Author: Highclare School
Celebrating 30 Years of Running Mr Sneary
Celebrating 30 Years of Running: A Journey of Miles, Medals, and Meaning What started as a moment of madness in 1995 has become a three-decade love affair with running. Looking for a new challenge that year, I entered the ballot for the 1996 London Marathon with little expectation. To my surprise, I secured a…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 28 November 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and are gearing up for a very busy few weeks in the Prep School! I have had the best few days – I haven’t stopped. Mrs Bennett and I have been to the theatre to see the musical Six, we went to see…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 21 November 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and enjoyed a fun-packed weekend. I had a very quiet few days, filled with an annoying head cold and a sore throat! I wasn’t very impressed though as I had just got rid of one cold and now I am onto the next….
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 14 November 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and all have a lovely weekend? I cannot believe how quickly the time goes – one moment you leave work on a Friday and in the next breath you are back at your desk on Monday morning! I had a super weekend though –…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 7 November 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all feeling well and rested after the half term break. I hope you all had a fabulous time whatever you did. I was lucky enough to have a week in Cyprus in the sunshine and it was just glorious. Mr Bennett and I went…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 17 October 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and enjoying the week. I am sat writing this as I open the door and welcome many parents into school for Parents Evening appointments! I am on my umpteenth cup of coffee to keep me going today as I didn’t sleep very well last…
October Good Reads – KS4
The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington Fourteen-year- Ella hopes to survive the horrors of the Holocaust when she joins the seamstresses in the sewing workshop at Birkenau-Auschwitz concentration camp. This is a powerful tale of resilience, friendship and survival. It is at times a painful, uncomfortable read but ends with a hopeful conclusion will…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 10 October 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and had a lovely weekend in the sunshine! I had a great weekend of looking after Arthur and Amelie, seeing friends, having an October BBQ, Sunday lunches, pub quizzes, lots of family times and the odd adult rose coloured drink – well the sun…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 3 October 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and relaxed after a wonderful weekend? It was a very quiet one in the Bennett household as Mr Bennett has been ill in bed with tonsillitis for a few days. My weekend by the sea, walking on an abandoned beaches and drinking delicious adult…
