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Pre-Prep Graduation Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield
Swans at Highclare Preparatory School: Woodfield recently enjoyed celebrating their graduation with their families and, to quote one of their Graduation songs, ‘With the sun on my face, this is the time I’ve been waiting for. Jump out of bed, this is the time, to shine’. It certainly was. To a packed audience the pupils sang…
Pre-Prep Graduation Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s
We are extremely proud of our Highclare Pre-Preparatory School: St Paul’s Swans who graduated on Friday, 28 June. They put on an amazing performance. They sang; they retold the story of ‘The Little Red hen’; they played instruments and performed a ‘Tricky Word’ rap. The afternoon was rounded off with a lovely cream tea on the…
Pre-Prep Fairies and Elves Day
Highclare Pre- Preparatory School held a magical ‘Fairies and Elves’ day this term. Children and staff dressed up and made fairies, wands, painted wishing stones and enjoyed a fairy walk in our enchanted woodland area. Children had their snacks in a fairy garden, listened to relaxing fairy music and elves and fairies sprinkled fairy and elf…
Duke of Edinburgh Qualifying Expedition
Congratulations to all of the pupils who took part in the Bronze and Silver DofE qualifying expedition at Long Mynd over the weekend. We are incredibly proud to announce that all 33 pupils passed with flying colours. Pupils were required to walk for 6 hours per day for their Bronze qualification and covered 26km with…
U3 Science Crest Award
U3 pupils took part in a CREST Discovery Award day in house teams. Their challenge was to design a hand wash station for a small village school in Kenya to try and stop the spread of infectious disease. Alongside the challenge of producing a model of their idea from recycled rubbish, they also had to…
Senior School Summer Music Concert
Highclare Senior School students showcased their talent and efforts at an enjoyable summer concert (with scones!) during the last week of the summer term. Almost 40 pupils participated to a wonderful evening celebrating Highclare Senior School music; and all pupils have contributed to the wider musical life of the senior school significantly. The programme featured…
Junior Prize Giving 2019
On the 27 June 2019 Highclare Preparatory School invited family and friends to enjoy an evening of celebration at Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, an opportunity to enjoy fantastic entertainment provided by pupils and recognise superb achievements from throughout the academic year. The first Junior Prize Giving as a Preparatory School was, as expected, an outstanding success,…
Senior School Junior Maths Challenge
Congratulations to the following pupils who have been awarded certificates in this prestigious national competition Humza Ali (L4) Silver Haydn Sargeant (L4) Silver Josh Cahm (U3) Silver Alice Griffiths (L4) Bronze Chelsea Cao (U3) Bronze Prisha Shinh (U3) Bronze
Senior School Short Story Writing Competition
Key stage 3 Short Story House Competition This year pupils were once again invited to write a story for the 2019 house competition. U3 had the topic of Alter Egos; L4 had to write a spy story and U4 wrote dystopian stories. The short-listed stories were judged by Mrs Sue Riley who used to be…
GCSE and A Level Gallery Display
Pupils and their families were able to view the impressive work from U5 students studying GCSE Art, Craft & Design and GCSE Photography following the visit from the examination board moderator. On display was both students coursework, on variety of themes including Architecture and Artists of War, and examination work on the theme Reflections, which students…
