News Archive

 

Spring Term 2011 archive
Lower School Cross Country Lower School Cross Country
The Lower School House Cross Country took place on a damp and blustery afternoon at the end of the Spring Term more ...
Easter concert Lower School Junior Easter Concert
Just before the end of the Spring Term Lower School parents and friends gathered in the Chatterton Hall to be entertained by the Juniors at their Easter Concert more ...
House Music King's House has a clean sweep in the House Music
The 2011 House Music competition reached its climax today with the House songs more ...
Chemistry award

Colston’s chemists win RSC regional finals

Colston’s emerged as the leading school in the South West Regional Finals of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Analytical Competition at Bristol University more ...

Fundraising Whole school comes together to help raise money for Japan relief effort
On Friday 25th of March Colston’s school came together for a day of charity in aid of the Japan relief effort in the wake of the recent natural disasters more ...
Medieval castles Year 7 goes medieval!
The H Block has been the scene of some truly brilliant history projects this week as Year 7 completed their castles and medieval war machines more ...
Girls in Engineering Girls in Engineering Day
Eight Year 11 girls paid a visit to Airbus on a "Girls in Engineering Day" more ...
Lady Taverners' Colston's narrowly miss out on third trip to Lord's
The Under 15 girls' cricket team performed well at the regional finals but narrowly missed out on a third successive trip to Lord's for the national finals of the Lady Taverner's indoor cricket tournament more ...
Rugby 7s Old Colstonians Rugby 7s Tournament – Sunday 1st May 2011
Following last year’s most successful tournament the Old Colstonian Society is again running a Rugby 7s tournament at the School on Sunday May 1st 2011 more ...
A Night at the Musicals Colston's musicians treat us to a"A Night at the Musicals"
The audience in the Chatterton Hall were transported to the West End theatre stage when the Music Department performed its Spring Term Charity Concert more ...
Rachel Ward

Seeing eye to eye with the author of ‘Numbers’

Would the normally open and confident pupils at Colston’s have a problem holding eye contact with visiting author Rachel Ward?more ...

The Armed Man Colston's Choral Society delivers impressive performance of Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man"
John Shooter, Director of Music, Conductor and Chorus Master, has the skill of being able to bring together a large and diverse group of people and discipline them into a team capable of producing a splendid concert more ...
Toby Pritchard

Colston’s pupil takes leading role in Bristol Old Vic production

Colston’s pupil Toby Pritchard has a leading part in a Bristol Old Vic production more ...

Charity Art Sale Charity art sale raises over £1,000 for ‘Wings of Hope’ and ‘Make a Wish’
Artistic talent and generosity came together to create a highly successful charity art sale at Colston’s on Tuesday more ...
Superheroes Nursery Superheroes
The Nursery children are currently enjoying their new theme about "Superheroes" more ...
Greece trip History Department trip to Greece
Report on the half term trip to Greece more ...
Careers Lower Sixth benefit from professional advice
Martin Brown, a recruitment consultant, has been passing on valuable tips to members of the Lower Sixth in a series of employment workshops more ...
D of E Year 10 sudents benefit from sunshine to complete their D of E Bronze practice expedition
Over the weekend 21 students from year ten completed a practice expedition for their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award more ...
Girls tennis Senior girls' tennis reach last 8 in national finals

Emma Johnson, Grace Arnot, Hannah Hughes and Jasmine Gore represented Colston's in the Senior Girls' National Tennis Finals more ...

Ten Tors Challenge Expedition to Dartmoor
Twenty pupils took part in an expedition to Dartmoor this weekend more ...
Rugby 7s

Colston’s build on West of England victory by winning new ‘ultimate schools’ title

Colston’s Under 16 Rugby 7s squad built on their victory in the West of England 7s by winning on a national stage on Friday more ...

Bad Hair Day A "bad hair day" for Lower School pupils and teachers alike
The Lower School children supported Comic Relief by having a ‘Bad Hair Day’ more ...
Comic Relief Comic Relief at Colston's
Colston’s charity committee planned a number of fun events to run during lunchtime in support of Comic Relief more ...
Lower School House Singing Lower School House Singing Competition
The House Singing Competition is always a highlight of the Lower School calendar and this year was no exception more ...
Jonnie Leach Jonnie Leach returns to Colston's for drugs presentation
After his very successful visit to Colston's in 2009 Jonnie Leach is returning to Colston’s on the 30th March more ...
Red Nose day Red Nose Day Fundraisers
After watching Blue Peter one evening a few weeks ago, Oliver Baker took it upon himself to download a sponsor form more ...
The Arned Man Colston's Choral Society performs Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace"
The members of Colston’s School Choral Society have been rehearsing for the annual concert on Sunday 27th March at 7.00pm in the Chatterton Hall more ...
Austin 10 The Day Betsy Came!
We all enjoyed the visit from Betsy, the Austin 10, on Monday afternoon more ...
Rugby success

Colston’s win West of England Rugby 7s

Colston’s Under 16s are West of England Rugby 7s champions more ...

Business Enterprise Business Enterprise Business Dinner
The Business Enterprise group would like replies for their Business Dinner by Friday 18th March 2011 more ...
MiniArt Sale Mini-Art Sale
Colston's Art Department is holding a sale of "art and photography" for charity more ...
Lady Taverners' Colston’s make it a county double
After the under 15 team became county winners last week it was up to the under 13s to make their mark more ...
Lepra Year 7 and 8 pupils continue to raise money to cure lepra
Pupils in years 7 and 8 performed a "Street Dance" to raise money for the charity that Colston's has been supporting for a number of years more ...
Bethany Pearce Bethany gains more dance medals
Year 8 pupil Bethany Pearce recently competed in the Kingswood and Highbridge Dance Competitions and came away with a clutch of medals more ...
Hot air balloon If you are going to land at Colston's it's best to be sporting the school's colours
Emergency landing at Colston's more ...
Jersey trip Lower School Rugby Tour to Jersey
Mr Barwell's report of the recent trip to Jersey more ...
Quiz Night Parents' Society Quiz Night Friday 11th March 2011 7.30pm
Due to late cancellations, two tables have unexpectedly become free more ...
Colston's Got Talent And the winner is ...
The full gamut of creative talents was on show yesterday evening in the Harry Crook Theatre for Colston's annual talent show "Colston's Got Talent" more ...
Hockey

The rise and rise of hockey at Colston’s

Two big dates this month for Colston’s hockey underline the growing strength of the sport at every level in the school more ...

