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Longhill’s rising female football stars were lucky enough to meet female star players from Brighton & Hove Albion recently when they played in a tournament for local schools. The tournament, hosted by Albion in the Community, took place at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre in Lancing, where several of Albion’s female players offered… Read more
Earlier this year, we introduced you to the group of Year 8 students who had applied 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 saw a bumper crop of students wanting to join the programme and a… Read more
Aspiring young mathematicians from all across the UK took part in the annual Junior Maths Challenge this week. The Junior Challenge is aimed at pupils in Year 8 and below and involves answering 25 multiple choice questions, in one hour, under normal examination conditions. Our fantastic Longhill mathematicians from Years 7 and 8 were… Read more
Generous Longhill students paid a surprise visit to the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton recently to deliver a massive haul of chocolate Easter eggs to the Rockinghorse Appeal. Staff were delighted to receive the huge consignment of 278 eggs, which they planned to give out to the children and their siblings who were in… Read more
It’s time for our Spring newsletter, so please take a look to see what’s been happening at Longhill over the past seven weeks. It was a busy term and we hope that everyone enjoyed a well-earned rest. We had our annual ski trip taking place, as well as our Spanish trip to Salou over the… Read more
A group of Year 10 English students braved the chilly spring winds on a day trip to London recently. The students, who are currently studying Macbeth, ventured along the South Bank to visit Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and managed a side-trip to the Tate Modern on the way. Student Libby Day told us, “Miss Hennig, Miss… Read more
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