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L4 Sporting Success

26th April 2013

Congratulations to Joshua and Taleb!   Joshua competed in Switzerland during the Easter holidays and won the U16 Gymnastic Championships. Joshua also qualified for the Floor Final and came 1st.                          Taleb was selected to represent England as part of the Traditional Karate Squad that is taking place in Italy in late October.  Very well done to…

Highclare Seniors visit Normandy

25th April 2013

A group of U3 and L4 pupils went to Normandy before the Easter holidays. They stayed in a picturesque old chateau and visited the Bayeux Tapestry, the American and German war cemetaries and the Normandy Landing Museum, amongst other places. "It was a really interesting and fun trip, especially the free taster bag of chocolate…

TOPS have fun at Wonderland

22nd April 2013

TOPS children enjoyed a fantastic range of activities during the Easter holiday, including a trip to Wonderland. See the TOPS Gallery for more photographs

Easter Parade at Highclare, St Paul’s

17th April 2013

As part of our Easter celebrations at Highclare, St Paul's, Pre School and children from J1 and J2  held an Easter Hat Parade in the hall. A big thank you to all our Parents as we had the most entries ever!

J5 Entertain their Parents

27th March 2013

J5 entertained their parents in an assembly about Henry VIII. They listened to traditional Tudor music and then sang ‘Song of the Wives’ and ‘Remember the Mary Rose’. J5 also performed a short play, ending with Safa playing ‘Green Sleeves’ on her flute. Well done, J5

J6 Visit Beech Hill Grange Nursing Home

27th March 2013

It was good to see our J6 pupils from the Abbey connect with the older generation at Beech Hill Grange Nursing Home. Our pupils put smiles on the faces of the residents as they sang songs about the war and performed excerpts from their Hamlet assembly. We are proud of our J6 pupils as they…

Comic Relief at Highclare School

25th March 2013

Between the three sites, Highclare School raised in excess of £1,124 for Red Nose Day to send to Comic Relief.    Everyone was encouraged to ‘do something funny for money!’ and all sites held a ‘non uniform’ day, with pupils paying not to wear school uniform.  Staff joined in too, and donations came in thick and…

Projekt Weekend at Highclare School

22nd March 2013

We were delighted to receive a visit from this 5 piece boy band who will be releasing their debut single ‘Second to None’ very soon. They were very entertaining and also gave a most informative talk, linked with music, about anti smoking, anti drugs and anti alcohol. We wish them all the best with their…

Highclare go to the Big Maths Quiz

22nd March 2013

In March 2013 over 100 teams from over 40 schools descended upon the Great Hall at Birmingham University to take part in the Big Maths Quiz.  Rounds in the quiz will focused upon different aspects of mathematics and there was a specialist round on the life and times of Galileo.   The questions got harder as…

Highclare enters the Big Bang Fair in Sutton Coldfield

22nd March 2013

Highclare School presented a show case of our robots at the Big Bang Science fair at Sutton College recently. We told other schools about VEX Robotics and the different components and skills required to make a robot. It was a great experience as we got to improve our presentation skills and told others about some…