Gardner for all their efforts in organising and setting this up. Donations can be made here: https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/bburn-diocesan-harvest-appeal-blackburn?fbclid=IwY2xjawVEK0JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mAWJyaWQRMDgwVEJYN0EzQ2lGbWVYT2VzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEebvIKZ7uGENPZjIfVN8P5b-WLjoYcHdWChA0xXbNPY1YwSgVkEwXRXG-vFV0_aem_70SfP6U3cGv2vCM-UXD3YA
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Year 2 D&T- Stitching
Today, Year 2 practised their running stitch in D&T in preparation for making their own Christmas-themed puppets to sell at the Christmas Fair.
Year 5 - Computing
First, we explored how programming affects real world technology, such as traffic lights and vending machines. Then the children watched a video demonstrating a range of uses for programming before debugging a program for a Sphero robot.
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