Pupils and their families were able to view the impressive work from U5 students studying GCSE Art, Craft & Design and GCSE Photography following the visit from the examination board moderator. On display was both students coursework, on variety of themes including Architecture and Artists of War, and examination work on the theme Reflections, which students…
This term Highclare Preparatory School J1 pupils enjoyed a fantastic day out at the Sea Life Centre. In their Science lessons, J1 have recently been learning about rock pools and sea creatures, and the children were fascinated to discover a rock pool full of starfish which they could stroke. We were also lucky enough to…
Congratulations to Highclare Preparatory School J6 pupils who have worked extraordinarily hard organising their Young Enterprise event this term. The children have enjoyed putting together PowerPoint presentations to pitch their business proposal for their set up costs and meticulously calculated their profits by carefully purchasing their items for the stalls to sell. The children worked…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…