Category: Sixth Form

Highclare Senior School House Science Competition

18th December 2020

Thank you to all the students that took part in the Highclare Senior School House Science Competition this year!  We have received an array of fantastic engineered Christmas trees made out of items found in your home.  Marks were awarded for creativity, shape of tree and number of different objects used! Congratulations to the winners…

The Christmas Edition of Mrs Moore’s Memo

16th December 2020

Dear children and young people, Welcome to the Christmas edition of ‘Mrs Moore’s Memo’! First of all, I want to thank you so much for all the resilience and tenacity you have displayed during these last few very difficult months and for all your hard work since we returned to School in September. You are…

Highclare Senior School Christmas Jumper Day

15th December 2020

Last week students and staff at Highclare Senior School wore their  favourite Christmas jumpers in exchange for food donations for our local food bank at the Trussel Trust .  Students were surprised by a ‘The Greatest Showman’ themed Christmas lunch including popcorn, candyfloss and music.  While everyone enjoyed a festive lunch ‘Father Christmas’ arrived and…

ISA Midlands Art Competition 2020

14th December 2020

Congratulations to the Highclare Prep and Senior School pupils who received certificates during the recent ISA Midlands Art Competition 2020.  Please find our winners and their wonderful artwork below: Rosena S, Yr4 Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield Sunrise 1st Jasmine B, Yr2 Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield Myself 1st Yash A, Yr5 Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s…

Over 100 Bags of Clothing Donated to TAWS

14th December 2020

Thank you! This term we delivered over 100 bags of donated clothes to one of our chosen charity for 2020/2021 TAWS #highclare Wear and Share The project is part of The Active Wellbeing Society’s (TAWS) Sharing Communities area of work, which originally began with Share Shacks. During the height of lockdown, TAWS became a hub…

Bebras Computing Challenge 2020

14th December 2020

During November, 78 students from U3 to U5 in the Senior School took part in the annual Bebras Computing Challenge hosted by the University of Oxford . The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking to students. It is organised in over 50 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing….

Highclare Senior School House Poetry Competition

8th December 2020

Congratulations to all students who entered the 2020 Highclare Senior School House Poetry Competition. Once again the standard of work has been extremely high and the English department very much enjoyed judging this competition. Students have been awarded certificates and house points and we very much look forward to the next house competition! Theme: Vision…

Lancaster House Logo

2nd December 2020

Following a recent House competition, we now have an amazing new logo for Lancaster House at the Senior School. A huge well done goes to Shaan in U3 for this superb design. Congratulations also goes to Sydney in U4 who was the runner-up. Lizzie in L6 has also used her artistic talent to construct a…

KS3 December Good Reads

1st December 2020

From Chris Bradford’s Bodyguard series, Assassin places us in Russia, a country governed by criminals and in which teenager, Connor, must   protect Feliks, the only son of Russian billionaire and politician, Viktor Malkov. Viktor wants to change Russia for the good of all its people. But the   mafia have different plans and a contract is…

Senior School Prize Giving

1st December 2020

  Senior School review 2019/2020 As the autumn nights draw in and the days get ever darker, I enjoy taking the time to reminisce about the past year and remind myself of how very fortunate I am to be Head of the Senior School at Highclare. Each new academic year brings with it the promise…