The school’s winning projects, which included a musical instrument made from driftwood and scallops shells, was chosen by the panel of judges and saw off competition from students in the UK, America and Australia.
The judging panel, who were teachers from the High Tech High School in San Diego, were impressed by the work of Les Quennevais students, and were particularly impressed with the work submitted by children in Year 7.
Lead teaching coach at Sandiego’s High Tech High Cara Littlefield said: ‘The work was chosen because of the extraordinary care and attention given to it. It was work that made you say “wow, I can’t believe this was done by a student of this age”.
‘It made you question how students can be capable of such work and showed that the students really surpassed their own expectations and re-defined their own limitations.’
A total of seven projects were entered into the competition by Les Quennevais’s teacher and head of Key Stage 3, Peter Jones.
Mr Jones said: ‘Our students are constantly creating beautiful work that inspires us all and I am delighted they have got such prodigious recognition.
‘The judges come from one of the most awe-inspiring schools on the planet, so for them to give such positive comments about what we are doing is incredibly rewarding.’
Following their first-place finish Les Quennevais will receive a free day of training worth thousands of pounds to help plan inspirational learning projects.
Sarah Hague, the headteacher of the school, added: ‘I am completely bowled over that our students have won this competition. Having the opportunity to work with other great teachers is beyond exciting for our staff and students.’