Leicester tour

U12s follow up their successful first term of rugby with tour to Leicestershire

After a very positive first season of rugby in the Autumn term Mr Rounds took his U12 rugby squad on a tour to Leicestershire more ...

Options Year 9 GCSE Options Evening
Members of Year 9 and their parents are invited to the GCSE Options Evening on Tuesday 8th March at 7.00 p.m. more ...
World Book Day World Book Day in the Lower School
 World Book Day really came to life in the Lower School this year more ...
Lady Taverners

Colston’s to represent Gloucestershire again in the Under 15 Lady Taverners Indoor Cricket Competition

Colston's win County final for fifth time in a row more ...
Jumping with style Millfield Novice Inter-Schools Jumping with Style Qualifier
Jumping with style is gaining in popularity, as was seen when over 20 schools competed at Millfield in the Novice Inter-Schools Jumping with Style Qualifier on Sunday 27th February more ...
Patrick Luk Patrick Luk achieves a commendation in the Senior Schools Art Exhibition
On Monday 1st March sixth former Patrick Luk received a "commended" for his work submitted in the recent Senior Schools Art Exhibition in Bristol Cathedral more ...
England Rugby Colston's well represented in England Women U20s rugby team
Old Colstonians Amber Reed, Becky Hughes and Katie Mason all played for England Women Under 20s against France more ...
Peter Fraser Letter from the Headmaster
Update letter from the Headmaster re School Inspection more ...
Exchange Bristol-Bordeaux Exchange still proving to be popular
This year, another group of pupils from Colston’s will take part in the annual Bristol-Bordeaux Exchange, run by the Académie Aquitaine more ...
Business Enterprise group Business Enterprise group plan Business Dinner
The Business Enterprise group started the organisation of their inaugural Business Dinner back in December 2010 more ...
London art trip GCSE Art students motivated by trip to London galleries
The GCSE art students recently went to London to visit the Saatchi and the Tate Modern Galleries more ...
Valentine roses Colston's is full of traditions
Sixth formers at Colston's ensured that one of the school's favourite traditions was continued by organising a delivery service of roses on St Valentine's Day more ...
Recycling Colston's Eco Committee keeping busy
Colston’s Eco committee have been building on the success of last term's Eco-Schools Carbon Partner Programme initiative more ...
Billie Williams Billie Williams gains selection for the South West Schools Cross Country Championships
On a cold morning on Saturday January 22nd, keen athletics from the county competed in the Avon Schools Cross Country Championships at Failand more ...
Headmaster Letter from the headmaster
Letter to parents about the forthcoming inspection more ...
St Ives Art Trip to St Ives
The art department took their now traditional Year 12 trip to St Ives more ...
Dolphin House charity event Dolphin House pupils show commitment to raising funds for the ancient charity "The Dolphin Society"
Pupils from Dolphin House have been busy over the last week raising money for the ancient charity "The Dolphin Society" which is linked to the school's founder Edward Colston more ...
Uniform Shop Parents' Society uniform shop open this Friday
The shop will be open from 4.00 - 4.30 pm on Friday 11th February 2011 more ...
Rugby 7s Success for U16s in the first rugby 7s tournament of the season
Colston's U16s win the Blundell's 7s tournament more ...
 
Chinese New Year Chinese New Year in the Lower School
The children in the Lower School loved the assembly on the Chinese New Year more ...
Quiz Night Parents' Society Quiz Night

The Quiz Night is back on Friday 11th March 2011 more ...

Darren Wall Letter from the Head of PE
Letter from the Head of PE about codes of conduct for sport at Colston's more ...

Hockey tour to Dublin

U11 Hockey Tour to Dublin

The girls all had a fantastic time in Dublin on their hockey tour more ...

Kayaking Kayak training on the Kennet and Avon Canal
On Sunday 23rd January 7 pupils tackled the Kennet and Avon Canal training for their D of E kayaking expedition in the summer more ...
D of E

Cold weather provides good test for D of E training walk

This Sunday 25 year ten students took to the Mendip hills in training for an upcoming expedition more ...

Art Dept New picture galleries of pupils' art work
There are new galleries in the Art Department section of the web site more ...
Colston's January is not gloomy at Colston's
January 17th may officially be the gloomiest day of the year but there are always a few rays of sunshine at Colston's more ...
ESU English Speaking Union Success!
On Wednesday the 19th of January three Year 11 students, Alex Beech, Jon Roper and Sam Makepeace took part in the Bristol final of the English Speaking Union Public Speaking Competition more ...
John Shooter New season begins for Colston's Choral Society
Colston’s Choral Society begins it’s 2011 season on Wednesday 19th January at 7.00pm in the Chatterton Hall and Director of Music, John Shooter, would like to invite any parents and friends to join more ...
Lower School Head Lower School Open Morning and Entrance Assessments
With parents already thinking about school entrance next September, the coming weeks provide important opportunities for prospective parents to see the Lower School at work, and for children to be assessed more ...
Uniform Shop Parents Society School Uniform Shop
The School Unifrom Shop is open Fridays 4.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. more ...
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 ...