Whole School Worship - Recycling Week
Today's Worship focused on Recycle Week which runs from 14th ~20th September. Mrs Ham asked the children what they knew about recycling and then shared images for them to talk about. We started with an image of the beach and the children spotted that it was a mess and full of rubbish. Milk bottles, plastic bag, plastic plates, bottles, fishing nets, a broken plastic chair and a pizza box. Why would all of these things end up in the ocean? Next we watched a video that told us that 300 million tons of rubbish is produced every year and only 40% of this can be recycled. In recent studies scientists found that out of 500 fish collected, a third of them had plastic inside their stomachs. Top tips from the video were: *Make sure you always throw rubbish in the bin *Don’t use plastic if you don’t need it *Always try to recycle So why recycle? 25 bottles can make a fleece By recycling 1 glass bottle we could produce 5 hours of energy to run a Nintendo Wii What can we do? Reuse your recyclables Finally, Mrs Ham set us all a challenge to see if we can be recycling rescuers at home and create new things out of the waste that we would normally pop in our grey bin. We then reflected on how we can care for our planet that God created.
Worship with Bishop Philip: What can you offer this year?
In Worship we were welcomed back to the new school year by Bishop Philip, who visited our school in the Summer term. He told us the Bible story of the little boy who shared his lunch and Jesus turned it into enough to feed about 500 people. We then reflected on how God has given us gifts that we can offer to others. Some of the children told us about their gifts that they can share with others including kindness, friendship, generosity, making people laugh and peace. We then sang some of our favourite worship songs including Shine from the inside out, My Lighthouse and Welcome Everybody.
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Friday Celebration Worship
This morning, we began our Celebration Worship by reflecting on another amazing week at school. This week, we have thoroughly enjoyed our whole-school performance of Pinocchio, and across the school, our children have been working extremely hard to demonstrate Barney’s 4Bs and our Christian Values as they strive to earn ClassDojo points. We have been incredibly impressed by the children’s positive attitudes to learning and the high standards of behaviour we have seen throughout the school. Well done, everyone! We then celebrated our Barney’s Brilliant Beacons. A huge well done to Hunter, Lily, Albie and Hadi in KS1, and Elsie, Phoebe, Annabel, Alice, Harry, Emily, Alfie and Eliza in KS2. Well done to these amazing children, who have made such a fantastic start to the academic year! You have all been wonderful role models and truly shining examples of Barney’s Beacons. We are incredibly proud of you! Mrs Ham then shared a few important reminders with us. The Big Summer Weekend at our church this weekend, School Photograph Day will take place on Wednesday 16th September, followed by our Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 25th September. Our lunchtime and after-school clubs have also now gone live on Arbor and are available to book. To bring our worship to a close, we were treated to some beautiful prayers from Annabel and Seb. Thank you to everyone who joined us for Celebration Worship this morning, and an extended thank you to all of our families for your continued support, both this week and every week. We wish you all a wonderful and restful weekend! 🌟
Year 4 - National Day of Prayer for Schools
In our Class Worship, we focused on The National Day of Prayer for Schools when Christians across the UK set aside time to pray for their local schools. As a class, we decided to write our own special lunchtime prayers thinking about everyone that is involved in making our lunches from the farmers who grew the crops to the kitchen staff who serve it or our mums and dads that may have made our packed lunches.
Collective Worship with Rev Ben
Today, Rev Ben began worship by talking to the children about what they had done over the summer holidays. He asked them to think about the different experiences they had enjoyed, such as going on holiday, horse riding, swimming, enjoying the hot weather, watching football and going on a boat trip. Rev Ben then introduced the Bible story about the journey of Abraham. The children joined in by explaining that Abraham trusted God and that this was one of the most important things Abraham did. Rev Ben talked about how Abraham trusted God to give him a child, even when this seemed difficult to believe. God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. The children were then encouraged to think about how they could make the most of the new school year. They discussed the importance of having fun, living life in all its fullness, being themselves and following the 4B's. Rev Ben reminded the children that, just as Abraham trusted God, they can trust God to help and guide them throughout the school year. The worship ended with a prayer asking God to help us trust in Him during the school year and to guide us through the year ahead. Rev Ben also reminded the children about the Summer Weekend taking place at St Barnabas Church this weekend and the Youth Group for Year 6 and above, where children can learn more about God and Jesus. The children finished worship by singing a new song called “Every Beat of My Heart.”
