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February Good Reads – KS5
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens’s tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 14 February 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, Happy Valentine’s Day to you all. All you need to know today is that you are loved. Even if your doorstep isn’t overflowing with cards dropped off by the postie or you don’t get a huge bunch of flowers delivered to your workplace, you are still so very…
Pitch Perfect Planets
Last week our resident singing superstar, Cadence, performed at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in yet another musical marvel, here’s what she had to say about it: This week, I had a great time singing with my choir, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ~ Youth Chorus, in a concert called ‘The Planets’, written by Gustav…
National Poetry Day Competition
Heads of House awarded certificates for the National Poetry Day Competition organised by the English department in October for the nationwide event. The theme was the environment and all students in KS3 entered. Winner: Cadence Ball U4S – Lancaster Second: Alice Diaz-Thomas U4S York Third: Shaan Jamil U4S Lancaster Highly Commended Gabrielle Waele …
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 7 February 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope that you are well and that you have had a lovely weekend. Can you believe that we are only 38 days into this year. . .it seems much longer than that! I had a relatively quiet weekend. I went to see a band play in our local…
House Photography Competition
Over the Christmas holidays we ran a House Photography competition, where students were asked to take a photo inspired by a classic Christmas or Winter song. Here are our fantastic winning entries, 3rd place in KS3 went to both Sofia U and Gabrielle W, 2ND to Sophia L and 1st To Jacob L. In KS4…
Mock trial for budding lawyers
Highclare school attended a national MOCK trial competition on Saturday 21st January which took place at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire. This was a day long competition with three qualifying rounds. The team of 19 students from L5,U5 and Sixth Form needed to prepare two criminal cases which would then be presented to professional judges against opposing…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 31 January 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well today and enjoying the last day of January for 2023! It seems to me to have been the longest month, ever. I haven’t disliked January at all and we have had some fun, both in and out of school, but I am very…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin Tuesday 24 January 2023
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and had a wonderful weekend of whatever excitement came your way! For me, it involved birthday parties, birthday cake, a roast dinner, cleaning and a roaring fire amongst other things. It was a weekend of two halves really – Saturday was manic and…
Waterstones trip
We had a great time perusing the book shelves of the 3rd floor children’s and young adults’ section of the Waterstones store, Birmingham last week. Our librarian team, book clubbers and other pupils from across the year groups joined us. Thank you to the staff at Waterstones for their time answering pupils’ questions and helping…
