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Festival of Cultures at Highclare School
On Wednesday 9th July, the Senior School hosted its first ever Festival of Cultures during which parents, pupils, teachers and guests helped us to celebrate the diversity of our Highclare family, whilst raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust The day began with the pupils taking part in a series of workshops and activities including…
Sporting Success
Highclare School has enjoyed yet another term of sporting success. Well done to all of the children and staff concerned. Sutton Senior Trials (Wyndley May 2013) Two senior girls competed in trials to be selected to represent North Birmingham at the West Midlands Championships in June. Both girls were selected along with two more who…
Highclare Woodfield Grows & Glows
Happily the sun shone on June 29th for the Highclare Summer Fayre. Pupils from Highclare Woodfield had worked hard during the term making bunting, planting seeds and growing flowers for their garden stall. Mrs Jude was happy to announce that the stall was practically sold out at the end of the day!
Reception children visit the Butterfly Farm
Children from Highclare St Paul's Reception class have visited the Butterfly Farm in Stratford. They were amazed by the huge selection of creepy crawlies and were able to hold some of the butterflies.
Highclare Seniors go to Wimbledon
A group of Highclare Seniors joined the crowds of supporters at Wimbledon last week. As well as eating the strawberries and cream, they enjoyed watching some of the exciting first round matches.
Transition Students at Highclare Woodfield Graduate
The children in Transition took part in a graduation to celebrate all the achievements they have gained since joining Highclare School. All the children participated in a production consisting of songs, playing bells, French, poems and sign language. They all worked really hard and look very smart and grown up.
J6 take a Cycling Course
Year 6 at the Abbey have enrolled in a bike ability course with aspire. We faced some complex courses, baffling braking and even learnt to ride on the road properly. I was surprised to see how good I was- especially as I was the only one in the group who had never cycled on the…
Highclare visit the BIG Bang STEM Fair
The U3s had an enjoyable educational trip to the BIG Bang STEM Fair Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The first ‘edutainer’ was called Matt Prichard and whilst he didn’t give away any Magic Circle trade secrets he did share with the pupils how to alter the centre of mass of an object, turn water into a…
GCSE Exhibition showcases Art and Textiles Success
In June, the senior school Art and Design Technology Departments staged a joint exhibition of work by U5 pupils to mark the successful conclusion to their GCSE courses in school. Work of students for both Textiles and Art courses was exhibited with a total of around 40 projects being shown. The work included a diverse…
Highclare’s Creative Stitchers
The Junior pupils at Highclare St Paul’s were invited to take part in a Sutton Coldfield Creative Stitchers’ Competition. This involved a series of processes from the initial design stage, to the layering of their creative pieces, to the final pieces of work. The pieces of art had to include different types of stitching by…
