Category: Senior School
Highclare Sixth Form Celebrates a Four Year High in A Level Exam Results.
Highclare Sixth Form is thrilled to be celebrating yet another year of superb exam success. We are delighted to announce that U6 pupils have attained an impressive four year high in examination results, with an amazing 52% of all grades at A* to B with 26% at A* to A. A fantastic achievement particularly as…
Duke of Edinburgh Qualifying Expedition
Congratulations to all of the pupils who took part in the Bronze and Silver DofE qualifying expedition at Long Mynd over the weekend. We are incredibly proud to announce that all 33 pupils passed with flying colours. Pupils were required to walk for 6 hours per day for their Bronze qualification and covered 26km with…
U3 Science Crest Award
U3 pupils took part in a CREST Discovery Award day in house teams. Their challenge was to design a hand wash station for a small village school in Kenya to try and stop the spread of infectious disease. Alongside the challenge of producing a model of their idea from recycled rubbish, they also had to…
Senior School Summer Music Concert
Highclare Senior School students showcased their talent and efforts at an enjoyable summer concert (with scones!) during the last week of the summer term. Almost 40 pupils participated to a wonderful evening celebrating Highclare Senior School music; and all pupils have contributed to the wider musical life of the senior school significantly. The programme featured…
Senior School Junior Maths Challenge
Congratulations to the following pupils who have been awarded certificates in this prestigious national competition Humza Ali (L4) Silver Haydn Sargeant (L4) Silver Josh Cahm (U3) Silver Alice Griffiths (L4) Bronze Chelsea Cao (U3) Bronze Prisha Shinh (U3) Bronze
Senior School Short Story Writing Competition
Key stage 3 Short Story House Competition This year pupils were once again invited to write a story for the 2019 house competition. U3 had the topic of Alter Egos; L4 had to write a spy story and U4 wrote dystopian stories. The short-listed stories were judged by Mrs Sue Riley who used to be…
GCSE and A Level Gallery Display
Pupils and their families were able to view the impressive work from U5 students studying GCSE Art, Craft & Design and GCSE Photography following the visit from the examination board moderator. On display was both students coursework, on variety of themes including Architecture and Artists of War, and examination work on the theme Reflections, which students…
L4 Geography Fieldtrip to the Wolseley Centre, Staffordshire
On Friday 14 June 2019, Highclare Senior School geography department organised a very successful trip to the Wolseley Centre in Staffordshire. Lead by the excellent staff at the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust the students first spent time recapping about river processes of erosion, deposition and transportation and the key features of a river from our helpful guides. …
U3 Joint Religious Studies and Geography Fieldtrip to Lichfield
On Wednesday Thursday 19 June 2019 the Geography and Religious Studies Department at Highclare Senior School jointly organised a very successful trip to Lichfield. The students spent time learning key Geographical fieldwork skills based around Lichfield centre including surveying land use types, comparing the quality of different environments around Lichfield and carrying out surveys to find…
Junior School Art Competition 2019
Highclare Senior School enjoyed hosting another fantastic Junior School Art Competition this term which saw over 400 pupils enter this now highly anticipated community competition. This year’s theme ‘under the magnifying glass‘ grew out of a project studied by Highclare L4 students on natural forms. During the project students looked at the work of artist…
