Cyclocross is definitely something new, and something very exciting! With the help of Mr Gardner who, through the Mountbatten SSP, is a qualified Mountain Bike leader, Harrow Way students had the chance to test their Cyclocross skills on the Harrow Way field last Thursday afternoon. Lots of fun was had and [...]
This week, Year 10 students at Harrow Way Community School have taken part in two exciting enterprise days. The first day was led by Angus Farmer of CocoMango, a specialist soap manufacturing company. After learning about the basics needed to form a small business the students worked in teams to create [...]
Last week some very lucky Harrow Way students were taken to the festival where they were given the opportunity to get stuck in to some veritable feasts and do a bit of celebrity spotting. A brilliant day was had by all as you can see. Click on the thumbnail to view the photo album. [...]
The Calshot 2010 Photo Gallery has been updated with additional photos taken on other cameras – check out the full selection of photos from the week. This is the final update from the Calshot trip – apologies it’s a couple of days late, but I needed to catch up on my [...]
We’ve been lucky enough to have had another day of fabulous weather down here at Calshot. Everyone slept more soundly last night than on Monday (thank goodness!), exhausted after the day’s activities. This morning the students have been either (depending on groupings) out on a long Off Road Mountain Bike ride, Climbing, [...]
Well, we all arrived safely at Calshot yesterday morning. After introductions and meeting the instructors, we started with the most important event of the day – lunch! After that we were straight into the first activity of the day which, depending on which group you were in, was either a long [...]
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day and as part of our ongoing UNICEF Rights Respecting School initiative, holocaust survivors Walter Kammerling and Zigi Shipper visited the school recently to give their testimonies. Both of these events were hugely successful, bringing alive for students everything they have learnt in the curriculum whilst reinforcing [...]
Holocaust Memorial Day falls on Wednesday 27th Jan but as Holocaust survivors attend their own services we cannot mark it on that day. Harrow Way School is holding the first of two events on Friday 29th January for Year 9 students. We are honored to have Walter Kammerling (Kindertransport) visit the school to talk about [...]
Last Thursday the school welcomed back last year's year 11 students to collect their exam result certificates. As well as collecting their certificates, subject and school awards were presented. This year's guest of honour who presented the awards and certificates was Andover Vision Manager, Sue Sheppard. To view pictures of prize winners click here. [...]
The Newshounds was an activity which reported on all the events which happened on Activity Day 2009. Here are some of their reports. Interview with Mr Ray, the Head of all Activities. It took weeks and weeks to prepare for the event. I needed to get Mr Gardner to sort out [...]