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23 Oct

Reception PSHE - Helping Others

This week in PSHE, we have been thinking about feelings and ways we can help others if they are feeling sad, scared or worried. We talked about the choices we could make to cheer up our friends and family when they need it, such as giving them a hug, making them something, asking if they are OK or giving them a small gift. We then made our own rice crispie cakes with the intention of giving these to someone we know to make them feel happy and loved. Although we’re not sure if many of the cakes made it home - they looked rather delicious!

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22 Oct

FOSB Spooky Discos

A huge thank you to our Friends of St Barnabas (FOSB) volunteers and Mrs Wilkinson for planning and running our spooky discos tonight. What a great way to end a busy half term! The children had a great time dancing and playing games! The photos can be found here and more will be added shortly: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/fosb-spooky-disco-1

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22 Oct

Year 5 - Online Safety

Over the last two weeks, Year 5 have considered the risks of age inappropriate content and the role that social media, gaming, streaming and adverts can play in exposing children to unsuitable and upsetting content. We have also explored horror video games in relation to Halloween and how children should be aware of jump scares, violent content and potential online interactions while experiencing such content.

Image of Year 1 fun on the outdoor gym
22 Oct

Year 1 fun on the outdoor gym

Year 1 loved using the outdoor gym today to exercise all different parts of their body. It was lovely to see them sharing equipment, taking turns and having fun together.

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22 Oct

Year 1: non-chronological reports

I am so proud of all the Year 1 children for writing their non-chronological reports about Emperor Penguins this week. They made sure to include a title, headings as questions, facts, using the conjunction ‘and’ in their sentences, as well as pictures with captions. They worked really hard to remember the facts, capital letters and full stops in their writing. The final reports look brilliant. Well done Year 1

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22 Oct

Whole School Worship & Farewell to Mrs Norton

It is with great sadness that we are saying goodbye to our school cook of 19 years, Mrs Norton, this week. In our whole school worship we celebrated all Mrs Norton has done for us by inviting some of our children to share memories and messages of thanks. Each class made Mrs Norton a special card and Mrs Ham presented her with some gifts from our school family. We wish her well as she embarks on a new chapter. Mrs Ham also shared an update about our Harvest collections for Dare and we practised our songs for the Harvest service.

Image of Year 4 - English: Subordinate Clauses
22 Oct

Year 4 - English: Subordinate Clauses

In Year 4, we started our work on clauses this week. The children learned that clauses contain a subject and verb, and they began differentiating between main and subordinate clauses. In pairs, children wrote a main and a subordinate clause on their whiteboards and formed human sentences. They practised reading the clauses in different orders to see the effect.

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22 Oct

Year 4 - PE: Battleships

It was our final dodgeball session and so the children had the opportunity to use the dodgeball skills they have learned over this half term in a game of battleships. The teams used overarm throws, aimed at targets, defended by blocking the ball and talked strategies to try and be the first to knock over all of the opposition's cones.

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22 Oct

Online Safety: Fortnite

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22 Oct

Reception: Child Initiated Learning

The children were very excited to set up their own coffee shop today. They came up with their own drinks such as chocolate milkshakes and malteser hot chocolates and took turns to serve each other. A huge thank you to Sophia from 1617 for supplying us with lots of goodies to use.

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22 Oct

Year 6 Class Worship

In Year 6's class worship this week, the theme was digital identity. The children learned about the government's plans to introduce digital identity cards in the UK, which inspired an interesting debate on what the pros and cons of these cards might be.

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22 Oct

PSHE Feelings Reception

This afternoon Reception took some time in PSHE to think of others, to recognise how someone may be feeling and discuss what they could do to help. We had some lovely suggestions including making a cake. We then took our idea outside and took turns to make a special cake to give to someone. The children enjoyed mixing, encouraging their friends and also decorating the cakes so they are all unique just like us.