News Archive

 

Spring 2008 Archived News
Wedding Sports match
Congratulations to Darren Wall and Celine Gallagher, both teachers in Colston's PE Department who recently married more ...
House Music

House Music Competition 2008

Words can't explain what the House Music is at Colston's more...

Rugby Sevens Colston's win the Worcester 7s
Colston's completed a hat trick of victories in major Rugby Sevens competitions more ...
Visit of alumni

Recognise these three?

Recognise this trio pictured together in the biology laboratory? more…

National Rugby Sevens Girls reach final of the National Rugy Sevens
The Girls' 1st VII performed heroically to reach the finals of the National Rugby Sevens Competition more ...
Girls' cricket Hat tricks for cricketing girls
Colston’s School completed a brilliant hat-trick when the Under 15 girls won the eight-a-side Gloucestershire Lady Taverners’ Indoor Cricket title more ...
Spring Concert

Spring Concert

The ‘Spring Concert’ couldn’t have been less appropriately named, but as Bristol was battered with gale force winds, the musicians of Colston’s School gave a memorable concert more ...

Taster Days Year 6 visitors give their reaction to taster days
Since the 11+ entrance examinations on January 19th, 45 of the boys and girls who have been offered places at Colston’s Upper School from September have had taster days more ...
Roundway House concert Roundway House Concert Tuesday 4th March 2008
Roundway demonstrated their numerous talents at the House Concert on Tuesday more ...
Ski trip

Behaviour of pupils “massively impressive”

“In 25 years of teaching, the standard of behaviour of Colston’s pupils is as high as I have seen anywhere,” Headmaster Peter Fraser said on his return from a half term school visit to Barcelona more ...

CCF Pentathlon CCF Pentathlon
Colston's CCF hosted the 2008 Joint Services Cadet Pentathlon, with 108 cadets taking part more ...
Mr Tim Burge

Colston’s Connected bridges 30 years and 6,000 miles to bring classmates together

Colston’s Connected is reuniting school friends who have been separated by 6,000 miles and contrasting medical careers more ...

Netball Old Colstonian Mavericks Netball Club
Old Colstonian Mavericks Netball team is a highly successful Premiership Netball team that is currently at the top of their league. more ...
Surrey 7s Colston's rugby 7s teams gain more success
Two of Colston's rugby 7s teams won major rugby competitions on Wednesday more ...
Super Camps Super Camps at Colston's at Easter and in the summer
Super Camps offer parents the solution to keeping children active, alert, laughing and entertained during the school holidays more ...
Art work Have you seen?

How much of the web site have you seen? Do you simply follow the news stories on the home page? Have you seen for example more ...

Colston's talent Colston's Talent Show
Colston’s Pupils proved that they really did have talent on Friday night when they took part in a talent show more ...
Parents' Society Parents' Society Quiz and Curry Evening
The Parents' Society held a very successful Quiz and Curry Evening on Friday 8th February more ...
Colston's champions Colston's win the first Rugby 7s competition of the season
This weekend at Taunton Colston’s set off on the trial to defend their title as national Rugby 7s champions more ...
Richard Scudamore at Colston's Richard Scudamore gives background on Premier League to Colston’s Sixth Form
The Sixth Form at Colston’s School gained an inside track on the business of the Premier League and its good causes when Chief Executive Richard Scudamore gave a presentation more ...
Ski trip Upper School Ski Trip – 16th to 23rd February 2008
Review of this year's Upper School ski trip more ...
Barcelona

Trip to Barcelona

During half-term, a group of pupils from Years 8, 9, 10 and 11, together with 6 members of staff, travelled to Barcelona for a language tour more ...

Gerard Boyce Record interest in Sixth Form at Colston’s
The Sixth Form at Colston’s School in Bristol is attracting record interest for 2008/9 more ...
Valentine roses Lower Sixth girls ensure there are plenty of roses at Colston's
A group of Lower Sixth girls along with Mrs Brighton and Mrs Vaughan organised the sale of roses on Valentine's Day at Colston's more ...
James Loye James Loye reunited with Colston’s drama team who inspired him to act
James Loye, currently starring as Frodo Baggins in the West End epic ‘Lord of the Rings’, was today reunited with the drama team at Colston’s who helped inspire him to become an actor more ...
Casualty visit Visit to BBC's Casualty studio
3 Year 11 girls Kirsten Cree, Alex Rothwell and Maddy Thomas recently visited BBC's Casualty studio in Bristol more ...
Choral Society

Colston’s Choral Society in fine voice

Each week on Wednesday evening the sounds of glorious music can be heard from the Chatterton Hall more ...

King's House concert House Concert February 2008
On Tuesday, 5th February, members of King’s House joined together to give a Music Concert more ...
RAF visit

RAF Inspection

On Saturday 2nd February the CCF received a visit from the Commandant of the Air Cadet Organisation more ...

Alana Sealey-Grant Congratulations to Alana on her selection for England U15 Girls' Rugby
Alana Sealey-Grant has been selected for England U15 Girls' Rugby more ...
Visit to HMS Cornwall

Visit to HMS Cornwall

On Sunday 27th January twelve pupils in the CCF went on a day trip to be shown round our school’s affiliate ship HMS Cornwall more ...

Colin Sexstone

New series on high profile Colstonians

First in a new series, starting with Bristol City's Chief Executive Officer Colin Sexstone more ...

Headmaster

"We rate personal development as highly as academic success", Headmaster tells parents on exam day

Parents of children taking examinations for entry into Year 7 at Colston’s School on Saturday had the chance to relax over coffee and pastries in the dining hall and chat with teachers more ...

Head of Lower School Colston’s visitors given a guiding hand by Year 6
When it comes to the Open Mornings, and the vital task of showing visitors around, Colston’s Lower School in Bristol leaves it to the pupils more ...
11+ Entrance Exams Examinations for Year 7 entry
Examinations for Year 7 entry into Colston’s School in September take place on Saturday January 19th more ...
Maths class 2008 brings early GCSE celebrations for Colston’s maths set
A group of Year 11 pupils at Colston’s School are celebrating outstanding success after sitting GCSE mathematics seven months ahead of the usual examination season more ...
Public speaking Colston’s runners-up in public speaking final
A team of Year 11 pupils from Colston’s School took second spot in the Bristol final of the English Speaking Union public speaking competition, hosted by Clifton College more ...
James Tovey Poetry success by Colston’s Lower School pupils
James Tovey, a Year 2 pupil at Colston’s Lower School, won first prize in the infant category of the Thomas Chatterton Society poetry competition more ...
Peter Fraser

From the Headmaster

A copy of the letter from the Headmaster to parents at the beginning of the Spring term more ...

1st XI hockey Sport in the Spring Term
Traditionnally the main sports in the Spring Term are hockey for the boys and netball for the girls more ...
Sue Strawford Forget 60 – there’s no stopping Sue
Head Housekeeper Sue Strawford celebrated her 60th birthday at school with colleagues, and discounted any thoughts of retirement. more ...