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SPARKS!
SPARKS (Erdington Fire Station) visited Highclare School Juniors at the Abbey site. They watched a video of a burning bedroom, discussed hoax calls and what preventative measures we could take, in our homes, to prevent fires. Once all the talking had finished, J5’s Form Teacher asked the firemen if the children could have their pictures taken in…
J1 Getting in to Character
J1 have been learning how to describe a character. This week they looked at the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and in particular, the giant. Some of the children got into character by role playing the story, to get a better insight into the giant. They then brainstormed wow words describing the giant, to…
Chinese New Year in Transition
The children in Transition celebrated the Chinese New Year in lots of different ways. They tried to use chopsticks to eat noodles and prawn crackers. They also made good luck money envelopes, cards and coloured in snakes. In their PE lesson they listened to Chinese music, did a dragon dance and played instruments. Everyone had…
Highclare’s Hit Musical
Year 3 and Year 4 pupils at Highclare School, Woodfield, took to the stage this week to perform the hit musical ‘ Oliver’ Many weeks of joining the after-school Junior Drama Club ensured that all the children were well rehearsed and prepared for their roles which they portrayed with enthusiasm and gusto. The all-inclusive performances…
Tennis Congratulations
Congratulations to Emily in U5 who recently won the British Tour at Edgbaston. Emily beat the number one seed (9 years her senior and ranked 300 in the world in women’s tennis) in the semi finals. Well done, Emily.
We Were Here!
While the entire country shivered under a blanket of snow, Highclare School remained open on all three sites! A big thank you to our maintenance staff who allowed us to carry on teaching and learning.
TOPS Children Recycle Clothing
Children in TOPS have designed and made some wonderful shoulder bags by recycling their old jeans and shirts. Well done to our budding designers.
Around Our School
This week J1 went for a walk around the roads by their school to investigate the local area. They wanted to see how many different kinds of information they could find from different sources. They found speed limits, school signs, for sale notices, parking signs, rules for dog walkers as well as road names. Everyone…
Seniors reach Quarter Finals of Robotics Competition
A team of skilled Highclare pupils has competed against 7 other schools from the Midlands in a robotics challenge. Over the last few months pupils in U3 through to L5 have given up their lunchtimes and attended after school sessions to educate themselves on the complexities of designing, building, programming and operating a robot from scratch. …
L4 Visit Tutbury Castle
On a cold day in January the L4th went to Tutbury Castle. When we arrived there was still snow on the ground and the old ruined castle which is on top of a hill looked spectacular, especially with two donkeys grazing near the entrance. We entered the nearby church first of all and there we…
