Category: News
Keep Fit Stay Healthy Week
HIGHCLARE SCHOOL, ST PAUL’S KEEP FIT, BE HEALTHY WEEK 17TH – 21ST JANUARY. Pupils at one of Highclare School’s Infant and Junior Departments at Highclare St Paul’s in Lichfield Road, Sutton Coldfield, have been having great fun, “Shaking and Waking” every day during their ‘Keep Fit and Be Healthy Week’. The themed week of extra…
J5 Open Homework Task
We would like to congratulate the children in J5P for the high standard of a recent homework task. Their task was an ‘Open Homework’ which was to design and formulate a quiz to Junior Age children. The pupils only guideline was that the quiz would be consist of 20 questions.The standard of work was so…
What a Football Week
What a Week ! At the ISA Midlands Football competition the U9 team took part in their first competitive matches. Pupils from Year 3 & Year 4 played their first game ever for the school. At the same time the U11 team once again qualified for the Independent Schools Association National Finals to be played…
British Science Festival
Children at Highclare School, St Paul's have enjoyed a wonderful trip to the Think Tank as part of their Science curriuculum Joe enjoyed his trip and has written his own report …………….. We went to the think tank on Wednesday 15th September. First of all we went to see a scientist talk about the earth…
For Henry Tudor
HISTORY COMES TO LIFE FOR HIGHCLARE JUNIORS Pupils in J5P joined forces with Henry Tudor and marched to Bosworth Battlefield to engage the forces of the false King Richard III. They trained to be foot soldiers drilling with halberds, and surveyed the battlefield noting the deployment of those involved. Girls and boys were also given…
A dream game !
A DREAM GAME ! On Friday 14th May, our Year 4 & 5 boys had an experience they will never forget, and played on the pitch at Villa Park!! The took part in the Nike invitational tournament, and played five matches against teams from across the Midlands. A great time was had by all, and…
Football Victory
Highclare are winners again ! ‘HMS Birmingham Vase’ Final Highclare 5 Our Lady St. Rose of Lima 0 For the second consecutive year the boys at Highclare School’s Junior Department reached the final of this prestigious Birmingham Primary Schools 7 a-side football competition. In what was a closely contested contest from start to finish, although…
Fencing
We have just been introduced to the art of Fencing. Six Year 4 pupils were invited to have a go, wearing suitable head protection and plastic 'foils' with hand shields. This extra curricular club will commence after Easter on a Friday, after school. A letter will be sent home with full details.
Year 5 Science
Year 5 at the Abbey discovered that sounds are made when objects or materials vibrate during their Science lessons in the Junior Laboratory. They did a battery of investigations with tuning forks, tuning forks in water, string telephones, guitars and milk bottles. They also designed their own investigations to discover how different materials absorbed sound….
‘Pirates’
A Review by Abbie: Recently, the Abbey and Woodfield Junior school have been working regularly on their production, ‘Pirates’. Each student counted, with a part or forming the chorus, and have tried their hardest to put on an exceptionally sensational and remarkable performance with lots of humour. There weren’t really any main characters. However, most…
