Year 3 Amazing Attendance Award!
Huge Congratulations, Year 3 for receiving the 'Amazing Attendance Award'. We are so incredibly proud of you. By showing up ready to learn every day, you've made great progress!
Year 4 Amazing Attendance Award
Huge Congratulations, Year 4 for receiving the 'Amazing Attendance Award'. We are so incredibly proud of you. By showing up ready to learn every day, you've made great progress!
Reception Amazing Attendance Award
A Huge Congratulations to our Reception children for receiving the 'Amazing Attendance Award'. We are so incredibly proud of you. By showing up ready to learn every day, you've made great progress!
Year 2 Amazing Attendance
This morning in class, we celebrated our Year 2 students with amazing attendance awards, recognising those who achieved 100% attendance and above 96% attendance. A huge well done to these children.
Goodbye and Thank you
This morning, as part of our Leavers' Worship, we took the opportunity to say some very special goodbyes. We thanked Lucy for her many years of hard work and dedication to Friends of St Barnabas, Miss Kachwalla for her seven years of commitment to our teaching team, Mr Carter for his fantastic work teaching our Year 2 class this year, and Summer, who is relocating and moving to a new school. Here is the special thank you video that some of our staff and children created to say thank you and goodbye to Miss Kachwalla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsO8FEbXHQA We are incredibly grateful for everything each of you has contributed to our school community and wish you every success and happiness as you embark on your exciting new adventures. Good luck—you will all be greatly missed!
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Year 6 Leavers’ Church Service
This morning, we gathered together in church to celebrate our incredible Year 6 children as they reached the end of their wonderful journey at St Barnabas. It was a heartfelt and memorable service, filled with reflection, celebration and gratitude. We began by listening to the children share some of their most precious and treasured memories from their time at St Barnabas, reminding us all of the friendships, experiences and special moments that have shaped their primary school years. Mr Bloomfield then presented a series of prestigious awards, recognising the children's achievements, dedication and the positive contribution they have made to our school community. Progress Award went to Lola, Star of the Year to Ruby, Children’s Champion to Lily-May, Spirituality Award to Grace, Performing Arts to Luca, Sports Awards to Theo and Summer, the Kevin Keegan Courage Award to Tilly and the Overall Commitment to School to Mason. We are incredibly proud of each of these children and all they have accomplished during their time at St Barnabas. We also took the opportunity to recognise and thank those children who have embraced leadership roles with enthusiasm and dedication. Charlie, Isabelle, Edward and Eden were thanked for their outstanding commitment as our Head and Deputy Head Boys and Girls, while Summer, Ella, Neve, Luca, Seb and Theo were recognised for their fantastic service as Sports Leaders. We also extended our heartfelt thanks to all of our wonderful Play Leaders, whose kindness and commitment have made such a positive difference to our school community. Mrs Ham and FOSB then presented each of our Year 6 leavers with a special gift to remember their time at St Barnabas, while Rev Ben shared some inspiring words of encouragement and presented every child with a ‘Guide to Thriving at High School’ as they prepare to begin their next exciting chapter. The service concluded with two truly touching videos: a beautiful collection of treasured memories celebrating the children's time at St Barnabas, followed by a heartfelt tribute created by the Year 6 children for Mr Bloomfield. There was hardly a dry eye in the church as we reflected on the wonderful memories, achievements and friendships that have made this cohort so special. We are immensely proud of every one of our Year 6 children and know they will continue to shine as they embark on their exciting high school adventures.
Year 4 - Circus Skills Workshop
On Tuesday, the Year 4 children thoroughly enjoyed taking part in a circus skills workshop. They developed a variety of skills, including dancing with ribbons, spinning plates, balancing peacock feathers, walking on stilts, performing simple acrobatics and pedalling ‘pedal-gos’. It was certainly a fun-packed session.
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Year 4 - RE: Church in the Park
To complete our RE unit on places of worship, the Year 4 children learned about Peter ‘The Rock’ and how he started the Christian Church. They explored statements about the Church and decided which they thought were the most important. The children learned that the term ‘Church’ has become synonymous with the place of worship, but that most importantly, the Church is the people gathering together to worship God and Jesus. With this in mind, we decided to take our ‘Church’ to Whitehall Park. We created a short service led by the children and decided on the essentials we would need in order to deliver the service. The children enjoyed creating crosses using natural materials, listening to Bible stories, hearing sermons and saying prayers linked to these. There was a bit of time left at the end for us to enjoy the playground too.
Whole School Worship- Spreading God's Love and Sharing Our Talents
During today's whole school worship, we had a session led by Rev Ben, who signed the Holy Trinity before we began a fun balloon race to reach the finishing line, where Mason, Summer, Peyton, Arlo, Charlie, Seb, and Willow weren't allowed to use their hands at all, which was highly entertaining to watch! After that, we thought about the "race of life" and St Paul, with Rev Ben reading us the story of Paul getting shipwrecked while the children joined in by repeating the words "not at all" throughout. There was a thoughtful moment aimed right at our Year 6's too, getting them to think about their next steps with the big question, "What is your task as you leave this place?" and they had some brilliant answers, saying their tasks were to spread the word of God and Jesus, show His love, and be a good friend to anyone feeling lonely at their new secondary schools. After the children shared some of their amazing talents, we ended worship with a prayer and singing "My Lighthouse" together.
Year 1 End Of Year Party
What a magical way to celebrate an incredible year together! As a class, we’ve loved spending our Golden Time watching Disney films throughout the year, so it was only fitting that we finished with a Disney-themed party! The children had a fantastic time playing Disney Bingo, Musical Statues, Musical Bumps and our Disney Who Am I? guessing game. There were smiles, laughter and lots of Disney magic all afternoon! One of the most special parts of our celebration was presenting each child with their own personalised Disney award. Every award recognised a wonderful quality that they have shown throughout the year, such as kindness, courage, determination, resilience, creativity and friendship. It was a lovely opportunity to celebrate what makes each and every child so unique and to recognise how much they have grown, both in their learning and as individuals. We are incredibly proud of everything the children have achieved this year. They have worked so hard, shown amazing enthusiasm and made so many wonderful memories together. Thank you to all of our families for your continued support throughout the year. We hope everyone has a fantastic summer break and we wish our wonderful Year 1 children all the very best as they begin their Year 2 adventure!
Year 6 - Circus Skills
Year 6 were treated to an exciting circus skills workshop. The children embraced every challenge with enthusiasm, taking part in a wide variety of activities including juggling, plate spinning, riding mini balance bikes, performing with ribbons and testing their coordination through balancing acts. It was wonderful to see everyone stepping outside their comfort zones, showing resilience, determination and plenty of teamwork.
Year 3- Movie and Party
Today, the children celebrated their last few days of Year 3 by making bead bracelets, challenging themselves to tackle math problems, playing Hangman, enjoying some party food, and watching The Boss Baby.