by Holt School | Oct 1, 2020 | Co-Headteachers Blog
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I was looking through some old emails at the weekend when I came across one that started, ‘There is an ancient Chinese curse ‘May you live in interesting times’ and we are most certainly living in interesting times.’ Our current...
by Holt School | Sep 23, 2020 | Co-Headteachers Blog
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends At The Holt, we always mark the seasons and special times of the year. Doing so helps to bring us together and lends a rhythm that weaves its way through our learning and teaching. This includes House competitions such as sports...
by Holt School | Sep 16, 2020 | Co-Headteachers Blog
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week we have enjoyed a fabulous spell of “warm weather” with temperatures topping 30c on Monday. Personally, this feels like “hot” weather to me, rather than “warm”. However, I was watching a weather item on the news on Monday...
by Holt School | Sep 9, 2020 | Co-Headteachers Blog
Dear Parent, Guardians and Friends, Over the summer, I read a book of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches and correspondence about the challenges in life and her thoughts and arguments are as relevant today as they were 70 years...
by Holt School | Jul 16, 2020 | Co-Headteachers Blog
Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Well, we have finally made it to the end of a very difficult year. Never did we imagine, when we set out our new school year in September, that our Year 11 and 13 would finish their school days so abruptly and the rest of our...