Category: News
Fragmented Portraits in the Art Department
A fantastic start to the term for our Upper Fourth pupils. During Art lessons they are working on Fragmented Portraits using Photomontage technique. This activity is part of their initial explorations in the “About Face” project. The pupils are exploring how to repurpose and combine existing magazine imagery in new and innovative ways to create…
In The Footsteps Of A Roman Soldier
As part of their topic on the Roman era, J4 pupils recently visited The Lunt Roman Site near Coventry to learn about what life was like for Roman Soldiers living in Britain. Pupils first listened to a talk about the ways Romans and Celts fought their battles. They then entered the fort through the large…
National Coding Week
It’s National Coding Week this week! This makes it sound like students are only coding for one week of the year! In fact at Highclare students learn to code across all year groups as it is such an important skill for our students to learn! An example of this is the U4 Website Design Project. …
Junior School September Open Day
Pupils and staff are looking forward to welcoming prospective parents and pupils to their Open Morning at Highclare Woodfield on Saturday the 29th September, 10.00am – 12.30pm. With a selection of demonstrations and activities to view, parents can see at first hand the excellent opportunities for children from 2 to 11 years at Highclare Junior School….
An introduction to our music teachers at Highclare Junior School
On Thursday 6th September the Highclre Junior School pupils had the opportunity to meet the extremely talented visiting music teachers, that deliver weekly instrumental lessons. Each visiting music teacher took to the stage to show our pupils the instrument they play, what it looks like and how it sounds. Our fantastic singing teacher Miss Jones…
Environmental workshops
The school year has only just started and Highclare pupils are already enjoying enrichment workshops . Pupils from J4 to J6 across Highclare Junior School enjoyed a series of environmental workshops during their first week of term. Tony and Amy from Veolia talked to the children about how waste is sorted and prepared for recycling…
A fresh take for the Weekly Bulletin
As a school we understand how important good channels of communication are between parents and school. There is much evidence to support that effective communication within the school community improves pupil achievement, motivation, behaviour and attendance. With this in mind we are excited to announce the launch of the newly designed Weekly Bulletin. Working alongside…
Senior School September Open Evening
We have enjoyed welcoming all our new pupils to the senior school this term and especially our new U3 pupils who are settling into Highclare life very well. We are all looking forward to welcoming visitors, prospective parents and pupils to our Senior School Open Evening on Tuesday 25th September, 4.30 pm to 7.00 pm….
Introducing The Highclare Business Network
We are excited to announce the launch of a new business networking event, The Highclare Business Network, taking place on Tuesday 16th October 2018 at 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm. We extend a warm invitation to all Highclare parents to come and join fellow professionals at Highclare Senior School for an audience with special guests,…
Excellent results at GCSE
It has been an exciting time for our Year 11 pupils as they received their excellent GCSE results with another 100% overall pass rate. In detail, the results gave 91% of the candidates A* to C grades (or equivalent) We offer our congratulations to all our students but in particular to: Sam Donaghue and Abbie…
