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Archive News Autumn Term 2011
Christmas lunch Merry Christmas
A festive wish to everyone from Colston's and details of the headmaster's end of term letter more ...
Lower School Choir

Lower School Choir reach the finals of the Barnardo’s National Choir Competition

News that the Lower School Choir has reached national final at the Barbican in London more ....

John Shooter Colston's Choral Society plans for 2012
Colston's Director of Music, Mr John Shooter, welcomes new members to the Colston's Choral Society and outlines his pans for the 2012 season more ...
Bilbao Sixth form study visit to Bilbao
The lower sixth study visit to Bilbao will be leaving today more ...
Maths challenge Senior mathematicians receive certificates in top maths challenge
Members of our lower and upper 6th, who study further mathematics, took part in the Senior Mathematics Challenge and the top achievers today received their certificates more ...
Christmas lunch Christmas lunch for local senior citizens
Colston's Community Action group invited the Stapleton Senior Citizens lunch group to Christmas lunch at school today more ...
Headway Bristol Sixth formers getting invaluable experience volunteering at "Headway"
Two of Colston's sixth formers, Ben Nankervis and Jack Willson-Patel, have been helping at the brain injury association "Headway Bristol" more ...
Book Fair Library Annual Book Fair
The Upper School library has been hosting its annual Book Fair all week more ...
LS Choir Lower School Choir entertain elderly visitors at Merchants' Hall
Yesterday the Lower School Choir went to Merchants’ Hall to sing for elderly visitors more ...
2nd XV Rugby team muck in to help clear local primary school gardens
On a cold Tuesday evening eight members of the Colston’s 2nd XV, armed with trowels, rakes and bin liners headed down to Glenfrome Primary School more ...
Cross country

Year 7 girls win Bristol Schools Cross Country team event

On Wednesday 7th December a small group of pupils travelled to Bristol Grammar School to take part in the Bristol Schools Cross Country trials more ...

Shining, Signing Star ‘The Shining, Signing Star’
Nursery and Reception’s performance this year is a traditional nativity called ‘The Shining, Signing Star’ more ...
KS1 play

Lower School Key Stage 1 play
This year the Key Stage 1 play, ‘Countdown to Christmas’, tells the story of a family who need a bit of help in the run up to Christmas more ...

RAF Colston's RAF Section win trophies at Air Squadron competition
Twelve students from the CCF RAF section attended the South West Area round of the Air Squadron Trophy Competition on Sunday more ...
Panto Bethany Pearce appearing in panto at the Bristol Hippodrome
Bethany Pearce, Year 9, will be appearing alongside David Hasslehoff at the Bristol Hippodrome in this year's pantomime 'Peter Pan' more ...
Christmas bazaar Lots of fun at the Colston's Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar
Whether they were selling or buying everyone seemed to have lots of fun at the Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar more ...
Coup d'Etat A brilliant "Coup"

One can always rely on an imaginative production from Colston’s drama more ...

Amnesty Colston's Amnesty group has been busy writing letters of support
Colston's Amnesty International group has been active this week in participating in the initiative of writing letters to address numerous issues around the globe more ...
Christmas bazaar Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar this Saturday
A special day in Colston's calendar of events is the Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar which takes place this Saturday at 2 p.m
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Dolphin week Dolphin House continue to support the Dolphin Society during their "Dolphin week"
Last week pupils in Dolphin House took part in the second ever ‘Dolphin Week’ more ...
Coup d'etat Director of Drama excited by his protégés' new production
Stephen Pritchard, director of drama at Colston’s, is very excited about the forthcoming school production of “Coup d’état” more ...
Coastal defences Geography study of coastal defences
A group of six sixth form A Level students had their geography course brought to life on a very informative field trip to the Christchurch area of Dorset more ...
 Fresh Ideas Business studies students projects
Lower sixth form business studies students have been running a number of business projects with a common aim to raise money for a charity more ...
RAF Section

RAF Section on parade
The RAF Section of the CCF has been preparing for the South West Area Air Squadron trophy competition on 4th December 2011 more...

Team photos

Colston's sports team archive
An archive of various boys' and girls' team photos more ...

