Archive for February, 2010

The year 5 students in Mr Stanley’s class are making the skyline of London from various bits of old material. A few of the buildings include the London Eye, Tower Bridge, the BT Tower and Big Ben. We made the London Eye from an old bicycle wheel and a few old cartons; St. Paul’s... »

Some children in year 5 have been taught Latin as an after school club by some boys from St. Paul’s school. Everyone has thoroughly enjoyed latin, but while we are learning Latin, the boys are experiencing teaching 20 year 5 children. One boy has also learnt the way to gain silence is not to... »

Mr. Stanley has been teaching Year 5 for the past two years at Barnes Primary School. He is thirty-seven years old. His wife’s name is Jane. He has a son who he wanted to call Dracula, but his choice was vetoed. Mr Stanley really likes riding on his bike and going for hikes in... »

Last week, all year 5 children travelled on tubes, trains and buses. But where to? To none other than a temple built here in England, where all the marble has been shipped from Italy and the 25,000 pieces of marble have been carved in India. The spectacular temple, built for Hindu worship, is called... »

As you may know, Barnes Primary School is now supporting a school in a poor area in Africa – Rwanda. To find out more, I interviewed Mr Hartley. Mr Hartley, who has been to 55 countries, has never been to Rwanda, but the school in Rwanda was selected because a parent at Barnes Primary,... »