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Triathlon Success for Meghan in Year 9
Festival of Nature 2019
Festival of Nature 2019
Bristol Speech and Drama Festival
Mixed Hockey Competition
English School's Swimming Association Relay Competition
English School's Swimming Association Relay Competition
Year 1 at Forest School
Year 1 at Forest School
Under 16's Netball Success
Year 4's Visit to Bristol Museum
British Schools Biathlon Championship Success
An impressive set of examination results at GCSE repeating the high level of performances at A level
New Head Boy and Head Girl Announced
Easter Holiday Camp
Planting trees at Leigh Woods
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Airbus visit Year 9 pupils to deliver an engineering challenge
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about Flying Start
'Medicine - to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always?'
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about Clifton High School Scholars Forum Welcome Professor Karen Forbes
Triple Success at the Sixth Form French, Spanish and German Debates
'a superb and memorable set of experiences for our children and young people.'
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about Marquee Week 2016
Boys show competitive spirit to match the success of the girls
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On Wednesday 29th June, Clifton High School and Sam Goldsmith, Head of Food and Nutrition, were delighted to welcome Telegraph food writer Xanthe Clay to officially open our newly renovated Food and Nutrition room. . .
In two special visits, two local MPs presented their rival views on BREXIT and faced some tough questions from Clifton High School students. Thangam Debbonaire MP for Bristol West and Jacob Rees-Mogg MP for North East Somerset took a break from their busy parliamentary schedules to talk to Clifton High School students about politics.
Pupils, staff and governors of Clifton High School celebrate excellent inspection results with a "Grand Day Out" to Longleat Safari Park.
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Sports Camps set to return for two weeks this summer following the resounding success of our Easter Sports Camps
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about Clifton High School Sports Camps
Junior boys performed well in an annual Under 9 Football Tournament.
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about Junior boys' football success
Pupils in Year 3 have performed well in a Triathlon event.
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about Year 3 Triathlon
A Year 10 pupil has been selected to play for the regional Irish Exiles in a match.
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about Barney joins regional Irish Exiles
Clifton High School is holding an Eco Photo Competition that is open to the whole Clifton High Community.
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A team of CHS pupils have won the Flying Start Challenge National Final.
By request, Clifton High School is holding an Information Evening for prospective parents and pupils on Wednesday 9th March.
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Cliton High School has held a Rugby Union End of Season Awards Dinner to celebrate players' success.
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about Rugby Union End of Season Awards Dinner
Pupils at Clifton High School celebrated World Book Day with a Shakespearean fancy dress theme.
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about World Book Day celebrations
Two Junior School football teams scored impressive results in matches last week.
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about Football success for CHS
The Year 5 Netball Team B have won several matches in their first netball tournament.
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about Year 5 Netball Tournament
Clifton High School is improving its Food and Nutrition Room.
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about Redesign of Food and Nutrition Room
Winkworth and Wollaston have held a Cake Sale for two charities.
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about Winkworth and Wollaston Cake Sale
Year 4 have performed a play called 'Splash', a retelling of Noah's Ark.
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The Parents' Association is holding several discos for children in Nursery School to Year 6.
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about Parents' Association Discos
Clifton High School's Parents' Association is holding a Quiz Night at the School on Friday 15th April.
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about Parents' Association Quiz Night
Pupils from Clifton High School enjoyed a trip to Sunday River, USA.
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about Clifton High ski trip
Dr Alison Neill, Head of School, announced Clifton High's new Head's Team and House Captains in assembly today.
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Clifton High School is holding an Easter Sports Camp for boys and girls in Years 3-8.
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about Easter Sports Camp at Clifton High
All of the school's houses, Pears, Percival, Winkworth and Wollaston, have competed in a House Pancake Day Race.
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about House Pancake Day Race at Clifton High
Clifton High School is holding a Latin A Level Conference this March, which A level pupils and parents are warmly invited to attend.
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about Clifton High to hold Latin A Level Conference
Clifton High School commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day with a visit from Mr Freddy Naftel, a Holocaust Enrichment Teacher.
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Year 12 students from Clifton High School has been successful at the annual Foregin Languages Debates at Clifton College.
Dr Alison Neill, Head of School, was interviewed by a radio station about the School's improved GCSE scores.
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about Department for Education performance tables
Children in Year 2 had an enjoyable time visiting the SS Great Britain.
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about SS Great Britain Trip
Parents are warmly invited to a session about good adolescent mental health and wellbeing.
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about Parents invited to Dick Moore question and answer session
Clifton High School is looking to the future with a 'Medium-Term Strategy 2015-2019'.