Pirates Ship ahoy! Shiver me timbers, pirates!
Lowewr School Reception class children have been learning about pirates more...
Charity week Aldington raises £550 during Aldington Charity Week
Aldington House have raised £550 and counting during their charity week more ...
Volunteering Colston’s pupils take the challenge of volunteering
This term a number of pupils have been offering their services to local groups more ...
RAF RAF cadets gain air experience flying
On Thursday 17th November 6 cadets finally took to the air more ...
Children in Need

Lower School odd sock day to support "Children in Need"
The Lower School raised nearly £400 by wearing odd socks on Friday 18th November in support of "Children in Need" more ...

Pudsey
Colston’s School sings songs from ‘Grease’ for Children in Need
On Tuesday 15th November, Miss Kendall and 16 singers from Colston’s School Choir went to Cineworld Cinema in Hengrove to sing at a Children in Need event hosted by BBC Radio Bristol more ...
Sport at Colston's Saturdays are busy days at Colston's
Come rain or come shine there is always lots of activity at Colston's on Saturdays more ...
Coup d'Etat "Coup d’état" taking shape at Colston's
"Coup d’état" will be a new venture for the Colston’s Drama and Music departments more ...
Peter Fitzsimmons Sixth form appreciate talk from Old Colstonian
Old Colstonian Peter Fitzsimmons returned to Colston’s after 40 years to address the sixth form more ...
Public speaking

Colston's through to local final of public speaking competition

On the 15th November 2011 three Year 10 students took part in the English Speaking Union public speaking competition at Cotham School more ...

CCF Year 9 cadets benefit from the unseasonal weather to practise their military skills out of school
On Sunday year 9 cadets from the CCF undertook a Military Skills Day at Emborough Quarry more...
CSI Colston's style Year 8 pupils take part in a Crime Scene Investigation - Colston's style
On Charter Day the Science department organised a CSI murder mystery for year 8 more ...
Christmas shoe boxes Colston’s pupils support Operation Christmas Child in large numbers
318 shoe boxes were filled up and wrapped up by Lower School and Upper School pupils for Operation Christmas Child more ...
Balloon race Aldington House support Hospice South West with balloon race
As part of Aldington House Charity Week year 9 Aldington pupils have been busy selling balloons to take part in a balloon race more ...
Charity cheque presentation Tutor group raises over £300 for Meningitis charities
Upper sixth former Amy Eves and pupils in 9SKW presented cheques for over £300 to Meningitis charities more ...
Colston Day Colston Day
Colston's School celebrates Edward Colston's birthday more ...
Ladies' Night Colston's Parents' Society Ladies' Night
Photo reportage of the Parents' Society Ladies' Night held at Colston's on Friday 11th November 2011 more ...
Remembrance Remembrance Day at Colston's
There were Remembrance Day services for years 10, 11 and the sixth form in Stapleton Church and for years 7 to 9 in the Chatterton Hall more ...
Charter Day Colston's School celebrating the Society of Merchant Venturers' Charter Day
Colston's again joined Colston’s Girls' School Academy and Merchants’ Academy at the annual Charter Day service at Bristol Cathedral more ...
Flight Lower School Curriculum Enrichment Day
The theme of the day was"The Power of Flight" more ...
U15 hockey Colston's U15 girls' hockey team win Bath tournament
The U15 girls' hockey team won the King Edward's School Bath tournament on Monday 7th November more ...
Abi Lawrence in Paris Keeping in touch
Abi Lawrence tells how she is keeping in touch with her French exchange partner more ...
Lazer combat Roundway House's Lazer Combat Morning
Report on Roundway House's activity morning on Sunday more ...
Trip to Berlin Pupils studying German at GCSE get experience of testing their language skills in Berlin
Report on the trip to Berlin at half term more ...
Ray Mardle The Colston's family celebrates the life of Ray Mardle
The Service of Thanksgiving at Bristol Cathedral and the Reception at Colston's School more ...
Bristol-Bordeaux French exchanges still very popular
A group of nine pupils will be taking part in the Bristol-Bordeaux Exchange scheme in 2011more ...
Cap badge Colston's traditions
Two of Colston's School's notable traditions take place in the forthcoming weeks more ...
Organists Colston's organists Josh Griffiths and Tomek Pieczora perform at Bristol Cathedral
Two pupils from Colston’s School will be performing in front of 800 people in Bristol Cathedral more ...
British Heart Foundation Sixth-formers selling lapel badges for British Heart Foundation
November has sparked a number of charitable events throughout Colston’s with the first initiatives beginning today in Bishop's Palace more ...
KS1 trip Lower School Key Stage 1 trip to Blaise Castle
On Tuesday 1st November 2011 Key Stage 1 enjoyed a trip to Blaise Castle more ...
Peter Fraser

Parenting – the most important job we have

The third in a series of articles from the headmaster, Peter Fraser, for the Bristol Evening Post more ...

