84469As part of a Sky Sports Living for Sport project, a Year 8 group have been lucky enough to have Peter Waterfield, Olympic diver, as their athlete mentor. Pete joined the group for the first of his visits this Thursday. He was inspirational in the answers to many excellent questions and encouraged the students to [...]
Dave Jowett, British Cycling coach, was welcomed back to Harrow Way today. Fourteen keen Year 7 cyclists joined him for a brilliant first session. They impressed Dave so much with their ability to listen, follow instructions, work as a team and control their bike through all the gears, that they are heading on to the [...]
On Wednesday 7th November, Year 11 students had workshop sessions with inspirational speaker Jim Roberson. Students were shown different techniques on how to approach being prepared for their exams. As well as exam preparation, students were shown why having an education and doing the best they can could lead them to their chosen career path and lead [...]
The launch of the Fairplay Youth Gig Series 2012 at Andover Museum is on 3rd November. There will be a heat held at Harrow Way on the 17th November. Photo: The Mayor Dorothy Bavistock opening/launching Fairplay Youth Gig Series 2012. In the photo: Wendy Morrish, Mayor Dorothy Bavistock, Mags Todd, Felicity Crabb (The Edge Project), [...]
On Thursday 25th October, local artist Eileen White visited some year 7 art students to create outdoor tree decorations for Andover using recycled materials. Based on the fruit of plane trees, we created large baubles made out of recycled carrier bags and cellophane. To view some pictures click here.
25 Harrow Way students, who were chosen for their commitment to leadership within the school, gave up a day off to enrich the sporting experiences of children from our cluster schools recently. They are all to be congratulated on their commitment, enthusiasm and ability to lead. The students spent the [...]
The year 8/9 rugby team concluded the first half term with a 25-5 win over Toynbee School on Thursday evening. In a somewhat 'scrappy' first half, the score was 5-5 and it looked very evenly matched. The second half saw the Harrow Way boys pull away and dominate the scrum and line-out. With increased possession came [...]
Excited Year 3 and 4 teams from Appleshaw and Portway Junior joined Lions in the Community coaches and Harrow Way leaders for the annual Year 3/4 Lions in the Community Football Festival. Year 7 students, chosen because of their commitment to Lions in the Community or because of their leadership qualities, [...]
The year 9/10 rugby team secured an emphatic victory over Henry Beaufort School from Winchester on Thursday night. In a game that saw the year 10 boys play their first home game of the year, the 50-5 win certainly got them off to a flying start to the season. The year 9 boys were certainly [...]
On Tuesday 16th November, some Year 10 Gifted and Talented students attended a conference on Climate Change hosted by the Andover Rotary Club. The aim of the conference was for students to be able to discuss key issues on climate change with some leading experts and discuss what changes should be [...]