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• Reception fun 11/9/26
  Have a look at what we have been up to this week!
• Reception Fun 04/09/26
  Please click on the link to see our first newsletter! This contains important information about things happening in our class over the next few weeks!
• Remembrance Service Oak Hill Park
  9th November-A lovely service of remembrance at Oak Hill Park this morning. Well done to Mrs Williams and our school choir who helped with the…
• Hyndburn Active Awards
  On 27th September we had wonderful evening celebrating all the amazing people of Hyndburn promoting healthy lifestyles and activity. We heard some inspirational stories and…
• North West Counties Physical Education Awards
  On September 13th we were the very proud winners of the North West Counties Physical Education Association, Gill Parry Best Practice in PE Award for…
• Reception Fun w/b: 20/10/25
• Reception Fun – 13/10/25
• Reception Fun w/b: 6th October
• KS2 Gardening Club Competition
  Our re-vamped KS2 Gardening Club has launched with a competition to name the space and create a logo. Details on the attached file – Closing…
• Reception Fun – w/b: 29/09/25
• Reception Fun – w/b: 22/09/25
• Weekly Fun w/b: 15/10/2025
• Weekly Fun w/b: 08/09/25
• Summer 2 2025
  Our final event of the summer term saw two teams qualify for the Lancashire School Games representing Hyndburn. Our year 5 and 6 netball team…
• Sports Day 2025
  Our annual Sports Days were full of fun, talent and sunshine. First up were the infants who all took part in every race scoring points…
• Year 3 and 4 Quad Kids County Final
  On Tuesdays 8th July, our Y3/4 Quad Kids Athletic Team travelled to UCLAN to represent the school and Hyndburn in the Lancashire School Games County…
• Netball County Finals
  On Tuesday 8th July, our Y6 Netball team headed over to UCLAN to represent the school and Hyndburn in the County Finals. The team worked…
• Year 5 and 6 Quad Kids
  On the 26th June we took our Y5/6 Quad Kids Athletics Team to the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Competition. Each athlete had to compete in…
• Girls’ Football League
  On Wednesday 18th June our Girls’ Football Team completed their football fixtures at Accrington Academy. The team worked hard putting in a super performance across…
• Cross Country County Finals
  On Wednesday 17th June 6 pupils represented Hyndburn in the East Lancashire Cross Country Final as the qualified from the Cross Country event back in…
• Hyndburn Netball Tournament
  On Monday 16th June, our year 6 netball team took part in the Hyndburn Netball Tournament. Their teamwork, commitment and improved skills were clearly on…
• Boogie Bounce Enrichment
  To celebrate School Sports Week we held our Summer Enrichment Day with Boogie Bounce. During the Autumn Term our Wellbeing Warriors researched various Enrichment Companies…
• Reception Fun 09/06/25
• Reception Fun w/b: 19/05/25
• Year 1 CommuniTree Visit
  On Monday the 12th May Y1 were super excited to visit CommuniTree for our session based on “Back to Nature and the Great Outdoors.” The…
• Year 3 and 4 Quad Kids
  On 8th May our Year 3 and 4 Quad Kids Team attending the Hyndburn Competition. Each team member had to take part in the 50m…
• Animal Olympics
  The excitement and energy of Y1 and and Y2 pupils taking part in an event is a very special experiences. After a a few training…
• Netball League
  Our final fixtures of the netball league were very tense as the position at the top of the table was very close. The team worked…
• Year 4 and 5 Cricket
  After a number of years absence from the cricket competition, we decided this year to get involved. With the help of Fred we selected our…
• Year 3 and 4 Gymnastics
  After weeks of planning and practicing our Gymnastics Team were ready to perform at the Gymnastics Competition on 3rd April. This event was a personal…
• Dance Festival
  After months of hard work and practice our dance squad from Y5 and Y6 showcased fantastic talent on the stage at Burnley Mechanics on 18th…
• Football League
  On 19th March our football team played some impressive games in their 3rd fixtures. A great performance form all players and we look forward to…
• Physical Activity Festival
  On 13th March, Mrs Baynes took four pupils from Y5 and Y6 to take part in a physical activity festival. The pupils enjoyed taking part…
• Girls’ Football League
  On the 26th March our Girls Football Team played their first fixtures in the Hyndburn League. The had a great start to the league sitting…
• Girls’ Biggest Football Session
  On Friday 7th March we took part in the “Girls’ Biggest Football session. Expertly planned and delivered by our Football Ambassadors and our Well-being Warriors…
• Reception Fun w/b: 12/05/25
• Reception Fun – 28/04/25
• Reception Fun week beginning 24th March 2025
  Please see our weekly newsletter and photos below, of all the fun we’ve had in EYFS, this week. Thank you for all the Red Nose…
• Accrington Cricket Club information 2025
  Hello Please see attached a link to the young junior’s season at Accrington Cricket Club. Heritage charity shops and their uniform shop is working closely…
• Year 5 Trip to Lancashire Infantry Museum
  Last week we had lots of fun on our year 5 trip to the The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, Lancashire Infantry Museum, as you can…
• Reception Fun, week beginning-10th March 2025
  We have had such a fun week and been super busy with our learning! Please see the EYFS newsletter and photos below.
