Friday 12 December 2025

Santa Dash

On Friday 5 December, students took part in our annual Santa Dash.  Due to heavy rain the event was moved to the Sports Hall. Students had to complete 3 laps of the Sports Hall.  They attended with lots of enthusiasm and festive cheer and raised an amazing £477 for Florence Nightingale Hospice.  We were delighted to welcome Florrie Bear to the event too. Thank you to everyone who took part.

Mrs White
House and Charity Lead

Sport this week

Hockey District League

The U14 Hockey team played against Wycombe High School this week, losing 2-0. They played really well despite having so few players this week.  Well done to all who played.

Senior Community Christmas Coffee Morning

Yesterday, we welcomed over 80 guests to our annual Senior Community Christmas Coffee Morning.  It was a wonderful morning filled with so much joy and festive cheer.  Our guests were entertained by our wonderful choir and an impressive magician from Year 10.  Students from Year 8 also performed a beautiful dance before things became competitive with our festive bingo.  Thank you to all who attended and supported the event. It truly was magical. 

Mrs White
House and Charity Lead

Annual Science Fair 2025

This year a Science Fair, organised by Jannat and Vyshali in Year 12, took place to showcase the impressive work from students across Key Stages 3 and 4, highlighting their creativity, curiosity, and dedication. 

Highlights included the KS4 wind tunnel model by Year 10s Alisha and Millie, which achieved 1st place for its clear demonstration of aerodynamics.  In KS3, the highly detailed immune system poster by Roshini in Year 7 earned 1st place, followed by a renewable energy model by Hooriya and Kabisha in 2nd place and a solar system model by Aarya in 3rd place.  Other entries that stood out included, a creative video on echolocation, an insightful comparison of household pets and wild animals and an investigation comparing energy drinks containing sugar and those without. 

The fair created an atmosphere of excitement and curiosity, with pupils eager to share their achievements.  The event reflected the school’s ongoing commitment to encouraging scientific exploration and celebrating student talent.  It links to AHS values: curious engagement and boundless aspiration.

Thank you to Ms Sowah for providing invaluable guidance throughout the preparation process, helping the Year 12 students refine and develop their ideas and thanks to the Science Ambassadors for judging. Certificates were kindly presented by Mrs Forster. There was even a surprise guest appearance by David Attenborough!

Ms Sowah, Head of Biology and Jannat and Vyshali, Year 12

Textiles Funding from Brita

Back in July, we bid for funding from Brita for the Textiles Department.  We were so lucky to be awarded money.  With this we were able to buy a whole class set of resources for Gelli Printing.  This included the specialist paints and the printing plates and experimental rice paper and tissue paper. 

9Z Textiles group were able to have a go at Gelli printing in their lesson this week.  They had great fun using the theme of the natural world to create leaf prints.  The results were amazing and they created some really beautiful prints that they can develop and use at a later date. 

We are so grateful for the resources that we have been able to buy with this money and how this money will enhance the students' skills in textiles. 

Mrs Taylor, Head of Textiles and Mrs Nistorwood, DT Technician, Food and Textiles

Christmas Lunch

On Thursday, our students enjoyed a delicious Christmas lunch, pictured below, supplied by our Caterers, Pabulum.  

Junior House Captains

We'd like to thank our outgoing Year 11 Junior House Captains for their efforts in this role.  We wish them well with their mocks in January and the run up to their GCSE exams.  Congratulations to our newly appointed Year 10 Junior House Captains.  We had over 50 applications for the roles and the calibre was exceptionally high! Congratulations to the following:

Ascott: Ella, Lara & Ritisha

Claydon: Amy, Rebecca & Lissy

Hughenden: Martha, Rumaysa and Gladance

Missenden: Sarani, Amelie and Vidushi

Stowe: Harsha, Poppy and Esmai 

Waddesdon: Gina, Aarna and Haiqa

Mr Skinner
Director of Sixth Form

Claydon - Senior and outgoing junior House Captains

2:1:2 day

When we return to school after the Christmas break, our Year 11 students will be straight into mocks.  To support a quiet working environment for them, as far as possible, the School will move to a 2:1:2 day during this period (Tuesday 6 - Mon 19 January inclusive) which means lunchtime and P4 will swap.  Lunchtime will be from 12:30-13:30 and P4 will be from 13:30-14:30 on these days.  Notices will go to students about this in the final week of term with a further reminder on the first day back.

Vacancies

Teacher of Geography (Maternity Cover) - Closing date: 5 January 2025 

I wish all well for the upcoming holiday season. I hope that all are able to see friends or family.

Thank you, as ever, for your support,

Marieke Forster