Students celebrated the end of 2019 with a host of events, performances and activities, spreading festive cheer throughout the school and wider community.
Singers were in fine voice when they performed for shoppers at Co-op supermarket, in Penn, before entertaining residents at care homes in the region.
The festive ‘tour’ came after students showcased their singing and acting talents at an annual church carol service. St Bartholomew’s Church, in Penn, hosts the carol service for Highfields School students every Christmas. More than 20 talented singers performed Carol of The Bells, 1,000 Years and a selection of traditional Christmas carols before the congregation enjoyed mince pies and hot drinks.
Ms S Bishop, Highfields’ Head of Extra Curricular Performance, said: “The carol service really signals the start of Christmas and our students love getting involved each year.
She added: “Christmas is all about giving and sharing, so it is always important for us to get out into the community at this time of year. Our students put on some brilliant performances and really spread Christmas cheer across the Midlands.”
Talented students then showcased their impressive musical talents in a spectacular Christmas Concert to round off the term.
More than 100 musicians, dancers and singers helped to fill the school with festive cheer when they performed a host of Christmas classics and other well-known hits to a packed audience.
The school choir, flutists and ukulele players, as well as members of the strings group, rock bands and cast of the upcoming school production of Beauty and the Beast were among those who performed in the musical extravaganza.
Highfields also came alive with Christmas spirit when students and staff swapped their uniforms and suits for festive jumpers to help raise money for charity.
The school’s corridors and classrooms were brightened up with colourful jumpers featuring Rudolph, elves, and Santa Claus as Highfields came together to celebrate the festive season with a fundraising Christmas Jumper Day.
Each student and member of staff made a token donation to wear their Christmas jumpers to raise money for Save The Children.
The charity works to give children in the UK and across the world a healthy start in life, running world-class programmes to ensure they have a bright future.
Headteacher, Mr G Tate, said: “Everyone got into the Christmas spirit by wearing their festive jumpers. It was a great way to round off the term whilst raising money for such a worthwhile cause.”
Once again, students got artistic as part of a competition to create the official Highfields Christmas card for 2019.
The competition was open to students in Years 7 and 8, with a cheery scene of a snowman playing on a swing of colourful fairy lights coming out in first place.
The Christmas card, created by Cam Chillingworth, was sent out in digital form to partnering organisations and Parents/Carers.
Ms J Parker, Head of Lower School, said: “We are always proud to add a personal touch to the school’s official Christmas cards by getting our students to design them. We run the competition annually for Year 7 and 8 students, and we were delighted to have received dozens of entries. They were a great standard but Cameron’s design is a worthy winner.”
Cameron said he was very pleased to have won the competition, and excited that his design had been used on behalf of Highfields.
