--- title: "Year 1 Phonics" url: "https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-06-08-year-1-phonics" 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 1 Phonics ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/664454DC-13A0-4FE6-BF39-94203C3191C9.jpeg) 8 June 2026 Year 1 have had a longer phonics session today to help them prepare for the upcoming Phonics Screening Check. We played two games. The first game focused on words including split digraphs. The children had to pick a word, read it, write it and draw a picture to match. They were extremely pleased when they could read some trickier words like ‘ice cube’ and ‘fireplace’. Then we played another game focusing on trigraphs. Similar to the popular game Headbandz, the children had to pick up a short sentence and put it on their headband. Partner A had to read the sentence and help sound it out so that Partner B could write the sentence on the whiteboard. The children all worked really well together and tried very hard. ![](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/664454DC-13A0-4FE6-BF39-94203C3191C9.jpeg) [Year 1](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-1) [Phonics](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/phonics) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/wraparound_care_letter_1.png)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-05-22-wraparound-care-is-coming-to-st-barnabas) Previous ### [Wraparound Care is coming to St Barnabas!](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-05-22-wraparound-care-is-coming-to-st-barnabas) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/activitymore-89E3FA43-2299-439B-A186-41A62C1C18B7.png)](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-06-09-whole-school-be-the-change-our-kindness-workshop) Next ### [Whole School- Be the Change: Our Kindness Workshop](https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2026-06-09-whole-school-be-the-change-our-kindness-workshop) ### 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/)