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Good Reads May – KS3
The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens Robin Stevens is definitely an Agatha Christie for children. It is 1940 and Britain is at war; a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. But when May and friend Eric are turned away by the Ministry, they…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 2 May 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and had a lovely long Bank Holiday weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed my Monday morning lie in and an extra day to do something special. I took the opportunity to go over to Lincolnshire and visits my auntie and my cousins who I haven’t seen…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 25 April 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you all had an excellent weekend and managed to rest, relax and recharge. I had a lovely weekend at a family wedding, catching up with people that I haven’t seen months or even years. There was lots of catching up on everyone’s busy life, showing photographs of…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 18 April 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and rested after the Easter break. I hope you all managed to have lots of fun and relax away from the normal routines that daily life and school inevitable bring! I had a super holiday – I saw lots of old friends, caught up…
Good Reads April 2023 – KS5
Normal People – Sally Rooney A young adult novel, Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation – awkward but electrifying – something…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 21 March 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope that this Bulletin finds you well and relaxed after a lovely weekend. As of yesterday, we are now officially in Spring – how exciting! I’m thoroughly looking forward to the lighter, longer days, seeing newly born lambs in the fields, eating my body weight in hot cross…
Thank you Mrs Taylor!
In February, Highclare Senior School waved goodbye to one of our longest serving members of staff after nearly 40 years of service. Mrs Newnham says that she joined Highclare in September 1984 at the Woodfield site; Mrs Taylor reckons it was in 1981 so there is a little ambiguity there! She has been ever-present throughout…
Joint Music and Drama Trip
GCSE and A Level Drama and Music pupils enjoyed a trip to Shaftesbury Theatre in London to watch the contemporary new musical called &Juliet. The story focuses on a “what if” scenario, where Juliet does not die at the end of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. It was a lovely day which included lunch in Covent…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 14 March 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope that this Bulletin finds you well and relaxed after a super weekend. Well I know I wished for snow in last week’s Bulletin but I did not actually expect to get any! What an exciting and unexpected ending to last week. Well done to everyone for reverting…
