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Top Link Conference 2010

2010-04-20T10:41:55+01:00April 20th, 2010|

The last day of the Spring Term saw eight Year 9 students, chosen for their effort and commitment towards leadership, attend the Hampshire Top Link Conference 2010. Link to photos. They had a great day! Highlights included meeting Alex Danson, a current Olympian who plays hockey for England and who was [...]

Harrow Way launch Parent’s Guide to Contextual Value Added (CVA)

2010-04-01T14:40:04+01:00April 1st, 2010|

With Contextual Value Added (CVA) tables very much in the media spotlight recently Harrow Way School has created a guide to help parents de-mystify this somewhat complicated measurement. Harrow Way’s Parents’ Guide to CVA is available to download here or by visiting the school and collecting a leaflet. CVA tables are [...]

U16’S Netball Tounament

2010-04-20T10:17:02+01:00April 1st, 2010|

The U16 tournament produced ‘moments of sheer genius’ versus unexpected hard work. Kim Willis stepped in to shoot, coupled with the very capable Alice Longshaw, who together, fought hard to put the ball through the net. It took a while for the team to finely tune their actions, at which stage, [...]

Year 8 Netball Tournament

2010-04-20T10:17:43+01:00April 1st, 2010|

Year 8 got off to a great start in this years ‘Andover Secondary Schools’ tournament, and continued to exhibit excellent netball skills throughout all four matches. A pattern formed quickly, with Harrow Way winning 2-0 against Test Valley, 5-0 against John Hanson and 2-0 against Winton. Excellent interceptions from Izzy Smart [...]

Year 8 Netball Report – Wednesday 28th March

2010-03-29T11:09:30+01:00March 29th, 2010|

Harrow Way 21 - Winton 2 Harrow Way got off to a slow start as it took the first quarter for the shooters, Georgina Harris and Chloe Lister, to get their eye in. However, once they did, there was no stopping them. Vicky Wells (WD) controlled the centre court well, making many timely interceptions and [...]

Year 7 Netball Report – 28th March

2010-03-29T10:33:52+01:00March 29th, 2010|

Harrow Way 12 – Winton 1 This team is going from strength to strength. The girls are beginning to sort their positioning out and with a little more work on passing and timing of movement will turn them into a good team. Emma Helsdown provides an invaluable link at centre between [...]

Andover District Netball Tournament

2010-03-25T10:26:16+00:00March 25th, 2010|

Under 14’s report With a full squad participating, the Harrow Way girls were hoping to finish off an unbeaten league season with success in the tournament. Sadly they got off to a bad start and were slow off the marks against Test Valley, who passed the ball quickly and shot well [...]

The Times Spelling Bee

2010-03-25T10:18:52+00:00March 24th, 2010|

On Wednesday 25th March four Year 7s, Lewis Hatchett, Eleanor Potter, Nayana McGee and Mark Todd set off for Cineworld in Southampton to take part in The Times Spelling Bee – an annual competition in which over 100 schools take part. The contest was composed of two stages, a knock out round and a quick [...]

Hampshire Book Awards

2010-04-01T11:27:17+01:00March 23rd, 2010|

On Tuesday 23rd March, Christine Lawson from the School Library Service visited Harrow Way to launch The Hampshire Book Award. It is aimed at Year 8, and sixteen students have been chosen to make up the school’s panel of judges. As part of the awards students have to:< Read ALL six novels on the shortlist [...]

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