Nursery to Westonbirt Nursery trip to Westonbirt
The Nursery had a wonderful time at Westonbirt Arboretum on the Friday before half term more ...
Mendips Pupils make the most of half term to complete their Duke of Edinburgh Mendip walks
At the start of half term a group of twenty-six pupils took part in a Mendip walk, organised by the CCF more ...
OC Dinner Old Colstonian Society Annual Dinner
The Old Colstonian Society held their annual dinner on Saturday 22nd October 2011 in the Dining Hall at Colston's School more ...
Conkers Lower School conker championships
After no fewer than 67 conker matches, it was at last time for the final more ...
Ladies' night Parents' Society forthcoming events
There are a number of events coming up in November and December more ...
Oil rig Sixth form physicists widening their horizons
The physics department has been involved in a number of visits recently more ...
Meningitis charity coffee morning

Tutor group supporting meningitis charity

Pupils in 9SKW have been busy raising money for Meningitis UK’s ‘search for a vaccine campaign more...

 Lower School Year 5 Tudor Experience
On Tuesday we had an amazing day. We went to Stratford-on-Avon to learn about what life was like in Tudor time more...
Lower School hockey tour U11 Hockey Tour to Dublin
 This year the U11A team went to Dublin more ...
Ray Mardle

Thanksgiving service for Ray Mardle

There will be a Service of Thanksgiving for Ray Mardle in Bristol Cathedral on Friday 4th November 2011 at 2.30 p.m. more ...

D of E sailing Sucessful D of E sailing expedition
Five year 10 pupils successfully completed their D of E bronze award sailing expedition this weekend more ...
Sixth Form Open Evening

Sixth Form Open Evening

The 6th Form Open Evening was attended by large numbers of pupils and parents, both existing and potential members of the school more ...

Danielle Cox Danielle wins Junior Search for a Star
Year 7 pupil Danielle Cox has made a name for herself by winning the grand final of Bristol Evening Post's Junior Search For a Star more ...
Disco Such fun at the Parents' Society Autumn Disco
See what fun the pupils from Nursery through to year 2 had at the Parents' Society Autumn disco more ...
Ray Mardle

Colston’s community mourns Ray Mardle

Staff, pupils, parents and friends of Colston’s School are united in their grief at the sudden death of Ray Mardle more ...

CCF Inspection CCF Biennial Inspection
The CCF was inspected on Wednesday 12th October 2011 more ...
Arts Trail Colston's art teacher exhibiting work at West Bristol Arts Trail
Miss Clare Wyatt, art teacher at Colston's School is exhibiting examples of her work as part of the West Bristol Arts Trail on Saturday and Sunday 15th - 16th October 2011more ...
Website hits Over 2 million hits on Colston's website in September
Colston's website is proving more popular than ever: last month (September 2011) the school website attracted over 2 million hits more ...
Exam success

Secure success at A Level

Following Saturday’s highly successful Open Morning, with most visitors considering entrance to Year 7, the focus now turns to A Levels and preparation for University entrance more ...