Year 1 children have enjoyed a trip to Tyntesfield, a historic property owned by the National Trust.
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about Year 1 trip to Tyntesfield
Clifton High School has held an assembly to mark World Religion Day.
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Pupils from Clifton High School had an enjoyable trip to Cologne.
Pupils in Year 10 have begun preparing for their expeditions for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
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The Final Assembly of the term has been held at Clifton High.
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Children in the Junior School have thanked the Head of School for giving advent calendars to their classes.
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about Children deliver thank you letters to Head of School
Clifton High School held its annual Carol Service at Clifton Cathedral on Monday evening.
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about Clifton High School's Carol Service
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Children in Years 3-6 held an excellent Christmas performance.
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about Children perform 'Gold to Bethlehem'
Pupils, staff and people supported by the Anchor Society enjoyed a delicious Christmas Lunch this week.
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about Christmas Lunch at Clifton High
Clifton High School's Parents' Association have held a Christmas Wreath Workshop.
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Children in Reception to Year 2 have held their Christmas performance.
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about Children perform 'Let's All Decorate The Tree'
Rugby teams at Clifton High have played their last few matches exceptionally well.
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about Rugby success at Clifton High
Our Parents' Association held a successful Christmas Fair at the weekend.
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about Parents' Association Christmas Fair held at Clifton High
Children in Nursery School have performed in a Christmas Music Workshop.
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Children from Clifton High School performed for a Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch Club.
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about Children sing at Christmas Lunch Club
Year 5 children visited At-Bristol for a workshop on forces.
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Children in Reception have enjoyed seeing a selection of classic cars.
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about Classic cars come to Clifton High School
Clifton High School has held a Junior Mathematics Competition for Year 5 and 6 children from local schools.
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A pupil at Clifton High has been named an 'Athlete of the Year' for her synchronised swimming at a prestigious awards ceremony.
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about Pupil triumphs at ASA Aquatics Awards
Lepra has organised a Zumba class for Year 7 pupils to say thank you for supporting the charity.
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about Lepra thanks Year 7 fundraisers
A variety of events have been held at Clifton High School to raise money for Children in Need.
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The CHS Parents' Association is holding a Christmas Fair on Saturday 5th December.
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about Christmas Fair at Clifton High
A Clifton High School pupil has come in 9th place in The British Athletics Cross Challenge 2015/16.
Clifton High School held a successful Pirate Swim and Gym today.
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Year 7 pupils at Clifton High are helping to spread awareness about leprosy, as well as fundraising for a charity dedicated to supporting those with the disease.
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about Year 7 'leap For Lepra'
Pupils enjoyed a visit from BAE Systems' Schools Roadshow.
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Pupils have learnt to use an apple press with the help of The National Trust.
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Six girls from Clifton High School have excelled in the British Schools Biathlon.
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about Biathlon goes swimmingly for Clifton High
Pupils at Clifton High School have been trained in CPR as part of European Restart a Heart day.
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about Pupils put their hearts into lifesaving training
Clifton High School is holding a special event for parents and children who are interested in places in Nursery School or Reception.
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about Places left for Pirate Swim and Gym
Mr Andrew Cleaver, Head of School Music, has joined England Rugby's 'Rose Army'.
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Former England rugby player David Rees has joined Clifton High School as a rugby coach.
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about Rugby star David Rees joins Clifton High School
The final day of Marquee Week featured a Harvest Festival and a Science Day.
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about Marquee Week - Harvest Festival and Science Day
The sixth day of Marquee Week featured events run by a special guest - Auctioneer Thomas Plant.
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about Marquee Week - An Antiques Valuation
The Saturday of Marquee Week featured an Open Morning, a performance of The Sound of Music and an evening organised by Clifton High School's Parents' Association.
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about Marquee Week - Open Morning and The Sound of Music
Marquee Week featured a day celebrating the theme work Years 1-6 have been involved in during the Autumn Term so far.
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about Marquee Week - Junior Activities
The third day of Clifton High School's Marquee Week was a celebration of languages.
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about Marquee Week - Languages at Clifton High School
The second day of Marquee Week included a visit from Author Tanya Landman, a Book Fair and a performance of The Sound of Music.
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about Marquee Week - Author Visit and Book Fair
Clifton High School's Marquee Week has had a successful start.
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about Marquee Week - Eco Expo day
Clifton High School's Under 14 Hockey Team remain undefeated in their matches.
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about Under 14 hockey success
Clifton High School is preparing to celebrate Marquee Week this October.
Pupils and staff at Clifton High School have carried out an orderly practice evacuation.
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Clifton High School was featured in the Independent in an article about the Diamond Edge Model.
