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02/02/26

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Garner, v. gather or collect (something, especially information or approval) e.g. "the police struggled to garner sufficient evidence"    

15/12/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Brouhaha, n. a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something. e.g. "A brouhaha erupted over her statements about the president"    

08/12/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:  Preternatural, adj. a formal adjective used to describe things that are very unusual in a way that does not seem natural. e.g. "He has a preternatural knack for imitating birdcalls"    

03/12/25

After seeing how successful our One Jamaica One Love Relief Drive was last week our students decided to leave the drive open for an extra day. Amazing work from our student body.

01/12/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Asinine, adj. 1. extremely stupid or foolish.    

27/11/25

Hats off to all the Year 13 students who performed their devised pieces for their A-Level Drama assessments last week. Congratulations to you all 🎊🎊

25/11/25

So proud of our amazing student body who came together for Our One Day Jamaica Relief Drive on Friday 🇯🇲 Thank you to the staff and students who worked to make it possible - your generosity has had a real impact.

25/11/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Jejune, adj. 1. naive, simplistic, and superficial; "their entirely predictable and usually jejune opinions". 2. (of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting.    

13/11/25

It was great to hear from another of our alumni this week as we spoke to Zaya, she's doing amazingly at a degree apprenticeship. If you'd like to read more about Zaya's experience at HCL6F and her time since click the link below! harrisclaphamsixthform.org.u…

10/11/25

A final reminder about our Open Evening tomorrow on Tuesday - we look forward to meeting you all!

10/11/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Gibbous, adj. most often used to describe the moon or a planet when it is seen with more than half, but not all of the apparent disk illuminated.    

03/11/25

8 days until our Open Evening on Tuesday 11 November. Book your place today! pic.twitter.com/N5R9h9wNza

22/10/25

Last week some of our students took part in the Senior Mathematical Challenge, a competition run by UKMT. It's always great to see our students aiming high and celebrating their knowledge. So proud of everyone that competed!      

20/10/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Obviate, v. to obviate something (usually a need for something, or a necessity) is to anticipate and prevent it    

15/10/25

Open Evening 2025, Tuesday 11th November, 16:30-19:00. More information in the picture. We look forward to seeing you!#HCL6F pic.twitter.com/2OLbexAoEt

13/10/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Mollify, v. appease the anger or anxiety of (someone). e.g. "nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify the local conservationists"#HCL6F

08/10/25

We're so excited that our Cultural Perspectives classes started last week, it's always great to see our students exploring something meaningful beyond the curriculum. This term students options include alchemy, Greek myths, healthy relationships, surrealism, and more.

06/10/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon:  Debunk, v. expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief    

29/09/25

This week in Mr Leprêtre's Lexicon: Sinuous, adj. having many curves and turns. "the river follows a sinuous trail through the dale".    

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