Parents' Society AGM Colston's Parents' Society AGM
The Parents' Society held their AGM on Thursday 6th October more ...
Broadeniing Horizons Broadening Horizons
 This new initiative was introduced in September 2011 in an attempt to stretch and challenge Colston’s most able students more ...
King's House climbing King's House year 7s scale the heights at Undercover Rock in St Werberghs
King's House took their year 7 tutor group to the Climbing Centre in St. Werburghs on Monday
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Gloucestershire CCC Girls fly the flag for Colston's cricket
At the recent Youth and Professional Gloucestershire County cricket awards girls from Colston's received awards in each of the year groups more ...
Open morning Open Morning in pictures
Colston's held their Open Morning in glorious sunshine on Saturday 1st October 2011 more ...
Microscopes Bristol University donate microscopes to Biology Department
The Biology Department are now proud owners of 15 binocular microscopes more ...
Open Morning The usual warm welcome awaits visitors to Open Morning on 1st October
Open Morning this Saturday (10am–1pm) more ...
Hypnosis Hypnotist Martin Taylor has his sixth form audience captivated
Visiting lecturer Martin Taylor had his audience captivated, that is until the elephant arrived more ...
CCF Building temporary shelters in the school grounds
Regular Wednesday night training has continued for the volunteers in Year 9more ...
Brian Moses Writer Brian Moses visits the Lower School
"Brian Moses had wanted to be a rock star but he was a bad guitar player and couldn’t sing" more ...
Concert piano Concert piano purchased through generous gift from Hiborne Foundation and the efforts of pupils
A most generous donation from the Hilborne Foundation and the fund raising efforts of Colston School pupils’ have enabled the purchase of a Yamaha C7 Concert Grand Piano for the Chatterton Hall more...
First Aid First Aid for year 7s
All year 7 pupils have been participating in sessions on Essential First Aid over the last two weeks more ...
D of E Mixed weather for the D of E Bronze expeditions
Over the weekend 20 cadets undertook either their Bronze assessed or practice Duke of Edinburgh expeditions more ...
Equestrian Stonar Inter-Schools Equestrian One Day Event Sunday 25th September 2011
Emma Jones and Francesca Dark met intense competition at the Stonar Inter-Schools Senior One Day Event more ...
Philip Reeve

“Not knowing what will happen next drives me on,” says award-winning author

Award-winning children’s author Philip Reeve had a narrow head start on pupils at Colston’s School today more ...

John Hoskinson From Prizes to Prison – John Hoskinson
John Hoskinson delivered a truly inspirational speech to upper and lower sixth formers in the General Studies lecture more ...
Jonathan Lowrie Cadet Leadership Course at Frimley Park
Jonathan Lowrie recounts his experiences of the Cadet Leadership Course during the summer holidays more ...
D of E Bronze Year 10s enjoy a weekend away sailing and camping
Five year ten pupils took part in their initial practice expedition for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award more ...
UCAS Sixth-formers receive help with their personal statements for UCAS application
Colston’s upper sixth-form students have been very fortunate this year to have had expert advice before sending off that all-important UCAS application more ...
Question Time Sixth-formers pose probing questions to staff Question Time panel
The sharpest minds at Colston’s were gathered together in the Chatterton Hall to debate the most pressing and important issues in society today more ...
Bristol-Bordeaux Bristol-Bordeaux French Exchnage
On Thursday pupils in year 9 and upwards who study French attended a presentation on the Bristol-Bordeaux French exchange scheme more ...
Mr Peter Fraser Headmaster's article in Bristol Evening Post
Mr Peter Fraser's recent article in the Bristol Evening Post more ...
Meera Bhadresa The Bharatanatyam Arrangetram of Meera Bhadresa
Meera Bhadresa who completed her A Levels this summer recently performed her Bharatanatyam Arrangetram more ...
Black Country Museum Year 9 go back in time!
The whole of Year 9 went back in time on Wednesdayr when they spent the day at the Black Country Living Museum more ...
Amnesty International Colston's sixth-formers set up Amnesty International group
Upper sixth-former Phoebe Heaton writes about their aims more ...
Daniella Cox Danielle makes the grand final of Junior Search For a Star
Colstons' year 7 pupil Danielle Cox has made the grand final of this year's Junior Search For a Star competition more ...
St Lucia Rugby Rugby kit for St Lucia
Joe Page, a recent Old Colstonian, came in to school on Monday to talk in assembly about how he plans to help rugby in St Lucia more ...
Chris van der Merwe Chris van der Merwe wins cricket award
Colston's Chris van der Merwe (year 10) has won a Bristol Evening Post cricket award more...
Gorilla hunt We’re going on a gorilla hunt!
Following the popular ‘Gorilla Hunt’ in Bristol this summer, the children in Reception were inspired to create their own gorillas more ...
Ice cream seller Ice creams to support Fraser Moran's trip from Land's End to John O'Groats
So why was the headmaster selling ice creams last week? more ... 
Rugby Colston's 1st XV achieve historic win
There were eighteen boys' and girls' sports fixtures on Saturday more ...
Dolphin Dolphin receives tribute
Following the success of Mr Kaye running the Bristol half marathon we received a tribute from a fellow runner more ...
Dolphin runners All eleven Dolphin runners complete their half marathon
Mr Kaye reports on the achievements of the Dolphin runners more ...
Hannah Hughes and Ben Moore Meet the head boy and head girl
Here's a chance to meet the new head boy and head girl more ...
Selling ice creams Headmaster selling ice creams
Why was Colston's headmaster, Mr Peter Fraser. selling ice creams yesterday? more ...
Ben Moore Flying Scholarship
 This year's head boy, Ben Moore, reports on his flying scholarship more ...
Integration morning Year 7s get to know each other even better
On Wednesday 14th September Year 7s were faced with an array of physical and mental challenges as they took part in the annual integration morning more ...
House social evening

