Dear Parents I hope you all had a lovely half term break and that you are fully back into the swing of term, which has already got off to a very fast pace. With several variations of winter weather in one week, it has been remarkable that there has been so little disruption to…
Dear Parents We enjoyed the Inter-Element Cross COuntry event yesterday when pupils from Years 3 to 8 competed against each other, but more importantly, against their own personal best times (PB). If we weren’t impressed enough by the tenacity and resilience shown by our young runners, the sense of teamwork and support from the non-running children was…
Dear Parents We had a two day Governance Review at Holmwood this week when three members of the Bellevue governance team, Steve Wade, Gregg Davies and Mark Malley, visited the school to review how the broad leadership in the school works with the staff, pupils and parents. Thank you to those parents who volunteered to…
Dear Parents Thank you to those parents who completed the communications survey earlier this term. I hope you have all had an opportunity to read the email I sent out yesterday highlighting the main findings. My thanks to everyone involved in the various areas of communication at the school. We would like to strengthen to…
Dear Parents At Holmwood House, we never like to stand still. innovation is part and parcel of what Holmwood is about. The past five years have seen enormous developments in the learning environment for all our children. In 2015, we became a Google school; adopting an innovative and exciting ecosystem which enables creative and interactive…
Dear Parents It has been a pleasure to welcome a number of prospective parents to the school this week. A consistent piece of feedback from them is always around the confidence, courtesy and manners displayed by our pupils. As you know, manners are hugely important to us at Holmwood and we always encourage your children…
Dear Parents Happy New Year! Welcome back to a busy and exciting term. The children are on top form and we look forward to a productive three months. As the children progress through the school, as you know, we assess them in various ways to ensure that progress is being made as well as there being…
Dear Parents It has been a pleasure seeing you all at various events over the past few weeks celebrating Christmas. I am very proud of the children, not least for theri resilience and energy at the end of what has been a superb term. On behalf of Helen and my family, I wish you all…
Dear Parents This week has seen the official beginning of the Christmas season at Holmwood House with the sparkling performances on the Jubilee Hall stage earlier today. The Rs and 1s were joined for the first time by our Pre-R children to produce a wonderful extravaganza of Nursery Rhymes and Christmas cheer. The 2s and 3s…
Dear Parents The nights are drawing in! Our fairies are preparing for the Taster Morning tomorrow for over 30 children and families; and some volunteer parent fairies were in school yesterday helping to make props and costumes for the Pre-Prep Christmas productions. They were brilliant! Thank you so much. We held interviews this week for…
