News And Photos

Years 6 & 7 Production

It was air guitars at the ready, as the lights went up on a fabulous Year 6 and 7 Production of We Will Rock You! It was a spectacular show made even more impressive by the fact it was put together from start to finish in just 5 days! Well done and thank you to…

Holmwood’s Hedgerow Heroes

Seventeen members of the Eco Committee spent a productive couple of hours on Saturday morning planting tree saplings to form a new hedgerow. A field adjacent to the Pre-Prep school buildings and playground is being developed for houses and Leo P (one of the members of the committee) felt strongly that something should be done…

Air Charity Day 2021 (part 2)

Today Air hosted the second part of their charity day in support of the Bumblebee charity. Some very brave Year 8 members of Air and 3 courageous members of staff volunteered to take part in a Baked Bean Shower, which took place in the Prep Assembly this morning and was live streamed to Pre-Prep.  A…

Year 2 Art – Matisse

Year 2 studied Henri Matisse’s ‘Cut Outs’ created when he was ill and bed bound, he described his impressionistic way of working as ‘drawing with scissors’.  They designed organic shaped templates to give an impression of leaf shapes and carefully considered the colour, composition and placement of their shapes.

Nursery & Pre-Reception News

Pre-Reception and Nursery News   Babies Babies have enjoyed our read-a-thon, looking at various books and listening to stories as part of a sponsored event. Thank you to our parents for their support.  Our caterpillars have also been a source of interest as we have watched them grow and have enjoyed lots of activities around…

From the Headmaster…

Dear Parents I read two articles recently about the best time for pupils to move schools and was struck by the synergies with what our school currently offers and what it will offer in the future when we extend to 16.  Both articles spoke about the fact that perhaps schools like ours have got it right and that…

Top Trumps

Egyptian Top Trumps brought together lots of skills and all the 5Rs for the Year 4s who have been studying the Egyptians this term.  Having researched the Egyptian gods and gathered all types of fascinating facts they used their ICT skills to produce the cards…and they thought they were just having fun!

Brave Superheroes

As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, Year 3 enjoyed a fun PSHCE lesson, acting out playground scenarios and thinking of positive ways to respond to and resolve tricky situations. They also thought carefully about what makes people brave and designed their own brave superhero!

Pupil Achievements

Pre-Prep Golden Awards Reception Proud Clouds Zachary C and Maddie A Year 1 Golden Awards Ethan E and Rhaman S Year 2 Golden Awards Theo B and Hugo P Year 3 Golden Awards Alexander M and Beatrice W Pre-Prep 5Rs Awards Resilient Rhino Maya M, Max W and Sophie R Responsible Reindeer David B, Roxy J,…

Eco-Committee

Two members of the Eco-Committee have been busily working on projects of great importance to them.  To encourage more wildlife into his garden Stanley J has been building a bird table and Annie B has written this article to encourage us to turn off our car engines when we are parked. Please turn your car…

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