Image of Infant Christmas Party
12 Dec

Infant Christmas Party

Our youngest children in school had a great time at their Christmas party this afternoon. They played different games including pass the parcel and did some wonderful dancing. They also had a special visit from Santa and each received a special gift.

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11 Dec

DPSSA Schools Football League

Great performances tonight! Narrowly missing out 3–1 to Avondale in a fantastic game. But showing brilliant character to bounce back with a 3–1 win over Turton Edgworth. Well done boys!

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11 Dec

Year 5 - French

The children completed their unit on sports vocabulary by translating words from French into English before writing a paragraph in French describing their opinions towards a variety of sports using time phrases and conjunctions.

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11 Dec

Worship - Second Week of Advent

As we start our second Week of advent together we lit our candle of peace, thinking about how we can find and share peace throughout our week together. We then sang some of our Christmas songs together and shared a payer of peace. Wishing our whole school family a peaceful week among the busy preparations to make this time of year so special.

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11 Dec

Year 6 Junior Jam - Music

Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic music lesson with Junior Jam this week. As part of their singing unit, the children sang a selection of Christmas songs and also added some dance moves! A fun and festive lesson!

Image of Year 2 - DT - Puppets
11 Dec

Year 2 - DT - Puppets

We have completed our fantastic Christmas puppets. We have been sewing, cutting and joining materials.

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11 Dec

Christmas Fair 2025

A huge thank you to you all for attending our Christmas fair. Thank you to our FOSB members for their support and to our staff team. Without them, tonight would not have been possible. I have attached the raffle prizes to class dojo. Please come to the office to claim your prize with your winning ticket! A huge thank you again to you all for supporting our Christmas fair. We made a profit of £1212.58 which will benefit all of our children. The photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/christmas-fair-2025 Your generosity is greatly appreciated, Mrs Wilkinson

Image of Rocksteady Christmas Concert
11 Dec

Rocksteady Christmas Concert

We were so proud of Rocksteady Rock Stars for their amazing performances in their Rock Concert yesterday. It’s been wonderful to see how much their confidence has grown over the last few months.  We are also super proud of Mr Mealor for performing brilliantly on the drums and Mason for singing amazingly well with him!  Thanks so much Jess for being so amazing with our children. The photos can be found here: https://www.stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-galleries/rocksteady-christmas-concert  and the videos have been added to class dojo. 

Image of Year 1 Christmas Cracker
11 Dec

Year 1 Christmas Cracker

Year 1 looked amazing in their costumes for the Christmas Cracker. They performed amazingly. The singing, dancing and acting was brilliant and they really found their courage today. We cannot wait to perform again tomorrow!

Image of Year 4 History - what can artefacts tell us about the Romans?
11 Dec

Year 4 History - what can artefacts tell us about the Romans?

In our history lesson today we looked at what artefacts can tell us about Roman times? The children covered deceiving an artefact, making observations and deductions. We finished by creating mini Roman soldiers and labelling the armour and weapons that they used.

Image of Year 6 - Mary Poppins
10 Dec

Year 6 - Mary Poppins

As part of our English unit on Mary Poppins, the children created their own chalk-art pieces, taking inspiration from the Match Man’s illustration style. Using descriptive language, setting features and visual imagery, the children designed imaginative playground scenes filled with detail and creativity. These visuals will now act as a stimulus for writing, helping the children develop a new narrative episode that imagines an exciting day out for Mary Poppins.

Image of Christmas Stockings in Year 4
10 Dec

Christmas Stockings in Year 4

We have finally finished our ‘Seasonal Stockings’ as part of our DT project and we are so very proud of them! They look wonderful and the children have thought very carefully about aesthetics and durability. We can’t wait for everyone to see them at the Christmas Fair this afternoon