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Tributes to Wally Feiner (24 May 1933- 5 Dec 2008)
We are pleased to publish tributes to Wally Feiner more ... |
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Walter Peter Quinton (Wally) Feiner : 24 May 1933- 5 Dec 2008
The School was sad to hear recently of the death of Mr Wally Feiner, a much-loved and respected former member of staff more ... |
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Gold D of E Open Canoeing Expedition: 11th-16th December 2008
6 Gold D of E candidates braved the Lake District in winter to carry out training for their Open Canoe expedition in summer more ... |
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Headmaster's end of term letter
The Headmaster's letter to parents at the end of the Autumn Term 2008 more ... |
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Father Christmas at Colston's
There was plenty of Christmas cheer at Christmas lunch on the last day of term more ... |
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Colston's reach final of the Schools' Super 16s
For the first time ever Colston's reached the final of the premier 15 a-side Schools' Super 16s rugby tournament more ... |
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Lord Mayor’s Guild of Guardians Carol Service
On the evening of Sunday 7th December, some 50 members of the Colston’s Choral Society sang for the Lord Mayor’s Guild of Guardians Carol Service more ... |
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Art Fashion Shows
Year 9 art pupils have been designing and making extraordinary costumes, based on themes of their choice more ... |
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"Wicked" at the Apollo
A party of GCSE music students recently visited London to see the award wining production of the musical “Wicked” more ... |
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All Black legend coaches Colston’s Lower School pupils
Colston’s Lower School pupils have had a coaching session from All Black rugby legend Andrew Blowers more ... |
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On Thursday last week forty four children from the Lower School had the honour of going to Merchants’ Hall to sing for an group of elderly visitors at their annual Christmas party more ... |
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Lots of people turned up and had plenty of fun. Father Christmas did not disappoint more ... |
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Parents' Society Christmas Bazaar
Please come and join us at this year's Christmas Bazaar which will be held on Saturday 6th December 2008 at 2pm more ... |
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Charity Christmas Concert
Colston's Music department presaged the festive season at Colston's with a varied and enjoyable concert of Christmas music more ... |
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Cinderella, by Lower School Key Stage One
This week the children in Key Stage One of the Lower School presented a very funny version of the traditional pantomime, Cinderella more ... |
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German Fashion Show
Young fashion models strut their stuff German style more .... |
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Lower School Nativity Play
This week Nursery and Reception have thrilled audiences with ‘Donkey for Sale’ more ... |
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Project award for Year 8 pupils in South West Regional Robotics Tournament
3 Year 8 pupils won the project award in the South West Robotics Tournament more ... |
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The Gala Dinner for the 1st XI cricket tour to Grenada
Mark Ramprakash was the guest speaker at the Gala Dinner for the cricket tour to Grenada more ... |
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Chatterton Poetry Awards
The extraordinary creativity of Colston’s pupils was recognised last week at the Chatterton Poetry Awards more ... |
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Colston’s strongly represented at business and enterprise conference
Colston’s School was strongly represented at a Business and Enterprise Conference in Bristol on Monday more ... |
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‘Amazing’ Taster Days at Colston’s
The reaction of five Year 6 pupils from three different primary schools who joined Year 7 classes more ... |
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on winning full England rugby cap
Jordan Crane became the fifth member of Colston's 1st XV of 2003 and 2004 to gain a full international rugby cap when he came off the bench against South Africa at Twickenham more ... |
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The CCF held their annual dinner in the Great Hall at Colston's School on Friday 21st November 2008 more ... |
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Another big response to Operation Christmas Child
Colston’s pupils packed, wrapped and despatched well over 350 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child more ... |
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Debatable success for public speaking trio
Three Year 11 Colston’s pupils added to the school’s reputation for speaking and debate when they won the first round of the English Speaking Union schools’ public speaking competition more ... |
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Bristol Schools' Cross Country Championships
A number of girls and boys excelled in the Bristol Schools Cross Country Championships more ... |
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RAF Annual Ground Competition
On Sunday 16th November 14 Cadets from the CCF RAF Section took part in the RAF Annual Ground Competition held at MOD Stafford more ... |
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Colston Day: 13th November
