Many studies have demonstrated that the physical environment of a school significantly impacts student learning and well-being. This article aims to provide new insights into how student artwork and projects can enhance the school environment. Displaying student work publicly acknowledges their ideas, creativity and products, it can also motivate students to put extra effort into their projects, it allows students inspire, learn and gain new perspectives through each other's work, and it helps build a sense of belonging and community within the school.

The researchers in this study visited nine primary and secondary schools that emphasized project-based learning and had successfully integrated student creations into their school décor. Focused visual ethnography was employed to gather empirical data. Visual ethnography combines the theory and practice of visual approaches to learning about the world and communicating these insights to others. This study utilized go-along interviews with children and teachers, accompanied by photographs of their creations.

Keywords: Student creations, art, decorating schools, school projects, exhibition.