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Beautiful Stuff
At Preschool we held a “Beautiful Stuff” workshop. Parents and children brought in a bag of items they considered beautiful. Everyone shared their favourites with the group then had lots of fun sorting them into categories. Finally the children collaborated with their parent s to produce a picture using pieces they liked. We all had…
Halloween at the Abbey
The U5 dared to stay over (very few slept!) in school for a spooktacular night of Halloween fun. The fancy dress party included pumpkin carving, scary movies, a ghostly hunt for spiders and a few scary surprises. We raised £200 to be split between our School Charity Teenage Cancer Trust and the U5 Prom Fund.
PTA Circus at Woodfield
Despite the rain, the Circus at Woodfield had a fantastic turn out with each of the three performances being a complete sell out. Everyone enjoyed the show and we managed to raise lots of money. Thank you to everyone who stood in the rain all day to help us out.
Once Upon a Time at Highclare
This event was a huge success. Everyone had a great time and the venue looked gorgeous. It was great to see all the School Governors there, along with Mrs Viles and some of the teachers too.
Getting to Know Week at Highclare School Woodfield
During Getting to Know You Week at Highclare Woodfield we have been doing lots of activities to help us settle in to our new classes. We were also able to take a tour of the Junior School. We told each other all sorts of things about ourselves and we designed shields including pictures of our…
While the Cat’s Away!
U5 girls were sneaked into the Sixth Form area, taking advantage of Sixth Formers having a two day independent study period away from school. In groups of 4 or 5, pupils took part in activities preparing them for careers and choices for post 16 studies. Highclare Sixth Form has the advantage of small class sizes…
Highclare Juniors Pack Bags for Charity
A big 'Thank You' goes to all of our Junior students, their parents and staff who came along to Sainsbury's one Saturday in September, and helped shoppers to pack their bags. They raised £645 for the Birmingham Children's Hospital. Well done!
Survival Day
In September J5 and J6 from Highclare The Abbey and St Pauls, went to Cannock Chase for survival day’. ‘First we went den building. We collected long, thin logs and put them around a tree. Meanwhile a couple of members of the group were collecting bracken so no rain could get through. The next activity…
Upper Sixth Geographers Independent Study
Frances and Zara were set the challenge for their independent study of creating working scale models of Mount Etna, Italy and Chaiten, Chile. The girls had to research and produce detailed reports to support their A2 studies on tectonics too. The models themselves were a great success – when erupted the lava eflowed in a…
Summer Holiday Play Scheme
During the summer holiday scheme, TOPS have been on trips the park, the Think Tank, Plantsbrook Nature reserve, a Fire station, Wacky Warehouse and the Cinema. The children have also enjoyed playing on a bouncy castle, face painting, street dance, baking, shaving foam play, making photo frames, clay sculptures and much, much more!