• Wold Book Day 2025
  Year 2 had lots of fun taking part in this year’s world book day. There were some fantastic costumes worn by both the staff and…
• Reception Newsletter and photos- week beginning, Monday 3rd March 2025
• Hyndburn Swimming Gala
  On Wednesday 5th March Mrs Baynes and Mrs Williams took a team of eight pupils to the Hyndburn Swimming Gala. The team competed against eight…
• Year 3 and 4 Glow Dodge-ball
  On Tuesday 4th March Mrs Baynes took a team of 8 pupils to take part in a Year 3/4 Glow Dodge-ball School Games event. The…
• KS1 Come and try dance festival
  On the first day of the spring two term, we had a number of excited KS1 pupils who were ready to perform at the KS1…
• Reception Fun, week beginning 24th February 2025
  Please see all the fun we have had in our reception class this week, from our photos below.
• Football League
  Our football team are working hard in their fixtures with some good wins and very close scores.
• Year 5 and 6 Sports Hall Athletics
  Following trials and training, our year 5 and 6 Sports Hall Athletics Team kept up our record of winning the gold medals at the Hyndburn…
• Key Stage 1 Gymnastics Taster
  Some of your Key Stage One pupils had fun at Hyndburn Sports Centre taking part in some gymnastics activities. They had a go at floor…
• Reception Fun- week beginning 10th February, 2025. Please see our weekly newsletter and photos below.
• Safer Internet Day 2025
  We joined schools nationwide to celebrate this year’s Safer Internet Day. For morning worship, our wonderful digital leaders led the assembly talking about this year’s…
• Reception Fun this week! Please read our newsletter and see our wonderful pictures, below.
• Please see below, our very first Reading Newsletter at Baxenden St John’s.
• Reception Fun- week beginning 24th January, 2025
  This week we’ve had lots of fun in our class as you can see from the newsletter and pictures below.
• Reception Fun- Week beginning 13th January
  This week we’ve had lots of fun in our class, as you can see from newsletter and photos below.
• Reception Class Fun- Week beginning 6th January, 2025
  This week we have returned back to school and had lots of fun in our class, as you can see from the photos below. Please…
• Santa Dash
  On Friday 13th December, organised by our Well-being Warriors, we held our Sponsored Santa Dash. Pupils ran the course wearing festive accessories and took part…
• Panathlon Ten Pin Bowling
  During the busyness of December 6 pupils fro KS2 took some time away from the classroom to represent the school in the Panathlon Ten Pin…
• KS1 New Age Kurling
  In-between Nativity rehearsals concerts and parties, 4 pupils from KS1 enjoyed representing the school in New Age Kurling. All 4 pupils were new to this…
• Attentive Advent 2024
  Mrs. Baynes has worked with the ‘Wellbeing Warriors’ to create an advent calendar with wellbeing quotes that we share every morning in our whole school…
• Christmas Charity
  Rebecca in our Y6 class has made us all extreamly proud! Last summer, she had a stall at our summer fair in church where she…
• Reception Class Fun- Friday the 6th December
  Please see our weekly newsletter and all the fun we’ve had in our class, as you can see from the photos below.
• Reception Newsletter and Photos- Monday 25th November, 2024.
  This week we’ve had lots of fun in our class, as you can see from the photos below.
• Reception Fun- week beginning, 18/11/24
  This week, we’ve had lots of fun in our class as you can see from the photos below the newsletter.
• Year 3 and 4 Football Tournament
  On Monday 11th November the year 3 and 4 football showed excellent team work to be placed 2nd in their group which allowed them to…
• Year 3 and 4 Sports Hall Athletics
  Our Year 3 & 4 SHA team were on top form on Thursday 7th November at the Hyndburn competition. Each taking part in 2 track…
• Year 5/6 Netball Fixture 1
  A fantastic start to the netball league for our team, winning all their matches on Monday 4th November. A great performance from all team members…
• KS2 Family Learning Workshop – Print Portraits
• Extreme Reading – Autumn Term 2024
  Mrs Baynes has been reading on her roof! Keep coming back each week to see a different teacher with their extreme read! Amelia reading in…
• Reception Class Fun – 01/11/24
  This week, we’ve had lots of fun in our class, as you can see from the photos below.
