We were delighted to be able to offer our pupils in Reception to Year 3 the opportunity to spend the day at the beach at Frinton on Thursday 23 June. This is a traditional Holmwood outing that we have had to put on hold for the last two summers and we were thrilled to be…
It was with great excitement that the Holmwood House Summer Fête made its return after the Covid hiatus. The sun shone on us, as the opening ceremony got underway. This year the opening ceremony included all the children and was a Lap of Hope, celebrating the 2022 Commonwealth Games while raising money for Sport Relief….
Our much anticipated Pre-Prep and Prep Sports Day fell on what must have been the hottest Sports Day ever, so the decision was made to just go ahead early in the day with the Prep event . The children showed great sportsmanship and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the morning and the picnic lunch afterwards! Prep school…
Our annual Year 8 Soiree was held on Wednesday evening in the school grounds to celebrate their time at Holmwood. Everyone dressed in formal evening attire and enjoyed a drinks reception, followed by a 3 course sit down dinner: Melon with Fruit Coulis Lemon and Rosemary Chicken Supreme Or Vegetable Tartlet Served with Mint…
Year 6 were challenged to use all the skills they have learnt this year to design and create their own night light. They have been using all the machinery in the DT lab including: a fretsaw, drill, sander, plastic moulder. They had to create their own electrical circuit they then had to do some soldering…
The children in Year 2 had a super day on Friday! For a fantastic finale to their Global Studies theme on Children in Wartime, they celebrated the end of World War 2 in true VE Day style. To really become immersed in the era, they came to school dressed as evacuees and had a day…
Wow!! What an incredible week we have had in Pre-Reception. On Wednesday we had a fantastic presenter from Zoolab called Elle who introduced us to lots of different animals that the children were allowed to hold and stroke. Each child was absolutely brilliant, they listened beautifully and the questions they all asked were fantastic. On…
Nursery News – 24 June 2022 Nature at nursery has been a bit of a theme throughout nursery this last fortnight. The Babies have been getting involved in #30dayswild, like Reception up at school. There have been lots of nature themed activities and the lovely weather has meant we have all spent plenty of time…
Reception are taking part in 30 Days Wild, organised by Essex Wildlife Trust, which is the biggest nature challenge in the UK and aims to bring people closer to nature. The children are going to be completing challenges throughout June and their playground and the Spinney have proved excellent environments to take up the challenges. …
Dear Parents What a week! The sun shone, the ice cream van came, the prep pupils were amazing in their commitment to their sports day. Please can I apologise, again, to those of you who had hoped to enjoy seeing more than one of your children in action but couldn’t because of the pre-prep postponement….
