The Holmwood Chefs have been very busy in the kitchen over the last few weeks and have created a cornucopia of culinary treats to tempt the taste buds! Easy Peasy Pitta Pizzas were the perfect pick me up after a hard day’s learning, sculpting scary sweets for Halloween were a tricky treat and poppy inspired…
Water We are all proud of what we achieved on the School’s Birthday, winning the Animal Game, the Tutor Group Challenge, the Element Board, the Junior Mugs Game, and we drew in the Senior Mugs Game. The Year 8s have also been working on our Element Meetings to make the activities as fun as possible….
Year 5 making their land yachts – progress is good so far, however the pupils have many variables to consider; how to reduce friction where the wheels are touching the chassis; what size wheels; area and material of the sail; width of the chassis for stability. Very exciting watching these young engineers take ownership of…
This week, Year 4 has been thinking about Oceans. One of their tasks was to pick an ocean or the ocean zones and create a factual poster. Here are a few of their finished pieces. Furthermore, they have also been creating treasure maps linked to their learning on their English text Treasure Island, in preparation…
As part of National Maths Week, children in Phase 1 and 2 have been introduced to a new and exciting game to support their maths. The creators of Times Tables Rock Stars have produced a platform for boosting addition and subtraction skills, called NumBots. Each child has their own unique log in details and they…
This week in Year 2, we have enjoyed listening to the first of the Island Talk presentations. The children giving their talks spoke clearly and had worked very hard on preparing them. Other children in the class enjoyed asking questions after listening to the talks. We look forward to some more presentations next week! As…
What another busy week in Pre-Reception. We have all been talking about, how we can help each other and what we do that is kind. Throughout the week we have created our very own Kindness Tree and the children have come up with different ideas of what kindness means to them. On Wednesday we joined in…
Babies Babies have enjoyed exploring our Remembrance day tuff tray looking at the colour red. We added play dough so they could experience malleable material in order to strengthen their hands as a pre writing skill. We have also enjoyed our themed days to raise money for children in need. Bluebells This week we have…
Pre-Prep Awards Golden Awards Golden Awards are made weekly to individuals in each class based on the Golden Rules. The child receives a Golden Award badge to wear for the week. The presentations are made weekly in the Pre-Prep assembly. The following children received a Golden Award during Week 9. Reception Proud Clouds Mia C…
Sadhika and Nikhil spoke about the way they celebrate the festival. Lots of colour, lots of light, sparklers and fireworks!
