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Arts Week, by Catherine and Fenella

By Catherine

Once every year, Barnes Primary have the opportunity to particapate in a whole week of art. This year the theme was  living art. We made paintings from Guernica to The Water Lily Pond. All the paintings took a few days to make, but the end art was amazing! We didn’t just do art, when we had finally finished, we shot a... »

Sustainable House Competition, by Bea and Nick

By Bea

Last week we had the results of Barnes Primary School’s sustainable house competition. In this competition, we had to build an eco-friendly house.  All were approximately knee height and the additions to make them eco – friendly were things like wind turbines, solar panels, insulation, green roofs, water turbines, recycling bins, bicycles and electric cars.... »

Transforming Junk into Art

By barnesadmin

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... »