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National British Indoor Karting Championship
Congratulations to L5 pupil Antony Wypych, who recently raced in the National British Indoor Karting Championship. Antony qualified for the national finals out of thousands of drivers. While competing an accident happened whereby another driver put Antony head on into a tire wall at full speed. Fuelled by adrenaline Antony continued racing and finished the…
Highclare School Junior Creative Writing Competition 2021
With over 300 entries from local schools Dr Luker and the Highclare Senior School English Department were thrilled with the response to this years Highclare School Junior Creative Writing Competition. The theme of ‘A poem to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s reign.’ has certainly sparked the imagination of pupils and the quality of…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 7 December 2021
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are all well and have had a fun and festive weekend. I had a wonderful weekend in London celebrating Mr Bennett’s birthday. We thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the Christmas lights and doing a bit of shopping and eating on the side. We were lucky enough…
Christmas In The Prep School
We are very excited about all of the Christmas events happening at Prep School – it’s going to be a busy few weeks! Here is a reminder of the charity, raffle and Christmas events taking place plus our wonderful advent initiatives that children are encouraged to take part in. activity advent reverse advent calendar…
Prep School ISA Swim Success
A huge well done to Seb and Ambur who competed for Highclare Prep School at the ISA National finals in London on Sunday afternoon. Ambur finished 4th and Seb’s team came in 2nd place. We are so proud of both of you.
ISA Regional Art Competition
In the recent ISA Regional Art finals Highclare School celebrated success across the Prep and Senior School. Well done to all! Congratulations to Prep School pupils: Eesa Ahmed ‘Bumble Bee’ (3D art) 2nd place Esmie Robinson ‘Thank You NHS’ (Textiles) First place Jasmine Broomfield ‘Burning Reflection’ (Photography) First place Trinity–Joy Wallace ‘We All Fit Together’…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 30 November 2021
Good morning, Prep School family, I hope you are well and are enjoying this snowy weather. As I sit here at my desk writing to you, the sun is just setting and the playground at HPP looks magical. The sky is a gorgeous bluey/grey colour, the trees are still covered with a thick layer…
Learning Centre Career Visit
There was a lot of interest in Dr Frank Eperjesi’s visit to the learning centre last week as he spoke with pupils about his interesting and varied career portfolio – including experience in healthcare, the construction business, oil exploration and academia. We are grateful to him for giving his time and wish him well in…
Highclare Prep Welcomes Patsy Into Their Classrooms
At Highclare Prep, we are all so happy to meet our new school dog, Patsy. The students love her and Patsy has already been a great source of support for some of our pupils. Book club and Patsy strokes have been a Prep School highlight! Patsy is gradually being integrated into the school community. Other…
11+ External Assessment and Taster Day
It was a pleasure to welcome almost 50 children from schools across Birmingham to Highclare Senior School during our 11+ assessment and scholarship taster day for external pupils. Children sat our entrance exam, displayed their wonderful skills in sport, music and art as part of our scholarship auditions, enjoyed a delicious lunch in our refectory…