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Friday Celebration Worship
This morning, we began our celebration worship by reflecting on what has been a fantastic start to the year. Well done to all of our children across school for returning with such a wonderful attitude to learning, demonstrating the Barney’s 4Bs and showing great courage. Today was our first Celebration Worship of the half-term, which will always be reserved exclusively for our children to share and celebrate the awards and achievements they have gained outside of school. We started with our infant children. A huge congratulations to Indie who achieved Star of the Week at gymnastics and has also been demonstrating great skill at Tae Kwon Do, Bo for gaining Star of the Week at football and achieving 6th place in a biking race, Olivia, Eleanor, Phoebe, Callie, James, Isabella and Harry for completing the BwD Summer Reading Challenge, Isabella for achieving her Stage 6 in swimming, Callie for achieving her Stage 7, completing 100 metres and achieving 25 metres in breaststroke and front crawl at swimming, Phoebe and Max for completing the Explorer Challenge at Whitehall Park, Fiia for achieving her cartwheel in gymnastics and swimming 5 metres, Tommy-Joe, for being awarded his Stage 3 swimming certificate, Vienna and Ohana for both gaining their Water Safety Award with Ohana also achieving her 100 metres swimming certificate. We then moved on to celebrate our Juniors. Well done to Renee for achieving an award in bravery for flying and gaining her orange and white striped belt at kickboxing, Ella, for being awarded her Stage 4 swimming certificate, Elijah, Seb and Harry for competing in the All Stars Cricket Club Camp, Fletcher for getting through to the Blackburn Youth Darts Academy Final, being recognised as an All Stars Cricket Club superstar and achieving his Bronze Award at Beavers, Lyla for achieving an array of dancing medals in recognition of her great skill in improv, lyrical, jazz, ballet and commercial dance, Annabel for being welcomed into the Blackburn Centurions Swimming Club after successfully attending a trial and James for beating his rival team in a recent football match and being awarded Man of the Match. We then ended our worship with some lovely prayers from James and Olivia, before Mrs Ham announced that our clubs will soon be going live. Keep an eye on Arbor for further information and opportunities to get involved. Finally, a huge thank you to all of our parents and families for your continued support and encouragement. Thank you to those who were able to join us for our Celebration Worship this morning.
Welcome Back Worship
It was wonderful having all of the children back today in worship. Mrs Ham welcomed everybody back to school and reminded us of our Christian values. We linked them to our school rules and recapped how to show our best behaviour around school. We also learnt about our new class dojo behaviour system. Some of the children were invited to the front to demonstrate their favourite morning greetings, and we ended the worship with our much-loved school rules song.
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Year 6 Leavers’ Church Service
This morning, we gathered together in church to celebrate our incredible Year 6 children as they reached the end of their wonderful journey at St Barnabas. It was a heartfelt and memorable service, filled with reflection, celebration and gratitude. We began by listening to the children share some of their most precious and treasured memories from their time at St Barnabas, reminding us all of the friendships, experiences and special moments that have shaped their primary school years. Mr Bloomfield then presented a series of prestigious awards, recognising the children's achievements, dedication and the positive contribution they have made to our school community. Progress Award went to Lola, Star of the Year to Ruby, Children’s Champion to Lily-May, Spirituality Award to Grace, Performing Arts to Luca, Sports Awards to Theo and Summer, the Kevin Keegan Courage Award to Tilly and the Overall Commitment to School to Mason. We are incredibly proud of each of these children and all they have accomplished during their time at St Barnabas. We also took the opportunity to recognise and thank those children who have embraced leadership roles with enthusiasm and dedication. Charlie, Isabelle, Edward and Eden were thanked for their outstanding commitment as our Head and Deputy Head Boys and Girls, while Summer, Ella, Neve, Luca, Seb and Theo were recognised for their fantastic service as Sports Leaders. We also extended our heartfelt thanks to all of our wonderful Play Leaders, whose kindness and commitment have made such a positive difference to our school community. Mrs Ham and FOSB then presented each of our Year 6 leavers with a special gift to remember their time at St Barnabas, while Rev Ben shared some inspiring words of encouragement and presented every child with a ‘Guide to Thriving at High School’ as they prepare to begin their next exciting chapter. The service concluded with two truly touching videos: a beautiful collection of treasured memories celebrating the children's time at St Barnabas, followed by a heartfelt tribute created by the Year 6 children for Mr Bloomfield. There was hardly a dry eye in the church as we reflected on the wonderful memories, achievements and friendships that have made this cohort so special. We are immensely proud of every one of our Year 6 children and know they will continue to shine as they embark on their exciting high school adventures.
