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Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9ST

FROM THE HEADMASTER . . .

Summer Term, Week 6

www.holmwood.essex.sch.uk

Happiness is the key to progress

Tel: 01206 574305

Friday 9 June 2017

HOLMWOOD HOUSE

NEWSLETTER Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9ST

FROM THE HEADMASTER.. .

Tel: 01206 574305

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Monday 12 June

3.30pm Rounders U12 A & B

vs Finborough (A)

3.30pm Girls Cricket U11 A & B vs

The Abbey (A)

Year 4 Boarding Mad Hatter’s

Tea Party

Tuesday 13 June

12.10pm Year 1 Picnic at the

Orchard

2.15pm Cricket 1st & 2nd XI

vs Ipswich Prep (H)

Wednesday 14 June

8.45am Team Photos

Thursday 15 June

Year 7 Geography Field Trip

12pm Kwik Cricket Festival

4pm Year 4 Tea at the Orchard

Friday 16 June

10.30am Pre-Prep Sports Day

10am Boys Cricket U11A 8 a side

tournament at Framlingham

10am Girls Tennis U11 IV

tournament at Framlingham

4pm Year 8 HH Certificates

presented

Gordonstown Challenge depart

Saturday 17 June

9.30am—12pm School Fete

Sunday 18 June

Gordonstown Challenge return

In recognition of their demonstra-

tion of one or all of the Golden

Rules, the following children have

received Golden Awards this

week:

Reception:

Shani L

Nyla E

Year 1:

Oliver C

Benjamin R

Hamish D

Year 2:

Francis B

Charlie H

Ben C

Sophia H

Year 3:

Rameen A

DJ M

Delilah C

Charles D

GOLDEN AWARDS

SWIMMING GALA RESULT S. . .

Land 135

Air 115

Water 98

The gala was really well supported; thank you to parents, pupils and teachers.

how much effort and

commitment some pupils

have put into their books

and we look forward to

celebrating some these at

Speech Day this year.

It was a pleasure to

welcome the Year 3 parents

to a drinks evening on

Tuesday to meet their

children's new tutors and

senior staff in the Prep

school and I look forward

to welcoming Years 6 and 7

parents to the Holmwood

House Certificate Talk

tomorrow morning at

11.15am.

With best wishes,

Alexander Mitchell

Headmaster

Dear Parents,

The Year 8s have been

completing their

Holmwood House

Certificate assessments this

week. With all of that

behind them, they headed

off to Thorpe Park today

for a day of fun and

frolics! With Saturday

morning off to recover,

they embark upon the

Holmwood House

Challenge Week on

Monday in which they will

be given various challenges

to complete during the

week in their Element

teams. These include a

bushcrafting day, a day at

Mersea Essex Outdoors, a

bridge building task which

results in their creations

being tested to destruction

in an assembly, a £50

challenge to raise as much

money for their Element's

charity at the annual

Summer fete, a quiz and an

ongoing teamwork

challenge. We look for-

ward to seeing which

Element will be presented

with the Hills Challenge

Cup this year. Good Luck!

Members of the S8 class

also presented some of their

Learning Logs to their

parents and senior staff on

Tuesday. It was great to

hear them talk so clearly

and confidently about the

learning process which has

taken place throughout their

course. The range of

subjects covered was

impressive and they all did

very well.

This was followed by our

BBC-style Question Time

Election Special in which I,

a la David Dimbleby,

presented questions to our

panel of political pundits

(S8) as well as answering

questions form the 'studio

audience'. They all did

really well and some really

rose to the challenge.

Year 7s have also had

assessments this week

which go towards their

Holmwood House Certifi-

cate.

We have been reviewing

some examples of pupil

Laetatums this week. It has

been a real pleasure to see

Reminder

Please could

all Sainsbury’s

vouchers be

brought into

the front office.

http://www.holmwood.essex.sch.uk

PUPIL NEWS.. .

Friday 9 June 2017, Summer Term, Week 6

SUMMER FETE. . .

