On Thursday morning 13th April 2017 an accident happened on the bridge that joins Kibeho Sector and Rusenge Sector in Nyaruguru District, Southern Province, Rwanda. A big red lorry, loaded with bricks, had an accident when the bridge collapsed and forced the lorry into the river. Fortunately there were no injuries. The driver told us the accident was because the bridge was old. We tried to find a Sector leader for comment but failed. We would like to ask him what they were doing because that bridge is very useful. All vehicles on the way to the Kibeho Holy Land use this bridge now can’t get through. Local residents watched with interest as the accident unfolded. The cows, however, weren't so interested! 

Last Thursday was the Kivu Sector* Athletics Competition for secondary schools where some exciting and different talents were launched. There was a total of seven different running events 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m and the tough 5000m as well as jumping. 15 schools took part in the competition and Rusuzumiro came a very respectable 6th place. A special mention goes to our winning athletes Claudine, Aimee, Jean Damascene, Agnes and Clementine. * Sectors are an administrative area, like a Borough in the UK

 A new "murram*" road has been laid for the first time from Kivu to Kibeho. The people are very happy because transport is now cheaper than a year ago when the road was very dry and bumpy due to dry weather conditions. Last year the only transport was motorcycles but now there is a taxi. This road is very exciting because it connects our village to the big town of Kibeho and beyond. * murram is an East African term for laterite soil (a kind of gravel) that is used to build dirt roads.

Everywhere you go in Kivu Sector now you’ll find a new machine called the Lucky Machine. The machine gets it’s name because when you insert a 100 Rwandan franc coin you get the chance to win up to 10,000 Rwandan francs. From morning to evening many people play these machines - some win but the majority lose so be careful!

Local news written by young reporters from the newly  formed G.S. Rusuzumiro Newsnuggets Club. Maize Saves the Day! People in Kivu sector hope that the food crisis caused by a long season of sunshine will soon end. Everywhere you go now there are fields of maize on the hills and in the valley. Maize has saved us from a serious food crisis. This photo is of Giswi valley where 15 hectares of maize has been planted.      

On Tuesday the 15th of November the Newsnuggets team made a trip to the heart of our political system: Houses of Parliament in the center of London. The team took a train from Barnes into London Waterloo where we walked to the Houses of Parliament. When we arrived, we first had to go past security guards who don't have a license to kill (we asked to make sure!) However,  when we were leaving we saw guards with rifles and pistols. We then got to go inside a room where a video was projected on to all four walls, showing us the long history of the building. Believe it or not, but the building was burned down not once but twice! After the film, we had a tour around the palace where we got to see some security locks and rooms with gold leaf and gold plated furniture. We also got a chance to step inside the House of Lords - the room where previous kings and queens have stood (and still stand during the opening of the parliament each year). We were then allowed to watch a live debate in the House of Commons. The team headed back after a lovely excursion. I decided to see what the team thought of the excursion. This is what they said. 1. What did you think of the Houses of Parliament? 2. What did you think about the the debate we saw in the House of Commons? Mina: 1. I found it quite interesting how the speaker had to be neutral! In addition, I thought that there was a surprising amount of security. 2. It was quite strange how the speaker had control over everyone. Josie: 1. I found it interesting and found out things i never knew existed. 2. It was very strange but I got to see how it work and was set out.

Historically, men have dominated football, but is it time for a change? At Barnes Primary School, it took a dedicated mum to set the ball in motion. People ask if it is time for a change because  some wonder whether schools do not associate football with boys too much, and therefore give them more opportunities than the girls. In my opinion, girls should be encouraged to play more football. I think that girls need special chances to play more football because, normally, boys dominate the pitch in the playground during breaks, which is not fair on the girls. This leads to peer pressure, and shapes people's way of thinking. It makes boys think they should play and that they are better than girls. And girls, who might think from the start that they are good and want to take part, change their opinion and do not want to join in. This has been happening for a very long time, and Barnes Primary School has been looking for a way to solve it. In our school, a few years ago, a mother of a child in year 3 started a girls' football club and this was great, so she took it a little bit further. This mum went as far as starting a football club for other mothers. This was very successful and our PE (physical education) teacher was then encouraged to start a girls' football team, and later a tournament. You might be thinking that, with all of this, we have almost forgotten about the boys. This has not happened. Whilst we were building on the girls' football, we were introducing rugby to the boys. To conclude, everyone of us at BPS can make a difference. Everyone of us should be invited to explore and play new sports. That's why, at Barnes, we have a Girls Football Team. This opinion piece told you my opinion of girls playing football. I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you now realize what you can do to help. Thank you! By Emily 

The Swimming Gala in Richmond borough is a big deal. School teams have been preparing to do their best in the water at Pools in the Park. Barnes Primary School came with a strong team. Swimming is good for exercising your body without stress, and is good for recovering from injury. But at the Swimming Gala, it's not about plain exercise as in the regular swimming lessons, but about the adrenaline of a big event. The swimming teams that get to compete from the Richmond borough get chosen from each year group and from every class. The fastest from each class go through to the finals against other schools.        Before...                                                                                 ...and after This year our school Barnes Primary won! However, the relay was incredibly tough and we only won by half a second. It was quite extraordinary to watch, regardless of whether you watched it live or on video. If you were in the crowd you would have heard the amazing atmosphere and on the last leg the Barnes Primary supporters went wild because we took the lead. By Hamish

Four Newsnugget reporters got the chance to take some sport photos together with professional photographer Simon Bevan. Below are a few of Cassia's, Fraser's Hamish's and James' shots on a Tuesday morning at Barnes Primary. Surprisingly, getting the right frames  turned out to be physically challenging at times. And there were a few snaps of blurry feet. More photos credited by the group can be find in the other blog posts.          Girls' netball club                                                                      Dribbling on the tarmac      Hannah waiting to throw                         Focus!                                    He's there with the girls          KS2 Boys' ball skills                                                                   Coached by Cara After the photo session, the whole Newsnugget group got a chance to ask Simon some questions. They learnt that working as a photographer is a bit like being a hunter: you have to find just the right (sometimes uncomfortable!) position where you think something exciting is going to happen. Then you stay there, and you wait and wait until the right moment comes to press the trigger. They also heard that Simon only picks 1 in about 20 photos to send on to the publisher, who out of maybe 50 such good shots only selects one for printing.        Blurry feet                                                     No feet

I had to go, even though my belly was full of butterflies. It was the East London finals and I was really nervous. The Barnes team were going against people that were in division; 3 - 2 steps above our normal division. So it was going to be hard, really hard. The team of Ed, Oliver, Trishton Nathan and myself (Cameron) were representing the school. Our only goal was to win, and we had practiced so hard. But that is not quite how things turned out. For those of you who don't know, a table tennis tournament works like this: there are 5 teams, and everyone plays everyone. To win, you need to get first to 3 sets of 11 points. We knew that if we came first, we would go off to the Nationals. So there was some pressure - big pressure. Then the first disaster struck. Oliver and Nathan did not turn up to the venue in East London, so Ed and Trishton had to play against Ashburnam all by themselves. Also, because the whole team was not in place, we had to forfeit some games and Ed and Trishton had no chance. Ashburnam was the best team. For us, that meant a hard loss of 7-1 and our big dreams were in shatters. After that blow, Tom and I had to get in there and get ready. And the next game we played we won, and the one after! But then we had to face an old Nemesis: Whitgift. Last time we won, but not this time. They had improved. Things did not turn out the way we had hoped in this tournament, and it will take some time to get the full team back on its feet. That's sport for you: Glory and Defeat.