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First News newspaper for children – wider reading
If you have a child or children who are upper primary/lower secondary and are looking for ideas to fill the time over the Easter holiday, you might like to have a look at the online issue of First News, the paper we usually display in the library. It has lots of news from around the world, sport, entertainment, a puzzles page…
Dr Luker’s End of Term Greeting
Dear Pupils, Parents and Colleagues, As Headmaster of Highclare School, I must say that I did not expect to be writing this end of term greeting to you in the unusual and challenging circumstances in which we find ourselves now. Over recent days I have been privileged to be able to experience up-close the Highclare…
Mrs Moore’s Memo Wednesday 1 April 2020
Dear children and young people, I can’t believe that we have officially broken up for the Easter holidays today and I haven’t had the chance to say goodbye to you and wish you all a happy holiday! We will have to think of a way of making up for this when we are finally able…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Wednesday 1 April 2020
Good morning, Prep School children, Welcome to the month of April! It’s Wednesday! I am so excited as I am going into school today to help look after the children of our key workers. It is my turn on the rota. I didn’t even snooze my alarm once this morning. I am proud of this…
Mrs Moore’s Memo Tuesday 31 March 2020
Dear children and young people, First of all, thank you so much for working so hard at home and completing your work so well! Your teachers are really proud of you all and I am obviously delighted too. We are all keeping in touch with each other electronically – which is extremely new to me…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 31 March 2020
Good Tuesday morning, Prep School children, Yey, it’s Tuesday! The sun is shining, there is a frost on the cars, the sky is blue and it is not raining! It is a gorgeous day! I don’t know about you but I found yesterday quite hard. It wasn’t a nice day outside – the…
Music Brings People Together
In these strange times, I thought it was worth sharing some lovely videos that I’ve come across, about music bringing people together in the fight against Corona. Here is just one of many: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDAKeKsVhFg&feature=youtu.be The social movement to sing against coronavirus – YouTube www.youtube.com As the Glastonbury festival is cancelled on its 50th anniversary,…
School Librarian’s KS3 Good Reads
This is a fresh retelling of the Brontë classic, ideal for lower senior school pupils. The author has given Jane a boldness and independence in keeping with the original; the tale of a spirited heroine’s search for love, independence and belonging. A fast-paced read set in Rome at the time of…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Monday 30 March 2020
Good morning, Prep School children, It’s Monday! Can you believe that we are starting week 2 of distance learning? Last week flew by. So many changes for everyone, so suddenly. Hopefully, this week, things will be more routine for everyone and things won’t feel quite so different. Well done to all of those…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Friday 27 March 2020
Dear Senior School pupils, I can’t believe that it’s now Friday and we’ve all (almost) survived a whole week of virtual learning – still a few lessons to go though! The sun is still shining and everywhere (at least from my window) looks beautiful today. Spring has certainly been spectacular so far and Sutton Park…
