Month: November 2019
Preparatory School Choir Singing Dates
We look forward to supporting our Preparatory School Choir as they sing carols whilst raising money for the charity Young Minds Tuesday 3 December, 10.30am to 12.00pm Highclare Preparatory School Choir Carol singing at The Gracechurch Centre, Sutton Coldfield Tuesday 10 December, 10.00am to 11.00am Highclare Preparatory School Choir Carol singing at The Three Spires…
Yr5 and Yr6 Arts Recital Evening 2019
Last week Highclare Preparatory School musicians and LAMDA pupils took part in the Yr5 and Yr6 Arts Recital Evening. The standard of the performances throughout the events was outstanding. Family and friends enjoyed a wide variety of instruments, diverse styles of music and vocal performances. As always the LAMDA performances complemented the musical performances with…
Preparatory School Watercolour Club
Highclare Preparatory School pupils have been working hard perfecting their watercolour painting skills during their weekly watercolour club. Pupils have been using a template to create the watercolour image on Christmas cards, then decorated them. Pupils are now creating intricate Christmas pictures with fine brushes to hone their skills. This term they have also painted…
U13 Boys’ Table Tennis 19.11.19
The success of the new table tennis club, which is open to everyone on a Thursday lunchtime, has led to a team being entered into the Sutton Schools Table Tennis Tournament. The team of 4 travelled to Arthur Terry School. Players were ranked 1-4 and each of the pupils played the opposing schools players of…
LAMDA Examinations
Following the success of the LAMDA examinations in June, we are delighted to announce our examination dates for the New Year: Tuesday 28 January Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield Wednesday 29 January Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s Thursday 30 January Highclare Senior School Letters with the full details have been issued. In the meantime, please…
Prep Pupils Qualify For Next Stage Of uTalk’s Junior Language Challenge
Pupils in Years 4-6 at Highclare Preparatory School have made a fantastic start to competing in uTalk’s Junior Language Challenge, a national app based language learning competition. Many have already scored high enough to qualify for the next round which will take place after Christmas. Children are introduced to new vocabulary on different topics in…
Highclare Preparatory School Pupils Scoop National Art Prize
Highclare Preparatory School is delighted to be celebrating national success at the recent prestigious ISA National Art Competition. The ISA National Art Competition is an annual competition and provides a wonderful opportunity for Highclare pupils of all ages to showcase their art at regional and national events. With over 2000 entries, covering different age groups…
Pre-Prep Learn About Christingle
Pre-Prep pupils enjoyed a visit from Rev Cath recently who spoke to the children about the meaning of a Christingle. Dressed as an orange, Swans helped Rev Cath attach different parts as they learnt the meaning of each. The orange is the world, the red ribbon represents Jesus, the fruit represents our needs being met…
Senior School Prize Giving 2018 – 2019
Senior School Prize Giving is always a much anticipated event on the school calendar and once again it proved to be a superb evening, an opportunity to reflect on the many wonderful events of the 2018-2019 academic year and celebrate and recognise students for their outstanding achievements. Dr Luker presented a constant flow of accolades…
U14 Birmingham Basketball League
Highclare sports department introduced Basketball into lessons during the Autumn term and after just a half term of playing in lessons plus Friday lunchtime, it was time for the first league fixture – away verses Priory School. The Highclare team started strong with point-guard, Allen S linking up with centre, Tariq A, on five occasions…
