Category: Pre-Preparatory School

Highclare Pre-Preparatory School: Woodfield Taster Sessions For Pre-School Children

20th March 2019

Throughout April and May Highclare Pre-Preparatory School: Woodfield will warmly welcome families to enjoy a number of taster sessions during normal teaching days. Highclare Pre-Prep caters for boys and girls from two years, we aim to develop inquisitive minds within a small setting, where pupils feel engaged and confident.  We believe that through creative learning and…

Little Red Riding Hood Swans Assembly

18th March 2019

Highclare Pre-Preparatory children and staff were delighted to present ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, a Highclare Pre-Preparatory School Swans production, to parents and grandparents this term. In preparation, the children learned the narrative of the story through ‘Talk4Writing’ and songs and musical skills in their music lessons with our specialist music teacher, Miss Broder.  The dances were choreographed…

Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s Open Morning

13th March 2019

Following a fantastic Senior School admissions event we look forward to welcoming prospective families to our upcoming Open Morning on Saturday, 30 March, 10.00am to 12.30pm at Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s. Our Open Mornings provide you with the opportunity to take a tour of the school and meet students and members of staff of both…

Preparatory School World Book Day Celebrations

13th March 2019

It’s been wonderful to see so many Preparatory School pupils take part in World Book Day 2019.  The children and staff made a real effort and thoroughly enjoyed their day of book related activities and reading, both by themselves and to each other. Keep up to date with Highclare Preparatory School news by following their…

World Book Day 2019, A French Fairy Tale

8th March 2019

Highclare Preparatory School joined thousands of children across the UK to gather and share a story together on World Book Day 2019.  It was wonderful to see so many book characters brought to life by both pupils and teachers! Keep an eye out for photo’s appearing on the Prep twitter feed here. Throughout the day pupils…

Visit Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield In Action

28th February 2019

The School open-event season is now very much in full swing and we would like to warmly invite you to our upcoming School-In-Action open morning at Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield. Between 9.30am & 11.30am on the 19 March, we will be conducting our hugely popular School–In–Action tour.  A chance to find out about opportunities at…

Well-Being Week At Highclare Preparatory School

13th February 2019

During February preparatory school pupils took part in an enjoyable week of activities as part of a new initiative launched, Well-Being Week.  With a themed activity taking pace at the beginning and end of each day both pupils and staff enjoyed the opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of well-being. Over the week pupils enjoyed…

Pre-Prep Maths Workshop

11th February 2019

When teaching Mathematics, our aim in Early Years Foundation Setting (EYFS) at Highclare Pre-Preparatory School is to lay secure foundations.   We want our children to be confident mathematicians who can transfer their knowledge and skills to their everyday lives. During a recent pre-prep maths workshop it was explained to parents how the teaching of math…

Highclare Business Network, A Digital World with Qasim Majid

6th February 2019

Highclare School recently had the pleasure of welcoming president of the Asian Business Chamber of Commerce and director of digital agency Wow Zone, Qasim Majid, to their second Business Network event. Led by Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce chief executive, Paul Faulkner, attendees enjoyed anecdotes on the business journey Qasim has been on to date, the…

Pre-Preparatory School Art Exhibition

23rd January 2019

Highclare Pre-Preparatory School: St Paul’s wowed fellow pupils, family and friends during a recent impromptu art exhibition! During a topic on babies our Pre-prep pupils created wonderful artwork using The Cholmondeley Ladies, an early 17th century English oil painting, as inspiration.  Pupils concentrated hard and spent time looking closely at the painting which depicts two women seated…