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Excel in Education

15th November 2022

We were absolutely delighted to host a group of teachers and school owners from Nigeria at Highclare Seniors this week. Our visitors are engaged in Excel In Education’s Teaching Practitioner’s Outstanding UK Immersion Programme, led by Highclare alumnae Mrs Alicia Henry- Ocquaye. The course aims include: -Embedding research-based outstanding teaching and learning across the curriculum…

Calling it Out – Loudmouth

15th November 2022

Creating a culture where sexual harassment and sexual abuse are not tolerated is central to our school ethos. We work to ensure that pupils understand the concepts of, and laws relating to sexual consent, sexual exploitation, abuse, grooming, harassment, rape and how these can affect current and future relationships. Loudmouth Theatre were in Senior School…

Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 15 November 2022

15th November 2022

Good morning, Prep School family,   Welcome to Tuesday! Where has the past week gone? I cannot believe how quickly the month of November is going, it only seems a few days ago that we were returning from half term but we are now starting week 3 of this term! Can you believe there are…

U4 Careers Information Morning

10th November 2022

Career choices were on our minds this week at our U4th careers information morning. We had five great presentations and the RAF kindly came up to the library to answer questions from pupils during lunch time too.   Thank you to parents Mrs Kate Whatley and father Howard Evans (SPV construction), Mrs Faulkner (medicine) as…

Y2 Remembrance Assembly

10th November 2022

Year 2 led us beautifully in our Remembrance Assemblies this week. They told us all about the brave men and women who fought for their countries, they explained the significance of the poppy and they sang a gorgeous song of hope that was sung during the First World War. An assembly of reflection and hope….

Mrs Bennetts Bulletin 8/11/22

10th November 2022

  Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and having a good week so far. Did you all have a good weekend? It has been so wonderful today to hear many of you talking about the Friends of Highclare School fireworks display on Friday night and how much you enjoyed it….

November Good Reads

3rd November 2022

  Those interested in the natural world would like this story.  It is also a heartbreaking coming-of-age story and a surprising tale of possible murder. We are on the North Carolina coast amongst  a community where there is reported to be the existence of a strange ‘Marsh Girl’. When handsome Chase Andrews is found dead,…