News Archive

 

Summer 2006 Archived News
Peter Fraser

The Headmaster's end of term letter

The Headmaster's end of term letter to parents - July 2006 more ...

Aaron and Alana Sealey-Grant

Aaron and Alana thank Colston's parents for Charity Day support

Aaron and Alana Sealey-Grant have been busy thanking Colston’s parents who came together to support a Charity Day in memory of their father Cecil Grant who died in February following an accident more ...

Leavers' Day Leavers' Day
Upper Sixth Formers returned to school today (Thurday 6th July 2006) for several events to celebrate the end of their school careers more ...
House cup

House Cup Competition 2005-6

The fiercely contended House Cup competition ended yesterday with a victory this year for King’s House more ...

Artwork

Colston's pupils decorate children's play area at Frenchay Hospital

5 A-level art ’s pupils from Colston were invited by the staff at Frenchay Hospital to decorate the children’s play area in the accident and emergency department more ...

Nicky Clark

RAF honours Colston's Head Girl as UK's leading air cadet

In her final week as Head Girl of Colston’s School in Bristol, Nicky Clark has been officially installed by the Royal Air Force as the UK’s leading air cadet. She was rated top of 9500 cadets from all over the UK more ...

Sports Day

Upper School Sports Day

Slide show of the Upper School Sports Day on Thursday 29th June more ...

Drama Society

Years 7 - 9 Drama Society Summer Production

This morning (Wednesday 28th June) pupils in years Seven to Nine waited for their big moment. It may not be the night of the performance, but at the final dress rehearsal, nerves were running high more ...

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 10 Work Experience

Last week Year 10 were on work experience at various placements more ...

Miss Young Miss Young scores her maiden century
Liz Young, Head of Girls' Games, is a keen cricketer and recently scored her maiden century for her local club Shirehampton more ...
Induction morning Induction Morning

On Tuesday 20th June pupils who are joining Colston's next year in Year 7 came in to school for an induction morning more ...

Readathon

Fundraising by the book as Colston's beat Readathon target

They do things by the book at Colston’s School, especially when it comes to fundraising and community support more ...

Year 9 CCF Camp

Year 9 CCF Camp

Year 9 have recently returned from a few days training at Browndown Camp, near Gosport, the location for the Channel Four television program “Bad Lad’s Army”.  Alisha Braley and Gemma Beech share their experiences of Year 9 CCF camp more ...

Colston's bags arrive

Charities update

Over the past few weeks the Charities’ Committee has been very busy organising a number of events in support of our chosen charities, Afrikids and the Teenage Cancer Trust more ...

Alex Brown

Four Colstonians in England Rugby Team

Four former Colston's pupils have made the starting line-up for the full international rugby match against Australia in Brisbane on Sunday 11th June more ...

Salter's Festival of Science Salter's Festival of Science
Thursday 18th of May saw a car load of Colston’s promising young Scientists on their way to Bath University to participate in the Salter’s Festival of Chemistry more ...
Prize Day 2006

Prize Day

Dr David Richardson, General Secretary of the Society of Heads of Independent Schools, presented the prizes at the annual Prize Day more ...

Weather station Colston's own weather station goes Live!
The Parents' Society have kindly provided funds to purchase a remote automatic weather station to be used by the Senior and Lower Schools more...
BMW

Munich Study Visit, 19-24 April 2006

During the Easter holidays Mrs Henderson and Mr Aspden took a party of 12 pupils to Munich on a study tour more ...

The gatehouse at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Berlin-Krakow Tour 2006

During the Easter holidays 42 boys and girls and 8 staff visited Berlin and Krakow more...

Ten Tors 2006

The Ten Tors Challenge 2006

The Ten Tors Challenge took place at Dartmoor during the weekend 13-14 May 2006. Colston’s CCF entered teams in the 35/45/55 Mile event more ...

Gap Year talk

Filling that Gap

Members of the Lower Sixth enjoyed a presentation on Gap Year opportunities on Friday 5 May more ...

England Rugby Rugby Internationals

Three members of this year's highly successful 1st XV have gone on to represent England Under 18s more ...

Music tour Atlanta Music Tour 2006: “A British Invasion”
On 10th April, 26 members of the Choir and Swing Band set off for Atlanta for an 11 day tour more ...
Ski holiday School Ski Trip
On Sunday 16th April 2006, 71 pupils and 7 staff departed for a winter sports holiday in Les Menuires in the Three Valleys in France more ...