‘Goodbye Mr Friend’ Ends Decade of Mrs Wrixon’s Leadership
As the curtain fell on this year's Key Stage 2 Production 'Goodbye My Friend' it also signalled the beginning of the last few days of Mrs Wrixon's headship at William Barnes. Having navigated the school through some difficult times including
Year 5 Head Back in Time
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
Cross Country Team Wins Every Race
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
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
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
Magical Music from Violin Duo
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 William Barnes to New Level
‘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
Year 5 Enjoy a Good Crumble!!
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
Library Visits Create links with Town
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
Forest School a Hit with Year 5
The children in year 5 have really enjoyed working with the new Forest School tutor Mr Burbridge. Each week, the class were able to spend Wednesday afternoon learning in the outdoors using our special Forest School area and the resources