Saturday 17 June

FOHH would be very grateful for donations of the following please:

Clean soft toys

Toys in good, working condition

Homemade cakes and biscuits (to be brought in on 16 or 17 June)

Bottles/drinks cans of any kind for the tombola

Items ‘Made By Mums (or Dads)’

(no books or DVDs this year please)

Parent Reps will be contacting each year group asking for parent volunteers to man the stalls in one hour slots.

Thanks very much in advance for your support

Horse riding

Congratulations to our Holmwood girls in

their riding competition. Their team came

2nd in both classes, one 70cm and Class 2

80/85cm (the top two schools qualify for the

Championship in

October). They were up against Colchester

county High, Chelmer Valley High, New

Hall, Orwell Park, Manningtree and two

teams from Brentwood school. Most other

schools had four in the team (top three

rounds count) so our girls did incredibly

well to qualify.

Results

TEAM: 2nd in 70 (Maisy H, Martha H, Lucy B, Hebe W)

TEAM: 2nd in 80 (Maisy H, Martha H, Lucy B, Hebe W)

INDIVIDUAL: 4th in 70 (Hebe W)

INDIVIDUAL: 6th in 70 (Lucy B)

The Friends of Holmwood House committee are pleased to confirm that the following school projects have

recently been funded:


FRIENDS OF HOLMWOOD HOUSE.. .

School’s birthday firework display

£500 towards Science Week

£500 towards Maths Week

£500 towards English Week

£500 towards Conscience Week

£500 towards Book Week

Various ‘energy circus’ science resources

Horizontal climbing wall in the pre-prep playground

Horizontal climbing wall in the main yard

Multi games table for the nursery and holiday club

Replacement engraved brass school bell

Bone china Holmwood House crested match tea mugs

New trestle tables

Sofa for boarders’ landing outside the surgery

Pegs for the tennis corridor

4 x HH crested wheelbarrows to carry sports and forest

school equipment

French theatre performance

New wooden playhouse for the Reception garden

Cricket sight screen

Cricket wicket cover

Paperback spinners for the Library

6 x wireless microphone headsets for plays and

performances

Pirate themed refurbishment of the boys’ boarding

bathrooms

Easter egg for each child in the school

Commemorative coin for each child and school staff

member in celebration of The Queen’s 90th birthday

New projector and screen in the Jubilee Hall

School’s birthday firework display

£500 towards Science Week

£500 towards Maths Week

£500 towards English Week

£500 towards Wellbeing Week

£500 towards Book Week

STEM resources – a national initiative

promoting science, technology, engineering

and maths

Outdoor play equipment for the pre-prep

playground

Wooden pirate ship for the nursery garden

Giant outdoor chess set for prep school

Outdoor table tennis table for prep school

Easter egg for each child in the school

Full refurbishment of the Jubilee Hall floor

(paid for with proceeds from the 2016 School

Ball)

2016-2017 school year 2015-2016 school year

FOHH newsletter...

Summer Fête – Saturday 17th

June

9.30-12 noon

Summer raffle prize: an amazing Amazon ‘Echo Dot’ smart speaker: £1 per ticket

We would be very grateful for donations of the following for the

fête:

Clean soft toys

Toys in good condition and working order

Homemade cakes and biscuits

Bottles / cans of any kind for the tombola

We would be very appreciative of any donations

which may be left at pre-prep or in the front office or

given to one of the committee. (Please note that this

year we are not looking for donations of accessories,

Pre-Prep Sports Day – Friday 16 June

FOHH will be selling:

Coffee, tea, soft drinks, Pimm’s, beer

Pastries

Prep Sports Day – Saturday 24 June

FOHH will be selling:

Coffee, tea, soft drinks, Pimm’s, beer

Pastries

Hot dogs and burgers

Strawberries and cream

Sweets

Current FOHH committee members:

Charlotte Cottrell, Katherine Muskett, Jackie Jarvis, Grace Sarbutts, Karen Day,

Jo Goswell, Paula Swaine, Penny Grout, Noha Coker, Babita Prashar, Dr

Ashwell, Fi (front office)

A fond farewell…

At the end of this term we will be extremely sad to lose Dr Linda Ashwell, Grace

Sarbutts and Karen Day from the committee and take this opportunity to thank all

three for their enormous contribution and commitment over the past years.


