The Heaton Podcast
A discussion of History and Politics from teachers at Warwick School. We aim to produce a podcast once a fortnight during term time. Topics will tend towards the last 200 years, but we will sometimes go back further into History.
Welcome to our latest news section, where you can read all about the latest events and stories from around the school.
Here, you can also view 'The Warwickian', our termly magazine celebrating of all things Warwick School.
A discussion of History and Politics from teachers at Warwick School. We aim to produce a podcast once a fortnight during term time. Topics will tend towards the last 200 years, but we will sometimes go back further into History.
Applications for the role of Captain of Debating at Warwick School for next academic year were all very impressive.
‘Resilience’ is a buzzword at the moment. If we all build up our resilience, if we teach children and young people to be resilient, then – hey presto! – we will be able to deal with life’s irritations, difficulties and catastrophes, using our strategies and skills. We will be able to bounce back to business as usual, almost seamlessly.
On Thursday 20 May fourteen boys took their graded LAMDA examinations in the Drama Department.
The U13A cricket team took on King Edward’s School, Birmingham in the County Cup final.
Warwick School hosted the first local fencing event since March 2020. A Year 8 Team Épée Competition’ attended by King Edward's Birmingham, RGS Worcester, Bromsgrove and two home teams.
The cast and crew of both the Year 8 and Year 9 productions of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' have been working extremely hard rehearsing for the upcoming productions.
On Wednesday 16 June we welcomed England U18 Rugby Lead pathway coach Jon Pendlebury to Warwick School to coach our U14/U15/U16 and U17 teams.
After a week of developing their employability skills, a group of Year 11 students learnt about the psychology of team building in their Friday afternoon activities session.
Our Year 9 boys have been delighted to back to their Duke of Edinburgh's Award expeditions.
On Thursday evening Cornelius Adkins-Hudd discussed “The White Ship” with Earl Spencer. Earl Spencer describes being an historian as “people watching” and in his books he likes to take a dramatic moment of history and, as well as explaining it in colourful detail, examine its consequences.
“It is when we act freely, for the sake of the action itself rather than for ulterior motives, that we learn to become more than what we were. When we choose a goal and invest ourselves in it to the limits of concentration, whatever we do will be enjoyable.” (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi)