Today, Friday 25th November, was our year 7 'Harry Potter' literacy day looking at our literacy DNA strands of iWRITE, iREAD and iCOMMUNICATE across various Hogwarts and magic themed lessons across the school. This concludes a week of exciting activities that have included educational visits to Warner Bros studios, Roman Baths and Cadbury World as [...]
50 Year 7 students went on the 'Warner Bros. Studio Tour: The Making of Harry Potter' on Monday 21st November. The aim of the trip was to give students an exciting introduction to the world of English and Media. The students were be able to explore some of the original sets used in the Harry [...]
Harrow Way, who earlier this year celebrated some of their best ever GCSE results, recognised and congratulated the class of 2016 at their annual Presentation Evening, a particular highlight in the school year. Special guest, former student (2004-2009) and BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee’s, Josh Barnett joined the 2016 cohort, proud [...]
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. [...]
​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 [...]
On Tuesday 18th October, the canteen are offering a Mexican Themed lunch – items on offer include Tacos and Vegetable Enchiladas. View the full menu here.
Harrow Way climbing club spent the day in beautiful weather getting an experience of climbing outdoors on real rock last Friday 30th September. We were invited by Calshot Activity Centre to work with their instructors during their SPA assessments. All students had a really good day, climbing rock faces 15m - 20m high and then [...]
Harrow Way students are celebrating this morning with news that their 2016 GCSEs results are one of the best in the school’s history. An impressive 60% of students achieved five GCSEs A*-C including Maths and English, a 10% increase on last year and the second best set of results in the [...]
With the world’s tropical rainforests slightly too far away for a day trip, Harrow Way Community School Year 8 Geographers instead found themselves exploring Kew Gardens historic Palm House. Considered to be the most important surviving Victorian iron and glass structure in the world, the Palm House proved to be the [...]