Category: Senior School
U6 student successfully designs and develops problem solving Windows application
Elis in U6 has been studying A-Level Computer Science for the last two years. As part of his coursework, he has had to use his programming skills to solve a problem and write his very own computer program in his chosen language. Elis has been working extremely hard on his “Staff Supervision Allocation” program using…
Highclare Home Science: Experiment 1 Density Rainbows
While spending more time at home than ever, my children have been begging me to carry out lots of ‘fun science’ with them. I have been inspired by all of the wonderful remote learning opportunities being provided by Highclare and would like to share some of my home science experiments with the wider community. I…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Monday 18 May 2020
Dear Children and young people, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and that you are looking forward to your final week of remote learning prior to the half-term break (‘Yippee!!’ I hear you cry – or was that the teachers?) Mr Moore and I had some lovely long walks again over the weekend…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Friday 15 May 2020
Dear Children and young people, A Happy Weekend to you all! I hope you’re managing to complete your work in time to enjoy some time outside in this lovely weather. On the question of work – please remember to check the VLE and your emails every morning and please make sure you attend the Zoom…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Monday 11 May 2020
Dear Children and young people, Well, I hope you all had a lovely long Bank holiday weekend and that you enjoyed taking part in the Highclare Hike! I certainly did – although I wasn’t too keen on walking far yesterday as it suddenly turned very cold and cloudy. Nevertheless, Mr Moore persuaded me to go…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Thursday 6 May 2020
Dear children and young people, Happy Thursday! As it’s a special day tomorrow and there’s no school (‘yippee!!’ I hear you all cry), the weekend officially starts today. I hope you are all enjoying this gorgeous weather and looking forward to taking part in the ‘Highclare Hike’ over the next few days. I am geared…
Highclare Hike, 8 May 2020
Community support is a significant part of Highclare life and as we Take Charge of our distance learning we thought the summer term 2020 charity endeavours should continue with gusto. So, we are launching a huge whole-school challenge to raise money for two great charities while staying active, healthy and safe at home. Together we can…
Classic FMs ‘Hall of Fame’ Inspiration
Josh in the L4 has been using his isolation time wisely… Josh was inspired by listening to Classic FMs ‘Hall of Fame’ on the radio, and challenged himself to get hold of the sheet music and learn this lovely piece by George Frederic Handel – which is over 300 years old! A fine example of…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Monday 4 May 2020
Dear Children and young people, May the fourth be with you! Sorry, I had to get this in as I’ve been desperate to do so and the chance won’t come again! I hope you all had a really restful and happy weekend and that your lessons today have been enjoyable. I had a very relaxing…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Friday 1 May 2020
Dear Children and young people, First of all and without further ado, I want to say how FABULOUS you all are. You are working so hard at home on your lessons and your teachers are very proud of you! Well done! It’s not easy, I know, not seeing your friends and wider families AND still…
