Category: News
Youth Speaks competition
Our two Senior School teams enjoyed great success in the recent Youth Speaks competition, organised by the Rotary Club of Wylde Green in the lovely venue at Pype Hayes Golf Club. Two teams, each comprising 3 pupils, spoke for around 10 minutes on their chosen subject and then answered a question from the audience. Highclare…
Precious Lives
PC Rob Pedley from West Midlands Police delivered an inspiring assembly to Highclare Senior School pupils on the consequences of weapons and crime. Alison Cope, the mother of Josh Ribera (known to fans as Depzman) also gave a very personal and heartfelt account of the stabbing and consequential loss of her son in…
J4 study Ancient Rome
J4 pupils at Highclare Woodfied gave a fascinating presentation in assembly about the Romans. They dressed in Roman costume, some with their hand-made shields, to explain what life was like in ancient Roman times for the centurions and also for the ordinary people of Rome.
J1 Pupils Celebrate the Chinese New Year
As Chinese communities around the world are preparing to launch their New Year celebrations, three J1 pupils at Highclare St Paul’s brought in some Chinese prawn crackers and Chinese biscuits to give out to their classmates. Kirby brought in some special Chinese clothes and also explained his Chinese name to the class and wrote it for them on the board. Freya…
J6 Pupils Solve the Crime
J6 pupils at Highclare St Paul’s enjoyed a murder mystery party in preparation for a creative, mystery writing project. Characters including Jules Bond, Professor J J McNut, Jerry Moneybags and Lucrecia Diva helped set the scene as pupils asked questions to investigate the crime. J6 pupils at Highclare Woodfield were also perplexed and baffled when…
Celebrating Burns Night at Highclare School
A large group of parents, friends and members of the African Space Trust, joined teachers and governors at Highclare School to mark the annual Scottish celebration of the anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth and to raise funds for our school charity African Space Trust. The hall was decked with tartan and Wilson Vale provided the…
Senior School pupils granted an audience with royalty
L4 pupils from Highclare School were recently granted an exclusive interview with ‘Queen Elizabeth I’ at the royal castle of Tutbury. They were treated to a series of interesting facts and stories about her life and times and were able to handle artefacts from the Tudor period including a real execution sword! They were also able…
Highclare pupils donate to children in Africa
Pupils, staff and parents at Highclare School have been raising money over the last school year to help other children in Africa with their studies. The pupils adopted the African Space Trust as their chosen charity last year and have raised nearly £9,000, which was presented to the charity at a special assembly. The charity…
J5 Science Investigation
The children in J5P have been investigating how to separate mixtures as part of their science topic, ‘Material World.’ They had to decide upon the best method to separate water and sand, rice and paperclips, flour and raisins and salt and water. The pupils enjoyed using the equipment to experiment with methods of sieving, evaporation,…
Freshwater Theatre Company visits Highclare Junior School
The Freshwater Theatre Company visited Highclare St Paul’s to inspire J2 children as they began their latest topic, ‘The Great Fire of London.’ Through drama, they recreated life in Pudding Lane to experience London in 1666. They then ‘became’ the fire as it grew and spread. Pupils also dressed up as Samuel Pepys and debated…
