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Thank you everyone for entering this year’s Doodle Competition. Our winners are: Stella C Benjamin R Joshua C Katie B Leo P Sumdeh K Ottilie W

The children listened to the story ‘Leaf Man’ in Literacy and then created their own leaf men characters. During Outdoor Learning they enjoyed comparing different trees and looking for similarities and differences in their shape, leaves and bark patterns as well as noticing if they were evergreen or deciduous. They then reflected on which was…

The Golden Tree has shed it’s leaves and has ‘blossomed’ into The Wishing Tree! The children in Phase 2 have all been busy writing a hope or a wish for The Wishing Tree. Here are just a few of the children’s thoughtful, insightful and heart warming hopes and wishes. ‘I wish there to be only kindness…

The Year 6 pupils were looking forward to their first overnight stay opportunity since the spring term. Overnight stays are a great opportunity for pupils and staff to get to know each other in a less formal setting than the school day. We were all treated to a massive hotdog, popcorn and ice cream whilst…

Babies This week in Babies we spent time practising our fine motor skills by posting dried pasta through colander holes. They did really well with this activity, showing good hand and eye co–ordination and concentration. They have also enjoyed a variety of different tuff trays and colour sorting activities. We have focused on our language…

The year is 1592, one hundred years after Columbus discovered the New World… As a culmination to their Global Studies learning on Christopher Columbus and the New World, Year 5 participated in an imagined Grand Hearing to decide who, rightfully, should have control of the island of Hispaniola – the indigenous Taino people, now diminished…

As part of our Global Studies topic, Extreme Earth we have been looking at natural disasters and how these are affected by the earth’s physical structure. We decided that the best way to learn about physical geography was with Mars bars! Mars bars were used to represent the earth’s plates. We simulated the effects of…

Roles of Responsibility Congratulations to our Heads of Element Today the Elements saw their first Element Meetings led by the new Heads, Deputies and Charity Reps. We have been impressed with the support the other Year 8s have shown those who have been awarded roles, and vice versa. It can be hard to bounce back…

Dear Parents I spoke to the children today in assemblies about decorum (/dɪˈkɔːrəm/ behaviour in keeping with good taste and propriety). In Prep assembly, we also spoke about the word propriety (/prəˈprʌɪəti/ conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals). I related these words to our 3Cs and the Holmwood way of showing care,…

As part of the application process for Head of Element, several Year 8s were selected to address their respective Elements. It is always a great event where nerves are dealt with and pupils demonstrate courage in a public speaking situation. Each pupil is then allowed to vote for whom they feel should represent their Element….