The GCSE Geography Year 10 students went on a field trip visiting Lulworth Cove and Swanage on the 5th July. Despite the wet and windy weather the day was very enjoyable. Students studied the physical geography of the Dorset coast and the effects of tourists on the area. They looked at how erosion was [...]
On the 25th May, year 9 students spent a day at the New Forest. They visited Beaulieu, Lyndhurst and Whitefield Moor to help aid their investigation and collect data. They had to undertake an investigation into what does the New Forest have to offer visitors and what impact do visitors have on the New [...]
In the last week of June Year 7 students spent the morning investigating Charlton Lakes. Their task was to find out what impact visitors had made to the environment and how the impact can be managed so that local people can enjoy the facilities and wildlife.
All the students involved in Performing Arts will be very busy as we approach the end of term. Mrs Essop's Btec have performed their play 'Cars' which deals with the dangers of joyriding to Yr 8. On Tuesday a few of Yr 11 will travel to Wales to take part in a Youth Drama Festival [...]
Way back on 20th May, Mr Fluellen and Mr Garner led a small, brave troop of Year 11s on a trek from Andover to Winchester in aid of Save the Children. A cracking day was had by nearly all and if you don’t count the fact we lost both a student and a member of [...]
Harrow Way School has been awarded Gold Arts Mark for the quality of its teaching of the Arts by the Art Council of Great Britain. The picture shows our Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy with the Certificate after the awarding ceremony in Horsham, Sussex. To read more click here.
Harrow Way School has been awarded the highest honour available to schools delivering an Arts Curriculum by the Arts Council of Great Britain. After a lengthy application process and a thorough assessment period we have been granted a Gold Arts Mark. Arts Mark is the standard by which the Arts Council judge the quality of Arts [...]
Last week in science, some year 9 classes had to test different samples of dog poo with various chemicals to tell us what disease the dog had!!! I enjoyed the experiment because it was disgusting. Robert Simmons Please use this link to view Robert's table of results.
It was the biggest challenge that most of the people in the group had ever taken on but with grit and determination they did it. The 16-strong team, made up of mainly 12-16 year olds from Harrow Way Community School, finished the Testway Transform Ironman Challenge in style. Between them they [...]
The 2007 "Aiming High" groups in year 7 and year 8 have just returned from their final weekend of activities. The final weekend started on Friday evening at Tile Barn where students setup their tents and took part in some games. On Saturday the groups walked and cycled across the New Forest, and also visited [...]