YEAR 2 VE DAY CELEBR ATIONS. . .

What a super day Year 2 had just before half term! To finish their history topic on World War 2 they celebrated the end of the

war in true VE Day style. Dressed as evacuees, they made gas mask boxes and baked carrot biscuits from a wartime rationing

recipe. Then they were delighted to welcome some grandparents who told them about their experiences growing up in the war.

Mr Came also came in to talk about Theo’s great grandfather and great uncles and their important wartime roles. The afternoon

finished with a jolly tea party accompanied with the children singing wartime songs.

“I liked baking the carrot biscuits. They were nice and crunchy.”

- Skye

“We liked learning how to make bunting best.”

- Lucy and Autumn

“I enjoyed listening to the grandparents. It was very

Interesting.” - Charlie

“I really enjoyed stitching the teddies.” - Daniel M


THE HOLMWOOD HOUSE G ENERAL ELECTION 2017 . . .

The Prep School returned from the half-term break to election madness. All Prep School children had learned about the election,

party politics and policies in PSHCE Citizenship lessons before half-term with Year 7s and 8s also learning about left and right

wing ideology and different voting systems. Bring on election week!

Year 8s, Sam B, Matthew B, Tamunodukoye E, Olivia F, Matthew J, Zeke L, Ben N, Thomas P and Robert W shaped five fake

party identities, masking the five main political parties, between which the Prep School were to choose on Polling Day. They

were keen for the children to focus on ideas and policies rather than voting according to preconceived ideas or parental views.

Years 2 and 3 were also given the opportunity to vote following a presentation about the election to Pre-Prep on Wednesday.

On Tuesday these Year 8s took the role of political pundits in our very own Question Time Election Special, in which Mr

Mitchell relished the chance to be David Dimbleby! The Prep School found the performance inspiring and demonstrated this

with a 93% turn out to vote on Thursday 8 June, along with 23 staff.

Year 4 helped to set up the polling station and Year 5s acted as election officials.


HOLMWOOD HOUSE GENERAL ELECTION 2017 RESULTS. . .

The results were announced during Friday morning assembly by Returning Officer, George S and were as follows:

The Pre-Prep results were also announced with The Future Party being voted in by Years 2 and 3.

The Diversity Party (Labour)

Delivering a fairer more prosperous society for the many

not just the few

41

The Future Party (Green)

Protecting the planet from the effects of an unsustainable

economy

23

The Millennium Party (Liberal Democrats)

Committed to keeping Britain in the EU

35

The Orthodox Party (Conservative)

Building a strong economy based on low taxa-

tion and free trade deals

57

The Patriot Party (UKIP)

Prioritising services for local people and bringing back

control of our borders

7

BOARDING AT HOLMWOOD.. .


On Wednesday evening the Year 8 Boarders took a well-earned break for exams and went to the beach at Walton on the Naze

for the evening. They had a fantastic time, flying kites, rock pooling and generally spending time together. They enjoyed seeing

who could spot the most and largest crabs and looking for fossils along the beach.

YEAR 6 LATIN. . .


During our Latin lessons this week, Year 6 have been exploring Roman artefacts and archaeology. Each pair was given an

artefact and were asked to investigate it. They had some quite challenging questions and some innovative ideas.

BUSHCRAFT.. .


“Bushcraft was great! The best

bit was making the shelter

because we actually got to sleep

outside! It was great fun with all

my friends. It even rained. I

was really proud of making

fire.” - Jack E

SPORT.. .


TEAM WEEK OF

The Team of the Week

Boys U11B Cricket

Well done!

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