News Archive

 

Autumn 2005 Archive
The Headmaster

The Headmaster's end of term letter

A copy of the Headmaster's letter to parents at the end of the Autumn Term 2005 more ...

Christmas at Colston's

Colston’s celebrates Christmas

Colston's celebrated Christmas on the last day of term with Carol Services and the traditional Christmas lunch more...

1st XV v King's School Parramatta Colston’s march on with convincing win over Australian tourists
A convincing 22-0 win by Colston’s School against King’s Parramatta, one of Australia’s leading rugby schools, has underlined the class of the current squad more...
Autumn Concert

Autumn Concert

News of recent concerts more...

CCF Annual Dinner CCF Annual Dinner

The principal guests at this year's CCF Annual Dinner held on Wednesday 7th December in the School Dining Hall and attended by over 125 cadets, officers, staff and guests were Major and Mrs Stephen Proctor more...

Christmas gift ideas Christmas gift ideas
The Charity Committee are busy yet again this term. With Christmas in mind, they are selling various items more...
Christmas Bazaar Christmas Bazaar 2005
Crowds of boys and girls, parents, friends and the school's neighbours turned up for the Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar held on Saturday 3rd December 2005. more...
Lepra workout

Lepra Workout

Sixty pupils took part in a Lepra workout and in the process raised for money for a charity which helps those suffering from Leprosy more ...

Alice Full houses at Colston’s as audiences are drawn to the looking glass
Audiences have much to reflect on as pupils at Colston’s School perform their autumn drama production this week more...
Wateraid Colston’s pupils told: ‘You may save 170 lives through WaterAid’
Fundraising by pupils at Colston’s School may save 170 lives over the coming months by helping supply clean water to communities in Ethiopia, according to the WaterAid more...
Shoeboxes Boxing clever for charity at Colston’s
Pupils at Colston’s School are boxing clever for charity, and managing to set new records in gifts and cash more ...
Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day 2005

Colston's remembers those who gave their lives more ...

Charter Day Colston’s Schools pack Cathedral as Charter Day holds its appeal
As usual Bristol Cathedral was packed with pupils from Colston’s School and Colston’s Girls School for the Merchants Venturers’ annual Charter Day Service more
Kate Lee Visit from Kate Lee on Friday 11 November
Kate is a Communications Consultant, normally working with executives in business and with presenters in the media, in particular with Channel 4 and with GWR more ...
Conkers Championship At 4 million to 1, Charlotte conkers big brother to win Colston’s title
Odds of 4 million to 1 have been quoted for the outcome of a Bristol school’s conkers championship more...
Edward Colston's statue in Bristol City Centre

Inspection Report praises Colston’s for developing both academic and personal potential of pupils

Colston’s School has a deserved reputation for developing both the academic potential of its pupils and their personal potential, according to independent school inspectors. more ...

Asian Eartquake Asian Earthquake
The new school year has brought with it a new initiative; the Colston’s Charity Committee has been set up in conjunction with ‘The Year of the Volunteer’ more ...
1st XV Rugby The U18 South West Elite Schools League
Colston's have won all three of their pool matches in the new U18 South West Elite Schools League and now play Ivybridge Community College from Devon in the final of this new competition on Thursday 20th October at Colston's 4.00 pm kick off. more ...
England Rugby

Old Colstonians included in England Squad for Autumn Internationals

Congratulations to Colstonians Alex Brown and Lee Mears who have been included in Andy Robinson's full England Rugby squad for the autumn internationals more ...

Sixth Former Sixth Form Open Evening on Thursday 13th October 2005
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 this Thursday, October 13th, more
Prefects

School Prefects 2005-6

The School Prefects would like to give you an opportunity to get to know them. They have provided some profiles for the web more ...

Open Morning

Pupils put final touches to their ‘Headmaster’s Presentation’ for Open Morning

Staff and pupils at Colston’s School are putting the final touches to the annual Headmaster’s Presentation for parents

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Torr Works lecture

Year 10 Geography Field Trip to the Mendips

The Year 10 Geographers spent a day on the Mendip Hills more ...

Gemma Short

Gemma Rowland a Sainsbury's "local hero"

In a team of rugby heroines, Colston’s School pupil Gemma Rowland has gained the status of ‘Local Hero’ in a funding scheme sponsored by Sainsburys more ...

Year 9 CCF Recruitment Camp

CCF Recruitment Camp for Year 9

Pupils in Year 9 attended the annual recruitment camp for the CCF at Crowborough Army Camp in Sussex more ...

First Aid for Year 7s

First Aid for all Year Sevens

At the beginning of the school year all Year 7 pupils receive basic training in First Aid techniques more ...

Peter Clark Junior Club Champion

Peter Clark Junior Club Champion

Lower Sixth Former Peter Clark recently won his Junior Club Championship at Thornbury Golf Club more ...

Geography Field trip

Year 11 geography field trip

Last weekend the GCSE geography students ventured into rural Somerset to begin their project work more ...

Year 7 Integration

Year 7 Integration morning

Year 7 pupils took part in an integration morning so that all pupils from different Tutor Groups could get to know each other more ...

Kite

Bristol Independent Schools' Campaign

Colston’s new Headmaster Peter Fraser and Year 6 pupil Ben Pearce joined forces to promote a new joint information campaign by 11 Bristol independent schools more...

Sitting tests

MidYIS, YELLIS and ALIS

In the first few weeks of the Autumn Term pupils in Years 7, 10 and Lower Sixth sit tests which are performance indicators more ...

Lower Sixth Induction Programme at Colerne Lower Sixth Induction Programme
As part of the Induction Programme the Lower Sixth spent a session at 21st Signals Regiment at Colerne more...
Rugby at Colston's Start of new Rugby season
Preparations for the new season for the 1st XV started on Tuesday 30th August with a training camp at school more...
GCSE Results GCSE
In a record-breaking performance, nearly half the 848 GCSE papers taken by pupils at Colston’s School were awarded A* and A grades more...
Headmaster

A warm welcome to Peter Fraser

As the start of the new academic year approaches Colston’s School bids a very warm welcome to Peter Fraser more...

A-Level Results

Colston’s A-level students set new points record and gain more A grades
Fifty-seven A-level students at Colston’s School in Bristol achieved a 97 per cent pass rate in 168 examinations and broke the school’s record for mean points score per candidate more...
Red Arrows Colston's own Red Arrow
Former Colston’s pupil Martin Higgins, now a Squadron Leader with the Red Arrows more...