Month: September 2018

Modtagelse Fejrer Den Internationale Sprogdag

27th September 2018

Reception St Paul’s have had a fantastic start to their Autumn term, with lots of fantastic learning, friendships being made and foundations formed. This week pupils celebrated the European Day of Languages by travelling across the Sea to Denmark!  During an activity filled day they enjoyed learning about 2 famous Danish exports: Vikings and Lego!…

Harvest Assembly Food Donations

26th September 2018

We are always overwhelmed by our parents generosity and we are pleased to support an essential local charity with your donations . From our forthcoming Harvest Assemblies we would like to make a large donation of food parcels to our local Trussell Trust base, the Erdington foodbank. Donations will be gratefully received up until Monday 8th October Thank…

Loudmouth Interactive Drama Sessions

26th September 2018

Loudmouth an innovative theatre in education company recently visited Highclare Senior School! They delivered two fantastic interactive drama performances and workshops based around some of the important topics that pupils study in their PSHE lessons. The first workshop was called ‘Working for Marcus’ covering the sensitive topic of grooming and child exploitation. This was delivered to Key…

Fragmented Portraits in the Art Department

21st September 2018

A fantastic start to the term for our Upper Fourth pupils.  During Art lessons they are working on Fragmented Portraits using Photomontage technique. This activity is part of their initial explorations in the “About Face” project. The pupils are exploring how to repurpose and combine existing magazine imagery in new and innovative ways to create…

In The Footsteps Of A Roman Soldier

20th September 2018

As part of their topic on the Roman era, J4 pupils recently visited The Lunt Roman Site near Coventry to learn about what life was like for Roman Soldiers living in Britain. Pupils first listened to a talk about the ways Romans and Celts fought their battles. They then entered the fort through the large…

National Coding Week

18th September 2018

It’s National Coding Week this week! This makes it sound like students are only coding for one week of the year! In fact at Highclare students learn to code across all year groups as it is such an important skill for our students to learn! An example of this is the U4 Website Design Project. …

Junior School September Open Day

14th September 2018

Pupils and staff are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents and pupils to their Open Morning at Highclare Woodfield on Saturday the 29th September, 10.00am – 12.30pm. With a selection of demonstrations and activities to view, parents can see at first hand the excellent opportunities for children from 2 to 11 years at Highclare Junior School….

An introduction to our music teachers at Highclare Junior School

10th September 2018

On Thursday 6th September the Highclre Junior School pupils had the opportunity to meet the extremely talented visiting music teachers, that deliver weekly instrumental lessons. Each visiting music teacher took to the stage to show our pupils the instrument they play, what it looks like and how it sounds. Our fantastic singing teacher Miss Jones…

Environmental workshops

10th September 2018

The school year has only just started and Highclare  pupils are already enjoying enrichment workshops . Pupils from J4 to J6 across Highclare Junior School enjoyed a series of environmental workshops during their first week of term. Tony and Amy from Veolia talked to the children about how waste is sorted and prepared for recycling…

A fresh take for the Weekly Bulletin

6th September 2018

As a school we understand how important good channels of communication are between parents and school.  There is much evidence to support that effective communication within the school community improves pupil achievement, motivation, behaviour and attendance. With this in mind we are excited to announce the launch of the newly designed Weekly Bulletin.  Working alongside…

Highclare School is proud to announce its newest Sixth Form Scholarship

Our Sixth Form Pre-Med Scholarship is now live for applicants to Highclare Sixth Form from September 2024 onwards.

The scholarship provides a bespoke programme for students aiming to enter university in September 2026 with a research-science based degree.

For more information email admissions@highclareschool.co.uk