Year 10 GCSE Art students from Harrow Way Community School are drawing inspiration from one of the UK’s leading sculptors, Laura Ford following a recent trip to The New Arts Centre at Roche Court. Laura is renowned for her part human, part animal creations which often resemble fantasy figures from children’s [...]
Following in the footsteps of some of the country’s top athletes Harrow Way Community School GCSE PE students were put through their paces at Bath University recently. 15 Year 10 students visited the £30 million Sports Training Village which is renowned as a world-leading environment for the delivery of sport, sport [...]
Today we were pleased to announce our new student leadership team for the next academic year. Badges for the new Head Boy, Head Girl and deputies where presented by the out going Head Boy, Will Cooper and Head Girl, Katie Guilford. This year, there was such a high standard of applicants, which made it very [...]
On Tuesday the 16th June, 15 GCSE PE students were fortunate enough to visit the Queen’s Tennis Club and watch the action from the second day of the AEGON Championships 2015. A day full of world class tennis and sunshine left all the visitors enthralled. With the views from Centre Court [...]
This week, 40 Year 8 students are at Calshot activities centre for the week, taking part in an adventure activities week. We're only a day and a half into our trip, but we've already been climbing, track cycling, wind surfing, kayaking, mountain biking and taking part in an initiative course and a crate stack. Not [...]
With a national trend which sees girls’ interest in computers decline as they get older, Harrow Way Community School has enlisted the help of IBM to keep Year 8 female students on the ICT track. A recent visit to the company’s base in Hursley, which is Europe’s largest software development facility, [...]
On Monday 22nd May we formally said goodbye to our Year 11 students as this was the last day they will be altogether again before the Summer Holidays. We celebrated by holding a special leaver's assembly which was presented by Year Leader Mr Reed, where all the forms tutors gave a goodbye message. Students received [...]
On Thursday 7th May, 49 year 10 students and 5 staff set off on a History trip to London. Despite the very long coach journey and arriving a little later than planned, we arrived safe and sound in Whitechapel, ready to start our Jack the Ripper walking tour. Splitting into two groups, we set off [...]
Congratulations to the participants of the House photography competition. There were some fantastic entries which made for a difficult decision for our judges: Miss Pittman, Miss Herbert and Mr. Manson. Winners are: 1 Emily Baulf (Kestrels); 2 Megan Donner (Buzzards); 3 Josh Ingram (Buzzards). The staff also got in the mix and first prize went [...]
On 6th May, the school voted in a mock election and the students were really enthusiastic about having their own say. Lots of subjects capitalised on this by having politically themed lessons and tutors have been debating the issues with their tutor groups all week. The school is buzzing with talk about the election and [...]