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This week, Year 5 started drawing together their learning about the Medieval Period by writing a play about a pilgrimage based on Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.

Babies Babies have loved our new bird feeder that attaches to the window. They have been amazed by the birds that have come to feed. We have seen Robins, Coal Tits, Great Tits and Blue Tits. This has led to learning new words and has sparked their curiosity of wildlife Bluebells This week the Bluebells…

Year 2 have been investigating paper as part of our science topic on Materials. Father Christmas had asked the children to find out which would be the strongest paper to wrap all the presents in! We tested the strength of different types of paper by seeing how many 100g weights they could hold. We will…

After last week’s surprising snowy weather, Year 2 seized the opportunity to write some winter poems, inspired by observations of the landscape at school. The children used a mixture of wintery nouns and adjectives to create their poems, which they enjoyed reading aloud to each other.

This week, Year 2 have enjoyed creating their Christmas cards in art. Taking on a winter trees theme, the children created a snowy landscape using different coloured paper, combined with paint. We think you will agree that the finished results are fantastic; well done, Year 2!

Year 3 Football Year 3 have enjoyed football for the first term of games, and are shaping up nicely for matches when they reach Year 4. They are moving on to tag rugby in the spring term. Year 6 Hockey Skills Year 6 have been working on their hockey skills all term, and put them…

This week was our final swimming session of the term and was a ‘fun swim’ where the children were able to use some of the new inflatables which was great fun! In maths we have been investigating 3D shapes, learning that 3D shapes have faces, some of which are all the same as with a cube or…

In Element matches this week, Years 7 & 8 played Ultimate Frisbee and Mat Ball. This was a very competitive tournament between the Elements. The overall winner was Water, closely followed by Air, then Land. Everyone played really well, with 100% effort. Well done, everyone. James S & Olivia R

Holmwood House School, Colchester, part of the Bellevue group, is delighted to announce that it will be extending its provision from up to age 13 (Year 8) to age 16 (Year 11), accepting new pupils into Year 7 from September 2021. This new development, marking the school’s 100th year, will enable pupils to study GCSEs. It…

Dear Parents The snow was here, the Christmas trees are up, the lights are on, and Fi, in the front office, is working her way through her rather extensive collection of Christmas jumpers!  As we look ahead to the final week and a bit of the autumn term, I wanted to reflect on what we have…