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Pupils and staff at Clifton High School have gathered for a special school photograph.
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Pupils in Year 7 have enjoyed a bonding trip in the Forest of Dean.
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Staff from Clifton High School are preparing to run the 2015 Bristol Half Marathon.
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Congratulations to all who played in Clifton High School’s alumni matches at Coombe Dingle on Saturday morning.
Clifton High School welcomed all pupils, parents and staff back to school today for the start of the autumn term.
At Clifton High School, boys and girls across Year 11 were celebrating this morning as they collected their GCSE results. Almost 50 pupils sat GCSEs this summer with both boys and girls achieving truly impressive sets of results with many excellent grades.
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Today Clifton High School students received their A level results and for those young men and women, their parents, staff and governors there was cause for celebration as they recorded outstanding levels of success.
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We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Keep Britain Tidy, Eco Schools Green Flag Award. We are the first all-through school in Bristol to receive the award and only the 8th School in the local area.
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about Green Flag Success
Winkworth, Pears, Wollaston and Percival all enjoyed our exciting House Challenge Day yesterday.
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about House Challenge Day
The Clifton High School community came together this weekend for our annual Rose Day celebrations. Dignitaries, governors, alumni and friends joined staff, pupils and parents for our Service of Thanksgiving, Commemoration and Prize-giving. Following this, in the evening, Sixth Form students, parents and staff gathered at school for the annual Rose Day Ball.
Our Year 6 boys and girls enjoyed welcoming everyone who will be joining them for Year 7 into the School yesterday!
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about New Pupils' Day
'Dot and Ethel' theatre group visited Clifton High School to perform their production of Gorilla Gardening for the Nursery to Year 2 children yesterday.
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Local author Amanda Mitchison visited Clifton High School to talk to Years 7 and 8 about her latest book.
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Congratulations go out to a number of talented Clifton High sportsmen and women!
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about Sporting Success
Our Art and Textiles Open Evening will take place on Thursday 2nd July, 6.00-7.30pm.
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about Art and Textiles Open Evening
Clifton High will be running Holiday Sports Camps in the summer holidays from 3rd-14th August, 9am-4pm, for boys and girls in Year 3-8.
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about Holiday Sports Camps
During their Future and Skills lessons the Year 13s have recently been looking ahead to life at University and beyond Clifton High. In one session the Year 13s looked at how much a weekly shop would be, learnt about cost effective meals and were given some shopping tips.
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about Year 13 Futures and Skills
So far this term the Nursery School boys and girls have been enjoying a learning theme of 'creatures'. The children have enjoyed many activities on this topic and have learnt about sea creatures and land minibeasts in depth.
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about 'Creatures' in the Nursery School
Spring has sprung in Clifton High eco garden. The Year 3 and 4 Eco Club are keeping active and watching the wildlife closely.
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about Spring in the CHS Eco Garden
The U15 Girls Aegon tennis team have played their first league match of the season against Cotham.
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about U15 Girls Aegon Tennis
The Junior School boys and girls enjoyed a trip to PGL Barton Hall in Torquay. The yearly residential trip is a highlight of the year for the pupils, who have the opportunity to take part in a number of exciting activities, many of which they will not have encountered before!
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about Year 3 to 6 PGL Trip
Year 2 visited Tyntesfield to take part in a workshop where they learnt
about being a chef.
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about Year 2 Become Chef's Apprentices for the Day
Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a live Skype call with the 'Song of the Whale' research boat today, experiencing mathematics in action in the 'real world'.
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Year 7 and 8 pupils enjoyed a French and cultural trip to Brittany,
taking part in a varied range of visits and activities, immersing
themselves in the French language and culture.
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The Year 11 Prom took place at the Bristol Marriot hotel in the city centre and was an enjoyable celebration for all of the pupils prior to their GCSE examinations.
Clifton High School are supporting Wallace & Gromit's children's Charity by getting involved with Shaun in the City.
At Clifton High School we are always
trying to provide opportunities for our students to expand upon their
knowledge of the subject areas they are studying. Not only do events and
talks embellish information which they have learnt in the classroom,
they also give them insight to new areas which they would not otherwise
encounter in the normal curriculum.
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about Enhancing Sixth Form Students' Studies
I know you will join me in warmly welcoming our new Deputy Heads Dr
Helen Pascoe and Dr Mark Caddy into the Clifton High School community.
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about Welcome to our New Deputy Heads
Congratulations to our Year 9s who came second in the national final
of the Flying Start competition at Fleet Air Museum!
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about Flying Start Success!
