Years 4 & 5 Overnight Stay Tuesday night saw the first theme night this year for Years 4 and 5 based on the books of Roald Dahl, with some of the pupils dressing up in great costumes. After a delicious themed cake and tuck, the pupils whirled round a madcap carousel of activities which included…
The rain never stops us having fun at Nursery and we have had enjoying the different sensory sensations the weather has brought with it this week. We’ve been filling up buckets, collecting rain to water the plant and enjoying dancing in the rain – even some singing! Babies Babies have loved exploring rain this week,…
Glamour and style was the order of the evening on Wednesday. Our Year 8 pupils and staff had a fantastic time, starting with a mocktail drinks reception on the sunken lawn with plenty of opportunities for photographs for the proud parents. The dining room was transformed (thank you to Mr Bartlett and the office staff)…
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;…
The exams are over…Challenge Weeks have started! Year 8 finished their exams this morning, were given their hoodies at lunchtime and went straight into a Dragon’s Den challenge this afternoon.
Pre-Prep Awards Golden Awards Reception Proud Clouds Clemmie C and Mia C Year 1 Golden Awards Teddy E and Anna K Year 2 Golden Awards Marek F, Frederick T and Joshua C Year 3 Golden Awards Blake C, George B and Fabio C 5Rs Awards Resilient Rhino Maddie A and Luke J Responsible Reindeer James…
Last Autumn, all Year 6 pupils were entered into Young Writers ‘Peculiar Pets’ poetry competition as part of an activity in their English lessons. Young Writers is a national writing organisation, that hosts many national creative writing competitions throughout the year. If selected, pupils had the opportunity to have their work published in a book, and…
Year 3’s class reading book is ‘Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone’ and this week they had lots of Harry Potter themed fun learning. We went to the Spinney to explore for sticks to create their own broomsticks and without realising it used scaling maths skills and creative English skills to describe the places they…
A great morning spent at Henry Moore Foundation helping the Year 7 pupils to see how a famous British sculptor used the landscape as inspiration to make Marquette’s and then enlarge them as they are doing in their current project in their art lessons.
Year 2’s inspiration was the artwork of Andy Goldsworthy, who only uses natural materials. His artwork is not created to be seen first hand. He takes photos and his work is often in very remote places. Hence the artwork will blow away, melt, be taken apart by animals etc. After Year 2 had finished they…
