The Year 3’s Extreme Earth topic was brought to life recently with an exciting Global Studies lesson involving a Zoom call to Melbourne in Australia! Eivissa’s Auntie Laura is a nurse in Melbourne and on the 22 September an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter Scale hit the city causing damage to buildings. This was…
Reception children had a very busy first half term and they were straight back into it learning about fireworks during their Natural World session this week. They learnt about the festival of light called Diwali and how it is celebrated by some faiths. The children went on to create Rangoli patterns on the Autumn leaves…
Year 7 pupils have been studying ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar this term. They have thoroughly enjoyed ‘popcorn reading’ the novel as a class, and have produced some fantastic pieces of work. The novel requires the reader to be a detective in order to solve the mystery behind the Yelnats’ bad fortune, and why the inmates…
It was a birthday like no other! On Friday 5 November, Holmwood’s centenary celebrations started with a bang! We played all the traditional games from the chaotic animal games (which has been played at Holmwood since its first birthday) to the more cerebral mug game. One of the highlights of the day was a visit…
There has been glitter and colour all over Nursery, as we have all been doing lots of fabulous activities to celebrate Diwali and firework night. We have done junk modelling and crafting, as well as having great fun with the chalks and making some spectacular splatter firework night pictures. Babies We have enjoyed celebrating a…
Wow what an exciting week in Pre-Reception! We have been talking all about sharks, especially where they live, what they eat and how they move. The children have shown some fantastic listening skills and followed instructions brilliantly. They participated in lots of exciting activities such as frozen shark play, playdough and colouring pictures. We have…
Land Ahoy, but how will we get there! Curious to see what their next challenge would be for their Land Ahoy theme, Year 2 were very excited when they were challenged to design a boat that could move on its own without the children touching it and to stretch them further, be powerful enough to…
Dear Parents, I hope you feel that your children have hit the ground running academically this week. ‘Wintering well’ is critical in an athletic training program as it is in education. The next six weeks are developmental on the knowledge built in the first half of term and set up habits, and knowledge foundations for the…
There has been lots of sensory play and activities this week in nursery. From mono painting, to smoothie making and to making papier-mache planets we have got fabulously messy and had some fantastic fun. Babies We have been busy in babies creating fun through messy play activities and looking at Autumn as our theme. The…
This half term, Year 4 have been working really hard on their meet and greet conversations in French. They have been learning different ways in which they can greet each other, introduce themselves, ask others what they are called, say how they are feeling and ask others how they are. We have used a great…