Nursery to Year 6 enjoyed some fantastic Easter activities to conclude
the Spring Term.
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about Easter Fun for Nursery to Year 6
The End of Season Rugby Awards Evening celebrated the sporting
achievements of both our Junior and Senior boys.
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about End of Season Rugby Awards
Friends, family, staff and former pupils all enjoyed another fantastic
set of performances from our senior pupils for the annual Spring
Concert.
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about Senior Spring Concert
This morning the whole school; pupils, staff and parents, gathered
outside to enjoy the solar eclipse. Eclipses are quite rare; the last
total solar eclipse visible from the UK was in 1999. Today we saw a
partial eclipse.
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about Solar Eclipse
Congratulations to our Under 9 footballers for a fantastic 10-0 win against Clifton College on Monday. Well done boys!
Our Nursery - Year 6 boys and girls have enjoyed a week of activities for our 'One World' themed CHS Book Week. We only have one world and it is precious; this environmental topic ran through the week in classes, assemblies and other activities.
The whole school has enjoyed a mufti day in aid of Comic Relief today. Pupils and staff dressed in red, painted their faces, wore wigs and red noses for the charity. We also enjoyed our 'Make a Funny Face' cake competition.
Last night's Futures and Skills Evening was a resounding success. The evening, entitled 'Your Future Starts Here' aimed to help our pupils make decisions about their future. Advice, work experience and internships are all a vital part of decision making regarding future careers and Clifton High School endeavours to do all it can to support our pupils in finding these opportunities.
The Clifton High School U10s enjoyed another lovely sunny day for their netball tournament, playing a series of matches against a number of Bristol schools - an enjoyable event for all involved.
Congratulations to our Head Girl, Rhiannon Osborne-Tonner and our
Deputy Head Girl, Tasha West for working extremely hard to achieve their
Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award.
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The Under 7 Tag Rugby Tournament took place this morning on the lawn, in
wonderful sunny weather. Two Clifton High School teams played two teams
from Clifton College in a series of matches.
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Our boys and girls have just returned from a fantastic sports tour to Barbados. The cricket and netball teams played a number of fixtures and not only did they enjoy their sporting fixtures, but they also enjoyed many other activities including a jeep safari and a boat trip.
Congratulations to all of the Year 12 students who have been
announced as members of the Sixth Form Teams for 2015-16.
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The theme in the Nursery School for the rest of the Spring Term will be 'Change'. The children will be learning about a variety of changes including changes in the environment, changes in materials when they are combined and the way they have changed since being born.
Year 3 and Year 5 enjoyed exciting, interactive history workshops
yesterday. "The History Man" visited school to deliver a workshop on the
Romans to Year 3 and workshop on the Greeks to Year 5.
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about Roman and Greek Workshops
Congratulations to three current and former Sixth Form students
who have been awarded prizes for their fantastic artwork from the
judges of the Bristol Senior Schools' Art Exhibition.
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about Art Prizes
Yesterday, pupils in Years 2-6 were invited to practise their solo
performing skills in front of an audience at an informal music soiree
concert held in the Clifton High Music Department.
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about Music Soiree
A photography competition is taking place for all budding (and
practising!) wildlife photographers in the Clifton High School
community.
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about Eco-Photo Competition
The boys and girls have had a busy week of fundraising for Winkworth and Wollaston's nominated House charities. Events included charity bingo, a coin race, a cake sale and the annual House Pancake Race!
Girls and boys from Years 3 to 6 enjoyed an exciting trip to Cadbury
World this week as part of our 'Education Alive' programme.
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about Cadbury World Trip
Year 6 delighted friends and family with an all-singing, all-dancing performance of the musical Ye-Ha!
last night.
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about Ye-Ha!
Artwork from our Senior School pupils is now featuring in an exhibition at Bristol Cathedral until Tuesday 24th
February.
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about Bristol Senior Schools' Art Exhibition
In Monday's assembly, pupils enjoyed presentations given by each of the
Sixth Form students running as candidates for the positions of Head Boy
and Head Girl for the coming academic year.
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about Head's Team Presentations
Mr David Graveney OBE paid a visit to Clifton High School to deliver a talk to the senior boys cricket players.
Last week the Department for Education released its performance figures for secondary schools in England for the 2013/2014 academic year and we are delighted with our performance.
We are in the:-
Top 3 schools in Bristol for GCSE results
Top 3 independent day schools in Bristol for A level results
Another busy Reception Experience Session took place this morning.
The visiting boys and girls took part in a number of interesting
activities. Our staff thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the parents and
children who are interested in joining our Reception Class this autumn.
