Month: March 2020
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, 25 March 2020
Good Wednesday morning, Prep School children, Its another glorious day! I hope you are all well and enjoyed the sunshine yesterday. It was so warm that I managed to sit in my garden and do some work – the birds were singing and the heat of the sun was glorious. It made me really grateful…
Senior School House Poetry Competition
During the spring term Highclare Senior School English department organised a house poetry competition based on the theme of truth. Staff were very impressed with the high standard of entries and enjoyed reading your poems. Congratulations to the following students: Winner – Alice Griffiths U4R Tudor 2nd Place – Harrison Wilson L4S York 3rd place…
LAMDA Examination Results
The results are in for the spring term LAMDA examinations; The students across Highclare Senior and Preparatory School have achieved outstanding results with 44 Distinctions, 43 Merits and 1 Pass, plus a huge congratulations to everyone who took part and to the Year 3 and 4 children showcasing their work at the Music Recital. A…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, 24 March 2020
Good afternoon Senior pupils, What a pity we’re all indoors during this lovely weather, but I hope you’re at least getting into the garden for some vitamin D time! I’m based at the Preparatory School (St.Paul’s) today and was yesterday too. If nothing else, it’s been lovely having the chance to visit this building and…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 24 March 2020
Good morning, Prep School children, Can you believe it is Tuesday already? I hope you all enjoyed the sunshine yesterday and managed to get out in your gardens to get some fresh air? We had a subdued but lovely day in school – it was so strange not having many children in but…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin
Good morning, Prep School children, It’s Mrs Bennett here and this is the first instalment of Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin! I hope that you have had a lovely weekend and that you all spoilt your mums for Mother’s Day. I have had a quiet weekend, it been really strange not being able to go out and…
Highclare Preparatory School Annual Pancake Races 2020
Highclare Preparatory School pupils all enjoyed their sponsored House Pancakes Races on Shrove Tuesday. Children from Cygnets through to Yr6 all took part in pancake races for their houses and entered into the challenges with good spirit cheering each other on. York House was victorious this year winning almost all of the class races! Thank…
Intermediate Mathematical Challenge Results 2020
We are pleased to announce the results from the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge which gifted mathematicians at Highclare School entered recently. This is a nationally recognised challenge and only the top 40% of students receive a certificate. Gold certificates were awarded to: Hanhong Lin U5 Tim Pan L5 Silver Certificates were awarded to: Isobel Brugger U5…
Ark Club Say Thank You
Following a positive and productive first meeting Ark Club is well and truly up and running at Highclare Senior School. It was a pleasure to discuss lots of exciting ideas for the future including the decision to say thank you to all the teaching staff for their help and hard work. Mrs Johnson was the…
DofE Students Navigate Sutton Park
Despite the adverse weather 10 staff, 14 students from L5 and 19 students from U4 braved the elements in Sutton Park to successfully complete a DofE navigation exercise. Students were required to navigate between 5 manned check points, having planned and prepared their routes during last weekend’s training. They were required to work together to…
