Assistant Headteacher, Miss C Lowing presented an assembly on the History of Andover and Immigration. The assembly started by looking at the history of Harrow Way teachers and where their heritage comes from. The assembly shows that since 950AD Andover and the UK has been subject to immigration. The assembly concludes we are not all [...]
This year Shakespeare project had its public performance on Friday 4th November. Eleven Year 11 BTEC Performing Arts students gave up their half term and evenings for a week to produce a performance of Much Ado About Nothing in two weeks. Their first performance took place in front of Year 7 on Friday afternoon. The [...]
On Friday 4th November, we held our first House competition of the year - The Voice. Students had to talk on a subject of their choice unaided in front of an audience of Year 7 for 3 minutes. Speakers were judged on the clarity of their chosen topic, the use of language and body language. [...]
Heads of Year presented celebration assemblies this week. Students were presented with Learner of the week/term certificates from different subject areas. Prizes were also awarded to the tutor groups with the best and improved attendance, to the tutor group who collected the most reward stamps and students with 0 behaviour points. It was also a [...]
The year 8 football team won through to the Quarter Finals of the County Cup with an impressive 4-3 win against Wyvern School. The lead changed hands on various occasions and we looked comfortable at 3-1 with 10 minutes to go. However, Wyvern kicked into gear and scored two good long range goals. Harrow Way [...]
After a swift review of last year's successes (all three Houses had plenty to celebrate), this term's House assemblies focused on introducing our new Hawks, Buzzards and Kestrels to the house system; we also launched a whole host of exciting inter-House competitions. From public speaking to baking and Christmas card design, the competitions over the [...]
Harrow Way Community School Food Technology students will be growing their own fresh produce, herbs and spices following a generous donation from The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers of London. The funding of £981.00 will finance the purchase of nine glass garden cloches (low protective structures which act like greenhouses) to [...]
​On Friday 14th October, Year 11 Media students attended the Cheltenham Literature Festival. Their morning was spent in a workshop with Deputy Editor of The Times, Emma Tucker and columnist Phil Collins. After learning how the newsroom worked, and a brief visit to the Waterstones tent, they then attended The Times Live debate, listening in [...]
Harrow Way Year 10/11: 23, Test Valley: 9 Harrow Way made it four wins out of four so far this season with a resounding victory over Test Valley. Excellent team play and some superb set plays allowed them to score with relative ease. The centre and defensive players worked exceptionally well, denying Test Valley many [...]
11SBT started the week with their tutor assembly, with a video about confronting bullying and standing together as a community. The video can be viewed here. Year 7 Tutor group 7SJP presented a musical assembly with a song that they written themselves. With accompanying music from guitar and backing track the tutor group sung a [...]