We celebrate Colston Day on the day of Edward Colston’s birth more ... |
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Full houses for latest Year 11 drama
The trials and tribulations of ‘Shockheaded Peter’, better known in his native Germany as ‘Struwwelpeter’, are attracting full houses more ... |
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Colston’s pupils mark Charter Day at Bristol Cathedral
Colston’s pupils maintained a tradition stretching back 369 years when they attended the annual Charter Day service at Bristol Cathedral more ... |
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Boarders in the fast lane
After the Charter Day service on Monday 10th November the Boarders spent the afternoon Go Karting more ... |
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D of E Bronze Award kayaking
The Bronze D of E kayaking group undertook its second day of training on Monday 10th November more ... |
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Colston’s website achieves record hits in October
With record number of boys and girls on roll this year it’s probably no surprise that the school’s website is achieving record number of hits. In October the school website received over 1.7 million hits more ... |
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Colston's Choral Society is starting its new season
Director of Music, Mr John Shooter, invites parents and friends of Colston's School to join the Colston’s Choral Society more ... |
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Year 11 Production of Struwwelpeter
This year's Year 11 production is an unusual and exciting version of Struwwelpeter (Shock-Headed Peter) more ... |
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Colston's 1st XV bounce back
Colston's bounced back from defeats either side of half term with a win against Ivybridge Community College more ... |
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Colston’s Lower School Conker Champion
The long awaited final of the Colston’s Lower School Conker Championship did not disappoint more ... |
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6 sixth formers who are taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme showed some enterprise on Monday morning more ... |
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Art through the curriculum
Children in the Lower School enjoyed a wide range of creative activities as part of their Curriculum Enrichment Day on Tuesday more ... |
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Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme practice expedition for Silver Award
Over half term, the Silver D of E candidates undertook their practice expedition on the Brendon Hills more ... |
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David Poole appointed Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet
David Poole, a member of the RAF Section of the Colston’s Combined Cadet Force (CCF), has been appointed Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet in Bristol for the next year more ... |
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Lower School U11 Hockey Tour to Edinburgh
A report on the Lower School's recent U11 hockey tour to Edinburgh more ... |
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Colston's pupils win martial arts medals
Thompson and Oliver Holt won medals in the European Festival of Martial Arts in Paris more ... |
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Enthusiam for Colston’s CCF shines through at Biennial Inspection
Enthusiasm for the Combined Cadet Force at Colston’s School has never been higher – as pupils demonstrated at the unit’s Biennial Inspection on Wednesday more ... |
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Colston's the brave!
Colston’s Lower School echoed to the sound of a Scottish piper on Tuesday afternoon as the Pre-Prep were transported to the Scottish Highlands more ... |
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Open Morning a great success at Upper and Lower Schools
Open morning at Colston’s School on Saturday was as busy and successful as anyone can remember more ... |
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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Sailing Expedition
On the weekend of the 11th & 12th of October six pupils completed their sailing expedition for their bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition more ... |
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Decision time for prospective sixth formers
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 16th is a very important event more ... |
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Learn to sign week
This week the Lower School were thrilled to welcome Sherrie Eugene to their assembly to tell them all about sign language more... |
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60 teams from the South West of England took part in the ESSA Under 15 and Under 13 Boys' and Girls' Cross Country competition at Colston's on Tuesday 7th October 2008 more ... |
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Badminton Horseless Event
33 boys and girls from Colston's Sixth Form running in seven teams plus a team of 4 staff competed in the Badminton Horseless Event on Sunday 5th October 2008 more ... |
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Welcome to Open Morning
The Headmaster's welcome to Open Morning on Saturday 4th October 2008 more ... |
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Fi Morris hoping to play cricket for England
Colston’s Year 10 Fi Morris will be going to Trent Bridge on Friday 19th October 2008 to take part in cricket trials more ... |
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Grace gains early professional diploma – and aims for the top
