Category: Senior School
Speech and Drama at Highclare
We are extremely pleased to be able to offer Speech and Drama lessons (LAMDA) as an extra curricular subject on a 1:1 or 1:2 basis at Highclare School. The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) examinations have been a consistently successful enrichment activity at Highclare School with children able to choose courses in…
Comic Relief at Highclare Senior School
What a fantastic day! The senior school ARK Club raised over £200 for Comic Relief through their bake sale! Thank you so much everyone for donating on a fabulous feel good day in the sunshine. The students were amazing, Mr Sneary is particularly proud of the pupils that took part and staff that supported the…
Intermediate Mathematical Challenge Results 2022
We were extremely pleased with the results of the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge which gifted mathematicians at Highclare School entered in February 2022. This is a nationally recognised challenge and only the top 40% of students receive a certificate. However, at Highclare School, over 70% of entrants achieved either a bronze, silver or gold award –…
Highclare Parent Needs Your Help To Support Families in Ukraine
Highclare families recently received correspondence from fellow parent Mrs Wilinska detailing how she has secured transport to deliver donations to support the people of Ukraine. More information on what Mrs Wilinksa has organised with donation suggestions can be found here and an Amazon wish list has been created here , detailing items suitable to be…
Good Reads: KS3
Maggie lives enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam. She has an older and younger brother—she is in the middle, invisible and forgotten. She meets Una, a hungry wanderer girl in need of help, and everything Maggie has ever known…
U3 Pupil’s Symphony Hall Experience
Last week Miss Cassells, head of the Senior School music department, took U3 pupils to see a live symphony orchestra (the amazing CBSO) on the Symphony Hall stage. Students have been learning all about the different instrumental families and their sounds, qualities over the past few weeks, and this was a wonderful way of bringing…
Yr6 3D Designs Revelaed
After the Highclare Prep visit to the senior school last week, a very excited Year 6 class received their designs that had been created on the 3D printer. They thoroughly enjoyed the design process and were amazed by how accurate the final products were!
The Intermediate Mathematics Challenge
A selection of our best mathematicians were invited to take part in The Intermediate Mathematics Challenge on Thursday 3 February. As well as competing in the national competition, the challenge will also be a house competition within school. We look forward to announcing the results in due course, well done to all who took part.
Senior School Pupils Investigate Inequalities In The Water Supply Around The World
During Geography lessons Highclare Senior School pupils welcomed a guest speaker from Severn Trent in to talk about the science of sewage. This links with our unit currently studying about inequalities in the water supply around the world and the importance of conservation and effective management to ensure we all have access to water. During…
Junior English Creative Writing Competition Gets Royal Seal Of Approval
Mrs Dawson, Head of English, was so impressed with the entries she received during the Junior Creative Writing Competition that she decided to share them with the Queen herself. Last week she received a personal reply from Windsor Castle! “I was thrilled to receive a letter from the Queen this week and was delighted to…
