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Highclare History Students visit Tamworth Castle
Highclare U3 students visited Tamworth Castle to learn more about life in a medieval castle. They spent the morning in two workshops about life and warfare in the medieval age. They had the opportunity to try on some armour, carry some real weapons and see what medieval clothes looked and felt like. The boys enjoyed…
Circus Week in the Highclare TOPS Holiday Scheme
During the spring half term, TOPS children at Highclare School had fun during their ‘Circus Week’. They had a special visit from Pat the Clown and his Magic Circus. He showed the children lots of clown tricks, special magic and even taught them some tricks that are used in the circus! Clowns can be very…
Pre School Study the Weather
What’s the weather like today? If you want to know the answer, Pre School at Highclare St Paul’s can tell you. They have made their own wind socks (plastic cups and streamers) to hang outside in the playground to show which way the wind is blowing. They can also show you how much rain has…
Highclare’s Big Splash!
Highclare's Primary Swimming Teams performed brilliantly at the annual Sutton School's Gala with the boys' team declared overall winner and the girls' team finishing in 4th place. The combined points resulted in an overall victory for Highclare School. All our young swimmers achieved individual successes and a special mention goes to our first place finishers:…
Sensory Play at Highclare Nursery
At Nursery we like to give children the opportunity to engage in ‘messy’ or ‘sensory’ activities, whether it is shredded paper, sand, baked bean play, cornflour play or foam! As well as being lots of fun, it helps the children to learn about the texture of different things as well as how they can be…
Year 6 Science Investigation in the Lab
Over a two week period J6R investigated ‘Reversible and Irreversible Changes’. They dissolved coffee and sugar using a Bunsen burner and recorded the temperature at which this process occurred. Then using filter paper and a funnel, the following week, they filtered the mixture to collect a solution and gather the larger particles which could not…
Highclare Students visit Old Trafford
30 Highclare senior pupils experienced an amazing trip to watch Manchester United play Sunderland live at Old Trafford. The match was a superb display of football resulting in extra time with Sunderland winning on penalties. This was a great trip out for the pupils and regardless of the late arrival home all were in attendance…
Highclare League Table Success
Congratulations are conveyed to all of our pupils who have contributed to the excellent League Table results published in the press this week. We are delighted to have come 10th out of 134 Birmingham schools for the percentage of pupils achieving 5 or more GCSEs A* to C including Mathematics and English. We have also…
Highclare Juniors investigate the Trussell Trust as part of their Rotary Award
J6R were invited to present their research project to the Juniors at Highclare Woodfield. They investigated The Trussell Trust based in Erdington and researched what the food bank did for the community. The real life stories were moving but thankfully the trust could help families in moments of desperation who were lacking the means to…
Highclare Kindergarten listen to their Environment
Kindergarten at Highclare Woodfield went on a listening walk as an introduction in to their phonics sessions. They listened to the different sounds in the environment; the birds singing, people talking, children playing, a whistle and the children even visited Mrs Jude in her office and heard the phone ringing. This all helps to encourage…
