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Autumn Term 2010
Bilbao trip

Sixth Form Study Visit to Bilbao, December 2010

From 15th to 22nd December, a group of Upper and Lower Sixth pupils from the A2 and AS Spanish groups went on a study visit to Bilbao more ...

Colston's in the snow Letter from the headmaster
Peter Fraser's end of term letter to parents more ...
Sixth form taster day Colston’s Year 11 welcome visitors from 13 schools to Sixth Form Options Morning
Following the highly successful Sixth Form Open Evening in October, 19 Year 11 students from 13 schools in Bristol and South Gloucestershire took part in Sixth Form Options Morning on Friday more ...
Christmas at Colston's Christmas at Colston's
Colston's celebrated the last day of term in a suitably festive fashion more ...
Checking personal statements UCAS applications
Colston’s Upper Sixth students have been very fortunate this year to have had expert advice before sending off that all-important UCAS application more ...
Junior concert Lower School Junior Christmas Concert
 The Lower School Junior Concert was a truly memorable event this year, with more than fifty children taking part more ...
Careers workshop Careers workshop for 6th formers
Nine Year 13 students recently took part in a workshop entitled “Preparing for the World of Work” more ...
Hygiene award

Colston’s catering delights inspectors as well as diners

The catering team at Colston’s, who delight pupils and staff with the quality and variety of school lunches, also delighted an Environmental Health Officer who made an unscheduled food hygiene inspection more ...

RAF team

RAF Fly High Again

The RAF section of the CCF had an extremely successful Ground Competition at MOD Stafford more ...

GB hockey player Georgie Twigg

Dinner guests raise funds for joint rugby and hockey tour to South Africa

Colston’s joint rugby and hockey tour to South Africa is a big step nearer reality as a result of a successful fund-raising dinner in the dining hall on Friday more ...

Lower School Choir Lower School Choir sing at Merchants’ Hall
Every Christmas, the Lower School Choir is invited to sing for the guests at a very special tea party at Merchants’ Hall more ...
Charity Christmas Concert Charity Christmas Concert
Once again the Charity Christmas Concert proved the breadth of talent present at Colston’s School more ...
Book Fair

Library busier than ever with Book Fair

The Upper School library has been busier than ever recently with the Book Fair - a week long event selling books, posters and stationery more ...

Christmas Play Penguin Pam
Key Stage One’s performance of ‘Penguin Pam’ was a lively and engaging play about a penguin who’s tired of having fish for Christmas more ...
Nativity Play Nursery and Reception Nativity Play
Nursery and Reception have been proudly presenting their play this week, a traditional nativity story called Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh more ...
Christmas Bazaar Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar
The Parents' Society held their annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday 4th December more ...
CCF Dinner CCF Annual Dinner
Colston's CCF held their annual dinner on Friday 3rd December 2010 more ...
Mrs Karen Morgan

New Chair of Governors opens Science Block

Karen Morgan OBE DL, newly installed Chair of Governors at Colston’s School, yesterday officially opened the Science Block more ...

Cold weather Fixtures cancelled
Due to the weather conditions all boys' rugby and girls' hockey matches have been cancelled on Saturday 4th December.
Christmas Bazaar Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar
Father Christmas and all of his little helpers will be visiting Colston's on Saturday 4th December more ...
UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Success 2010
Upper sixth form students Nick Mugridge and Tom McCouig have recently taken the Senior Maths Challenge and Tom achieved a silver certificate and Nick achieved a gold certificate more ...
Christchurch Year 12 geography field trip to Christchurch
The Year 12 geographers endured sub-zero temperatures last Friday as they completed field work on coastal protection and management along the Hampshire coastline more ...
Masks Masks
Arghhh! Run for the hills- it's a monster! Oh no- it's only a class of year eight pupils more ...
Air Ambulance Air Ambulance calls again – this time to receive a cheque
Pupils at Colston’s School today staged a casual clothes day in aid of the Great Western Air Ambulance more ...
Waste and recycling Colston’s takes more steps to improve the environment
Simon Anthony (Bristol City Council Waste Education Officer) gave an assembly to years 7-9 more ...
Christmas shoeboxes Colston’s  pupils have once again supported Operation Christmas Child.
 Over 350 shoe boxes were filled up and wrapped up by Lower School and Upper School pupils for Operation Christmas Child more ...
Eco-Schools

Colston’s School invites Bristol to offset carbon

Colston’s School is inviting businesses and community groups throughout Bristol to offset their carbon footprint by supporting the school’s drive to reduce energy more ...

Movember It’s Colston’s – by a whisker
November has turned into ‘Movember’ at Colston’s as 22 members of staff grow moustaches in aid of the The Prostate Cancer Charity, the UK’s leading prostate cancer charity more ...
Scottish afternoon Our Scottish Afternoon
What the pupils thought about the Scottish afternoon in the Lower School more ...
Grand Guignol

Grand Guignol: Theatre of Horror!- Dress Rehearsal

Photos from today's dress rehearsal more...

