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Highclare Woodfield Grows & Glows
Happily the sun shone on June 29th for the Highclare Summer Fayre. Pupils from Highclare Woodfield had worked hard during the term making bunting, planting seeds and growing flowers for their garden stall. Mrs Jude was happy to announce that the stall was practically sold out at the end of the day!
Reception children visit the Butterfly Farm
Children from Highclare St Paul's Reception class have visited the Butterfly Farm in Stratford. They were amazed by the huge selection of creepy crawlies and were able to hold some of the butterflies.
Highclare Seniors go to Wimbledon
A group of Highclare Seniors joined the crowds of supporters at Wimbledon last week. As well as eating the strawberries and cream, they enjoyed watching some of the exciting first round matches.
Transition Students at Highclare Woodfield Graduate
The children in Transition took part in a graduation to celebrate all the achievements they have gained since joining Highclare School. All the children participated in a production consisting of songs, playing bells, French, poems and sign language. They all worked really hard and look very smart and grown up.
J6 take a Cycling Course
Year 6 at the Abbey have enrolled in a bike ability course with aspire. We faced some complex courses, baffling braking and even learnt to ride on the road properly. I was surprised to see how good I was- especially as I was the only one in the group who had never cycled on the…
Highclare visit the BIG Bang STEM Fair
The U3s had an enjoyable educational trip to the BIG Bang STEM Fair Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The first ‘edutainer’ was called Matt Prichard and whilst he didn’t give away any Magic Circle trade secrets he did share with the pupils how to alter the centre of mass of an object, turn water into a…
GCSE Exhibition showcases Art and Textiles Success
In June, the senior school Art and Design Technology Departments staged a joint exhibition of work by U5 pupils to mark the successful conclusion to their GCSE courses in school. Work of students for both Textiles and Art courses was exhibited with a total of around 40 projects being shown. The work included a diverse…
Highclare’s Creative Stitchers
The Junior pupils at Highclare St Paul’s were invited to take part in a Sutton Coldfield Creative Stitchers’ Competition. This involved a series of processes from the initial design stage, to the layering of their creative pieces, to the final pieces of work. The pieces of art had to include different types of stitching by…
Kindergarten Plant Seeds
The children in Kindergarten at Highclare Woodfield have been looking at ‘Changes’ this term. They have planted seeds in recycled milk bottles which they made into plant pots. The students also went on a nature walk in the millennium garden to see all the herbs and plants which are growing, then made a giant sunflower outside their room. They…
Junior Fun Run at School
Highclare Juniors ran the Fun Run at school for their charity , 'The Birmingham Children’s Hospital’. The children tried to do as many laps as they could in 10 minutes by running, jogging or walking. The record was 16 laps completed by Daisy, Tim, Stevie and Jack H. They said that they really enjoyed the…