• Hyndburn Cross Country
  Our cross country team showed amazing resilience, not only in the actual event, but in the early morning training sessions we held at 7:55am the…
• Girls’ Football Tournament
  Our girls’ football team put on an impressive performance at their first tournament at the end of September. They demonstrated excellent team work and support…
• Accrington Stanley Kids Cup
  By week three of the the first half term, our new football squad displayed some incredible talent at the Accrington Stanley Kids Cup. Winning 2…
• Scarlet Alice’s Colour Run!
  Scarlet Alice completed a colour run with her dad to raise money for ‘Shelter’. https://www.shelter.org.uk Scarlet Alice and her dad raised £40 – well done!…
• Sports Day 2024
  We were lucky to plan out Sports Day Event on the sunny sunny Day in July! The EYFS and KS1 children were up first taking…
• Lancashire School Games “Party in the Park”
  On Tuesday 25th June we were delighted to be invited to take two teams to the “Party in the Park” event as part of the…
• Girls’ Football League Fixture
  The final Girls’ Football Fixture took place on Wednesday 19th June. As our Y6 pupils were away on their residential we were delighted when Ada…
• CreActive Workshops
  We started the Summer Term with an exciting enrichment when CreActive visited the school to work with each class introducing them to Breakdancing and Beatboxing….
• Year 2 visit Fleetwood Museum
  Year 2 had a fantastic visit to Fleetwood Museum. We enjoyed learning about seaside holidays in the Victorian times. We finished our visit with a…
• Educational Visit to Communitree
  On Monday 20th May, Year 1 enjoyed a visit to Communitree outdoors. The children engaged in the theme of “The Great Outdoors” exploring the woodland…
• Arabella’s Walk for Alder Hey
  Arabella in our Reception class walked 3km for Alder Hey hospital on Sunday 12th May. Arabella raised £260 and completed the walk with family and…
• Year 1 and 2 Animal Olympics
  For the last three weeks 10 children from year 1 and 2 ave been attending an early morning club to prepare for an Animal Olympic…
• Year 5 and 6 Football League
  Our football team played in their final fixtures for this academic year on Wednesday 8th May. The team have worked hard all year, showing great…
• TCS London Mini Marathon in Schools
  This term we have joined many other schools across the country and signed up to take part in a London Mini Marathon Event. Children will…
• Year 3 and 4 Quads Kids
  On Thursday 25th April Mrs Baynes and Mrs Parkinson took twelve pupils to participate in the Quad Kids event. Each pupil completed the 50m sprint,…
• Year 5 and 6 Netball League
  Our year 5 and 6 netballers played in the final league fixtures on Monday 22nd April. The team has played well all season, developing skills…
• Nyaluru – Our Sister School
  Amani is a charity that assists the development of community groups within Kenya. One area of the charity is to link schools in the uk…
• Meet the Author, Elys Dolan – 19/04/24
  On Friday 19th April, 10 children from across year 3 and 4 joined the Lancashire Library Service at Springhill Primary School for an exciting workshop with…
• Girls’ Football League
  Just the week before our first Girls’ Football League Fixtures our Premier League Primary Stars new football kit arrived. The girls looked amazing in the…
• Football League
  Our football team attended the rearranged fixture on Thursday 21st March. They played well winning 3 of their 4 matches. The league table currently shows…
• Year 2’s Easter Cakes
  Year 2 have worked so hard this half term and have been rewarded with making Easter cakes. They are very much looking forward to eating…
• Year 2 Make and Taste Beignets – 21/03/24
  As part of our Geography where we have been learning about life in New Orleans, Year 2 have enjoyed making and tasting Beignets. We played…
• Science Week – March 2024
  National Science Week has all been about ‘Time’. With this in mind we have been thinking about our future careers. We had lots of visitors…
• Lancashire School Games
  On Tuesday 12th March Mrs Baynes and Mrs Parkinson took 21 athletes to Blackpool to represent the school and Hyndburn in the Lancashire School Games…
• Girls Biggest Ever Football Session
  On Friday 8th March we took part in the FA and Barclays’ “Girls Biggest Ever Football Session” to coincide with “International Women’s Day” Girls were…
• Year 2’s World Book Day 2024
  Year 2 have had a great day celebrating world book day. It has been brilliant to see the children dressed up in their costumes to…
• Year 5 and 6 Swimming Gala
  On Wednesday 6th March, 10 pupils, along with Mrs Baynes and Mrs Conroy attended the Hyndburn School Swimming Gala. The children were selected following swim…
• Year 3 and 4 Gymnastics
  Three hard-working and dedicated pupils have been attending a weekly early morning (starting at 7:55am!) gymnastics club with Mrs Baynes. The gymnasts have worked hard…
• Year 5 and 6 Physical Activity Festival
  On Thursday 29th February Mrs Baynes took 4 pupils to a Physical Activity Festival at Hyndburn Leisure Centre. The pupils took part in Circuit Training,…