On Monday 16th January a trip to Bletchley Park sparked Years 7 & 8’s curiosity about how their maths skills could be practically applied. They used their mathematical thinking and problem solving skills to crack a number of code breaking tasks, decipher messages and solve puzzles. They also learned about the invaluable role of code…
To kickstart Year 7 and ignite the development and opportunity to build leadership, collegiate and interpersonal skills all the pupils were invited and challenged to plan, budget, map read, build camp and complete an expedition within their Element (Air, Land and Water). These opportunities allowed them to start building some essential skills and attributes for…
What a fantastic first two weeks at Holmwood. I have been blown away by the buzz, the hustle and bustle and the energy running through the year 7 year group currently. As is the way at Holmwood there is very quickly no difference between new and existing pupils. I am thoroughly excited for this to…
Year 7 – “Au Café” This term, Year 7’s French topic has been “Au Café – manger et boire” and the children have been putting together sophisticated dialogues in French that they would use in a café. To make the experience a little more authentic, the children had to cook their own pizzas, describe and…
Years 3 and 7 are currently receiving lessons on mindfulness from Mrs Katie Seaman, a parent at Holmwood and a trained mindfulness teacher. There is a large and rapidly growing body of research to evidence the benefits mindfulness can provide. For children in particular these include improvements in wellbeing and mental health, concentration and cognition,…
Land pupils planned and organised an incredibly fun day to raise money for St Helena’s hospice. St Helena’s Hospice is a charity that helps people with an incurable illness and every pound donated will be used to make their lives just that more bearable and exciting. Pupils from Land came dressed in red and there…
Years 7 & 8 dusted off their tartan and threw themselves into a fantastic Burns Night celebration. The haggis was ‘piped’ in and toasted formally with Burns’ Address and a tipple (apple juice in shot glasses). They enjoyed a wonderful Burns Night supper and poems were recited. Ms Topliss read Tam O’Shanter and Mrs Bradbury…
Amazing Architecture Our budding architects and engineers in Year 8 were challenged to design and construct a building. Their brief was deliberately wide, to see what sparked the curiosity and they were told they could use any materials they wanted to. Their 5R skills were tested to the full as they had to use their…
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.
The Art Room was full of budding architects and engineers from Year 7, who are currently creating prototypes and maquettes for their buildings project.
