Author: Highclare School

Our Nursery Rhyme Nativity, Pre-School Performance At Highclare St Paul’s

10th December 2018

Last week family and friends enjoyed a wonderful nativity performed by the children of Highclare St Paul’s Pre-School. The children all performed fantastically in front of an audience, enthusiastic singing and playing of instruments, confident narration and well rehearsed dance routines concluded in a beautiful performance. It was wonderful to see so many proud faces…

Christmas Jumper Days Across Highclare School

6th December 2018

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Highclare! Tonight we look forward to the Christmas Ensemble Concert (J3 to U6 pupils) at Highclare Senior School, a wonderful evening of musical performances from pupils across the school. Next week, as well as fantastic performances happening across the Junior and Senior School we will be enjoying Christmas…

Junior Creative Writing Competition Results

6th December 2018

During November Highclare Senior School English department, invited all potential young authors to take part in our exciting creative writing competition.  This year, local junior schools were invited to write a poem to commemorate the end of the First World War. Following a fantastic response to the creative writing competition we invited all the 379…

ISA National Swimming Finals 2018/2019 Results

5th December 2018

Saturday 1st December 2018, Highclare Junior and Senior School swimmers put on a superb performance at the ISA National Swimming Finals last Saturday, demonstrating perfect techniques and setting New ISA records! Jodie returned to Highclare Senior school triumphant after achieving both a Gold and Bronze medal at the national competition.  Both races had close finishes,…

Geography Tectonics Conference London 2018

3rd December 2018

U6 Geographers recently attended a fantastic A level conference in London. During the annual Geography Tectonics Conference 2018, top experts in tectonics, including Professor Iain Stewart, gave insights into recent seismic events and the processes behind them; including insights from Iain’s first-hand experiences in the world’s most tectonically active regions, exploring the geology of Iceland and…

Junior School Choir Kick Of The Festive Season With Charity Carol Singing

3rd December 2018

Highclare Junior School choir entranced friends, family and guests during their first performance of the festive season last week. Performing at Porsche Centre, Sutton Coldfield, during their 70th anniversary event, pupils from Highclare Junior School sang beautifully whilst raising money for our charity of the year, Young Minds. There is still time to support our…

Highclare Pupils Work On A Live Brief For Porsche

3rd December 2018

Senior pupils at Highclare School have worked on a live design brief for Porsche to celebrate its 70th Anniversary, attending a digital design workshop with Rachel Richardson-Jones on November 5th. Pupils were asked to celebrate the 70th anniversary as well as reflect Highclare Schools’ support of the charity ‘Young Minds’, by incorporating a positive and…

Highclare Wins Gold Award For National Citizen Service

3rd December 2018

Highclare recently received a gold award as part of the National Citizen Service (NCS), delivered by The Challenge. NCS aims to bring together young people from different backgrounds for a common purpose. Each programme consists of three separate phases delivered over a 3-4 week period during the Summer holidays. The programme combines teamwork, adventure, and…

J5 & J6 Arts Recital 2018

29th November 2018

Last week our very talented J5 and J6 music and LAMDA pupils entertained an audience of friends and family during their Arts Recital Concerts. These concerts are always a wonderful occasion, they give our pupils the opportunity to perform as soloists or part of a duo in front of an audience of friends and family…

Reception Learn Life skills

29th November 2018

As part of recent life skills day, a fun and informative day that took place at Highclare Junior School, reception children have been learning about people who help us. We had a visit from a paramedic, who showed us lots of different equipment and even let us go inside the ambulance. We also had a…