Category: News

Kidpreneurs!

2nd November 2012

Multi-Award Winning Mumpreneur Sherill Fuller is on a Mission to inspire the next generation of Kidpreneurs…. In preparation for this Years Global Entrepreneurship Week Sherill will be joining us to run Taster Sessions of the Interactive Fun Based business programme for Children at TOPS The programme will run over a 4-week period : Tuesday 6th…

Autumn Half Term Fun

2nd November 2012

During holiday scheme TOPS have enjoyed trips to Kingsbury Water Park and the Cinema to see Madagascar 3.  The children have also enjoyed autumn Weaving, nature trails, splat painting, bonfire pictures making spooking spider and much, much more.  Please take a look at our half term photo album located in the reception classroom at Woodfield.

Beautiful Stuff

1st November 2012

At Preschool we held a “Beautiful Stuff” workshop. Parents and children brought in a bag of items they considered beautiful. Everyone shared their favourites with the group then had lots of fun sorting them into categories. Finally the children collaborated with their parent s to produce a picture using pieces they liked. We all had…

Halloween at the Abbey

1st November 2012

The U5 dared to stay over (very few slept!) in school for a spooktacular night of Halloween fun.  The fancy dress party included pumpkin carving, scary movies, a ghostly hunt for spiders and a few scary surprises.  We raised £200 to be split between our School Charity Teenage Cancer Trust and the U5 Prom Fund.

PTA Circus at Woodfield

19th October 2012

 Despite the rain, the Circus at Woodfield had a fantastic turn out with each of the three performances being a complete sell out. Everyone enjoyed the show and we managed to raise lots of money.  Thank you to everyone who stood in the rain all day to help us out.

Once Upon a Time at Highclare

19th October 2012

This event was a huge success.  Everyone had a great time and the venue looked gorgeous. It was great to see all the School Governors there, along with Mrs Viles and some of the teachers too.

Getting to Know Week at Highclare School Woodfield

12th October 2012

During Getting to Know You Week at Highclare Woodfield we have been doing lots of activities to help us settle in to our new classes. We were also able to take a tour of the Junior School. We told each other all sorts of things about ourselves and we designed shields including pictures of our…

While the Cat’s Away!

12th October 2012

U5 girls were sneaked into the Sixth Form area, taking advantage of Sixth Formers having a two day independent study period away from school.  In groups of 4 or 5, pupils took part in activities preparing them for careers and choices for post 16 studies. Highclare Sixth Form has the advantage of small class sizes…

Highclare Juniors Pack Bags for Charity

5th October 2012

A big 'Thank You' goes to all of our Junior students, their parents and staff who came along to Sainsbury's one Saturday in September, and helped shoppers to pack their bags. They raised £645 for the Birmingham Children's Hospital.  Well done!

Survival Day

5th October 2012

In September J5 and J6 from Highclare The Abbey and St Pauls, went to Cannock Chase for survival day’. ‘First we went den building. We collected long, thin logs and put them around a tree. Meanwhile a couple of members of the group were collecting bracken so no rain could get through. The next activity…