CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS FOR LAURA RICHARDSON On Saturday 5th March, Laura Richardson , won the overall trophy in the U14 girls section at the Independent Schools’ National Final for Cross Country. This makes her National Champion for her age group. Laura is a current Year 7 pupil at the school and won the school’s first…
WHAT MAKES HIGHCLARE ‘HIGHCLARE’? This was the theme for the speeches at this year’s annual prize giving event for Highclare Senior School, on Friday 12th November. Mrs Margaret Viles, Head of Highclare School, congratulated all the pupils on the excellent results and with the help of guest speaker, Mr David Roberts, awarded prizes for academic…
Well done to all our students on their success in their GCSE exams, another excellent year of results with 100% pass rate. Whe parents and pupils gathered at the school on Results Day, the atmosphere was tense as always, but tears and smiles soon followed as one by one the long awaited results were revealed….
As part of their History course our Year 7 historians have been finding out some interesting facts about the history of Sutton Coldfield, a town full of surprises! They have spent an afternoon in the town centre to look at places of historical interest, some of which would normally not get a second glance! They…
The hard work is over, and Highclare students in the Upper Fifth and Sixth forms are now preparing for some well-deserved relaxation in preparation for receiving their results in August. As always, we are sure these will be splendid. The Fifth formers can now log on to the school VLE, accessed from our Home Page…
Martha Wins the Max Gate Intermediate Essay Prize 2010 organised by the Independent School Association. The English department was delighted to receive the news that Martha, a pupil in Yr 8, had won top prize for her challenging essay in the Intermediate section of the ISA competition. She chose to write on a topic she…
HiGHCLARE SWIM TO SUCCESS There were 14 of the best Independent School’s in the area competing at the Independent School’s Association Regional Gala on 15th October and Highclare’s Senior Squad were victorious overall scoring 211 points, beating second placed Princethorpe College by 16 points. Competitive swimming by the Year 7 team gave Highclare their first…
Well done to everyone who took part in the Top Score Football Event “Kick it for Kids”. We raised £2,166 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital!
This was a fantastic sponsored event. Thanks to everyone involved for your continued support in raising money for the Birmingham Children's Hospital. Please send any outstanding money into school as soon as possible.
J3P had a fantastic day at Woodfield joining in with J3R and J3S to learn about life in Ancient Greece. Everyone dressed in a Greek costume. The characters from Timezones helped the children to take part in a fascinating debate about whether they wanted to join forces with Athens or Sparta city states. Athens won…