Information Evenings and House Socials

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

World Challenge Colston's sixth-formers launch World Challenge Expedition
Colston’s has launched an exciting World Challenge Expedition for 2011-12 to Ghana more ...
L6 Dinner Lower sixth dinner and disco

Following on from their integration day last Friday the lower sixth form concluded their first week of term with a dinner and disco more ...

eBulletin eBulletin
Colston's first eBulletin is published today. Deputy headmaster, Mr Peter Goodyer, has been putting together a news bulletin which will be published each week more ...
New staff Meet the new staff
This term we welcome two new members of staff to the Upper School and four to the Lower School more ...
Dolphin

Staff and sixth-formers support the Dolphin Society in running the Bristol Half Marathon

On Sunday September the 11th five members of staff and six sixth formers will be running the Bristol Half Marathon in aid of the Dolphin Society more ...

Peter Fraser Headmaster's beginning of term letter
The headmaster's beginning of term letter to parents more ...
Uniform Shop Nearly-New School Uniform Shop
Open this Friday 9th September from 4.00 – 4.30pm more ...
Reception classes Welcome to Reception!
With 38 children and 3 classes, we have a record number of children in Reception this year. As you can see, they’ve had a great start more ...
Y7 barbecue

Colston's Parents' Society barbecue for Year 7 and their families on Sunday 11th September 2011

The Parents' Society will be holding their annual welcome barbecue for Year 7s and their families on Sunday 11th September 2011 (from 2pm – 5pm) more ...

New year Off to a start with a smile
After the tensions of the last few days of the holidays when mums and dads are rushing round getting everything ready they must wonder what happens beyond the school gate more ....
U13 rugby tournament Colston’s inaugural U13 pre-season rugby tournament proves a great success
A new U13 pre-season tournament took place at Colston's on Saturday 3rd September more ...
CCF recruit camp Year 9s get early taste of CCF
Twenty nine year 9pupils took part in a three day recruit camp to give them an introduction to some of the aspects of the Combined Cadet Force more ...
L6 integration Lower Sixth Integration Day
The Lower Sixth form were in school on Friday 3rd September for an integration day more ...
L6 integration Action packed week
The new term doesn't officially start until Monday 5th September but it has been all go at Colston's this week more ...
Homework Upper School Homework Timetables
Homework timetables for the Upper School are published in the Information section of the Upper School website more ...
CCF CCF summer holiday exercise
At the beginning of the summer holidays the CCF carried out a 2 day exercise followed by a day at Yoxter ranges more ...
GCSE results

Colston’s maintains high GCSE performance - 99% of candidates gain five or more A*-C grades

For the second successive year, 99 per cent of GCSE candidates at Colston's gained 5 or more A*-C grades more ...

A-level results

Strong A Level performance suggests most Colston’s students will secure preferred university places

A strong A Level performance at Colston’s School means that the majority of leavers are expected to secure their preferred university places more ...

Sports tour Sports tour to South Africa
Reports on the boys' and girls' sports tour to South Africa during the summer holidaysmore ...
Calendar School Calendar
The Upper School Calendar for Autumn Term 2011more ...
Peter Fraser There is more to education than exams
Colston’s headmaster Peter Fraser is to write a series of articles on education for the Bristol Evening Post more ...
Sports Academies Colston’s hosts Olly Barkley and Andrew Flintoff Academies

Colston’s pupils were joined by rugby and cricket enthusiasts from Bristol and beyond as the school hosted the Olly Barkley and Andrew Flintoff Academies more ...

D of E D of E Bronze practice expedition on the Mendip Hills
Over the first weekend of the holidays 32 cadets from the CCF undertook their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition on the Mendip Hills more ...