Image of Pre-school- PSHE- Me and my friends
24 Apr

Pre-school- PSHE- Me and my friends

PSHE- Me and my friends The children listened to the story of Elmer and Rosie. Within this story the children discussed their friendships and how they like and dislike different things. We talked about who we were friends with at nursery and at home. We discussed how we have similarities and differences between us. The children created Elmer the elephant of their own and talked about how everyone had created different ones.

Image of Year 2 Religious Education - Church
24 Apr

Year 2 Religious Education - Church

Year 2 RE - Year 2 went to visit Church to look at the special features it had. We found things like the altar, font and stained glass windows.

Image of Year 4 Maths - Finding Fractions as Decimals
24 Apr

Year 4 Maths - Finding Fractions as Decimals

Year 4 have been working on decimals this week and finding their fraction equivalent. We have been using place value holders to find tenths and hundredths of an amount.

Image of Year 1 - History - Sir Francis Drake
24 Apr

Year 1 - History - Sir Francis Drake

in History, Year 1 have been learning about Sir Francis Drake. In these photographs, the children are using the vocabulary they have learned about life aboard a galleon to produce posters.

Image of Year 5 English Lesson - Role Play - Fnishing a Piece of Writing
24 Apr

Year 5 English Lesson - Role Play - Fnishing a Piece of Writing

Today in our English lesson we have been reading the story of The Fantastic Flying Book of Mr Morris Lessmore. We role played finishing a piece of writing and notes. How we would finally finish our writing; final full stop, put the pencil down, check over it and then close the book.

Image of Nursery Class - Computing - 'Where's Spot?', Designing A Puppy.
22 Apr

Nursery Class - Computing - 'Where's Spot?', Designing A Puppy.

Nursery class has been working on Purple Mash to design their own puppy after reading our story 'Where's spot?'. The children selected the fur pattern they wanted and used their hands to create different marks on their puppy stencil.

Image of Reception Class - Handwriting
22 Apr

Reception Class - Handwriting

Reception Class have been working hard on their letter formation through our Letterjoin scheme. They have been learning the rhymes to help them with their formation and sharing their work with a friend, talking about how their letters look and if they have been formed correctly.

Image of Reception Class - 3D Models
22 Apr

Reception Class - 3D Models

Reception class have been busy creatign 3D models using the available resources. Using the skills they have been learning they have been cutting, joining, sticking an linking together different 3D materials to create rockets, ships and telescopes!

Image of Year 3 music - Park Soundscape
22 Apr

Year 3 music - Park Soundscape

The children in year 3 listened to a song called 'Park' in music, where they identified the different park equipment. They then created a soundscape where they used symbols to represent the sounds.

Image of Friends of DSJ
22 Apr

Friends of DSJ

We are looking for new members of our Friends at Darwen St James group. The group was created to help raise funds for school by thinking of ideas and planning fundraisers throughout the year. Past events include; *Film night *Bingo night *Family evening *Summer Fair *Christmas Fair All the money we raise is used in school - we have developed the nurture room and we are currently renovating the library areas around school. If you would like to find our more or if you would like to volunteer, please speak to Miss Sears.

Image of Netball Practice
21 Apr

Netball Practice

Our netball team have been busy practicing for our first tournnament this week. They have been working on hand-eye coordination, passing the ball, footwork and defence.

Image of Welcome to DSJ!
21 Apr

Welcome to DSJ!

We would like to say a huge welcome to the families who found out that their little one got a place in our Reception class in September. Whether you are new to the DSJ family or already part of our Pre-School We can't wait to have your little one on their journey with us. We will be in touch shortly with transition information, once everyone has accepted their place. Our transition afternoon is booked for Wednesday 12th June 2024 at 2pm, so please save the date!