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J6 Travel Back To Victorian Times
Highclare Preparatory J6 pupils enjoyed a wonderful trip back in time when they visited Blists Hill Victorian Town. Children had the opportunity to visit the bank and learn all about how money has changed over time. Once the children had exchanged their money for shillings and farthings they then explored the Victorian town. The chip…
Prep School Pupils Learn About Banking
During ‘Money Week’ at Highclare Preparatory School, KS2 pupils enjoyed an informative visit from Santander. Children learnt about the different ways to pay, how to keep money safe and most importantly, how to save our money. Children explored the tricky subject of budgeting and learnt about the advantages and disadvantages to online banking. We also…
L4 Geography Fieldtrip to the Wolseley Centre, Staffordshire
On Friday 14 June 2019, Highclare Senior School geography department organised a very successful trip to the Wolseley Centre in Staffordshire. Lead by the excellent staff at the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust the students first spent time recapping about river processes of erosion, deposition and transportation and the key features of a river from our helpful guides. …
U3 Joint Religious Studies and Geography Fieldtrip to Lichfield
On Wednesday Thursday 19 June 2019 the Geography and Religious Studies Department at Highclare Senior School jointly organised a very successful trip to Lichfield. The students spent time learning key Geographical fieldwork skills based around Lichfield centre including surveying land use types, comparing the quality of different environments around Lichfield and carrying out surveys to find…
Highclare Young Musician of the Year 2019
The final of Highclare Young Musician of the Year competition took place on 6 June. With over 80 performances in the first round our 16 finalists had achieved extremely well to get through to the final making it a very difficult decision for our judges. The evening was outstanding, all the children performed with such…
Junior School Art Competition 2019
Highclare Senior School enjoyed hosting another fantastic Junior School Art Competition this term which saw over 400 pupils enter this now highly anticipated community competition. This year’s theme ‘under the magnifying glass‘ grew out of a project studied by Highclare L4 students on natural forms. During the project students looked at the work of artist…
J2 Impress at Pizza Express
Pupils from J2 at Highclare Preparatory School recently enjoyed a visit to Pizza Express where they made their own pizzas as part of their Food Technology Topic this term. Pupils rolled out the dough balls, pressed them into the tin, spread the tomato sauce and sprinkled the cheese on top. After an fantastic afternoon J2…
L5 Fieldwork Skills Day at Carding Mill Valley, Shropshire
L5 Geographers were somewhat bemused on arrival at Ash Brook river, Carding Mill Valley to be handed bags of dog biscuits! It all become clear (and great fun!) when the method for collecting data on stream velocity was explained and pupils were then able to float their biscuits and time how long it took for…
Highclare Senior School Bake Off 2019
The Annual Highclare Senior School Bake Off house competition final took place on Tuesday 18 June when students prepared fantastic pasties of different savoury fillings in just one and a half hours. Launched by Mrs. Smith in her assembly on 7 June 2019. Pupils were shown via a film how to make shortcrust pastry followed by…
Pre-Prep Visit Ash End Farm
Children from Highclare Pre Preparatory School Swans were blessed by the dry weather during a recent visit to Ash End House Farm. Pupils had fun in the outdoor area before caring for the goats after listening to Farmer Martha, our guide. In the barn they held the delicate chicks and received a fresh egg to…
