The Arnewood School is an academically successful and popular 11-19 Academy. We pride ourselves on our high level of academic achievement and caring ethos.
There is something very poignant about 1100 plus people stood in silence to remember the fallen of both world wars. The only sound to be heard was a solitary student playing the last post on a trumpet, and school flag rippling in the strong breeze.
We're very proud of Y7 student Poppy & her sister Maisie, who are braving the chop tomorrow to donate their hair to
@LPTrustUK
They have raised an incredible £371 so far for
@bloodwise_uk
If you would like to support the girls you can do so here:
Classrooms fell silent as staff and students joined Mr Pressnell, Head Boy and Head Girl and army cadets to commemorate the fallen of WWI with a two-minute silence on the Astroturf.
This was followed by the last post, performed by Mr Cornford and Joey in Y8.
#RemembranceDay2018
Year 10 & Sixth Form are back on Monday the 15th of June. Thank you to all involved with tremendous efforts to reassure and protect our students with a safer learning environment.
Well done to all our students for a brilliant start to the school year. We hope you all have a lovely half term and a well-deserved rest.
See you on Monday 29th October at 0820.
Students are taking part in
@thebodycoach
live 20-minute workouts this week. Arnewood is joining in on the mission to get more kids active and feeling the benefits of exercise. Today was the turn of Miss Kettle's Y9 class.
#fitness
#health
#excercise
Safe travels to Y11 students and staff who will be setting off at 2215 tonight for this year’s Third Reich trip. A great experience and opportunity for our students.
Sister Act - All sold out! Sorry no ticket sales on the door for remaining nights. Thank you all for supporting Expressive Arts at The Arnewood School. Great audience on our Opening Night!
We are pleased to announce that we have joined forces with 12 other schools and colleges to form a new partnership called
#HampshireSafe
to protect our young people from the harm of drugs. Please visit as a starting point for more information & resources.
We are very happy with the result of our recent Ofsted report which can be found here:
If you would like a hard copy please email enquiries
@arnewood
.hants.sch.uk
Safe travels to Y11 students and staff who will be setting off at 10.30 tonight for this year’s Third Reich trip. A great experience and opportunity for our students.
Well done Arnewood staff and students for raising £1020 for
@comicrelief
Students have been taking part in a non-uniform day, ESports Competition, the library's Red Nose Game and staff vs sixth form volleyball match. Great effort!
#comicrelief2019
@comicreliefsch
Sister Act - The PSA will be selling ice cream and bar drinks (18+) so don't forget your wallet or purse! We will not serve alcohol to nuns - we don't want them getting into bad habits!
We've had a great few days hosting 36 Spanish students from a school in Toledo, Spain this week.
They took part in everyday lessons with their buddies in Y7 and Y8, as well as exploring the local area
@infantes_toledo
A huge congratulations to our catering assistant, Marie who ran the
#LondonMarathon
yesterday, finishing in 4h 40mins - a personal best. An outstanding achievement!
Congratulations to the students of the Brilliant Club on their Scholars Program Graduation today! They are among 1000 of the UK's top students. The Arnewood student's considered the options for curing malaria.
#scholarsprogrammegrad
#brilliantclub
Reminder that tomorrow (Friday 17th Nov) is a non uniform day for a £1 or £2 donation in support of
@BBCCiN
and local children's charities
@SimonSaysCBS
&
@Julias_House
Sixth Form students participated in the Mock Trial Competition at Southampton Magistrates' Court last weekend. Thank you to Mrs Marshall and Mr Walker for taking the group who did us proud and participated in a sporting manner.
Students are on cloud nine as Arnewood celebrates a record number of grade 9s – the new top GCSE grade.
Fourteen high-flying students scored between them an outstanding 48 grade 9s.
See our website for more information:
#gcseresults2018
Show week is finally here and our cast is ready to rock!
Only Wednesday tickets are now available, so make sure you don't miss what will be an unforgettable evening and buy your tickets soon.
£6 Adult / £4 Concession.
#SchoolsWillRockYou
#QueensGreatestHits
Please help support our students Seth, Alex and Noah who have organised a local charity football match in support of SCARF on Mon 18th Feb @ Fawcett Fields - 2 pm kickoff.
Entry is £2 or you can donate online at . They would love your support!
Classrooms fell silent this morning with a 2-minute silence to mark
#RemembranceDay2017
With Mr Cornford and Y7 student, Joey playing The Last Post. This concluded the week of remembrance assemblies led by
@arnewoodbazzer
and the school council.
#LestWeForget
School will finish at 1320 on Thursday 19th December 2019 for all year groups. Don’t forget Monday 6th January 2020 is an INSET Day and students return on Tuesday 7th January 2020. We wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year.
What a brilliant four days of our production, School of Rock the Musical!
A huge thank you to Cast Rock and Cast Roll, our drama and music department and to all of you for your support and encouragement. School of Rock has been one of our best productions to date!
#schoolisout
Seeing all our visitors having so much fun last night reminded us how fortunate we are. Thank you so much to our wonderful students, teachers and members of the PSA who gave up their time to be themselves and do their thing for all of our guest last night!
SCHOOL CLOSURE UPDATE: due to the ongoing weather conditions The Arnewood School will remain closed on Friday 2nd March. Students should check for work on Firefly.
Hampshire Safe substance detection dogs visited The Arnewood School today – one of four schools in the partnership visited this week. Schools and colleges in the New Forest have adopted this strategy to ensure children know they attend a safe site and can report any worries.
Staff and students are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI by creating their own personal poppy of remembrance, special assemblies with a performance from Y10 drama students and a brilliant display by our art department.
#LestWeForget
#Remembrance2018
IT'S OPENING NIGHT!
Are you ready to rock? Our students are very excited about their first performance this evening of
#SchoolsWillRockYou
.
There are still a few tickets available for tonight - these will not be available on the door so make sure you don't miss out!
We wish all our students and staff travelling to New York today a safe trip and an amazing week!
Make sure you follow their exciting journey on their blog:
@DramaArnewood
Well done to our students who graduated at Southampton University on Friday, after taking part in a university-style scholars’ programme. Students completed an extended assignment on 'How Can Poetry Change the World'
@BrilliantClub
More on our website:
What a brilliant opening night of School of Rock last night! We are already seeing lots of glowing reviews.
Tonight Cast Rock will be sticking it to the man and would love your support! Tickets will be available on the door, £6 adults £4 Concession.
£738 and still counting. Donations will still be accepted on Monday. Thank you Arnewood School for supporting this worthy cause!
#RedNoseDay
@comicreliefsch
The cast have been working tirelessly to bring everything together for their performance of Annie over past weeks. See the production of Annie this week at The Arnewood School. Tickets are available from the Finance Office.
@DramaArnewood
The Directors and Governors were made to feel welcome at The Arnewood School on Monday by students and staff alike. Our student guides, who facilitated tours to lessons were brilliant and a real credit to the school.
Special thanks to Eaglewood School and the Gryphon Trust.
A small group of our students met with other local schools for the Hampshire Book Award, to discuss and vote for their favourite book from a shortlist of 6. The winning book was "When the World Was Ours’ by
@lizkesslerbooks
#Congratulations