The New Year is a great time to reflect on the changes we want to or need to make. In last weeks assembly we had a time to reflect on this. One of the areas we looked was the “aggregation of marginal gains.†The presentation can be viewed here. In 2010, [...]
At the end of the Autumn term, the Performing Arts department laid on two festive shows in the last week. The first was a Christmas Variety performance from the Year 7, 8 & 9 Drama Club, who meet Thursdays after school. This performance included songs, dances and sketches which were improvised entirely by the students. [...]
Our termly newsletter has had a re-design and now available to read online here. This edition includes all the latest news and activities that's happened over the last term and key dates for the rest of the academic year. Previous editions can be found here.
This week was the turn of Year 8 to have their inter-house football tournament. The matches went as follows: Monday: Hawks vs Buzzards = 2-0 Hawks. Tuesday: Buzzards vs Kestrels = 7-0 Buzzards. Wednesday: Hawks vs Kestrels = 4-2 Hawks. 1st Hawks - 90 points 2nd Buzzards - 60 points 3rd Kestrels - 30 points [...]
Friday 4th December was the 2015 date for the eagerly anticipated annual cluster Year 5/6 Indoor Athletics competition! 22 Harrow Way Leaders gave up a lie in and a day off to support and lead the young athletes from our cluster primary schools. Portway Junior sent four teams while Kimpton, Roman [...]
On Thursday the 3rd December, Harrow Way took part in the Town Hockey Triangular at John Hanson school. Harrow Way took eight girls from Years 8 and 9 to the fixture and made a reserved start in the first match against Rookwood B. Harrow Way took time to adjust to the pitch and ground out [...]
This week assemblies were based on E-Safety. The assembly facilitates young peoples understanding that they need to be just as protective of their personal information online, as they are in the real world. It also directs where to go and what to do if young people are worried about any of the issues covered. A [...]
The Year 7 football team played some excellent football to win through to the final in a high quality competition held at The Clere School, Newbury. They initially beat John Hanson in a penalty shoot out, then Testborne School 3-0 and finally The Clere School 4-0. The final was an exceptionally tight game and ended [...]
As far as the ‘first years’ were concerned, Harrow Way was renamed Harrowarts School of Wizardry on Friday for a day of literacy magic. Year 7 students went on a Harry Potter cross-curricular adventure exploring wizardry, witchcraft and magic. After a special assembly to introduce the day, the trainee wizards and [...]
This week had the theme of Deep Thinking and it was the turn of Tutor Groups to present an assembly to their year group. Tutor 7RKS linked their assembly to a class book they have been reading in Tutor time, Michael Morpurgo’s, Shadow. They looked at current affairs and how Refugees [...]