Category: Senior School
L4 Geography Fieldtrip to the Wolseley Centre, Staffordshire
On Friday 14 June 2019, Highclare Senior School geography department organised a very successful trip to the Wolseley Centre in Staffordshire. Lead by the excellent staff at the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust the students first spent time recapping about river processes of erosion, deposition and transportation and the key features of a river from our helpful guides. …
U3 Joint Religious Studies and Geography Fieldtrip to Lichfield
On Wednesday Thursday 19 June 2019 the Geography and Religious Studies Department at Highclare Senior School jointly organised a very successful trip to Lichfield. The students spent time learning key Geographical fieldwork skills based around Lichfield centre including surveying land use types, comparing the quality of different environments around Lichfield and carrying out surveys to find…
Junior School Art Competition 2019
Highclare Senior School enjoyed hosting another fantastic Junior School Art Competition this term which saw over 400 pupils enter this now highly anticipated community competition. This year’s theme ‘under the magnifying glass‘ grew out of a project studied by Highclare L4 students on natural forms. During the project students looked at the work of artist…
L5 Fieldwork Skills Day at Carding Mill Valley, Shropshire
L5 Geographers were somewhat bemused on arrival at Ash Brook river, Carding Mill Valley to be handed bags of dog biscuits! It all become clear (and great fun!) when the method for collecting data on stream velocity was explained and pupils were then able to float their biscuits and time how long it took for…
Highclare Senior School Bake Off 2019
The Annual Highclare Senior School Bake Off house competition final took place on Tuesday 18 June when students prepared fantastic pasties of different savoury fillings in just one and a half hours. Launched by Mrs. Smith in her assembly on 7 June 2019. Pupils were shown via a film how to make shortcrust pastry followed by…
U3 Investigate Reactions
U3 enjoyed a morning of science experiments investigating practically what happens when an acid reacts with a base or a metal. Students predicted what the product of the experiment would be using scientific knowledge and will present their observations and data using tables. Chemicals and Bunsen burners were used with respect and students safely discovered…
U5 Prom Night 2019
U5 pupils recently celebrated the end of exam season on a glorious evening at Moxhull Hall, Sutton Coldfield. Students and teachers enjoyed a wonderful, relaxed evening following a term of examinations. The pupils behaviour was exemplary and we look forward to welcoming pupils back to our L6 in September. More photos can be found on…
U3 Students Sing In Harmony
On Monday, U3 students engaged in an inspiring singing workshop with visitors from the ‘Singing Community of Choirs’. Richard Jeffries, a well-known choral director from the area, came in with his accompanist Chris, to get students clapping, clicking, ‘doo-wopping’, and singing along together in 4 part harmony! Students sang popular, gospel, and traditional numbers; and…
The Big Classroom
U4 ICT students are currently involved in an exciting project called “The Big Classroom”, which enables different schools across the UK to get in touch with each other to see how they live, learn, play and worship. As part of this project U4 students are working in teams using iPads to film and celebrate all…
J4 Forensic Science Day
During a visit to Highclare Senior School on Wednesday 4 June, J4 Highclare Preparatory School pupils enjoyed a fantastic day of science experiments at Highclare Senior School science department. The day began with pupils learning how to separate the mixtures of ink found in felt tip pens using chromatography, how to recognise and classify their…
