Dear Parents, How did we get to half term so quickly? The sun is out and the bank holiday weekend weather is looking ok, so enjoy some lovely time with your children and we look forward to seeing everyone in June when we will enjoy the annual range of Holmwood summer events. We have sent…
Dear Parents, I have been in Cambridge today at the summer IAPS Heads’ meeting. Membership of IAPS is an important facet of Holmwood House giving it a wider context in which to operate. As Chairman for the past 4 years I have had the honour of leading and working with a wide range of Prep…
Dear Parents, Our busy week was topped off by a dowsing at lunchtime! Six Year 8 pupils from Water presented themselves for a cold water soaking by lucky pupils and staff who were drawn from a hat in assembly earlier in the day. There was a purpose to all of this! Water’s charity events have…
Dear Parents Your children have had the most wonderful Space Week over the past 5 days! The assemblies have been a real highlight as well as the range of external and internal exhibits ranging from the Astrodome, Virtual Reality, Rocket Launching, and so on. The week came to an amazing conclusion today as we gathered…
One of my personal education heroes is Sir Ken Robinson. (Some of you may have watched his TED Talk on creativity in schools.) Sir Ken talks knowledgeably about the history of mass, organised education in this country being in line with the industrial revolution of the 19th Century and the subsequent ‘industrialisation’ of education itself;…
Dear Parents Welcome back to what everyone regards as the best term at Holmwood. We have been treated to a glimpse of summer and very much hope to see more of it! Our Les Ambassadeurs course over the break was a great success and my thanks to Madame Mookherjee and her team for giving our…
At Holmwood House, we never like to stand still. The past few 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 use of technology across the whole age range. This in turn results…
Dear Parents Here we are at the end of another term. The children have had some amazing adventures and experiences again and we have enjoyed celebrating their successes. The Years 4 & 5 production of Rock Bottom and the Years 6 & 7 show, Madagascar, were real highlights for us all. It was great seeing…
Dear Parents I am extremely excited about attending tonight’s performance of Madagascar! The Years 6 & 7 have been working hard under Mrs Mayhews’ direction to produce what promises to be a thrilling production. Supported by the professional band – Mr Cortes, Mr Snell and Mrs Mitchell – we are in for a treat! It…
Dear Parents It was good to see that the rain and wind did not deter prospective parents from visiting the school for Open Morning earlier today. We had a very good number of visitors who were expertly guided around the facilities by our tour guides from Years 5, 6, and 8 . My thanks to…
