On Tuesday 10th December, 11 students from Year 8 travelled to the National Portrait Gallery, London. Accompanied by Mrs Askey and Mrs Lush, the group travelled up to view the special exhibition of Tudor art, as they have been studying this period in History. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit to the capital, especially using public [...]
Harrow Way students have had some of their own work published in a book, after entering a writing competition. 'A Twist in the Tale' was a national creative writing competition for 11-18 year olds. Pictured are students who were published in the latest Young Writers compilation 'A Twist in the Tale'. It is the largest [...]
On Friday 6th December, Harrow Way held its annual Christmas Fair. This year was again well attended, with stalls organised by students and staff. We raised just over £1300, from the stalls and having a non-uniform day. The proceeds will go to our partner school: Fayef International in Ghana. Upcoming events include: Year 10 Drama [...]
Last Friday we held our annual Voice competition, students had to speak in front of an audience for a few minutes. Winner in Junior category: Mia Campbell Winner in Senior category: Martyna Krawczynska House points: Third: Hawks - 20 points Second: Kestrels - 100 points First: Buzzards - 180 points
On Tuesday 19th November ten Year 11 Unicef Peer Educators attended the above conference in Bournemouth. The purpose of the conference was to explore what values, principles and practices underpin wellbeing and educational outcomes in students. The conference was attended by Head Teachers, Senior Leaders, Governors in schools and other services. Students from Harrow Way [...]
Year 9 rugby star Joshua Ingram Year 9 student Joshua Ingram has been selected to represent Hampshire. Following two gruelling stages of selection in his preferred position as No.8, Joshua was one of only 30 players selected from hundreds of hopefuls. Joshua, a member of Andover RFC is a key member of the [...]
The shorter days that come with November signify for me the speed with which each year passes. Already we have completed the first half term of this academic year and now well into the second half term with December looming. It was a great pleasure this week to be involved in [...]
On Monday 18th November, we welcomed back our former Year 11 students to receive their examination certificates and prizes for subject awards. Certificates and prizes were presented by our guest speaker, Tim Deery, headteacher of Portway Junior School, along side our Chair of Governors, Mrs Becky Burbidge. Also awarded were our annual trophies, these included: [...]
It was a gruelling 50 minutes of rugby this evening as the Harrow Way 1st XV travelled to The Clere School. The two very evenly matched teams fought for supremacy throughout the entire match until, with just 4 minutes remaining on the clock, an infringement at the ruck gave Harrow Way a penalty five metres from the Clere [...]
On Friday 8th November 2013, the Year 11 BTEC Diploma Drama students came to the completion of two weeks of work in their performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Students came in over the half term holiday to work with professional actor Kirsty Cox and continued to work during afterschool the week after. The performance [...]