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We are excited to be inviting David Graveney to School on
Monday to talk to our Senior School pupils about his cricketing career.
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about David Graveney OBE to Visit School
Members of the Clifton High School community took part in
a sponsored 'stomp', walking twelve miles from CHS to Pill. Their efforts, in aid of Penny Brohn Cancer Care, have currently raised an
impressive total of over £5000 for the charity.
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about Charity Walk
Dr Neill has been thoroughly impressed with the outstanding performance
of the Year 6 scholarship candidates that she interviewed this week.
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about Scholarship Interviews
Year 9 enjoyed taking part in the Flying Start Challenge. The scheme aims enthuse and inspire young people
to consider a career in the engineering industry; whilst teaching them
about basic engineering concepts.
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about Flying Start
The Senior School pupils enjoyed learning about writing books via a talk and question and answer session with author Tracy Alexander.
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about Author Visits Years 7, 8 and 9
Clifton High School Ski Team have just returned from a successful trip to Les Deux Alpes for the Independent Schools Ski and Snowboard Championships - a brilliant event with over 180 competitors of a very high standard.
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about Independent Schools Ski and Snowboard Championships
Another wonderful Carol Service to end the Autumn Term, the pupils performed superbly.
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Clifton High have raised over £1300 for charity this festive season. Thank you all for your generosity!
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about Christmas Charity Collections
The Nursery School boys and girls had an exciting festive visit to Bristol Zoo to meet and feed the reindeer. Whilst they were there they also visited the penguin and seal enclosure and sang Christmas songs.
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about Christmas Fun for our Early Years
The Year 3 to 6 boys and girls have achieved awards from the Head for a range of fantastic achievements.
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about Head of School Awards
Year 3-6 performed Christmas 1914 last night, and it was absolutely outstanding. The play considers the first Christmas of WW1, prior to which Britons hoped it would 'all be over by Christmas'.
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about Christmas 1914
The Parents' Association organised a fun Christmas workshop with Sue from Green Garlands who demonstrated how to create a fresh fir garland to create a festive look on a fireplace, stairway or in the centre of a table.
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about PA Garland Making Workshop
Congratulations to the Nursery School children for performing their Christmas Music Workshop to family and friends so enthusiastically today.
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about Christmas Music Workshop
A big thank you to everyone for supporting the Clifton High School Christmas Fair. It was a fabulous day and thoroughly enjoyed by all. Early figures suggest we have made well over £3500!
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about Christmas Fair
Year 9 pupils studying Spanish had a very special lesson where they enjoyed a trip to eat out at La Tomatina restaurant on Park Street.
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about Year 9 at La Tomatina
Years 3 and 4 visited Folly Farm to participate in a programme on ‘Home Sweet Home.’ Children made a mini nature reserve and investigated the animals living in the woodland.
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about Folly Farm Visits
Clifton High School pupils celebrated 150 years of Brunel's suspension bridge by recreating the procession that took place at the historic opening of the bridge in 1864!
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about 150 Years of Brunel's Bridge
Senior School pupils enjoyed a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Roadshow provided by British Aerospace (BAe).
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about Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Roadshow
Congratulations to Year 11 pupil Grace who managed to gain financial assistance to cover part of the cost of learning Korean after putting a lot of hard work into a grant application.
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about Year 11 Awarded Grant to Learn Korean
Tristan Roperto, our Deputy Head Boy, delivered his Clifton Suspension Bridge themed photograph products to Laura Hilton, the Visitor Services Manager at Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust.
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about Deputy Head Boy Produces Suspension Bridge Range
Reception - Year 2 wowed an audience of family and friends with their Christmas performance for 2014 - 'A Christmas Cracker'. Not only did the children remember their words perfectly, the dances were brilliant, the songs were sung with passion and one number was even sung in French.
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about A Christmas Cracker
The Reception to Year 2 children performed at Christ Church Clifton's Senior Lunch Club; their singing and poetry recital was very well received.
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about Christ Church Senior Lunch Club Performance
Nursery to Year 2 enjoyed a fantastic Nativity performance by the students of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School on Monday.
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about Bristol Old Vic Nativity Performance
Our under 14 and under 16 boys rugby teams have won against Clifton College's B teams!
This term our Year 12 and 13 Performing Arts students and Year 11 Drama
pupils have enjoyed talks from experts in the industry to enhance their
learning in a practical way.
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Staff and pupils got into the festive spirit on
Friday, wearing Christmas jumpers and other seasonal attire in aid of
our upcoming Christmas Fair.
Congratulations to Clemency, one of our former Sixth Form students who was awarded her DofE Gold award last week in London. She has written the following about her experience of the DofE scheme at Clifton High School. DofE is just one of many extra-curricular activites on offer to Year 12 and 13 students at CHS.
