Open Evening – Monday 27th September 2010 starting at 6.30pm

Harrow Way Community School will be holding its Open Evening on Monday 27th September, starting at 6.30 pm.  Parents and their children are invited to visit all departments and to attend a short presentation by the Headteacher in the Hall at 6.30 pm, repeated at 8.00 pm.

The Headteacher and staff will be available to answer questions and talk to you about your child’s education.

Harrow Way will also be hosting three Open Mornings on Tuesday 28th September, Wednesday 29th September and Thursday 30th September, 9.15am – 10.30am.

For more information on Harrow Way Community School, please call 01264 364533. Visits to the school by appointment are always welcome.

Beginning of Autumn Term – September 2010

Please note the school year begins for all students on Wednesday 8th September at 8.45 am.

UNIFORM SALES

Uniform can be bought from the school during the INSET days on:
Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th September between 9.00am and 7.30pm.

We will be located in the Library where all stock will be on display so that you can try before you buy.

If you would like to see a list of the items available and their prices, please click on this link to download a price list.

Head’s Corner and Newsletter – July 2010

Please use the following link to view a copy of the end of term Newsletter – July 2010. It includes the Head’s Corner and Harrow Way’s calendar of future events. Newsletter – July 2010

If you would like to download a copy of Hampshire’s programme of school term and holiday dates for the academic year 2010/2011 please use this link.

Another strong performance from Harrow Way

Harrow Way Community School continues to sustain its strong performance with the 2010 GCSE and other Key Stage 4 results. Staff and students are celebrating the end of a record year for the school which has seen its improvements recognised nationally, its CVA score ranked 12th in Hampshire and an Ofsted inspection which rated the school as ‘good with many outstanding features’.

Results received in school so far indicate that 63% of students achieved five GCSE’s or equivalent A* to C passes across the school with 45% achieving five GCSE’s or equivalent A* to C, including Maths and English. Every student achieved a GCSE pass in both English and Maths, further evidence of the inclusive approach of the school. Continue reading Another strong performance from Harrow Way…

OLYMPIC ATHLETES OF THE FUTURE

Year 1 children from Portway and Knights Enham Infant Schools arrived keen and excited at the Harrow Way Sports Hall recently. Year 11 Sports Leaders, Lisa Phillimore, Sarah Hartley and Sophie Attmere, had planned a super afternoon of multi skill activities and relay races, supported exceptionally well by nine Year 7 Harrow Way students.

Emma Jones, Emma Helsdown and Jenna Barrett expertly lead the three Infant teams and showed themselves to be excellent leaders! Continue reading OLYMPIC ATHLETES OF THE FUTURE…

Activity Day-Religious Education “Bollywood comes to Harrow Way!”

For the whole school Activity Day the RE department arranged an Indian Dance Workshop through the company Wise Moves.

The artist, Mansi, wore traditional dress and performed classical Indian dance as well as Bollywood moves. The students were taken through, and participated in, a number of different exciting dance routines. Continue reading Activity Day-Religious Education “Bollywood comes to Harrow Way!”…

Sports Day 2010

Wednesday morning saw the school sports day and launch of the school’s new house system. Three houses red, blue and yellow, made up from tutor groups from all years, battled it out to win the most points and the House Cup. Congratulations to Blue House who won overall on points. There were many running races, relays and throwing competitions. To view a gallery of pictures, click here.

I Toned Up With Tommy!

Funded by the Big Lottery, Year 10 girls all received a Health and Fitness session with Tommy Gentleman at the beginning of the term. They then had the opportunity of joining either (or both!) of his clubs, before school on a Wednesday or after school on a Monday. Many girls took up this excellent opportunity and had great fun getting fitter and more toned.

Eight Year 10 girls (Claire Breen, Lynsey Grover, Steph Boulton, Steph Jackson, Gemma Twycross, Charlotte Spicer, Anna Bazzoni and Cathy Murray) managed to attend at least six of the sessions and earned themselves a fabulous T-shirt. The girls chose to have their initials and Tommy’s logo on the front, with ‘I Toned Up With Tommy’ on the back.

Well done to all the girls but especially to Claire Breen who attended both clubs with 100% attendance!

Activity Day 2010: GeoCaching

As a reward for being one of the top 20 reward stamp holders in the school over the past academic year, this Activity Day we took 14 Students from all year groups for a day off site in the Hampshire countryside to try GeoCaching.

For those unfamiliar with GeoCaching, it’s a modern day form of Treasuring Hunting (or Letterboxing) played by millions of people worldwide who try to find hidden ‘caches’ placed by other GeoCachers using GPS devices. We took the Students on a circular route of just under 8 miles starting in Clatford to find a series of 17 hidden caches. The Students were able to locate each of the caches on their own using GPS receivers, open them up, sign the log books inside each one, pick up and leave small objects to be found by future GeoCachers and hide the caches back where they were found.

We were incredibly lucky with the weather, avoiding all of the rain storms hitting the rest of Andover and every single Student behaved incredibly well, joined in with the game and was a credit to the school.

Check out our gallery of photos from the day here.

– Giles Davis, Ashley May and Dan Gardner