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Highclare Students visit Old Trafford
30 Highclare senior pupils experienced an amazing trip to watch Manchester United play Sunderland live at Old Trafford. The match was a superb display of football resulting in extra time with Sunderland winning on penalties. This was a great trip out for the pupils and regardless of the late arrival home all were in attendance…
Highclare League Table Success
Congratulations are conveyed to all of our pupils who have contributed to the excellent League Table results published in the press this week. We are delighted to have come 10th out of 134 Birmingham schools for the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs A* to C including Mathematics and English. We have also…
Highclare Juniors investigate the Trussell Trust as part of their Rotary Award
J6R were invited to present their research project to the Juniors at Highclare Woodfield. They investigated The Trussell Trust based in Erdington and researched what the food bank did for the community. The real life stories were moving but thankfully the trust could help families in moments of desperation who were lacking the means to…
Highclare Kindergarten listen to their Environment
Kindergarten at Highclare Woodfield went on a listening walk as an introduction in to their phonics sessions. They listened to the different sounds in the environment; the birds singing, people talking, children playing, a whistle and the children even visited Mrs Jude in her office and heard the phone ringing. This all helps to encourage…
Highclare Woodfield Welcomes the Lord Mayor
Staff and pupils at Woodfield offered a warm welcome to the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham when they visited school this week. We were delighted when the Lord Mayor took up our invitation to join us for our Citizenship Week. After a tour of our school, led confidently by our Head Boy, Arjun and…
L4 History Trip to Tutbury Castle
L4 students embarked on a trip to the atmospheric ruined castle at Tutbury. On arrival they went inside the great hall to have an audience with Queen Elizabeth I who gave them a talk about her life and times and answered all of their questions about her decisions and actions as queen. She was so…
IT Schools Africa Update
Last term, our IT technician suggested that we might send our older computers and screens to a charity called “IT Schools Africa”, to help children in Africa who are learning IT skills. Some Sixth Formers and Year 7 pupils helped to load the lorry when they arrived to collect the equipment which will be cleaned and…
Stylian Petrov gives tips to Highclare Girls’ Football Team
Highclare was thrilled to welcome Stylian Petrov when he visited the Senior School recently. Mr Petrov was able to give some helpful hints to the girls' football team as they practised their football skills.
TOPS Children get Creative
Children who attended the Highclare TOPS play scheme during the Christmas holiday had great fun. They made miniature snowmen, life sized elves and lots of Christmas decorations. They also made Christmas biscuits and calendars for the New Year.
Happy Christmas from Highclare School
Christmas is always an exciting time at Highclare School. The younger children worked hard to recreate the Christmas story for their friends, parents and grandparents. Some of the Infants and Juniors travelled to a number of nursing homes in and around Sutton Coldfield to entertain their residents and were well received. Senior students sang for…
