Aspiration + Determination + Success
Last week our Year 11 Students sat their Art GCSE Mock Exams, where they showed off some great work using a variety of different styles and materials. The test involves researching artists and investigating their work. Students will then develop ideas through these investigations, demonstrating critical understanding of sources, as contextualising work is a key… Read more
This year Longhill High School is proud to present ‘Christmas Stuffing’, an original Pantomime written by our very own Mr Holland! Christmas Stuffing is about Hector Hermist, the Taxidermist who wants to kidnap all of the animals in the Fairy-tale forest, so he can add them to his collection of stuffed animals! The show follows… Read more
On Tuesday 31st October we took a group of students to The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Ambassador Training Programme. By attending the training, the students will learn some invaluable skills that will help the school to run a successful anti-bullying campaign. The Diana Award Anti-Bullying Programme raises awareness of bullying behaviour and supports schools and young… Read more
The Teen Tech Festival was held at the Amex Community Stadium, on 16th November 2023. It will be an interactive event designed to inspire our students about the contemporary industries shaping their future. Students tried their hand at immersive challenges and experiments, handle cutting edge technology and, most importantly, spend time with engineers, technologists and… Read more
Remembrance season is always a time year of reflection but also one of great uplift, with our cadets selflessly turning up to collect for our local branch of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal at Asda, Brighton Marina. This always goes down well with the public and we thank them for their immense generosity and… Read more
The ‘Top of the Bench’ chemistry competition will be held at Brighton College on 14th November 2023. Run from October to January, regional heats are organised and funded by Royal Society of Chemistry. The heats are set up to have broad appeal and are fully accessible. Past challenges have included practical tasks, written theory tests,… Read more
Longhill High School recognises that personal electronic devices can have a number of positive uses, including for safety and entertainment purposes. Nevertheless, their use in school often results in unwelcome distractions from learning. Therefore, PEDs are not permitted to be used, seen or heard during the school day – this is any time the school… Read more
We will be taking 40 of our students to St John’s College, Oxford on November 10th 2023. The trip will provide a unique chance to have an introduction to Oxford and have a university style taster session. The introduction presentation focused on introducing pupils to the University of Oxford, the courses and societies it has… Read more
As part of the GCSE Religion and Ethics course, we are planning a day trip to London for GCSE Ethics student’s. The trip offers students the opportunity to visit two places of spiritual, cultural and historical importance in our country, and will be particularly relevant to the Practices units they will study next term including:… Read more
The main event this term was our October Camp at Pippingford Park Training Areas in Ashdown Forest. It was a hugely successful camp with a vast amount of work and effort put in by all the cadets and the staff. For a few of our cadets it was their first camp and all learnt a… Read more