Newsletter – April 2010
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Dance Competition 2010
On 31st March Harrow Way held its annual dance competition in the school auditorium. There were 10 entrants and an opening performance by Yr11 Btec Dancers. Best choreography was won by Year 7 dance troupe Groovestars. Best costume was won by the 'Yr 10's'. A new prize this year was the audience vote award, which [...]
Harrow Way launch Parent’s Guide to Contextual Value Added (CVA)
With Contextual Value Added (CVA) tables very much in the media spotlight recently Harrow Way School has created a guide to help parents de-mystify this somewhat complicated measurement. Harrow Way’s Parents’ Guide to CVA is available to download here or by visiting the school and collecting a leaflet. CVA tables are [...]
History Movie Makers
Year 8 History have been studying The Making of the UK 1500-1750. The students were given a research topic on Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada, which they were to present to the rest of the class. To see their video click here. Year 10 History classes have been making videos as part of their [...]
Andover District Netball Tournament
Under 14’s report With a full squad participating, the Harrow Way girls were hoping to finish off an unbeaten league season with success in the tournament. Sadly they got off to a bad start and were slow off the marks against Test Valley, who passed the ball quickly and shot well [...]
The Times Spelling Bee
On Wednesday 25th March four Year 7s, Lewis Hatchett, Eleanor Potter, Nayana McGee and Mark Todd set off for Cineworld in Southampton to take part in The Times Spelling Bee – an annual competition in which over 100 schools take part. The contest was composed of two stages, a knock out round and a quick [...]
Hampshire Book Awards
On Tuesday 23rd March, Christine Lawson from the School Library Service visited Harrow Way to launch The Hampshire Book Award. It is aimed at Year 8, and sixteen students have been chosen to make up the school’s panel of judges. As part of the awards students have to:< Read ALL six novels on the shortlist [...]
The Dracula Spectacula Show – 24th, 25th and 26th March 2010
You are invited to come along to see performances of The Dracula Spectacula Show which we will be performing at school on 24th, 25th and 26th March 2010 at 7.30pm. Admission will be £6 for adults and £4 for concessions. Tickets may be booked in advance or some may be available [...]
Super Sportsmanship at the Andover Town Schools’ Football Tournament
The sun continued to shine at the start of the 2010 Town Schools’ Football Tournament, hosted again by Harrow Way School. Sparsholt College 2nd year Sports Students, with guidance from Rhonda Sturges, School Sport Coordinator, and Sam Vokes of Sparsholt College, organised and coordinated the whole event which ran smoothly from [...]
Wheelchair Basketball is a Hit with the Year 8 Leaders
Friday after school, Abby Wheeler, Jordan Simcox, Allen Garrett, Brendan Harris and Chantelle Gleed set off with Miss Escritt for Tidworth Leisure Centre to have some fun playing Wheelchair Basketball! They were joined by other Year 8 Leaders from Mountbatten and John Hanson Schools. All were being rewarded for their effort [...]