Clifton High School pupils were eager participants in the opening
of the new Ice Rink in Clifton Village last night. The Junior X Choir
sang a selection of Christmas songs and Head
Girl Rhiannon Osborne-Tonner delighted guests to a spectacular
skating performance.
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about Ice Rink Launch
A huge number of the CHS community contributed to
the Parents' Association Clothes and Toys Swap on Friday. The event was
organised in aid of Médecins Sans Frontières response to the Ebola
crisis in West Africa.
We are delighted to announce that due to increased demand, from January
2015 we will be offering two classes in the Nursery School – a Nursery
Class and a Pre-School Class.
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This
year the PA Christmas Fair will feature crafts, refreshments, The Great
CHS Bake Off, Santa's grotto, Neal's Yard, Ruby & White turkeys,
Stella and Dot Jewellery, Cotswold Fir Christmas trees, Phoenix Cards
and much more.
Since gaining the Eco Schools Silver Award last summer the School’s Eco
Committee have been eagerly working towards the prestigious Green Flag
Award. The Green Flag is the
highest accolade that the Eco Schools scheme offers.
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about Eco Schools Green Flag Award
Once again the Marquee was a hive of activity for the final day of our
Marquee Week celebrations. The morning of Creative Thinking Day was
filled with different creative workshops for the children to enjoy. In the afternoon the Senior School students listened to a talk from Mr
Kevin Farrar for IBM on the interesting topic of how IT and technology
can be used for innovation in business and explored large 3D shapes in a mathematics workshop.
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about Marquee Week - Creative Thinking Day
Sunday of Marquee Week 2014 saw Clifton High School's Alumni get
together for an afternoon of socialising, an AGM, school tours and a
delicious afternoon tea.
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about Marquee Week - Alumni Day
Our lively Parents'
Association (PA) organised a fantastic cheese and wine evening which
packed the Marquee with 100 guests on Saturday night. The guests also enjoyed a reception of prosecco and canapés, a French bistro supper, and live music.
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about Marquee Week - PA Cheese and Wine Evening
Last weeks' Senior School production of Shakespeare's “The Comedy of Errors” made such an impact that the lead pupils involved are still getting superb feedback from pupils, staff and parents alike.
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about The Comedy of Errors
Monday 13th October was Literary Day in the Marquee. Throughout the day a book fair was available for parents and children to browse and purchase books at their leisure. The day started off with a Harvest Festival for Nursery - Year 6 and their parents then Nursery - Year 2 then spent the morning enjoying a storyteller. In the afternoon we had the pleasure of visits from authors John Dougherty and Steve Voake.
Friday's Extra Curricular Clubs Day was a vibrant showcase of some of the many clubs on offer at Clifton High School including dance, music, sport and enivronment.
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about Marquee Week - Extra Curricular Clubs Day
The Happy Puzzle Company came to visit Clifton High for Mathematics Day. Both Junior and Senior pupils spent time working
as teams and thinking tactically to solve the challenges
they brought along for us to try out.
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about Marquee Week - Mathematics Day
The second day of our annual Marquee Week celebrations, Shakespeare Day, was a great success and saw our children, staff and parents enjoy a variety of performances.
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about Marquee Week - Shakespeare Day
Marquee Week got off to a musical start last night as almost fifty parents, teachers and friends came together for the inaugural meeting of the Clifton High School Community Rock Choir.
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about Community Rock Choir Launched
The annual Marquee Week celebrations took place from the 7th - 14th October. For a programme please click here. Daily updates about the performances and activities which took place in the Marquee are also here for you to enjoy.
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Our alumni and current 1st teams took on the challenge of the annual alumni hockey and netball matches last weekend. It is always a pleasure to catch up with ex pupils and discover where their exciting career pathways have led them, so they can give inspiration to our current senior girls.
Over the summer Clifton High School relocated and refurbished the
Nursery School. There are now two bright, airy and spacious classrooms,
each for eighteen children. Also, we have a lovely garden with plenty of
space for the children to play, read and exercise.
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about Nursery School Opening
We
are delighted to announce that the Clifton High School GCSE results
have mirrored the outstanding performance we saw from our A level
students earlier this summer. The Diamond Model together with the school’s philosophy of realising
individual brilliance has meant that students can celebrate more than
just academic success as they are encouraged and nurtured to explore
their talents. The successes they have achieved in sports, drama, music
and art will give them skills to help them as they continue their
education in the sixth form and beyond.
