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 [...]
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 [...]
Last weeks assemblies were based around LGBT History Month – commitment to equality and celebrating diversity. Mr Fluellen (Assistant Headteacher) based his assembly on his heroes, one of which was persecuted for being gay, Oscar Wilde. He also explored society's need to label and categorise people and how this can be empowering for those in [...]