Month: March 2021

26th March 21

The NHS in Birmingham is offering confidential bereavement support to help children, young people and families who may be grieving the death of a friend or loved one. At the moment, many people are cut off from their usual support networks; so if you know of a child or someone who needs support, please encourage…

26th March 21

26th March 21

26th March 21

‘A line is a dot that went for a walk’. All Prep pupils are invited to enter the Highclare School Junior Art Competition. Good luck to you all!  

26th March 21

Henry Green loves chocolate. His parents let him eat it for every meal and over everything. He thinks there is no such thing as too much chocolate. One day, … No, I won’t spoil it for you. If you want to find out what happens next, whatever your age, then you have to read the…

26th March 21

FOOTBALL The time to finally get outside and use the lush green grass of the front fields finally arrived and boy did we enjoy it! It was clear to see, with so many smiles on the faces that we all enjoyed, once again, chasing a small leather ball around the pitches with our friends! The…

26th March 21

This week Chapel became an Easter garden, bursting with the colours of Spring! Every year group bubble had the opportunity to visit the garden for their own Easter service. Nursery and Reception learnt that 3 shapes can help them to remember the meaning of Easter: a heart, a cross and an oval egg! Meanwhile Years…

26th March 21

Year 1’s topic work this half term focused on the fictional tales of Katie Morag, written by Mairi Hedderwick. The children engaged well with the stories and enjoyed finding out about her adventures on the fictional Isle of Struay. As part of their English lessons, they worked across a range of genres including writing postcards…

26th March 21

This year’s annual celebration of Shakespeare Week ran from 15 – 21 March 2021. The pupils in Year 6 couldn’t wait to get involved and were truly inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream. First performed around 1596, Shakespeare’s comic fantasy of four lovers who find themselves bewitched by fairies is a sly reckoning with love,…

26th March 21

For British Science Week earlier this month, each child in Prep was set the task of producing a piece of work linked to the national theme: Innovating for the Future.  The submissions have been incredible, ranging from generating energy from our own movement, a home-made 3d-printed catapult, a water-powered car, vaccine pills, voice-activated pens, new…