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Colston’s GCSE candidates exactly match 2008 performance
GCSE candidates at Colston’s exactly matched the school’s 2008 performance, with 97.1 per cent of 105 pupils gaining five or more A*-C grades more ... |
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Colston’s A level candidates gain 100 per cent pass rate
After achieving a pass rate of over 99 per cent for three consecutive years, A-level candidates at Colston’s School have this year gained 100 per cent success more ... |
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Telethon ends with over 90 per cent positive response
We are grateful to many hundreds of Old Colstonians and other friends of the school who responded so positively to receiving calls during our two-week telethon more ... |
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Japan Trip – 2009
Sixth formers Lauren Dayment and Eric Underwood visited Japan as part of a student exchange with Mikei High School more ... |
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Sixth Formers call OCs with early information on Tercentenary
During the next two weeks a team of Sixth Formers will be telephoning Old Colstonians from a special call centre set up in the school library more ... |
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The day they played cricket with Fred
Young cricketers who signed up for the Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy at Colston’s School enjoyed an unexpected bonus more ... |
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D of E Gold Expedition
A report on the D of E Gold Award expedition in the Brecons more... |
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Letter from the Headmaster
The Headmaster's end of term letter to parents more... |
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Leavers' Ball
Photo Gallery of the Leavers' Ball at Leigh Court on Thursday 2nd July 2009 more ... |
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Lower School Prize Giving
Photo Gallery of the Lower School Prize Giving on Friday 3rd July 2009 more ... |
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Leavers' Day Service and Lunch
Photo Gallery of Leavers' Day Service and Lunch more ... |
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U14 cricket team win County Cup again
The U14 team beat Kingswood School Bath in the final of the County cricket cup on Tuesday 30th June 2009 by 9 wickets more ... |
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Upper School Sports Day
The inter House Sports Competition was as keenly contested as usual and enjoyed by everyone more ... |
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All of the Year 6 children were able to take part in the school play, ‘The Keymaster’
‘The Keymaster’, a musical play written by Nick Perrin, is a story of a supply teacher whose History lessons turn out to be far from dull! more ... |
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Year 8 trip to Techniquest
Maths Department trip to techniquest in Cardiff more... |
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Lower School Junior Sports Day
The Junior Sports Day drew a large crowd of supporters who saw children taking part in a full range of track and field events more ... |
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Pre-Prep Sports
Parents and children enjoyed warm sunshine for the Pre-Prep Sports Day last Tuesday more ... |
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Parents enjoyed a balmy evening for their summer dinner and disco on Saturday 27th June more ... |
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Drama Club Production of “Labelled”
News and photos of the Drama Club production more ... |
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Mile of Pennies for The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
Pupils of all ages took part in a charity event to raise money for The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association more ... |
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Mrs Kinsey’s costumes bring alive 1,000 years of history
Mrs Jean Kinsey, who has grandchildren at Colston’s School, has designed and produced costumes spanning 1,000 years of history for a Lower School play more ... |
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Work Experience June 2009
Year 10 pupils returned last week, tired but happy, from a week experiencing the pleasures of work! more ... |
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Year 2 trip to Goblin Combe
Lower School Year 2 children had a lovely time at Goblin Combe, they even stayed the night more ... |
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The Lower School children welcomed some rather unusual special visitors to LSU this week
Ben the Barn Owl, Hoo-Hoo the Eagle Owl, Lucy the Chilean Rose Spider and Badger, the confusingly-named Ferret, received a warm welcome when they paid the Lower School a visit more ... |
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Labelled
Labelled will be performed by students from Years 7-9 in the Harry Crook Theatre on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th June at 7.30pm. more... |
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Induction morning for new Year 7s
On Tuesday 16th June pupils who will be joining Year 7 at Colston's in September joined us for a morning of activities and lessons more ...
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Lower School Year 6 visit to France and Belgium 10th- 12th June 2009
What the pupils had to say about their recent trip more .... |
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Former pupil Chris Taylor plays Twenty20 at Colston’s – and coaches pupils
On the eve of Gloucestershire’s Friends Provident Trophy quarter final in Bristol, Chris Taylor was part of a team of former Colston’s School pupils involved in a Twenty20 clash against the Headmaster’s X1 more ... |
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Exhibition of Sixth Form Art and Photography
The private viewing of 6th Form Art and Photography examination work was held in two venues for the first time this year on Thursday 9th June more ... |
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Colston’s pupils decide to raise funds for Alzheimer’s
A chance conversation by three children travelling together to Colston’s Lower School led to a cake sale to support research into Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia more ... |
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Year 8 visit to the Science Museum
After having three days of school exams, all Year 8 took part in a visit to the Science Museum in London more ... |
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Lower School Book Character and Book Mastermind Day
Last Thursday saw children in the Lower School dressing up for the day as book characters and having the opportunity to sit in the big black chair for ‘Book Mastermind’ more ... |
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The Parents' Society is organising a Dinner & Dance on Saturday 27th June 2009 more ... |
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prepares for new challenges at Hartpury College
The end of the Summer Term in July will see the departure of one of Colston’s School’s longest-serving and most respected members of staff more ... |
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Gloucestershire Twenty 20 Cricket at Colston's
As part of his benefit year Old Colstonian and Gloucestershire cricketer Chris Taylor is bringing a team to Colston's on Monday 15th June to play against the Headmaster's Select XI more ... |
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Lower School visit to St Fagan's
On Tuesday this week the whole school went to St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life, near Cardiff, for a History curriculum enrichment day more ... |
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The Paris Art Trip
