Dear Parents What a wonderful week of school events! I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing the children compete in the various Sports Day sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the BV Collaborative Learning Day, the amazing Non-Frinton Staycation complete with Pony Rides and an ice cream van! The staff, as ever, have bent over backwards to…
Dear Parents Having just come off the ‘set’ of Dragon’s Den in which each Year 8 Element pitched their commercial ideas to 3 ‘Dragons’ , I am glad to inform you that the art of thinking on your feet is alive and well! I was joined by fellow dragons, Charlie Willis and Will Barnett (both…
Dear Parents I was once asked what I enjoyed about my job and what motivated me. Any leader, be it a Headmaster of an independent Prep School or the CEO of a manufacturing group, must believe fervently in their product and its people. At Holmwood, we don’t have a product as such, we just have people;…
Dear Parents At last! Summer is here! How wonderful to see the children on the fields this week playing against other schools as well as visiting other schools for fixtures. And how lovely to see some of you here on site, supporting. It is beginning to feel a little more like summer term at Holmwood. Our…
Dear Parents As we come to the end of a busy half term, I was reminded of the amazing job our support staff do to make our school flow so smoothly. The front office staff are, as you may already know, amazing! They turn their hands to anything at the drop of a hat and are…
Dear Parents I read two articles recently about the best time for pupils to move schools and was struck by the synergies with what our school currently offers and what it will offer in the future when we extend to 16. Both articles spoke about the fact that perhaps schools like ours have got it right and that…
Dear Parents Gosh! What a busy week! It was great fun seeing the Prep school children watch the Years 4 & 5 production of ‘Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies‘ on the big screen in the Jubilee Hall with cinema-style sound. Mr Cortes had done an excellent job editing the recordings and videos to produce a…
Dear Parents As we come to the end of what I understand has been Teacher Appreciation Week, I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts. When I entered the teaching profession 33 years ago, the focus was on how to teach, classroom management, subject knowledge, use of resources, and so on. However, today’s…
Dear Parents As you can see from the wonderful photograph above, the children of Years 4 and 5 have been busy this week putting together their production of Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies. Sadly, as a result of Covid-19 restrictions, they will not be able to perform it on stage to a live audience but Mr Cortes…
Dear Parents I spoke with the children this week about the good things that have come out of the lockdown and the things we have to look forward to this term. As a society, we have been forced to acknowledge a number of things in different ways: community spirit, focus on essential workers, improved access to…
