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NSPCC Times Tables Rock Star Challenge
Today, Key Stage 2 battled it out on Times Table Rock Stars as part of the NSPCC challenge. Throughout the day, children showed fantastic determination and focus as they competed, earning points and contributing towards St Barnabas’ whole-school score, as well as the overall North West total. Thanks to everyone for their great effort in dressing in numbers or as rock stars. A huge well done to all pupils in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 for your amazing effort, resilience and competitive spirit. You should be incredibly proud of your contribution and the enthusiasm you showed throughout the event! Thanks to everyone who has donated to NSPCC. Donations can be made on parent pay!
National Storytelling Week in Year 4
We had a lovely end to the week in Year 4. We had the pleasure of welcoming Caterina ( Luna’s Mummy and one of our Governors) into Year 4 where she shared the story of The Twits by Roald Dahl. The children really enjoyed listening to the story and we would like to say a huge thanks to Caterina for taking the time to come into class and read.
Year 4 PE Relay Baton Exchange
In our PE session today we were focusing on Sportshall Athletics, but in particular the baton exchange in relays. The children worked super hard on their exchange between each other and developed their techniques in various ways over the course of the lesson .
Year 4 PSHE Preparing for Mental Health Awareness Week
Year 4 have been working hard on their Mental Health Awareness Week Worship which they will lead next Friday morning. In our PSHE lesson we have being using our oracy skills to project our voice and ensure that we are loud and clear when we speak. We can’t wait to share it with everyone and highlight the importance of good mental health.
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Year 4 - National Storytelling Week Activities
In celebration of National Storytelling Week, our Year 4 class took part in a live webinar about rap and using rhythm and poetry to tell stories. The children loved joining in with the rhymes and actions, and sharing their ideas. We also had a mystery reader come to visit. We want to say a huge thank you to Mr Foy for coming in to share a special book, Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes. He read three of the twisted fairy tales and the children thoroughly enjoyed these silly and gruesome stories.
Year 4 - RE: Transfiguration Art
Following on from the children’s study of the Transfiguration, this week in RE, the children looked at a selection of artworks representing Jesus’ transfiguration and used these to gather ideas in groups. They then created their own transfiguration art in chalks on the playground. Each group was able to point out Jesus, Moses, Elijah and the disciples, and they could explain how they portrayed Jesus’ divinity through the use of shapes, symbols and colours.
Year 4 - Science: Water Pollution
Our lively Year 4s relished the chance to become news readers in science this week. The children learned about different types of water pollution and how each type can have harmful effects on living things. Their task was to take the information they had learned and then work in groups to write a short report on an instance of water pollution and its effects. To finish, each group reported their water pollution news story to the rest of the class.
Year 4 - Class Worship: Jesus Helps People
Continuing the 100 years of Blackburn Diocese, our class worship this week focussed on how Jesus helped people and the importance of taking the time to listen. The children took part in a short quiz, learned about books, chapters and verses in the Bible, and they acted out the story of Martha. They learned about how Jesus taught people to avoid distracting themselves with unimportant tasks and take the time to listen to God’s word. The children then shared times when they have truly felt listened to and we added some examples to our second kindness kite.
Year 4 Artwork in a Carousel
In our art session this week we completed a carousel of activities which included Batik with one group, William Morris inspired floral deigns and one group did repeated patterns. The children were super creative in the design process even though the concept of the repeated patterns process was quite complex. We can’t wait to display our masterpieces outside our classroom over the next few weeks!
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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.
Key Stage 2 - Timestable Rockstar Battle
Huge congratulations to all of our Key Stage 2 children who competed in this month’s Times Tables Rock Stars Battle. We were incredibly impressed with the effort and enthusiasm shown by everyone involved. Our individual award winners are: • Year 3 – Charlie Duckworth • Year 4 – Bobby-Ray Catterall • Year 5 – Carter Corran • Year 6 – Charlie Shorrock A special well done also goes to Year 6, our overall winning class for this battle. As a reminder, in order to raise money for the NSPCC, we will be launching the KS2 Times Tables Rock Stars NSPCC Battle in school on Friday 6th February. Throughout the day, children will collectively build up their scores, which will contribute to a whole-school total. To celebrate Number Day, all children — including Reception and Key Stage 1 — are invited to come to school wearing their own clothes that depict a number (for example: numbers on clothing, badges, or Times Tables Rock Stars-themed outfits). Voluntary donations will be available via ParentPay to support this fantastic cause.
Year 4 - English: For or Against Deforestation?
This week in Year 4, we started our new English topic on debate texts and the children learned some facts about deforestation. First, they recorded a fact they learned from the video and decided if it was an argument for or against. They then worked in groups to consider whether the printed statements were arguments for or against. The children will be working up to writing their own debate texts, forming a balanced argument.