Category: Senior School
ISA Midlands Art Competition 2020
Congratulations to the Highclare Prep and Senior School pupils who received certificates during the recent ISA Midlands Art Competition 2020. Please find our winners and their wonderful artwork below: Rosena S, Yr4 Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield Sunrise 1st Jasmine B, Yr2 Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield Myself 1st Yash A, Yr5 Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s…
Over 100 Bags of Clothing Donated to TAWS
Thank you! This term we delivered over 100 bags of donated clothes to one of our chosen charity for 2020/2021 TAWS #highclare Wear and Share The project is part of The Active Wellbeing Society’s (TAWS) Sharing Communities area of work, which originally began with Share Shacks. During the height of lockdown, TAWS became a hub…
Bebras Computing Challenge 2020
During November, 78 students from U3 to U5 in the Senior School took part in the annual Bebras Computing Challenge hosted by the University of Oxford . The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking to students. It is organised in over 50 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing….
Junior English Creative Writing Competition
The Highclare Senior School Junior English Creative Writing Competition is the annual opportunity for pupils in the local community to allow their writing skills to shine. This year wordsmiths from local primary schools were invited to write a poem about a significant person from the BAME community. Mrs Dawson, Head of English, was very impressed…
Highclare Senior School House Poetry Competition
Congratulations to all students who entered the 2020 Highclare Senior School House Poetry Competition. Once again the standard of work has been extremely high and the English department very much enjoyed judging this competition. Students have been awarded certificates and house points and we very much look forward to the next house competition! Theme: Vision…
Lancaster House Logo
Following a recent House competition, we now have an amazing new logo for Lancaster House at the Senior School. A huge well done goes to Shaan in U3 for this superb design. Congratulations also goes to Sydney in U4 who was the runner-up. Lizzie in L6 has also used her artistic talent to construct a…
KS3 December Good Reads
From Chris Bradford’s Bodyguard series, Assassin places us in Russia, a country governed by criminals and in which teenager, Connor, must protect Feliks, the only son of Russian billionaire and politician, Viktor Malkov. Viktor wants to change Russia for the good of all its people. But the mafia have different plans and a contract is…
Senior School Prize Giving
Senior School review 2019/2020 As the autumn nights draw in and the days get ever darker, I enjoy taking the time to reminisce about the past year and remind myself of how very fortunate I am to be Head of the Senior School at Highclare. Each new academic year brings with it the promise…
Duke of Edinburgh Recruitment!
We are recruiting students from U4 into the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh scheme. Interested students should please register online via the registration form on highclare virtual by 30 November 2020. https://vle.highclareschool.co.uk/senior-school-1/the-duke-of-edinburghs-award/dofe-registration-form-202021 . Please note there is now a Duke of Edinburgh drop in session available Tuesday breaktimes in B1.5. This is for any student in…
Take Part In The First Virtual Highclare Family Speed Quiz Night
Take part in the first virtual family quiz night organised by The Friends of Highclare School. Sign up to the event via the Friends of Facebook page or by email friendsofhighclare@gmail.com
