On Friday 7th November, the Year 11 BTEC Drama students performed 'Shakespeare at War' as part of this years Shakespeare Link Project. Year 11 students gave up their half term and a week of after school rehearsals in order to prepare this performance. The show was co-directed by Kirsty Cox, a professional actor, who also [...]
In Year 9 catering, they have been looking at breads around from around the world. This is Gina Muir and Rebekah Barnes final bread assessments. Both girls jointly produced the best pieces of practical work for the term finishing in these Pain Au Chocolat flowers, which included high skill brioche dough and intricate shaping. Achieving [...]
In this weeks assembly I discussed the values we want all our students to develop; Aspiration and Resilience. The assembly slides can be viewed here. These values evolved as a series of student and staff consultation last year and these words I would like to see etched on the lips of [...]
Harrow Way Community School is on a mission. Having broken all previous GCSE records and celebrated a fantastic Ofsted last year, Headteacher Michael Serridge is determined to see the school achieve an ‘Outstanding’ when the inspectors next come to visit. A series of initiatives have been introduced starting with a day [...]
Last week's quiz night was a great success and an excellent show case of House pride. Congratulations to the Hawks for having the most points for participants and the Buzzards years 11, 10, and 9 teams for landing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
Former pro American footballer Jim Roberson is back at Harrow Way Community School, once again working his motivational magic with Year 11 students. Jim bases his captivating training on getting students to understand the ‘power of education.’ In his own unique style Jim connects with students, engaging them to consider how [...]
Students from Harrow Way have participated in county wide art exhibitions to commemorate the start of World War 1. An after school club saw students from years 7 and 8 created large scale poppies in card with poignant text and thoughtful embellishments. Year 9s made exquisite poppy collages from a range [...]
On Friday 3 October Harrow Way held its third annual Voice competition. Congratulations to Alanis Fell of Buzzard House for winning the junior category and Britney Enright of the Hawks for taking the senior title. Each winner has earned 90 points for her house and a £10 Blink Box voucher. Well done to all who [...]
On Monday 22nd September, Year 11 Geography students headed to the Dorset Coastline to aid them with there GCSE Controlled Assessment. They went to look at the physical geography of Durdle Door and the impacts of tourism in Lulworth Cove.