Author: William Barnes

The children in year 5 recently enjoyed a brilliant day at the Ancient Technology Centre in Cranborne.  This is a site devoted to experimental archeaology.  Based on the best evidence available, the staff at Cranborne have created a collection of

The cross country team continued the school's amazing record in the local school's competition by winning all of the races.  Held at Shillingstone each year, the event involves a relay of 4 x 600m around the school grounds.  There are

William Barnes ‘WE PROJECT’ Supporting Charities  Supporting worthy causes and charities is part and parcel of the wider curriculum at all primary schools and this is no exception at William Barnes.  Throughout the year, the children take part in non

Key Stage 2 Cross  Country  All four classes in Key Stage took part in the cross country competition.  Over a distance of 600m, the children raced around a course set out by the sports ambassadors during lunchtime.  The school uses

Musical Magic from Violin Duo!  Two children from year 5 and year 6, Alex and Bartosz entranced their audience when they performed to their class mates in the hall recently.  Accompanied by their teacher Mrs Middleton on the piano, they

‘We Project’ Takes ‘Outward Facing’ School William Barnes to New Level You may have heard the term ‘outward facing’ used in Ofsted Inspection reports and in the media when referring to schools and academies.  Head teacher Mrs Wrixon has always

This term the school has borrowed a set of fifteen mini computers called Crumbles from the Devon Computing hub based in Exeter.  The Crumbles are small computers (about 3 cm by 5cm) that can store code in a small memory

Year 6 teacher and English leader Mr Field has been very keen over the last couple of years to improve links with the library in Sturminster Newton.  Each year, every class from the school is encouraged to get in touch

The children in year 6 produced another poignant production under the guidance of Mr Field and Mrs Chant.  In front of three packed houses, parents and children were impressed by the class's acting, singing, dancing and team work.  Please follow