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Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Friday 22 May 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It is lockdown day 60, it’s Friday and the last day of the half term! I cannot believe it is May half term already. What I can believe though, is that it is raining in Nottingham this morning – boo, and it’s really windy! Hopefully, the sun will be back out…
Highcare Hike, Together We Made a Difference
As we welcome the return of blue skies and sunshine, once again brightening up our days, we are reminded of the wonderful weather we enjoyed last bank holiday weekend, during which, our incredible community took part in the Highclare Hike VE Day challenge. Throughout the Highclare Hike, bank holiday weekend we shared photos of pupils,…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Thursday 21 May 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It’s Thursday! How was your Wednesday? I had a really lovely day – I had HPP Merit Assembly as normal and I was also invite to the cross site Pre-Prep Merit Assembly – both were so lovely. I attended the Year 3 virtual music concert in the afternoon and I had…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Wednesday 20 May 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It’s Wednesday! Half way through the week! How are you all feeling this morning? Did you have a lovely day yesterday? My day yesterday was full of Zoom meetings with adults – they were nowhere near as much fun as the Zoom lessons that I join you in! Maybe I need…
Preparatory School Virtual Open Morning
We hope you are well as we all find ourselves in an unprecedented time. As we navigate this ‘new normal’ Highclare School is proactively trying to find ways it can operate as normally as possible in a safe way. With this in mind we are excited to be hosting our first Virtual Open Morning this…
U6 student successfully designs and develops problem solving Windows application
Elis in U6 has been studying A-Level Computer Science for the last two years. As part of his coursework, he has had to use his programming skills to solve a problem and write his very own computer program in his chosen language. Elis has been working extremely hard on his “Staff Supervision Allocation” program using…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 19 May 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It’s Tuesday! This week is Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK and it is a time for us all to take a break and reflect on our own mental fitness and emotional wellbeing. We have spoken to you a lot in school about looking after your mental fitness as well…
Highclare Home Science: Experiment 1 Density Rainbows
While spending more time at home than ever, my children have been begging me to carry out lots of ‘fun science’ with them. I have been inspired by all of the wonderful remote learning opportunities being provided by Highclare and would like to share some of my home science experiments with the wider community. I…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Monday 18 May 2020
Dear Children and young people, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that you are looking forward to your final week of remote learning prior to the half-term break (‘Yippee!!’ I hear you cry – or was that the teachers?) Mr Moore and I had some lovely long walks again over the weekend…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Monday 18 May 2020
Good Monday morning, Prep School, I hope you are all well and that this Bulletin finds you all happy and relaxed after the weekend? Did you all have a wonderful time? I had a super weekend. I did (begrudgingly) do some cleaning, I went on a long walk, watched the musical Cats and saw my…
