--- title: "Year 3’s Young Authors levelling up their writing" url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-16-year-3-s-young-authors-levelling-up-their-writing" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 3’s Young Authors levelling up their writing ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/activitymore-4A200997-8D8C-48ED-893E-FE933E233CAC.png) 16 December 2025 We’ve just finished our class version of The Last Bear, and the writing is looking fantastic. The Year 3 authors have been busy "levelling up" their sentences by using expanded noun phrases to describe the icy Arctic and adding fronted adverbials to make their story openings really exciting. They’ve also included subordinate clauses to add extra detail and making sure their speech punctuation is great to help the characters' voices come through. They writers have used their purple pens to edit and improve every sentence. It’s been brilliant to see their work become so much more descriptive and exciting!![](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/activitymore-4A200997-8D8C-48ED-893E-FE933E233CAC.png) [Year 3](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-3) [English](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/english) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2086(1).jpeg)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-15-year-5-re) Previous ### [Year 5 - RE](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-15-year-5-re) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_8408.jpeg)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-17-church-carol-service) Next ### [Church Carol Service](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-17-church-carol-service) ### Personal Development - [News](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)