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about GCSE Results Mirror Our Outstanding A Level Results
There has been great cause for celebration today as our A level students
received an outstanding set of results. For Clifton High this has been
an extremely important day as these are the first set of results for
pupils who have been educated since we became fully co-educational and
adopted the Diamond Model of education in 2009.
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about Outstanding A Level Results
A downpour of biblical proportions did not dampen the spirits of the
organisers of this year’s Summer Fair. Stalls
were erected inside and out and the festival atmosphere attracted a good
crowd. There was a delightful family atmosphere
and a good time was had by children and adults alike.
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about Summer Fair
On Saturday 21st June, on a glorious summer day, we held our annual Rose
Day service at Bristol Cathedral. This is always a well-loved and
special day for the Clifton High School community, this year made all
the more special as it included a farewell to Mr Tony Richards, Deputy
Head of School.
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about Rose Day
A team from the University of Bristol came to school to carry out a fun and interactive workshop
on food, activity and bodies (FAB) – this term’s theme topic for Year 6.
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about Year 6 FAB
Reception have been taking full advantage of our wonderful pond this term. The children have visited this area several times and Mr Walmsley, Lead Specialist on the Environment, has shared his expertise with us, even creating a pond habitat within the classroom.
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about Pond Life
This week Mrs Kate Vinson left Clifton High after 22 years during which thousands of children have enjoyed and benefited from her compassion, humour, wisdom and superb teaching skills.
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about Mrs Vinson's Last Day
Thanks to everyone who showed their support for Bristol Rugby Club today by coming into school with their kit, flags and Creating MEMories’ scarves.
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about Come On Bristol!
Boys and girls in Years 3 to 6 enjoyed an exhilarating, exciting and for some, life changing time at the annual PGL residential trips. Year 5 and 6 visited Torquay with Years 4 and 5 taking a trip to Liddington near Swindon.
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about PGL 2014
We were delighted to welcome Olympic Gold medal winning athlete Amy Williams to our annual sports lunch which celebrates the successes and achievements of our sportsmen and women in Years 10 -13.
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about Sports Lunch
The Clifton High School Holiday Sports Camps were launched on 7 April 2014; feedback was overwhelmingly positive and parents remarked on what a difference it makes having qualified teachers running a holiday club.
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about Holiday Sports Camps
School has been full of the joys of spring today, particularly for boys and girls in the Early Years and Juniors who have enjoyed an Easter bonnet parade and Easter egg hunts.
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about Happy Easter
Bini Ludlow (Indian cookery expert, Food Glorious Food semi-finalist and Taste of the West Gold Award winner) visited Clifton High School to teach the Year 10 students about the important use of spices.
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about All About Spices!
Staff and pupils across the school, from Nursery to Sixth Form, all took part in the British Heart Foundation “Jump Rope for Heart” skipathon.
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about Skipathon
Children in Nursery to Year 6 enjoyed Reading Week which took place between 3 and 7 March.
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about Book Week
On Friday 7th March, 48 Clifton High pupils took part in the 11th Annual Cross-Country relays at Tockington Manor School. It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to work together as a team of 4, completing a distance of 765 metres each!
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about Cross Country
Well done to our Year 2 rugby players who took part in an exciting tag rugby tournament on Friday 7 March.
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about Early Years Rugby Tournament
Over half-term a group of Year 11, 12 and 13 pupils visited Paris; in a packed three days they saw some of Paris’ most popular and unusual landmarks.
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about Parisian Culture
The theme for learning in Year 1 last half term was ‘Toys past & Present’. The Year 1 children collected their unwanted used toys since Christmas and just before the break, they held a Grand Toy Sale and welcomed children from Reception and Year 2 to be their customers.
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about Toy Sale to Support Hedgehogs
The first pictures are in from the Ski Trip in Prato Nervoso and we think you'll agree it looks fabulous there. Bright sunshine and beautiful snowy Italian mountains - it's hardly a surprise to see so many smiling faces under those hats and goggles!
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about CHS Hit the Slopes - Skiing 2014
Just before half-term, fourteen pupils went to participate against 11 other schools at the Bristol Schools’ Swimming Association Gala. A special mention goes to Matt for breaking the Bristol Schools’ record for the 50m Butterfly.
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about A New Bristol Butterfly Record for Matt!
Year 6 performed The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents to a highly appreciative audience of Nursery, Reception and Year 1-5 pupils at their dress rehearsal and then again for their main performance to a packed audience of parents, families, staff and friends.
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about The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
The Senior Eco-committee, together with Mrs Giles and Mr Walmsley, has raised over £100 to support the Sky/WWF Amazon Rainforest Appeal.
