Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   On Monday, The Holt school fell silent to mark Remembrance Day.  Year 7 students gathered for a special service, where they observed the silence together, this also marked an important Holt tradition for our Year 7...

Dear parents, guardians and friends The heating system has whirred into action at The Holt, which means we must have entered the second half of the autumn term. Halloween and Diwali have been and gone, fireworks are fizzing, and – if you peer into the distance – you...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   What a busy last two weeks of half term……..   Last week was biology week, which at The Holt means one thing………. dissections…….once again huge numbers of students came to watch as the biology staff dissected a variety of...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   My nephew, Tom, is in his third year at university – I visited him on Sunday and naturally asked him how term was going, and he looked at me bemused saying it only started two weeks ago!! I couldn’t believe it as we have been...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, This week’s blog is a Harvest special! You were probably not aware, but 1st October was the United Nations International Day of Older People. All Holt students know about this as it was the focus of an assembly led by Mrs Martin...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, What better way to start off the blog this this week than with some delicious cake.Friday 27th September saw Year 7 and 12 students bring cakes and other baked goods into school to sell for Macmillan coffee morning organised by the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, The wet weather this past week has been a sure sign that autumn is here. The summer sun has faded, winter uniform rules have commenced, and we’ve started seeing jackets and umbrellas in abundance! With the changing season, we’re...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The new term is well underway. We have almost completed the first cycle of our two-week timetable, so students will have met all their new teachers now, and vice versa! Ask any of our students what we as a school want from them, and...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Welcome back to another school year, and for our new readers, a very warm welcome to our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) blog ……… Our SLT blog comes out each Wednesday and is written by a different member of SLT each week to give you...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The general election last week seems such a long time ago … On Wednesday 3rd July, we had the final of the Holt Young Musician of the Year. This was the culmination of various rounds over the summer term. Over 100 students entered...