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Our Year 8 leavers brought the house down with a colourful, comical and downright charming version of hit musical Grease to sign off their time at Highfield and Brookham. And the magical performance, directed by the brilliant Mrs Baird, Head of Drama, was captured for posterity by Simon Drake Photography. #TogetherWeCare #TogetherWeThrive #IndependentSchool #PerformingArts #SchoolDrama #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
Just like at Rydell High, school is almost out for our Year 8 leavers. Luckily, @andreakozak.photography captured these wonderful pictures of their spectacular performance of hit musical Grease before they head off for the summer break and onto the next stage of their educational voyage of discovery. #TogetherWeCare #TogetherWeThrive #IndependentSchool #PerformingArts #SchoolDrama #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
We’re delighted to announce that Highfield and Brookham has been shortlisted for Independent School of the Year for Student Wellbeing. Such fantastic news and we are particularly thrilled to be shortlisted in this category as keeping our children safe and ensuring they are happy at school is our biggest priority. The winners will be announced in October. #TogetherWeCare #TogetherWeThrive #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex #isotyawards
Pre-prep children today rounded off a busy year of music making with a wonderful informal concert to proud parents. The young pupils demonstrated just how much they have grown since September, both in terms of technical ability with their instruments and the confidence to play or perform in front of an audience. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWePerform #SchoolMusicConcert #IndependentSchool #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
Hot on the heels of breaking a school record en route to winning the senior girls’ high jump title on sports day, Olivia T has now been crowned national champion. Olivia secured a personal best leap of 1.51m to clinch gold at the National Prep Schools’ Athletics Championship finals at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. Warmest congratulations to all of our pupils who qualified for yesterday’s national finals in the West Midlands. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeCompete #TogetherWeStrive #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex #Athletics
On Saturday, we are looking forward to welcoming guest speaker Carol Murraine to prizegiving. Carol is the chief executive and designated safeguarding lead of the London-based @eastsideyoungleaders, which aims to create leaders of character and purpose for tomorrow’s world, drawn from those most in need in grassroots communities. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeInspire #InfluentialSpeaker #PrivateSchool #Prizegiving #IndependentSchool #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
Teamwork, leadership, resilience and confidence building were the order of the day as Year 4 tackled an array of adventurous activities during their exciting three-day residential at the inspirational Mill on the Brue Outdoor Activity Centre in Somerset. Tunnelling, the Crate Stack, rafting, the Leap of Faith, the Great Wall and the High Ropes saw young leaders emerge as the children worked together to overcome both tricky challenges and, on occasion, their fears. And the result? Year 4 passed the test with flying colours! #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeOvercome #TogetherWeLead #OutdoorLearning #EssentialSkills #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #PrivateSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
The school year may be drawing to a close but there’s no stopping the children’s beloved gardens, which have really blossomed with the spring rain and warm summer sunshine. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeFlourish #GreenFingeredPupils #NoGrowingPains #Environment #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire
With Wimbledon fortnight getting under way on Monday, how appropriate that our green-fingered Nursery children should harvest their very own succulent crop of tasty strawberries fresh from their garden. Now, I wonder where they left the cream… #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeEncourage #TogetherWeThrive #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex #FruitGrowers #InTheGarden
The handiwork of pupils on our extra-curricular Airfix Club has gone on show as part of an annual exhibition. Led by Mr Baker, the club enables boys and girls to get creative with model kits, improving coordination, dexterity, patience and the ability to remain calm while working with small, fiddly parts. The modellers had their work scrutinised by their peers before the model of Year 8 pupil Alex S was adjudged to be the best of an excellent bunch. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeCreate #ScaleModelling #Creativity #EssentialSkills #CountryBoardingSchoolsInHampshire #IndependentSchool #Nursery #PrePrepSchool #PrepSchool #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
Kenneth Grahame’s children’s classic The Wind in the Willows has been brought to life in fabulous style today by our talented Year 3 children. The charming tale of Mole, Ratty, Toad, Badger and friends enchanted the watching parents as the children put on a real tour de force with their boundless energy and enthusiasm. Fittingly for Year 3, the tale celebrates nature, friendship, loyalty and adventure, and the children did director Mrs Statham truly proud with their whole-hearted performances. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeEncourage #PerformingArts #SchoolPlay #IndependentSchool #PrepSchool #PrePrepSchool #Nursery #PrivateSchool
Despite the end of the school year looming large there is still so much to play for, not least on the cricket pitches where House matches have today been in full swing. Will Agincourt, Trafalgar or Waterloo prevail? We’ll find out next week when the results are unveiled… #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeSupport #TogetherWeCompete #HouseCricket #CoEdBoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
Nearly 30 years after attending as a pupil, one of our proud alumni returns as a parent. He shares cherished memories from his time at the school and reflects on why he and his wife chose to entrust the same school with their children’s education. #TogetherWeGrow #Nursery #PrePrep #Prep #IndependentSchool #CoEdSchool #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex
After Nursery took centre stage on Wednesday, today was the turn of our pre-prep children to battle it out for house bragging rights on the second of our three sports days. Competition was fierce but fair on a hot day and the children gave their all for the cause on the running track, in the long jump pit, over the hurdles and at the ball throw, culminating in some phenomenal (and very noisy) shuttle relays. Tomorrow, the prep school children will round off what has already been a week of amazing sporting action. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeCompete #TogetherWeAspire #SchoolSportsDay #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Surrey #WestSussex
Pioneering Reception children have had the fun task of being the first cohort to try out new trail equipment at forest school. The trail, which tests children’s balance, coordination and ability to problem solve in order to move from one obstacle to the next, enhances further the school’s already inspirational natural outdoor learning resource. And, on such a warm day, there was plenty of fresh water on tap to keep the young daredevils nicely hydrated. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeLearn #TogetherWeTry #ForestSchool #OutdoorLearning #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Surrey #WestSussex
Today, we had the first of our three scheduled sports days, with Nursery taking centre stage. And what a morning we had, with the eager youngsters showing amazing agility, speed, determination and dexterity to sprint, jump, twist and turn barefooted – a practice which is believed to improve children’s balance, coordination and sensory perception – and with beaming smiles. Next is the turn of Reception to Year 3 on Friday before the prep school pupils round off our sporting odyssey on Saturday. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeCompete #TogetherWeAspire #SchoolSportsDay #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire #Liphook #Surrey #WestSussex
Huge congratulations to record breakers Milly and Jemima, who were not only part of Highfield and Brookham’s 1st XI who claimed third place in the @iapsuk U13 girls national cricket championships but also put on a batting masterclass. En route to a battling 28-run over Cottesmore in the third and fourth place play-off in Taunton, the openers carried their bats over the 20 overs, racking up an insurmountable 162-0. Jemima scored an unbeaten 43 while Milly smashed 92 not out, the highest score ever recorded by a female cricketer at Highfield and Brookham. #TogetherWeGrow #TogetherWeCompete #TogetherWeSoar #GrassrootsCricket #PrepSchoolSport #CountryBoardingSchoolsInHampshire #IndependentSchools