Girls' rugby Colston’s girls’ rugby takes centre stage
After the news that Old Colstonian Katie Mason had been selected for England U20’s squad, Colston’s girls’ rugby received further good news with the selection of three current students for the Gloucestershire County squad more ...
Taster Days Taster Days – nothing compares with the real thing
You can read about it, talk about it, attend an open morning and even tour during a school day but nothing actually compares with the real thing more ...
Bilbao Sixth form language course in Bibao, Spain
In December, four members of the Sixth Form (George Edwards, Clare Shere, Ally Noble and Kirsty Foster) will be travelling to Bilbao in the north of Spain more ...
Sculptures Pupils in Years 7 & 8 have been producing some interesting work in Art and DT
Examples of some of their recent work more ...
SA

South Africa Boys' and Girls' Tour – Gala Fundraising Dinner

On Friday, 10th December, Colston’s will be holding a Gala Fundraising Dinner in aid of the U16 rugby and hockey tour to South Africa more ...

Colston Day

Colston Day

This year, in the tercentenary of the school, we celebrated Colston Day on the 12th November more ...

Grace Eccleson Grace gains major scholarship in her bid for West End career
Grace Eccleson, the former Colston’s pupil, hoping to achieve West End success, has been given a £30,000 reward for patience, determination and focus more ...
Traffic of the Stage History of Theatre Live!
On Charter Day Year 8 students at Colston’s School were treated to a performance of the history of theatre, performed by the touring theatre company, Traffic of the Stage more ...
Charter Day Three schools join forces at Cathedral for Charter Day
Colston’s School, Colston’s Girls' School and Merchants' Academy joined forces for Charter Day service at Bristol Cathedral more ...
Remembrance Service Remembrance Service
A Service of Remembrance was held at Colston's School on the morning of 10th November before the school went to Bristol Cathedral for Charter Day more ...
Grand Guignol

Grand Guignol: Theatre of Horror!

Colston's Drama Department would like to invite you to this year’s main production more ...

The Body The Body Beautiful
The theme of the Lower School Curriculum Enrichment Day this week was ‘The Body Beautiful’ more ...
Nicola Mills Thanks to the John James Award Nicola Mills spent her summer holidays a little differently from others
Nicola Mills (U6 last year) reports on how she she used the John James Award to good effect more ...
Bethany Pearce Bethany Pearce in Year 8 gains further success at Gloucester Dance Competition 2010
Bethany Pearce in Year 8 competed in the Gloucester Dance Competition during half term and came away with 6 medals out of 6 dances more ...
A* "Mathematics A* GCSE grade - Priceless!"
To quote both Mastercard and Rhiannon Adams Y11 more ...
Bethany Northeast

Beth and friends go the extra mile

Congratulations to Beth Northeast (Year 8) and 11 other gymnasts who managed to complete their one-mile sponsored walk more ...

Ladies Night

Parents' Society Ladies Night

Colston's School Parents' Society is holding a "Ladies Night" on Friday 12th November 2010 more ...

Katie Mason Katie Mason selected for England Under 20’s Rugby Squad
Old Colstonian Katie Mason (class of 2009) has been selected as a winger for the England Women’s U20 Rugby squad for the forthcoming season more ...
Nursery trip Nursery Out and About!
The Nursery children had a fun-packed day at Westonbirt Arboretum more ...
Bethany Northeast Beth and friends attempt mile walk – on their hands
Good luck to Beth Northeast (Year 8) and other gymnasts when they do a one-mile sponsored walk on Sunday morning – on their hands! more ...
Conkers Colston’s Conker Championship
This year the final of the Colston’s Lower School Conker Championship was again held on the Friday before half term more ...
John Inverdale

Every penny to Foundation will help change lives, Headmaster tells Old Colstonians

This was the central message by Colston’s Headmaster Peter Fraser at the Tercentenary Dinner of the Old Colstonian Society at the school on Saturday evening where John Inverdale was the guest speaker more ...

Sport at Colston's Sport flourishing at Colston's
There has been a very full programme of sport in the first half of the autumn term with the main sport for boys being rugby and for girls hockey more ...
Caroline Lawrence Year 7 pupils return to Lower School for ‘Roman Mysteries’
Year 7 pupils from Colston’s School joined Years 4, 5 and 6 in the Lower School to hear at first hand from author Caroline Lawrence more ...
6th Form

Sixth Form Options / Taster Morning is next opportunity for Year 11 visitors

Year 11 pupils from other schools, including those who attended the highly successful Sixth Form Open Evening earlier this month, are invited to a Sixth Form Options Morning on Friday, December 10th more ...

Decision time

Year 11 visitors from 16 schools attend Colston’s Sixth Form Open Evening
Year 11 students at Colston’s were joined by visitors from 16 other schools at the best attended Sixth Form Open Evening in many years more ...

