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16/12/2011Prep School spreads a little Christmas cheer at Castle Hill Hospital The Prep School choir visited Castle Hill Hospital yesterday afternoon to sing songs and spread a little Christmas cheer to hospital staff and patients. The informal Christmas concert included traditional carols and Christmas songs. The event was recorded by Kingstown Radio 1350AM, the hospital radio station for Hull Royal Infirmary and the East Yorkshire hospitals. Many thanks to the staff at Castle Hill Hospital for helping to organise the v… View Full Details

15/12/2011Eleanor sails into top National Squad

Many congratulations to Eleanor Brown, Year 10, who has just gained a place in one of the five Royal Yachting Association Nation… View Full Details

15/12/2011Prep School Christmas Productions

The Prep School Christmas productions were performed to proud parents and friends this month. The Foundation Stage Na… View Full Details

15/12/2011Old Collegian's rugby match

A big thank you should go to all the Old Collegians, captained by last year’s 1st XV captain – Anthony Duodu - wh… View Full Details

15/12/2011Hull Collegiate sings the Festive Season in for the City's Bondholders

A choir from Hull Collegiate School performed a selection of Christmas carols for the city's Bondholder members last Thursday. H… View Full Details

08/12/2011A Level Spanish pupils benefit from student ambassadors Sixth Form pupils studying Spanish at A Level are being coached by student ambassadors from the University of Hull. The students are both native Spanish speak… View Full Details

08/12/2011Music Concert Congratulations to all the musicians who performed so ably with ensembles or as soloists at Tuesday night’s Music Department Concert. Performers,… View Full Details

08/12/2011Girls win Gold at the East Riding Schools Cross-Country Championships The East Riding Schools Cross-Country Competition, held on Tuesday 6 December, proved a very successful, albeit very cold and demanding day for the Hull Colle… View Full Details

06/12/2011Former pupil makes her TV acting debut Old Collegian and rising acting star, Hannah John-Kamen, made her TV debut on Sunday 5 December in Channel 4's Misfits. You can catch Hannah again next&… View Full Details

02/12/2011David Davis MP visits Hull Collegiate School David Davis, the Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden, visited Hull Collegiate School today. Speaking to a group of Year 8 pupils and Sixth… View Full Details

30/11/2011Prep School choir sing to a packed City Hall for Voice in a Million Over 50 Prep School pupils, aged 7 – 11, sang in the Voice in a Million concert at Hull City Hall on Tuesday 29 November. The con… View Full Details

29/11/2011School open as usual on Wednesday 30 November 2011 Hull Collegiate School will remain fully open on Wednesday 30 November. Many of you will be aware that the teaching trade unions as well a… View Full Details

24/11/2011A peasant way to learn History Year 7 had an action packed, hard-working and enjoyable time at Murton Park, on 14 and 15 November. We lived as peasants for the whole day and carr… View Full Details

22/11/2011Dragons' Den come to Hull Collegiate Two Hull primary schools experienced their very own “Dragons’ Den” at Hull Collegiate School on Thursday 17 November. Year 6 pupils fro… View Full Details

18/11/2011Sixth formers play with the BBC Symphony Orchestra Two Year 12 pupils, Alex and Rachel, played Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London on Saturday 12 November. The "Come and P… View Full Details

18/11/2011Going spotty for Children in Need - over £900 raised and still counting! The Prep School children spent Pudsey Day raising money for Children in Need, with a day of spottiness. The monies are still coming in but the… View Full Details

17/11/2011Year 4 learn teamwork at Forest School Teamwork in the forest is paramount in order to survive – as the Year 4 children found out at Forest School this week. Whether they we… View Full Details

16/11/2011Sixth formers perform with Howard Goodall at Westminster Abbey On Sunday 13 November, three Hull Collegiate sixth form pupils performed at the world premiere of the new King James Bible Oratorio in Westminster Abbey… View Full Details

