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Tennis Congratulations
Congratulations to Emily in U5 who recently won the British Tour at Edgbaston. Emily beat the number one seed (9 years her senior and ranked 300 in the world in women’s tennis) in the semi finals. Well done, Emily.
We Were Here!
While the entire country shivered under a blanket of snow, Highclare School remained open on all three sites! A big thank you to our maintenance staff who allowed us to carry on teaching and learning.
TOPS Children Recycle Clothing
Children in TOPS have designed and made some wonderful shoulder bags by recycling their old jeans and shirts. Well done to our budding designers.
Around Our School
This week J1 went for a walk around the roads by their school to investigate the local area. They wanted to see how many different kinds of information they could find from different sources. They found speed limits, school signs, for sale notices, parking signs, rules for dog walkers as well as road names. Everyone…
Seniors reach Quarter Finals of Robotics Competition
A team of skilled Highclare pupils has competed against 7 other schools from the Midlands in a robotics challenge. Over the last few months pupils in U3 through to L5 have given up their lunchtimes and attended after school sessions to educate themselves on the complexities of designing, building, programming and operating a robot from scratch. …
L4 Visit Tutbury Castle
On a cold day in January the L4th went to Tutbury Castle. When we arrived there was still snow on the ground and the old ruined castle which is on top of a hill looked spectacular, especially with two donkeys grazing near the entrance. We entered the nearby church first of all and there we…
January Brings the Snow
Highclare School, Woodfield became a white, winter, wonderland on Friday 18th January, much to the delight of all pupils, some of whom had not experienced snow before! Suitably clothed Junior pupils braved the snow for a short while and walked around the Woodfield site to admire the effect of the snow. They used the school…
J5 Science Investigation
As part of Science we looked at plants and the passage water takes after it is drawn through the plants veins. We set up an experiment with food colouring, test tubes and white carnations. One stem was split lengthways, one part put in clear water, the other in coloured water. The results were both fascinating…
Transition Explore in the Snow
The snow on Monday was followed by a very cold day. Transition Rabbits took the magnifying glasses outside to look at the ‘hoar frost’ on the benches and on top of the litter bin. ‘It was very sparkly and shiny.’ Transition Squirrels also made the most of playing out and exploring in the snow. On…
J2 meet the author Philip Ardagh
J2 students enjoyed a visit to Waterstones for an audience with the author, Philip Ardagh. He read passages from his latest book and answered the children’s questions. J2 were then able to purchase a signed copy of his book. Thank you to Waterstones for making this a fun day.