Lower School disco Lower School Autumn Discos
The Parents’ Society Autumn Discos were once more very well supported by all age groups and a great time was had by all more ...
Maddy Cottell Old Colstonian Maddy Cottell aiming for Miss Great Britain title
Former Colston's pupil Madison Cottell, who won the Miss Bristol City title in September, will be competing in the finals of the Miss Great Britain contest more ...
Big Pit Lower School Year 4 visit to Big Pit
Last week the Y4 children went to Big Pit in Wales more ...
CCF House Competition

CCF House Competition

Over the last two weeks, Year 9 has been involved in a House competition as their induction to basic military skills comes to an end more ...

History trip Back in Time
The whole of Year 9 went back in time on Thursday 7th October 2010. They spent the day at the Black Country Living Museum more ...
Decision time

Decision time

If you are a Year 11 student at Colston’s, or at another school but thinking of joining us next September, our Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday October 14th is a very important event more ...

Charity project

Five loaves and two fishes project

The school has been collecting non-perishable food on behalf of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes Project more ...

CCF Field Day Year 9 Field Day
Last Friday Year 9 experienced a day of military skills as part of their introduction to the CCF more ...
Alan Gibbons

If you like story-telling, get writing now, author tells Colston’s pupils

“This isn’t a practice,” children’s author Alan Gibbons told budding writers at Colston’s School more ...

New Year 7s

Meet the newcomers – and see them in action at Open Morning

In only their third week at Colston’s a group of 11 Year 7 pupils gathered during lunch break to discuss their new school more ...

Nursery dens

Making dens in the Lower School

The Nursery children have been having great fun making ‘dens’ outside using branches and twigs. They were very disappointed when it was time for lunch and they had to leave their new homes! more ...

Bristol-Bordeaux exchange Bristol-Bordeaux Exchange - a great success!
Abi Lawrence reports on her French exchange more ...
Destinations Is university still the best choice?
All of last year’s Upper Sixth have now confirmed their plans for the coming year more ...
Bristol Docks Key Stage 1 Out and About!
On Tuesday 21st September, all of Key Stage 1 enjoyed a fabulous trip aboard the boat Bagheera more ...
Creative writing trip English Department's creative writing trip
On Friday 17th September the whole of Year 7 visited the Forest of Dean and Tintern Abbey for a creative writing day out more ...
AGM Parents' Society AGM
The Parents' Society are holding their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 7th October 2010 at 7.30pm in the Upper School Dining Hall more ...
Parents' info evenings

Information Evenings and House Socials

This week there has been a series of Parents' Evenings at Colston's more ...

Tests

Year 11 Interest and Aptitude Tests

Year 11 waited anxiously to complete their aptitude tests yesterday more ...

Year 7 Integration Morning Year 7 Integration Morning
On Wednesday 15th September Year 7s were faced with an array of physical and mental challenges as they took part in the annual integration morning more ...
Geog Field Trip

Year 11 Geography Field Trip to Braunton Burrows 10 – 12th September 2010

The Year 11 geography students started off the autumn term with a three day residential trip to North Devon more ...

War Graves Visit CCF Visit Old Colstonians' War Graves
Report on the CCF visit to to Old Colstonians' war graves as part of the Tercentenary celebrations more ...
MidYIS Letter from Dr Dawson
Letter from Head of Key Stage 3/4 about the forthcoming MidYIS tests more ...
Peter Fraser Headmaster's beginning of term letter
The headmaster's beginning of term letter to parents more ...
Y7 barbecue

Colston's Parents' Society Year 7 barbecue

The Parents' Society held their annual barbecue for Year 7s and their families on Sunday 12th September more ...

L6 Induction Dinner Lower Sixth Form Dinner and Disco
The new Lower Sixth Form concluded their first week of the Autumn Term with a Dinner and Disco in the Dining Hall more ...
RAF gliding scholarships

High Flying RAF

The summer holidays have been a busy time for the RAF section of the CCF more ...

Reception Reception children have a lovely start
The new Reception children are enjoying school life and have been very busy already more ...
New Year 7 Year 7s straight in to their stride
The new Year 7 pupils seemed very relaxed and confident on their first day more ...
L6 Inductiom

Lower Sixth Form Induction

The Lower Sixth started their term early with the customary induction weekend from Friday 3rd until Sunday 5th September 2010 at the Calshot Activity Centre in Hampshire more ...

GCSE results day

Colston’s hits 99 per cent on key GCSE performance measure

Colston’s School continues to build on its GCSE success, with 99 per cent of this year’s candidates gaining five or more A*-C grade more ...

A-level results day

Colston’s largest Upper Sixth delivers record-breaking A Level performance

The largest Upper Sixth in the history of Coston’s School has delivered a record-breaking A Level performance more ...

Telethon 2010

Sixth formers keep Old Colstonians in touch with the school

As part of the Tercentenary programme of events Diane Iles, the Tercentenary Co-ordinator, and a team of sixth formers have been telephoning Old Boys and Girls to keep them up to date with events at school more ...