Since 1995, the Shakespeare Project has set the same challenge to our Year 11 students: can you take a full Shakespearean production from page to stage in just two weeks? During the February half-term week, Year 11 Drama students, with the support of professional actor, Louise Kempton (Warhorse, Dorian Grey & Doctors), rose to that [...]
The 3v3 District Basketball Competition was held at Test Valley School . We entered two teams and both teams played very well with some excellent skills shown. Alex Enright was top scorer with 4 baskets scored in just one game. Although we did not qualify for the regional competition is was excellent to see the [...]
Year 11 drama students have given up their half-term break to work with professional actor Louise Kempton (Warhorse, Casualty, The Bill) on a production of 'Love, Shakespeare'. The play is a compilation of Shakespeare's most powerful writing on the subject of love, in all its guises: romantic, witty, dark & violent. In just two weeks [...]
After a well deserved rest, we were more then prepared for another day of adventure so we headed for Capri. We met our guide for the day, Laura, outside the ferry port. It wasn't soon after boarding the ferry a couple of us turned green and the disastrous symptoms of sea sickness occurred, while others [...]
After our memorable hike up mount Vesuvius we began to venture down to the busy city below the summit, the ash stricken town of Pompei, filled with curious tourists we were soon to join. The more we learned about the city the more we felt like we were the locals many years ago, completely shocked [...]
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, [...]
On Monday 8th of February at a wintery Test Valley School, Harrow Way year 7's became the champions of the first of the 2016's district schools rugby tournaments. The boys arrived full of ambition and were soon into the action playing Test Valley A's. The game was contested well but ended in a stalemate with [...]
Both our Year 7 & 8 netball teams were in action on the netball court this week at the Clere School. Year 7 were victorious with an 8-3 win, under captaincy of Victoria Butler. Coaches' player of the match was Donna Doig. The Year 8 team also claimed victory with a 3-0 win, best player [...]
‘The Harrow Way Guarantee,’ a new initiative launched by Harrow Way last term to help students be more rounded individuals and learn about life in modern Britain is already proving to be a huge success and supports the governments new citizenship requirements. Deputy Headteacher Mark Warren, who introduced the innovative scheme [...]
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 [...]