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Highclare Choirs bring Christmas songs to Gracechurch
Pupils from Highclare’s Junior and Senior Schools helped to create a Christmas atmosphere in the Gracechurch Shopping Centre and entertained shoppers by singing their favourite carols. Shoppers joined in too with ‘Once in Royal David City’ and a firm favourite ‘We wish you a Merry Christmas’ The school collected donations for their charity, African Space…
U3 children watch Treasure Island at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre
The children in U3 visited the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to see Treasure Island, a modern adaptation by Bryony Lavery of Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless classic. Everyone enjoyed watching the live performance.
Highclare achieves superb results in the ISA Midlands Art Competition
Highclare students from both senior and junior schools achieved noteworthy success in the recent 2016 ISA Midlands Art competition. Highclare received a total of 7 mentions in the awards with 3 first place wins and 4 highly commended results in total. A first prize win went to Ruby Newman in the KS2 individual 3D category,…
Swimming Gala at Ratcliffe College
Pupils from Highclare Junior Schools travelled to Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire to compete in a Junior Swimming Gala (Years 3 to 6). It was a wonderful opportunity for both our experienced and lesser experienced swimmers to compete in a very close and competitive gala, crammed with races. The scoring reflected the close nature of the…
U6 students attend the Tectonic Hazards Conference
Professor Iain Stewart, known as geology’s ‘rock star’ and well known to the public as presenter of BBC science programmes such as Earth: the Power of the Planet and Volcano Live was one of the speakers at this year’s Tectonic Hazards Conference held in London. U6 Geographers found his presentation on mitigation of earthquake…
Senior School Speech Night
Speech Night at St Michael’s Church on Friday 18th November was a tremendous success. The children who performed or spoke during Dr Luker’s address were amazing and a real credit to the school. Our Choirs, and Jazz Band under the excellent direction of Miss Mosley were absolutely fantastic and our guest speaker, The Rev. Dr….
Highclare pupil features in Junior Bake Off on CBBC
Congratulations to Rosie Deacon in J6 who has taken part in the Junior Bake Off heats on CBBC. She enjoyed meeting last year’s Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain in ‘the tent,’ and said that she is as nice in real life as she is on TV. Rosie baked for her and fellow judge…
J2 Visit Whittington Barracks
J2P visited Whittington Barracks in Staffordshire to launch their topic on War and Remembrance. They were met by Bill who was dressed in full WW1 soldier’s uniform. The children learned about Robert Keal Powell of the Staffordshire Regiment and enjoyed looking at artefacts and letters that he had written home. Before leaving the barracks, J2 spent…
Bonfire Night Collages
Pupils in J5 at Highclare Woodfield have been displaying their creative skills by producing fantastic bonfire pictures in an art lesson. The pupils used a range of materials and media including twigs from the playground, coloured paper, chalks and glitter to produce their bonfire night collages.
J6 visit the Houses of Parliament
J6 children from Highclare St Paul’s have visited the Houses of Parliament. They were able to watch a debate in the House of Lords on how Brexit may affect funding for scientific research. In the House of Commons they heard Liz Truss MP lead the debate on prison reform. The children agreed that it was…
