Year 9 student Harry flew to Loulé, in Portugal, on Wednesday of half-term to compete in Tumbling for Team GBR in the Loulé International Cup. He competed on Thursday and got through the qualifying rounds in 3^rd position to tumble in Saturday’s final in the men’s 13-14 age group, competing alongside athletes from Portugal, USA, Belgium, France, Spain and other GBR teammates. 

He made the semi-final in 3^rd place to make the top 4 qualifying gymnasts. Then he completed the final, winning a bronze medal! 

On Saturday morning, Harry competed in a mixed age team event, representing GBR, again alongside other nations, winning GOLD, which was a huge achievement!  

His parents said, "It was a really exciting competition to follow from home, watching on the live stream as best we could and, of course, we were extremely proud of Harry’s achievements but also the way he managed independently abroad and representing the country." 

Well done, Harry, we are all very proud of you!

 

 

On Friday 18^th October, our Year 7 & 8 students from Service Families participated in a trip to Tenpin Southampton for a morning of bowling and laser tag.  This was a fantastic opportunity for these students to get to know each other, expand their support network in school and for some of them, to try something completely new. 

It was wonderful to see the students developing new friendships and using their teamwork and strategic skills, particularly during laser tag.    

Well done to the Year 7 & 8 students who demonstrated excellent behaviour during the day and thank you to the staff who accompanied them on the trip. 

The Henry Beaufort School offers a wide range of cultural opportunities.  We believe all students should be exposed to opportunities and experiences beyond the classroom.  These opportunities and experiences will help students to broaden their horizons and develop their understanding of the wider world. We focus on challenge and enrichment.

In the academic year 2023/2024 the school ran 59 different trips across all year groups offering 6,662 student experiences.  
 

For Culture Capital Day Year 8 Looked at Wayang -Indonesian Shadow Puppetry, and the puppets of an Austrian Puppet designer called Richard Teschner​. This involved them designing and creating their own Wayang Puppets inspired by animals and insects with human-like features. There were some fantastic pieces of works produced which really reflected Indonesian Puppetry culture with the students own creative twists. 

 

 

 

 

They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.

We will remember them.
Lest we forget.

Expressive Arts provision in schools is high on the agenda for the government.

The Henry Beaufort School has always placed an emphasis on expressive arts education, which is currently focused on the final preparations for their whole school production, ‘Everybody’s Talking about Jamie.’

So highly valued is this commitment to the expressive arts that the school have teamed up with Theatre Royal Winchester for three performances of the production on the 22^nd to the 24^th of January 2025.

 

Sue Hearle Headteacher said, 'our performing arts space in our purpose built

expressive arts centre is ideally suited to nurturing and encouraging talent, and I am delighted that we are showcasing this at the Theatre Royal in January 2025. So many of our young people have become involved, demonstrating their confidence and resilience to perform in front of a Winchester theatre audience.’

 

Everybody’s talking about Jamie will be shown in The Theatre Royal, Winchester on the following dates

• Wednesday 22^nd January 2025
• Thursday 23^rd January 2025
• Friday 24^th January 2025

 

Tickets will be available soon from the Theatre Royal, Winchester box office.