The Lower Sixth artists hit Paris at half term, on a whirlwind tour of some of the world’s most famous art galleries and a visit to Monet’s inspirational garden at Giverny more ... |
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Lower School Acorn Adventure activity trips
The week before half term the Year 3 and Year 5 children all enjoyed the opportunity to go to Acorn Adventure more ... |
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Year 11 pupils were able to let their hair down (or pile it up in many cases) at their Prom on Friday 22nd May 2009 more ... |
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Colston’s plans Foundation to widen pupil access
Colston’s School is planning to mark its 300th anniversary in 2010 with the launch of a new Foundation aimed at funding more bursaries and widening pupil access more ... |
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Colston’s Music Department is celebrating the success of 24 music pupils in music grade examinations held in Bristol at the end of the Spring term more ... |
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‘Zoo to You’ visits Reception
As part of their ‘Mini-beasts’ project, the children in Reception enjoyed a treat last week more ... |
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Success for Colston's hockey players
Two of Colston's top hockey players Connor Pinnel (Year 10) and Justin Metcalfe (Year 11) are gaining recognition at higher levels more ... |
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Why did Upper Sixth formers turn up in their old blazers? more ... |
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Drama Club Production
Students in Years 7-9 have devised a brand new piece of theatre that looks at the impact of the Second World War on a wide variety of children’s lives more ... |
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A number of Old Colstonians were welcomed back to Colston's for the day on Wednesday 20th May more ... |
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The Parents' Society is organising a Dinner & Dance on Saturday 27th June 2009 more ... |
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Last week the children in Key Stage One were delighted to welcome Vik the Chick and Bruno! more ... |
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Music Marathon raises over £1,000Over £1,000 has been raised by performers who took part in the 24h Music Marathon more ... |
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Year 4 have been studying ‘Mood Music’ using ‘junk’ instruments as a musical resource more ... |
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All three Colston’s teams complete Ten Tors
For the first time since Colston’s entered the annual Ten Tors challenge in 1996, three teams of six pupils, completed the event as full teams more ... |
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Avon Golf Championships 2009
Taking part in the Avon Golf Championships for the first time Jack Pitt (Y10) produced one of his best ever rounds more ... |
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Girls excel in first round of National Athletics Cup
On Thursday 14th May teams from Colston’s took part in the first round of the ESAA knock out cup at Yate Athletics track more ... |
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Pole vaulter Luke tops UK under-17 rankings
They’re raising the bar rapidly for Colston’s Year 11 pupil Luke Bailey who has become the UK’s top pole vaulter in the under-17 rankings more ... |
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Memorial Service for Mr Walter Peter Quinton Feiner (24th May 1933 - 5th December 2008)
A hundred people gathered in Stapleton Church on Saturday 9th May to pay tribute to one of Colston's all-time greats - Mr Wally Feiner more ... |
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Colston's Choral Society
On Saturday 9th May Colston's Choral Society performed Carl Orff's Carmina Burana more ... |
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New Year 7 Parents' Evening
The Headmaster, Mr Peter Fraser, welcomed the parents of pupils joining Year 7 in September at a reception on Thursday 7th May 2009 more ... |
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Psychology AS Revision Day
Last Saturday all AS Psychology students attended a revision conference held at Colston’s more ... |
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Lower School activity trip
Year 4 pupils relate their trip to Kilve Court more ... |
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From the Headmaster
Letter to parents about planning for an influenza pandemic more ... |
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Colston's rugby players at Harrow
Colston's School was represented by four players at an RFU U15 Academy 12-a-side tournament on 2nd May at Harrow School more ... |
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Colston’s cricketers battle for national honours at Lord’s
The rise and rise of girls’ cricket at Colston’s saw the school represent the South and West in the National Rounds of the Lady Taverners Under 15 Girls Indoor Competition at Lord’s yesterday more ... |
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Readathon at Colston’s raises over £1,000
Colston’s School has had a record-breaking response to the Silver Jubilee Readathon, collecting over £1,000 in sponsorship from pupils in Years 7 and 8 who took part more ... |
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Girls' cricket team go national at Lord's
The girls' Under 15 cricket team are off to Lord's on Thursday to play in the national rounds of the Lady Taverners' Under15 indoor cricket tournament more ... |
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Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Berry
Congratulations to the Head of Psychology, Mr Ben Berry, and his wife Alice on the birth of their second son Tomos Hayden Lilley Berry more ... |
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Senior cricket tour to Grenada
News and results of the senior cricket tour to Grenada more ... |
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From the Headmaster
The Headmaster's beginning of term letter to parents more... |
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Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition
Just before the Summer Term started, six members of the D of E Gold group took part in a three day practice expedition more ... |
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Colston’s musicians set for 24-hour marathon
More than 250 pupils at Colston’s, a third of the school, play musical instruments more ... |
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Talking Turkey
An account of the history trip to Turkey during the Easter holidays more ... |
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Chance to join in with National Saxophone Choir
Saxophone players of all ages have the chance to join in with some of the most talented performers in the country at workshops and a concert in Bristol on Sunday April 26th more ... |
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Year 7 class display their knowledge of castles and their model-making skills
7S have recently been studying the Norman invasion of Britain more ... |
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Hockey tour to Barcelona 2009
On Saturday 28th March the hockey party of 51 girls and boys and 5 staff set off for Barcelona more ... |
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Former Colston's English teacher running the London Marathon
Former Colston's English teacher Mrs Rachel Vaughan caught up with Colston's pupils and staff over the Easter holidays when she attended the CCF Easter camp more ... |
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Upper School Ski Trip
71 pupils and 8 staff skied at Sunday River in the USA during the Easter holidays more ... |
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Easter Holiday Sailing Course
News of the CCF annual sailing trip to Southport more ... |
