Highclare School
2020 SPRING ISSUE
What Happened 25 Years Ago? Twenty-five years ago, in 1995, amongst many other notable events, Sony Corporation introduced its PlayStation, Pierce Brosnan starred as 007 in the film Golden Eye, John Major (Conservative) became Prime Minister and British Forces were deployed to the Bosnia / Herzegovina war in order to relieve the siege of Sarajevo.
It was also a very significant moment in the life of Highclare School because on 27 February 1995 it spread from its Birmingham Road headquarters in Wylde Green to the Abbey, a beautiful, grade 2 listed building on Sutton Road, Erdington. It is clear from the management notes and minutes available that it was a hugely complicated process requiring massive amounts of planning and commitment. To the immense credit of everyone involved, it was an operation successfully carried out and allowed the Senior School to quickly become established in its new location and has enjoyed a strong reputation ever since. Now in its 88th year, the School operates at four locations in Sutton Coldfield and Erdington; it continues to thrive and is strongly placed for a very successful future.
witness the digging up of a time capsule placed in the ground 25 years ago. Contents were put on display for all to examine before they were once more interred in the ground, together with another set of contemporaneous documents and writings, to remain there until exhumation hopefully on or around 27 February 2045!
We were honoured to host on Thursday 27 February 2020 – exactly 25 years later – a gathering of students, staff and governors, both current and from the past, to honour and celebrate that significant moment. Visitors were treated to a display of School archived memorabilia before proceeding to the garden to
Do get in touch with Mrs Soen at Highclare Preparatory School: St Paul’s (alumni@highclareschool.co.uk) if you are a past pupil and would like to join the Alumni.
LAMDA Examination Results The results are in for the spring term LAMDA examinations; The students across Highclare Senior and Preparatory School have achieved outstanding results with 44 Distinctions, 43 Merits and 1 Pass. A special mention to children from St. Pauls; Avneet Deo who achieved the highest score across Highclare School with 92 marks closely followed by Adele Pike with 90 marks. Throughout the term students have undertaken a variety of awards in January including Speaking Verse and Prose, Acting, Public Speaking, Reading for Performance, Mime and Musical Theatre. Highclare Senior School currently has a few places available for those children wishing to take part in LAMDA. Please contact the school for more information.
It really was a highlight of the academic year so far, to be able to listen to the wonderful, happy memories being shared. It was a privilege to be able to honour the past and acknowledge the commitment and vision of the staff, governors and parents in taking what was a bold step. It was a real pleasure to welcome these visitors into our wonderful school. Thank you to them for coming and making it such a special day.
Best wishes for a peaceful and restful Easter break.
Young Minds Charity Cheque Presentation Representatives from Highclare Preparatory and Senior School had the pleasure of welcoming Julia Garden, a community fundraising officer from YoungMinds into a recent assembly celebrating Highclare’s charity endeavours throughout 2018/2019. Throughout the academic year pupils across the school have been fundraising for YoungMinds through fantastic events such as the French café, film night, the big sleep over, the Yr6 young enterprise scheme, carol singing, #GoYellow for YoungMinds day and the business network event to name a few. We are pleased to announce the amount presented to Julia during our assembly totalled an incredible £10,338.43. We would like to thank pupils and parents of Highclare School for their continued support.