Year 3- English-Exploring the magic of storytelling through sound and rhythm Online Workshop with Alim Kamara
To celebrate National Storytelling Week, our Year 3 class took part in an inspiring online workshop today with the award-winning rapper and storyteller, Alim Kamara. This fun, interactive session focused on the theme "Soundtrack Your Story," which encourages pupils to explore the magic of storytelling through sound, music, and rhythm. The children fully immersed themselves in the experience by joining in with raps and even creating their own original raps, using beats and rhyme to bring their ideas to life. The workshop served as an exciting springboard for the class, sparking their imaginations and providing fresh inspiration for their own story creations.
Year 3- Celebrating National Storytelling Week with a Parent Reader
To celebrate National Storytelling Week, we were delighted to welcome a parent (Harry's mum)to read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark. The children loved hearing the story and were so inspired by her enthusiasm for reading. The children were highly engaged and are thrilled that she would like to return to read with us again soon. A huge thank you for visiting us.
Year 1 Class Worship: National Storytelling Week
As it is National Storytelling Week, we were fortunate enough to join a Class Worship led by Annemarie Anang, the author of I Am Nefertiti. We loved joining in with the story and creating sounds and music. Then, we created some “I Am” poems which focused on our good qualities and being proud of our name. For example: “I am kind. I am smart. I am helpful. I am (name).” They also designed their backgrounds and shared them with each other.
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Year 2 - National Storytelling Week
Year 2 took part in an online event for National Storytelling Week. We listened to the story 'I am Nefertiti' by Annemarie Anang. We will be writing some poems as a follow up activity later on in the week.
Year 2 - National Storytelling Week
Noah's dad Russell very kindly read a story to the Year 2 class as part of National Storytelling Week. Thank you Russell, the children really enjoyed listening to your story.
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Year 3/4 BwD Primary Schools Key Step Gymnastics Competition
Today we had the pleasure of taking sixteen of our Year 4 children to represent the school at the Blackburn with Darwen Schools Key Step Gymnastics competition at S Bede’s. They took part in three routines ; floor exercise, body management and vault. It was a very long day but the children stayed focused and worked so hard to remember the three complex routines. We had a mixed team, two girls teams and a boys team. They all worked solidly within their squads showing perseverance and encouraging each other every step of the way. We can’t wait to hear the outcome in a couple of days when the results will be shared.
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Year 5 - National Storytelling Week
To celebrate the wonder of reading during National Storytelling Week, we had a special guest visit our class to read a story. Kathleen Graham, from Darwen Rotary, volunteered her time to kindly read Roald Dahl’s The BFG at the end of the day. The children really enjoyed it and we are very grateful to Kathleen.
Year 6 - National Storytelling Week
As part of National Storytelling Week, Year 6 were delighted to welcome a parent, Chelsea, into the classroom to share and read some of the books she enjoyed when she was a child. The children were completely captivated, particularly by the X-Men and The Ghost Trail stories, which sparked lots of interest and discussion. A huge thank you to Chelsea for giving up her time to share her love of reading—Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Reception: Muddy Monday
As part of the Ruby Robin Award, our Reception class participated in the "Craft and Care" challenge today. The children visited Whitehall Park to build bug houses using resources they collected themselves. We are incredibly proud of their hard work and creativity; we even saw some bugs starting to move into their new homes! Well done to our Reception class on a fabulous job.
Year 6 - Photography
Year 6 had an amazing opportunity to get hands-on with photography, exploring miniature photography using cameras. With the help and support from DACA High School, the children experimented with blurred backgrounds and focusing techniques, learning how to use camera angles, perspective and depth of field to make their Lego figures interact creatively with the world around them. The session encouraged creativity, teamwork and technical skills and the children loved learning all about the world of photography. Thanks Mr Lewis!
Author Visit: Sean Perkins
Today we continued to celebrate our national year of reading initiative. We were delighted to welcome local author Sean Perkins to our school. Sean shared his stories about characters Oscar and Ben, and the children thoroughly enjoyed listening to a reading of "Oscar and Ben: The Sleepover," which featured engaging sound effects and pictures. The children also learned a song about the characters and had the opportunity to ask Sean questions at the end of the session. All three of Sean’s books are currently available to purchase via ParentPay. Sean has kindly offered to sign any copies purchased. Thank you Sean for visiting our school.
Year 3 GULP Project-Final Recap and Results
The Year 3 children have completed their final session of the GULP (Give Up Loving Pop) project! This initiative, delivered in partnership with the Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, has been a fantastic journey for our young "Sugar Detectives." Throughout the program, the children have developed vital "Label Literacy" skills, learning how to decode nutritional information and calculate total sugar content in various bottle sizes. Converting grams into physical sugar cubes, allowing the pupils to truly visualise the hidden sugars in their favourite fizzy drinks and juices. We finished with a "Sugar Detective Quiz" to assess their knowledge, and it was wonderful to see how much they remembered about making healthier drink choices. The program has already made a visible impact, with many children now opting for water over high-sugar alternatives, which is also saving on plastic too! We would like to extend a huge thank you to Nathan for his time and expertise.