A Putney primary school celebrated last week after setting a new record for the world’s biggest coin mosaic.
Pupils at Hurlingham School, in Putney Bridge Road, spent eight weeks finding more than 100,000 British coins.
Having found all the coins required, they diligently assembled the mosaic which depicted the South Bank of the Thames, including Elizabeth Tower, housing Big Ben, and the London Eye.
The mosaic also contains, in each corner, the first initial of each school house – the herons, swans, mallards and kingfishers.
Their creation was measured by three independent adjudicators who announced the mosaic was a whopping 60.60sq m.
The feat smashed the previous world record, set by a bank in Poland, of 29sq m.
After realising they had set a new world record the Year Six house captains gave everybody three loud cheers.
Headmaster Jonathan Brough said: “I am astonishingly proud of all the children.
“The coins, which had to be smaller than a 20p piece, were collected over the school term with a view to the world record.
“If one single coin was wrong the entire mosaic would not have worked.
“The same applies to our school, all the children matter and all have a part to play.”
The school is now considering attempting a world record every year so if parents or pupils have any ideas they should contact Mr Brough.
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