14/11/2011Year 8 Civil War Day On Tuesday 8 November the History department held its annual Civil War Day for Year 8 pupils. Once again we were visited by Colonel Desmond Thomas and his wif… View Full Details

14/11/2011Remembrance The annual Remembrance Service was held in school on Friday 11 November. Senior School pupils were joined by members of the Governing Body and rep… View Full Details

11/11/2011Thank you from The U Foundation The Prep School have been supporting the work of The U Foundation for some five years. Through their efforts in the Rotary Club Fun Run and through gene… View Full Details

10/11/2011Young scientists win Royal Society of Chemistry national competition The Royal Society of Chemistry “Top of the Bench” competition was held at the University of Hull last night and our four-strong team from Years 9-… View Full Details

09/11/2011Professional theatre company works with GCSE and A Level pupils A professional theatre company spent last Friday working with GCSE and Sixth Form Theatre Studies pupils. Splendid Theatre company is an education theatr… View Full Details

09/11/2011Eleanor is The Journal charity Christmas card competition winner Eleanor Tomlinson, in Year 9, has just won age the 12-18 category of The Journal / OSPREY design-a-Christmas card competition, which featured in the October a… View Full Details

08/11/2011Year 13 Geography field trip The Year 13 had an excellent field trip in sunny Wales last week. We travelled down on Friday afternoon to Betws-y-Coed where we staye… View Full Details

02/11/2011Senior School in the pink after raising £862 "Wear it pink" day on Monday 31 October was a resounding success. The Senior School pupils were asked to wear something pink and to donate &po… View Full Details

31/10/2011Hockey silver medal for Abigail in the 2011 Futures Cup Abigail Barton has just won a silver medal in a national hockey competition organised by the England Hockey Board. Abigail’s team, the Pennine Pumas, we… View Full Details

25/10/2011Year 5 trip to Cranedale On Thursday 13 October, 27 intrepid Year 5 pupils and four teachers set off for Kirby Grindalythe in North Yorkshire to spend three very busy and excitin… View Full Details

07/10/2011Prep School Harvest Festival On Tuesday 4 October, the Prep School assembly celebrated Harvest Festival. The stage was overflowing with generous donations of tinned and packet… View Full Details

30/09/2011Forest School is given a great Reception The two Reception classes experienced their first visit to Forest School during the past fortnight.The children had a fantastic time and developed l… View Full Details

27/09/2011Perfect marks for 2011 examinations Congratulations to our pupils who have achieved 100% marks in their GCSE and AS papers this summer. Eddie Angel, now in Year 12, achieved an astonishing… View Full Details

27/09/2011Acting up with the National Youth Theatre Hippolyte Poirier, Year 12, has just spent the summer acting with the National Youth Theatre. The show, called “Slick” ran from 31 August to 3 Sep… View Full Details

23/09/2011Prize Giving 2011 Prize Giving was held at City Hall on Wednesday 21 September to a packed auditorium. Almost one thousand pupils, parents, friends, families and VIPs gathered… View Full Details

22/09/2011Old Collegians Football Tour to Prague 2011 The inaugural Old Collegians Football Tour took place over the August Bank Holiday weekend 2011. Thirteen intrepid Old Collegians flew to Prague to play… View Full Details

20/09/2011The Institute of Physics lectures Hull Collegiate pupils Dr Michael Wilson, from The Institute of Physics, visited Hull Collegiate School on Tuesday 20 September, as part of the IOP prestigious lecture tour for scho… View Full Details

08/09/2011European Dressage Championships Congratulations to Maisie Scruton who had an eventful experience at the Pony European Dressage Championships in Poland over the summer when she repr… View Full Details

06/09/2011A level results 2011 Hull Collegiate School celebrated another excellent year of A level examination success. The overall pass rate was 99.34% and the average UCAS point… View Full Details

06/09/2011Outstanding 94.9% GCSE pass rate Hull Collegiate School celebrated record-breaking GCSE results today. The pass rate for pupils achieving 5+ passes (including Mathematics and Engl… View Full Details