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Barker College

Argentina, Buenos Aires

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Extra-Curricular Activities

Clubs, activities, and opportunities to explore interests and passions

Academic and Intellectual

Chess Club offers a space to develop strategic thinking and problem-solving, with groups from Kinder 5 through ES and preparation for internal and interschool competitions. Code Club deepens computational thinking through practical projects, including games, animations, and constructions, and teaches programming, robotics, and electronics. In the secondary level, Code Club focuses on creating video games across platforms.

Arts and Creative

Drama Clubs provide a space for recreation and development of performing arts skills, culminating in a musical theatre performance. There are age-specific clubs: Performing Arts Club for Primary years 4–6; Middle School Drama Club for Secondary years 1–3; and Senior Drama Club for Secondary years 4–6. Barker Theatre Group (BTG) is a theatre group composed of alumni, teachers, and parents that sustains the Barker community's tradition of English-language musical theatre. Each production involves responsibility across production, costume design, musical arrangements, and choreography.

Cultural and Language

Argentine Sign Language Club (LSA) aims to spark interest in communicating with others who are different. It is designed to build bridges between people through learning a new language. The club is available to Primary 5 and Primary 6 students.

Social and Hobbies

Chess Clubs provide an after-school activity spanning from Kinder 5 through the final year of secondary, emphasizing a playful environment that develops strategic thinking and competition readiness. The clubs are organized to accommodate age groups and offer opportunities for internal and interschool events.

Community and Service

Old Barkonian Association is the Barker College Alumni Association, founded in 1926 to connect alumni and the Barker community and to uphold the school's values. The association aims to strengthen ties among Old Barkonians and extend Barker's values to the wider community. Contact details are provided for alumni seeking information or to engage with the association.

Leadership and Professional

Leadership at Barker is viewed as service for the common good, built on commitment, trust, respect, and freedom, with teamwork as the engine for project delivery. Student leaders are recognised through formal roles such as Head Pupil, Vice Head Pupil, Games Captains, House Captains, Debate Captains, Choir Captains, Drama Captains, and Prefects. The Leaders 2025 roster includes named holders of these positions and the accompanying responsibilities.

Lifestyle and Wellbeing

Yoga Club offers an extracurricular space to develop flexibility, balance, and strength using body techniques, with breathing, relaxation, and meditation practices. Barker Athletics Team Club (BAT Club) provides secondary students the opportunity to further develop athletic skills and improve performance in internal and interschool events.

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The school at a glance
Instructs in Spanish, English
Fees Unlisted
Ages 2 - 18 years
Pupil numbers 400
Type Co-educational
Opened 1897
Bus Service No

Barker College is a bilingual, coeducational day school serving ages 2 to 18 in Argentina. The school delivers the Cambridge curriculum from early years to senior secondary, offering IGCSE, Cambridge International AS Levels, and Cambridge A Levels. This progression from Kinder to Secondary Education nurtures critical thinking, lifelong learning, self-esteem, and self-critique. The campus features the Barker Foundation Aquatic Centre with indoor heated pools for Learn to Swim and squads, a 50m outdoor pool, the Rhodes Theatre, McCaskill Music Centre, the Foundation Science Centre, the Centenary Design Centre, and the David Gamson Centre. The school hosts over 20 sports teams and a High Performing Student Athletes program, alongside robotics, drama, and debate programs. Recognized as a Cambridge Official Exam Center since 1936, Barker maintains a strong alumni community through the Old Barkonian Association and a rich arts culture through Barker Theatre Group. The college also supports international student exchanges globally.

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