Category: News
J3 Competition Winners
J3P entered a competition celebrating Quentin Blake's birthday. The brief was to design bunting. Everyone chose a letter of Quentin Blake's name and designed with that as the theme. We sent it off along with letters to Quentin Blake. We quickly received a reply from the illustrator and author but heard nothing about the competition….
U3 Visit Tamworth Castle
The U3rds have recently visited Tamworth Castle to learn more about medieval life and warfare. We took part in two workshops during which we had the chance to try on medieval clothes and hold some very scary looking medieval weapons. Max and Connie got dressed up as medieval soldiers complete with armour, helmets and swords….
SPARKS!
SPARKS (Erdington Fire Station) visited Highclare School Juniors at the Abbey site. They watched a video of a burning bedroom, discussed hoax calls and what preventative measures we could take, in our homes, to prevent fires. Once all the talking had finished, J5’s Form Teacher asked the firemen if the children could have their pictures taken in…
J1 Getting in to Character
J1 have been learning how to describe a character. This week they looked at the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and in particular, the giant. Some of the children got into character by role playing the story, to get a better insight into the giant. They then brainstormed wow words describing the giant, to…
Chinese New Year in Transition
The children in Transition celebrated the Chinese New Year in lots of different ways. They tried to use chopsticks to eat noodles and prawn crackers. They also made good luck money envelopes, cards and coloured in snakes. In their PE lesson they listened to Chinese music, did a dragon dance and played instruments. Everyone had…
Highclare’s Hit Musical
Year 3 and Year 4 pupils at Highclare School, Woodfield, took to the stage this week to perform the hit musical ‘ Oliver’ Many weeks of joining the after-school Junior Drama Club ensured that all the children were well rehearsed and prepared for their roles which they portrayed with enthusiasm and gusto. The all-inclusive performances…
Tennis Congratulations
Congratulations to Emily in U5 who recently won the British Tour at Edgbaston. Emily beat the number one seed (9 years her senior and ranked 300 in the world in women’s tennis) in the semi finals. Well done, Emily.
We Were Here!
While the entire country shivered under a blanket of snow, Highclare School remained open on all three sites! A big thank you to our maintenance staff who allowed us to carry on teaching and learning.
TOPS Children Recycle Clothing
Children in TOPS have designed and made some wonderful shoulder bags by recycling their old jeans and shirts. Well done to our budding designers.
Around Our School
This week J1 went for a walk around the roads by their school to investigate the local area. They wanted to see how many different kinds of information they could find from different sources. They found speed limits, school signs, for sale notices, parking signs, rules for dog walkers as well as road names. Everyone…
