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Highclare Woodfield Welcomes the Lord Mayor
Staff and pupils at Woodfield offered a warm welcome to the Lord and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham when they visited school this week. We were delighted when the Lord Mayor took up our invitation to join us for our Citizenship Week. After a tour of our school, led confidently by our Head Boy, Arjun and…
L4 History Trip to Tutbury Castle
L4 students embarked on a trip to the atmospheric ruined castle at Tutbury. On arrival they went inside the great hall to have an audience with Queen Elizabeth I who gave them a talk about her life and times and answered all of their questions about her decisions and actions as queen. She was so…
IT Schools Africa Update
Last term, our IT technician suggested that we might send our older computers and screens to a charity called “IT Schools Africa”, to help children in Africa who are learning IT skills. Some Sixth Formers and Year 7 pupils helped to load the lorry when they arrived to collect the equipment which will be cleaned and…
Stylian Petrov gives tips to Highclare Girls’ Football Team
Highclare was thrilled to welcome Stylian Petrov when he visited the Senior School recently. Mr Petrov was able to give some helpful hints to the girls' football team as they practised their football skills.
TOPS Children get Creative
Children who attended the Highclare TOPS play scheme during the Christmas holiday had great fun. They made miniature snowmen, life sized elves and lots of Christmas decorations. They also made Christmas biscuits and calendars for the New Year.
Happy Christmas from Highclare School
Christmas is always an exciting time at Highclare School. The younger children worked hard to recreate the Christmas story for their friends, parents and grandparents. Some of the Infants and Juniors travelled to a number of nursing homes in and around Sutton Coldfield to entertain their residents and were well received. Senior students sang for…
Highclare Senior Choir entertains John Lewis customers
The Highclare Senior School Choir travelled to Tamworth to sing festive songs and Christmas Carols. The choir were such a great success as they entertained the John Lewis customers, that they decided to travel on to Lichfield to sing in the Market Square. This enabled them to raise even more money for the Stylian Petrov…
British Synchronised Swimming Success
Congratulations to Madeleine Broadhurst in L5 who recently competed in the British Synchronised Swimming Championships. Madeleine and her team won their event and are now National Champions! Very well done, Madeleine!
Highclare Student wins the National ISA Art Competition
The prestigious Independent Schools Association National and Regional first prize was won by Bethany (Individual 2D category KS3) for her piece ‘Trio’. Alexandria also picked up second prize in the regionals in the drawing category for her self-portrait. Chelsea gained a highly commended for her photograph entitled ‘Inner-Self’. This is a fantastic achievement, well done…
Christmas Dishes and Woodfield Wishes!
Highclare Woodfield came alive with the sound and smell of Christmas when pupils took part in creating Woodfield’s very own Christmas puddings. Joining us in our venture were Stylian Petrov, Peter Reed head chef from Aston Villa and other colleagues. With fruit kindly given by parents’ harvest donations and other ingredients generously donated by Wilson…