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about Treasuring Hunting to Support the Amazon
Now that the season for gymnastics lessons in the curriculum draw to a close, pupils have been excited to showcase some of their balancing work.
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about Junior Gymnasts are Perfectly Balanced
This year, two teams from Clifton High School's Y7 and Y8 entered the University of Southampton’s National Cipher Challenge. Over 1000 teams entered from schools across the country!
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about Cracking Codes with the National Cipher Challenge
A group of Year 11,12 and 13 German students enjoyed a screening of ‘Die Welle’ in the Rose Theatre complete with pizza and refreshments with Frau Harris, Frau Coles and Madame McKenna for foreignfilmFriday last week.
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about foreignfilmFriday goes German
The Nursery School children have been very interested in the purpose of ‘real’ tools recently. Mr Cooper from the CHS Maintenance Department kindly agreed to show them some of the tools that are used around the school.
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about Nursery School's Visit to Maintenance
Junior Chess Club got off to a flying start last week with six young chess masters playing on three of the eight chess sets.
Wednesday saw a five-hour Studio Shoot of specialist digital photography workshops for Year 10 Life Skills and Competencies pupils and for Y12-13 A level Art and Design students.
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about Photography Workshops Prove Popular
Wednesday saw a five-hour Studio Shoot of specialist digital photography workshops for Year 10 Life Skills and Competencies pupils and for Y12-13 A level Art and Design students.
The CHS Nursery School children have been taking advantage of the wet weather to explore the giant puddles in their playground.
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about Taking Advantage of the Weather
Year 4 and 5 pupils have certainly had their Mathematics brains in gear this term and have achieved great success at Maths Challenges across Bristol.
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about Mathematics Masters
Clifton High School is encouraging a greater understanding of local wildlife as well as greater awareness of how the school's human and wildlife populations fit into their wider global environment.
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about Eco Club Growing Fast at CHS
Year 1 children visited Tyntesfield Estate to take part in an educational workshop about toys and games of the past to support their ‘Toys Past and Present’ topic.
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about History Alive for Year 1!
Three teams from Clifton High presented their glider and poster to a judging panel of professional engineers, then took part in a glider 'fly-off' at the Flying Start Competition Regional Finals. Two CHS teams performed brilliantly and go through to the National Finals in Yeovilton in March!
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about Flying Start Update: National Finals Here We Come!
Thank you to all those parents supported the school by attending the Parent Association's Coffee Morning and Ski/Winter Wear Sale on Thursday morning after drop off. The event raised £52.08.
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about PA Coffee Morning and Ski Wear Sale
Mr Psarros, Assistant Head - Sixth Form, received his Masters of Education (MEd) in Educational Leadership, Policy and Development from the University of Bristol yesterday. Congratulations Mr Psarros!
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about Congratulations to Mr Psarros MEd
The Parents' Association have been fundraising for the school via a successful Christmas Fair and Quiz Night - thank you to everyone in the CHS community who has shown their support.
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about PA Post-event Reports
The Flying Start competition was held on 22nd January. Airbus engineers came and taught Year 9 about the forces on aeroplanes in flight. The competition is national and teams of students are challenged to build the best glider.
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about CHS Boys Fly High with Flying Start
An anaesthetist visited Reception to talk to them about her job in the medical profession.
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about Anaesthetist Visits Reception!
The last few weeks have seen Year 12 students involved in lots of activities looking at their futures. Futures and Skills sessions have included a number of visiting speakers, with many more planned for the coming weeks.
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about Year 12 Look to their Futures
The Nursery children have been busy this week making their own balloon propelled cars. They tested their cars in the playground with much delight.
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about Nursery School's Balloon Cars
Year 6 went to Undercover Rock last week as a ‘Wow’ experience to start their new theme work on Mountains.
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about Year 6 'Wow' Day to Undercover Rock
The Numicon Intervention programme has been introduced to Nursery to Year 2. The programme involves a multi sensory approach to number representation, maximising young children’s opportunities to blend action and imagery with their use of mathematical language and symbols.
Thirty-five very excited Year 7, 8 and 10 pupils spent four days in Germany during the Christmas holidays visiting the Cologne Christmas markets and the Lindt factory.
Everyone at CHS is delighted to congratulate author Chris Riddell, who visited us back in September to talk to our Year 4 to 6 children, for winning the 2013 Costa Children’s Book Award for Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse this week.
We have opened a ‘hat and bag' play shop in the Nursery School which sells a selection of accessories to suit most tastes and professions! Mr Richards kindly attended our grand opening and cut the ribbon.
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about Welcome Back with a New 'Shop' in the Nursery School