Dear Parents, Rehearsals are apace, rooms are being tidied out, kids are really excited about their holidays, trips are returning (with very tired children and a lot of washing). I will say this tomorrow, but thank you for making me feel so welcome this year. It has been a year of growth and understanding for…
Year 5 have been making sculptures based on Tony Cragg’s work. They initially made a collage based on an object and then identified the positive and negative spaces. Using the negative spaces from the collage they designed and created a sculpture. They then had to place their sculpture in a landscape and reflect on how…
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…
It has been a very creative couple of weeks at Nursery. The Babies have completed their 30 Days Wild Challenge and taken part in some fun activities exploring the natural world. Bluebells have loved creating towers with a variety of construction materials and measuring them, seeing differences in heights, whilst in Poppies the children have…
It was a 4am start last Saturday morning at Holmwood, for the bright eyed, bushy tailed Year 4s, keen and eager to embark on their Day Trip to France. Everyone enjoyed their breakfast en route and despite the staff keeping their fingers crossed – the children appeared not to need forty winks during our drive…
Dear Parents As the grass turns brown and the trips get ready to leave work carries on apace here. The Year 8s have been incredibly busy on their challenge week, I am not sure if they, or Mr Jeffries and Mr White were more excited about visiting nuclear races and the mud. We had a…
2022 Ahead of their PGL trip in the final week of term, the Year 8s have been throwing themselves into a number of different challenges, which culminated in their final ever Holmwood House Production on Friday. They have undertaken a number of activities that have worked on their team working skills, resourcefulness, reasoning, communication and…
The Prep school put on a spectacular end of year Summer Concert which really showcased all the hard work our musicians have put in this year. There was a wonderfully diverse programme in which most of the children were involved in one way or another. Surfin’ Safari Brian Wilson & Mike Love Don’t Stop…
It was fantastic to be able to welcome everyone back to the traditional Holmwood House Pre-Prep Sports day, after a false start the previous week! The children started the day with 4 different carousels each lasting 30 minutes: jumping, throwing, obstacle course and traditional running races. The children moved from activity to activity and progressed…
Dear parents, Another week rolls to a close. For many of our younger pupils their trip to Frinton will be the highlight of the term. Lots of fun was had through wave jumping with Mrs Maslen and Mrs Floodgate, or building huge sand constructions with George, Laura and Bryony (our shadows). The behaviour was beyond…
