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British Science Week at Prep School
On Monday 21 March, Mrs Darke delivered a super assembly to introduce Highclare Science Week which this year was on the topic of ‘Growth’. During the assembly two exciting competitions were launched which the children are all currently enjoying. From Pre-Prep through to Yr6 classrooms have been taken over by cress growing potato heads! children…
A Wet But Wonderful Trip To Conkers
Yr1 enjoyed a wet but wonderful trip to Conkers last week! Despite the weather they had a great morning building shelters in the woods. Teachers and staff at Conkers were very impressed with how well the children worked in teams, carrying logs around and working together to build shelters big enough for them all to…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 22 March 2022
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and had a super weekend in the sunshine! Wasn’t it just glorious? The sun was shining, the air was warm and the bird singing was plentiful. The blossom is coming out on the trees and bushes and the first flowers are pushing through the…
Live Musical Performances at Prep School
Yr6 pupils and their families thoroughly enjoyed their first live Arts Recital for quite a while! It was wonderful to enjoy such excellent performances together, thank you to all who took part, the quality of performances was excellent. We look forward to an exciting calendar of musical performances throughout the spring and summer term.
Yr4 Residential 2022
‘Didn’t we have a lovely time the days we went to Edgmond? We most certainly did! It was a first for us all in terms of residentials and nothing could have prepared us for the pace and richness of experiences from the moment we landed. It’s all still rather a blur but the photographs serve…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 15 March 2022
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and enjoyed a good weekend? My weekend was quiet, deliberately. I met some friends for afternoon tea on Saturday and then I turned the world off for the rest of the day! By this, I mean that I turned my mobile phone off….
Intermediate Mathematical Challenge Results 2022
We were extremely pleased with the results of the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge which gifted mathematicians at Highclare School entered in February 2022. This is a nationally recognised challenge and only the top 40% of students receive a certificate. However, at Highclare School, over 70% of entrants achieved either a bronze, silver or gold award –…
Highclare Parent Needs Your Help To Support Families in Ukraine
Highclare families recently received correspondence from fellow parent Mrs Wilinska detailing how she has secured transport to deliver donations to support the people of Ukraine. More information on what Mrs Wilinksa has organised with donation suggestions can be found here and an Amazon wish list has been created here , detailing items suitable to be…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 8 March 2022
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and enjoyed a lovely weekend? My weekend was very busy but really super. I had a day in Norfolk on Sunday, the sea breeze was very fresh but the sky was bright blue and the sun was shining. Saturday was full of doing…
Good Reads: KS3
Maggie lives enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet War rages and the dirty, dangerous wanderers roam. She has an older and younger brother—she is in the middle, invisible and forgotten. She meets Una, a hungry wanderer girl in need of help, and everything Maggie has ever known…