At 17, singer Grace Eccleson is setting a cracking pace in an ambitious bid to become a leading player in the West End more ... |
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Ten out of ten - Colston’s GCSE candidates lead UK
Colston’s provided the UK’s 10 most successful students in one of this summer’s GCSE examinations more ... |
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Meet the Prefects
Prefects for the academic year 2008-9 present their biographies more ... |
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CCF: Year 9 recruit camp 2008
The annual year 9 recruit camp was held at Crowbourgh Camp, East Sussex, between 18th and 21st September 2008 more ... |
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Drama workshops again extend the boundaries
Once again Colston’s has extended the boundaries for drama students by securing the services of the celebrated Norwegian actor and director Lars Oyno for a morning of workshops more ... |
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Aptitude and Interest Tests
On Tuesday 23rd September all of Year 11 sat Aptitude & Interest tests more ... |
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Steve Voake reveals the secrets behind his best-selling books
Writer Steve Voake was back in his element when he dropped into Colston’s to talk to pupils in Years 7 and 8 more ... |
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All year 7 pupils will be participating in sessions on Essential First Aid over the next two weeks more ... |
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Kenneth Edward Hilborne 28th April 1919 – 8th September 2008
It is with great sadness that we inform members of the wider school community of the sudden death of Kenneth Hilborne more ... |
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The new rugby season started well for Colston's on Saturday 13th September more ... |
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Colston's Parents' Society Annual General Meeting
The Parents' Society are holding their AGM in the Upper School Dining Hall on Wednesday 17th September at 7.00 pm more ... |
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This week there has been a series of Parents' Evenings at Colston's more ... |
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Year 7 Integration Morning
On a miraculously dry Wednesday morning, the Year 7s were faced with an array of physical and mental challenges more ... |
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Welcome to new Lower School staff
Two new staff have joined the Lower School this term more ... |
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Colston's staff running the Bristol Half Marathon
On Sunday, 14 September 2008, 8 members of Colston’s staff will be running the Bristol Half Marathon more ... |
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Colston’s Cricket Gala Dinner
The school senior cricket team is holding a black tie cricket dinner and auction on Friday 28th November 2008 more ... |
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The new Lower Sixth Form concluded their first week of the Autumn Term with a Dinner and Disco more... |
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Many boys and girls will have new tutors this year more ... |
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Due to the inclement weather it has been decided to postpone the Parents' Society barbecue this Sunday more ... |
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RAF Summer Camp 2008
This year’s RAF summer camp was held at RAF Benson, near Oxford more ... |
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Tickets go on sale for ‘Ugly Duckling’
Theatre lovers have a one-off chance at Colston’s to see the world’s leading exponents of the strange and disturbing style of French philosopher and playwright Antonin Artaud more ... |
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Golden summer for RAF Section
It has been a golden summer for the RAF section of the CCF more ... |
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We wish a very warm welcome to the five new members of staff who have joined Colston's Upper School this term more ... |
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Headmaster Peter Fraser presented Year 11 pupil Jo Mooney with his Bronze Award Duke of Edinburgh certificate and badge at the beginning of term assembly more ... |
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The Headmaster's letter informing parents of two forthcoming events which are being run by the Parents’ Society this month. more ... |
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The new Autumn term started at Colston's on Monday 1st September more ... |
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Lower Sixth Form Induction
The Lower Sixth Form took part in an induction weekend from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August. Were they enjoying themselves? more ... |
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Even the celebrations are more ambitious at Colston’s
Two outstanding young athletes at Colston’s School brought their own celebrations to GCSE results morning more ... |
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More than half Colston’s GCSEs are A*s or As
More than half the GCSEs gained by candidates at Colston’s School were A* or A grades more ... |
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Outstanding ambassadors on South African tour
Colston’s rugby players proved to be outstanding ambassadors for their school and country during a highly successful two-week summer tour of South Africa more ... |
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Colston’s A level candidates continue to chalk up 99 per cent pass rate
For the fourth consecutive year A-level candidates at Colston’s School chalked up a pass rate of over 99 per cent more ... |
