Dear Parents Further to Mr Davies’ letter yesterday, I am delighted that the next Head of Holmwood House has been announced. I will be welcoming Mr Bond and his family on site over the weekend to show them around and to start the process of what I aim to be a very smooth transition over…
Dear Parents At the end of a week which has involved several visitors, online quizzes and a raft of superheroes, the children are clearly enjoying being back at school whilst feeling the energy levels wane a little! School is tiring, it would seem! So much has returned to normal and I am delighted to report that…
Dear Parents It has been a real, genuine and thoroughly positive pleasure to have the children back in school this week. I had forgotten the joy that the sound of children playing creates! They have been superb in terms of reintegration to the school day and have clearly loved seeing their friends again and running…
Dear Parents The staff have spent the day preparing the school for Monday’s return of all our pupils. We are excited about this next stage and very much hope the children are feeling confident and happy about coming back. We are aware that some may be feeling anxious but please know that we will be keeping an eye…
Dear Parents We are all very excited at the prospect of having the children back in school from Monday 8 March. This term has been hugely successful online, but challenging in many ways. We are keen to ensure the children’s return is a positive one and the staff will be working hard to prepare the classrooms…
Dear Parents At the end of what must be the most intense and challenging half terms any of us can remember, I wanted to express my abject appreciation for the staff who have produced an online offering which has been matchless. The energy, commitment, engagement and patience shown by them all have been truly professional…
Dear Parents Thank you for facilitating your children’s Off Screen Day yesterday. We have already seen some super examples of creativity and endeavour and look forward to receiving photographs and videos. We have one more week before the half term break; I don’t quite know where the time has gone! The proposed return to school date…
Dear Parents We had two very successful Virtual Open Events today using Zoom Webinars. A similar number of attendees to actual open events signed up and we were delighted to be able to interact with them in online Q&A sessions. Reception numbers for September 2021 are looking extremely good and only a few places remain. We…
Dear All It was great to see so many of you on today’s Zoom calls to catch up. Thank you for your ongoing feedback and the support you are giving both the children and the school. I shared the video of Amanda Golman’s amazing presidential inauguration poem with the Prep School children earlier this week. If you…
Dear Parents Happy New Year! We are not where we thought we would be when planning our return this term. I wanted to start off by expressing my pride in and gratitude to my staff for the sterling job they have done in turning round the start of term in 24 hours. Our online remote learning…
