Aspiration + Determination + Success
Some of our Year 9 and Year 10 history students when on a historic trip to the Battlefields of Belgium last week. Here is an account of the trip, written by history teacher Ms Kenward. “On Friday 10th March, on a very early and dark morning, myself, Mr Humphries, Mr Farquar and Mr Wilson set… Read more
Once again, the Longhill community has shown its generosity by raising £500 for Wooden Spoon Sussex, part of the Wooden Spoon rugby charity. The funds raised have contributed to the Wooden Spoon Sussex project to provide equipment and Astro turf for a new play area at Hillside School in Portslade. Hillside School is a… Read more
A group of Longhill students took part in the Sussex Schools Year 7 and 8 Cross Country Championships at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham last week. The weather conditions were perfect for running in the beautiful grounds around the school. On the start line for each race were 180 eager faces waiting for the gun. … Read more
Back in the autumn term, four Longhill students, Lois Martin and Daisy Lawlor from year 7, Gene Ronaldson and Oscar Lake-Gouhari from year 8, were chosen to design a bespoke rugby shirt for the Longhill team. The Rugby shirt design is part of a special RFU all schools initiative, sponsored by CBRE in conjunction with… Read more
Sussex University, in conjunction with Longhill Science Department, ran a series of fantastic Science Workshops last weekend at Longhill High School. Children came from all over the county to enjoy the opportunity of practising some science in Longhill’s well-equipped science labs. Many children in years 4, 5 and 6 came from our Deans Partnership… Read more
Longhill students were lucky enough to visit the University of Brighton at their Eastbourne campus recently to take part in their Student Leadership Day. Fifteen Year 10 students were selected for the trip, which aimed to help students build and enhance their leadership skills. The day involved many different activities, including street surfing, team building,… Read more
It’s time for our half-termly newsletter, so please take a look to see what’s been happening at Longhill over the past six weeks. We hope that you enjoy the half term break and look forward to welcoming everyone back on 21st February. Please note that Monday 20th is an INSET day, so the school is… Read more
The University of Sussex held its annual ‘Stargazing’ event recently and a group of Longhill students were lucky enough to spend the day there enjoying an outing to the stars, amongst other exciting activities. The event, hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, showed students that a physicist’s job is to understand nature from… Read more
Albion in the Community and American Express recently offered some of our business studies students a fantastic opportunity to spend a day at the Amex Stadium taking part in a Business Masterclass. Year 9 student, Laith Abbas, has written the following impressive account which we hope you will enjoy reading. Laith also took all the… Read more
Every year, a group of Year 8 students apply to become part of Longhill’s Peer Mentor Programme, which aims to help nominated primary school children with their transition into life at senior school. This year has seen a bumper crop of students wanting to join the programme and a record 27 have been offered a… Read more