We all woke up on Wednesday 17th February 2016 fully prepared for our impending trek up the infamous Mount Vesuvius. As we were fast approaching the mountain it could be seen clearly as a greyed silhouette beyond the breath taking scenery. As we stopped outside of an oranges and lemons stall; the staple of Sorrento, [...]
This year's BTEC Dance production of Snow White was performed to sell out audiences on the 27th, 28th & 29th January 2016. The show was comprised of 100 students studying BTEC Dance at Harrow Way and choreographed and directed by Curriculum Leader for Dance, Miss Walker. Pictures of the show can be viewed here. The [...]
Mr Reed and Mrs Cook took 35 pupils from years 7, 8 ,9 and 10 to Twickenham rugby stadium to watch the new England rugby team in an open training session. The students got to watch some rugby legends, as well as future stars, honing their skills as well as listen to some interviews with [...]
On Friday 15th January, the Rotary Club of Andover returned to Harrow Way Community School to host the 2016 Youth Speaks Competition. A formal speaking competition where teams of three, a chairperson, the main speaker and a proposer, are marked on portraying and develop a subject matter across to the audience, [...]
At the end of the Autumn term, the Performing Arts department laid on two festive shows in the last week. The first was a Christmas Variety performance from the Year 7, 8 & 9 Drama Club, who meet Thursdays after school. This performance included songs, dances and sketches which were improvised entirely by the students. [...]
Our termly newsletter has had a re-design and now available to read online here. This edition includes all the latest news and activities that's happened over the last term and key dates for the rest of the academic year. Previous editions can be found here.
As far as the ‘first years’ were concerned, Harrow Way was renamed Harrowarts School of Wizardry on Friday for a day of literacy magic. Year 7 students went on a Harry Potter cross-curricular adventure exploring wizardry, witchcraft and magic. After a special assembly to introduce the day, the trainee wizards and [...]
Harrow Way welcomed back its out going Year 11 students to their Presentation Evening on Monday 16th November. We invited back guest speaker Jim Roberson, a motivational speaker and behaviour coach, and ex-student Jenna Barrett, a British Gymnastics Champion, to present the awards and certificates. Students were presented with their GCSE certificates, before the subject [...]
As part of our Home – School Partnership, we are pleased to invite parents to the above workshop, to be held on Tuesday 1st December 2015, between 7.00pm – 8.30pm. This workshop will provide an opportunity for you to gain an insight into how we teach Literacy and Numeracy here at Harrow Way and we [...]
A total of twenty teams entered the annual Town Schools’ Basketball Tournament – the largest number ever! Ten girls’ teams and ten boys’ teams from Portway, Anton, Knights Enham, Roman Way, Endeavour, St Johns and Vigo arrived excited and eager to take part in this noisy, fast and fun competition! All [...]