High Storrs School

Y11 Intervention Evening February 7, 2012 4:30 pm
Y9 All Boys and Girls TDP February 8, 2012 Time TBC
Half Term Holiday February 13, 2012 Time TBC
Y11 Photographs February 27, 2012 Time TBC
Y11 Photographs February 27, 2012 Time TBC
Y12 Geography Field Trip March 12, 2012 Time TBC
Y12 Parents Evening March 22, 2012 Time TBC
Parents Meeting Y7 Venture Week March 26, 2012 Time TBC
Y13 Parents Evening March 27, 2012 Time TBC
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition to Bakewell March 31, 2012 Time TBC

Welcome to the High Storrs School Website

On behalf of High Storrs School I am delighted to welcome you to our school website. We are a fully comprehensive school meeting the needs of all abilities across the 11-18 age range in a friendly, caring and hardworking environment. High Storrs is a specialist school for Performing Arts and also Mathematics and Computing and is well known for its high quality work in the Performing Arts.

In September 2011 we completed our BSF rebuilding and refurbishment programme. This has now given our students a learning environment which is second to none:

New sports facilities (including a four court sports hall)
New Drama studios
New Dance studios
New Design & Technology suites

Additionally, we have refurbished all of our classrooms and our School Hall has been redesigned in 1930s style, with state of the Art audio visual facilities. The refurbishment work was designed in consultation with English Heritage, who ensured that many traditional aspects of our school buildings were preserved. The work also includes: new sixth form areas, a new Learning Resource Centre, new Music Suites and a new Learning Support Centre.

Every individual matters in High Storrs School and we seek to encourage every student to develop their all round ability and special talent. Our students benefit from excellent teaching and a broad curriculum which challenges them to progress at a rate which ensures success. Several of our GCSE classes contain students from different year groups.

We have a very strong Primary School links programme and an extremely popular summer school for Year 6 students. This is well supported and ensures that students join our vertical tutor groups in a confident way which helps them to settle in and begin learning.

I hope that by visiting our website you get a flavour of High Storrs School. If you wish to follow this up with a visit, please contact me at the school or visit us on one of our many open events.

Ian Gage
Headteacher

We are the (Table Tennis) Champions!

Earlier this week, the High Storrs table tennis team won the Key Stage 3 League championships!

This great result came after our team achieved 36 points on both leagues. Runners up were Tapton and Notre Dame. The winning team was made up of:

Armando Brouwer
Tom Wilkinson
Nathan Hinchcliffe
Harry Wright
Tom Moreland
James Godden
James Youle
Isaac Lawrenson

The guys have been playing together since last term and are really happy with the result. Many congratulations!

Former High Storrs student Nick Matthew is new Squash World Number one!

We are delighted to announce that former High Storrs student Nick Matthew has just secured the world squash title! The amazing result came after his victory over rival James Wilstrop in New York.

You can see a brief video of Nick celebrating with his trophy on the BBC website.

Congratulations from everyone at High Storrs!

High Storrs School launches annual Talent Show

High Storrs School is pleased to launch its latest talent show, ‘So you think you’ve got talent’. The show will be held on Thursday 1 March – details will be available nearer the time.

Any students who have signed up to audition for the show are invited to join us for the auditions on 24 & 25 January, and 1 & 2 February. Good luck everyone, we look forward to seeing some amazing talent shine!

January Examination Timetable now published

Please see attached January_2012_timetable.

Year 10 Work Experience Week (2nd-6th July 2012)

We have added some useful information here about how to find a placement.

In particular, there is a Work Experience 2012 Sample letter to employer for you to write to an employer and you can also download the Work Experience 2012 Student Arranged Placement (SAP) Yellow Form to send off to an employer. Both sides of this need to be completed and returned to school please by 29^th February 2012. Read more about it on this Work Exp 2012 Information Sheet.

If you require any further information please contact Mr Fahidi (Careers Co-ordinator) or Mrs Dalby (Work Experience/Careers Administration Support Assistant)

‘High Storrs School: A Journey’ Now On Sale!

High Storrs School has now released its commemorative book, entitled ‘High Storrs School: A Journey’. This sixty-four page volume revisits the history of the high performing Sheffield school, from its beginnings as the Central Secondary School in Leopold Street back in the 1880s, to the recently completed three-year rebuild and refurbishment process.

The book is the result of a three-month collaboration between staff past and present and the Centralians Association alumni, who kindly shared their fascinating memories and helped us explore the school’s history.

To purchase your copy which is £9.99, please send a cheque for £11.99 (including postage and packaging), payable to ‘High Storrs School’, to: Eva Oliver, Communications & Marketing Coordinator, High Storrs School, High Storrs Road, Sheffield S11 7LH, South Yorkshire. Please indicate clearly the address where you would like us to post your book to, and a contact telephone number. A copy will be dispatched to you shortly.

Superb new photography of our school

We have been lucky enough recently to have received the services of local photographer Andy Chubb who has photographed our newly built and refurbished school. You can view the photos he took below and see the amazing changes our school has gone through.