Whole School Worship- Spreading God's Love and Sharing Our Talents
During today's whole school worship, we had a session led by Rev Ben, who signed the Holy Trinity before we began a fun balloon race to reach the finishing line, where Mason, Summer, Peyton, Arlo, Charlie, Seb, and Willow weren't allowed to use their hands at all, which was highly entertaining to watch! After that, we thought about the "race of life" and St Paul, with Rev Ben reading us the story of Paul getting shipwrecked while the children joined in by repeating the words "not at all" throughout. There was a thoughtful moment aimed right at our Year 6's too, getting them to think about their next steps with the big question, "What is your task as you leave this place?" and they had some brilliant answers, saying their tasks were to spread the word of God and Jesus, show His love, and be a good friend to anyone feeling lonely at their new secondary schools. After the children shared some of their amazing talents, we ended worship with a prayer and singing "My Lighthouse" together.
End of Year Awards and Celebration
We ended the year with pride at our annual awards ceremony, celebrating our children who have achieved great things and have been living life in all its fullness. It’s important to recognise that all of our children across school have been on an incredible journey this year and each and everyone one of them should be immensely proud of their accomplishments and the commitments they have shown to our school family. A huge well done to Our award winners this year: Reception - Star of the Year: Coban, Progress Award: Ronan, Children’s Champion: Poppy Y1 - Star of the Year: Marnie-May, Progress Award: Freddie, Children’s Champion: Albie Y2 - Star of the Year: Phoebe, Progress Award: Teddy, Children’s Champion: Joey Y3 - Star of the Year: Harry, Progress Award: Alice, Children’s Champion: Elijah Y4 Star of the Year: Finley, Progress Award: Lana, Children’s Champion: Emily Y5 - Star of the Year: Desmond, Progress Award: Miles, Children’s Champion: Olivia For our specialised awards this year, congratulations to Lottie on her acceptance of the Sharon Kay Kindness Award and Elijah for receiving the Planet Protector Award. What incredible achievements. We then excitedly announced the new roles and responsibilities for the upcoming Year 6 class. Please join us in saying well done to our new Heads, Deputies, Sports Leaders and Play Leaders for next year! Head girl: Olivia Deputy girls: Darcy and Sofia Head boy: Arlo Deputy boys: Desmond and James Sports leaders: Daisy, Alice, Eliza, Charlie, Carted, Ted. Play leaders - Alfie, Alexis, Nevaeh, Elliot, Leo, Peyton, Carmen, Miles, Layla, Heidi, Sonny, Harriet, Eliza, Daisy, Olivia. Lillie, Darcy, Sofia, James, Jack, Luke and Desmond - with more yet to be confirmed! We would also like to say a huge congratulations to our Netball team who came 2nd in the DPSSA Netball, and of course to the Overall Winners for DPSSA Witton Athletics - well done on representing our school amazingly well and your contributions to sports in school. Go Team Barnys! Lastly, we said an emotional Goodbye and Good luck to Miss Kachwalla, a valued and loved member of our school family, who is sadly relocating and leaving this year. It was clear to see what a wonderful impact Miss Kachwalla has had on our school and we thank her for the dedication, love and support she has provided to our children over the last few years. She leaves with a special place in all our hearts, but we know she will continue to shine in her next venture. Thank you Miss Kachwalla, we will miss you dearly!
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RotaKids Careers Day Whole School Worship
Today our Whole School Worship was a little bit different as it was our RotaKids Careers Dress Up Day. All of the children and staff were dressed in their own clothes, showing what they want to be when they grow up. Mrs Ham started by asking the teachers to parade in their outfits. We had an astronaut, a singer, a doctor, a vet, a paddle coach and a baker. The children followed on and each class showed off their outfits too and there was such a range of career choices with lots of vets, hairdresser and footballers. After the parade, Mrs Ham selected the most unusual outfits and asked the children to guess what the children would like to be when they grow up. We had everything from DJ Jenson to King Jonas. It was a super Worship and we hope that today helps to broadens the children’s horizons, sparks curiosity, and helps them to link their skills to future opportunities.
Year 3- Class Worship- What makes something popular?
In our class worship today, we looked at this week's theme of squishy dumpling toys and discussing how material possessions compare to the things that money cannot buy . The children discussed some of the things they feel are no longer popular. They shared a few great examples of trends that have passed their peak, including '6 7' , darwen ducks, 21, labubu and the cave game, which is actually an excellent piece of gaming history knowledge, as that was the original name for Minecraft before it officially launched! These examples captured how quickly crazes can come and go, tying back to our reflection that popularity is often temporary and our interests naturally change over time. It served as a wonderful reminder for the class that while following the latest trends can be fun, the things that truly matter like being a good friend and caring for others are the ones that last.
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