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Getting to Know Week at Highclare School Woodfield
During Getting to Know You Week at Highclare Woodfield we have been doing lots of activities to help us settle in to our new classes. We were also able to take a tour of the Junior School. We told each other all sorts of things about ourselves and we designed shields including pictures of our…
While the Cat’s Away!
U5 girls were sneaked into the Sixth Form area, taking advantage of Sixth Formers having a two day independent study period away from school. In groups of 4 or 5, pupils took part in activities preparing them for careers and choices for post 16 studies. Highclare Sixth Form has the advantage of small class sizes…
Highclare Juniors Pack Bags for Charity
A big 'Thank You' goes to all of our Junior students, their parents and staff who came along to Sainsbury's one Saturday in September, and helped shoppers to pack their bags. They raised £645 for the Birmingham Children's Hospital. Well done!
Survival Day
In September J5 and J6 from Highclare The Abbey and St Pauls, went to Cannock Chase for survival day’. ‘First we went den building. We collected long, thin logs and put them around a tree. Meanwhile a couple of members of the group were collecting bracken so no rain could get through. The next activity…
Upper Sixth Geographers Independent Study
Frances and Zara were set the challenge for their independent study of creating working scale models of Mount Etna, Italy and Chaiten, Chile. The girls had to research and produce detailed reports to support their A2 studies on tectonics too. The models themselves were a great success – when erupted the lava eflowed in a…
Summer Holiday Play Scheme
During the summer holiday scheme, TOPS have been on trips the park, the Think Tank, Plantsbrook Nature reserve, a Fire station, Wacky Warehouse and the Cinema. The children have also enjoyed playing on a bouncy castle, face painting, street dance, baking, shaving foam play, making photo frames, clay sculptures and much, much more!
Student wins Mini roof design competition
Congratulations to Sophie who won this competition. We were delighted to see Sophie collect her prize at the Sytner (Mini) showroom at College Road on Sunday morning. Pupils and staff had the opportunity of having their photographs taken with an Olympic torch and a great morning was had by all.
Sonia Lanaman visits Highclare Olympic Week
The Junior pupils has a fantastic day at their Olympic Day which ended their Olympics Week of fun.We also had Sonia Lanaman, MBE, visit us And she kindly showed us her Olympic Medals and MBE. The pupils were put through their paces with an Olympic workout: playing archery, using rowing machines, running and boxing with…
Transition Class Investigations into Waterproof Materials
The recent wet weather has had its advantages! In Transition we have been learning about what ‘waterproof’ means. We went outside with a variety of different materials and had a lot of fun pouring water over them to see which let the water through. In the classroom we tested more materials independently.
Eddie the Penguin Saves the World
J2 Pupils enjoyed performing their class assembly for their parents, on Tuesday 19th June. They shared an important message with everyone about recycling and saving energy.
