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title: "3rd place at Yr 5/6 Sportshall Athletics Final"
url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-02-04-3rd-place-at-yr-5-6-sportshall-athletics-final"
school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy"
---

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# 3rd place at Yr 5/6 Sportshall Athletics Final

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/IMG_8610.jpeg)   4 February 2025

We are immensely proud of our Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics team for their grit and determination, which resulted in them gaining 3rd place out of 27 schools across Blackburn with Darwen.

A huge thank you to Mrs Gardner for her dedication to our squad through extra training after school. Thanks to Mr Bloomfield for his support today in organising the field events. We really appreciate the support of the parents who helped to transport the children.

Mrs Gardner led the girls team and Mrs Ham led the boys team and we couldn’t be prouder of the whole squad for their effort in each event and their encouragement towards each other.
We may be small, but we are mighty!

All of the action photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/yr-5-6-sportshall-athletics-final-feb-2025
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