Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It is heads down for our Year 11 and 13 students right now with exams looming.  Past papers are dominating the lives of students and teachers ……but all good preparation!  The Easter holidays brings students space and time to...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Today is the International Day of Happiness, and so our Thought for the Week is “if you want to feel good, do good”.  As you may know, one of our key character traits at The Holt is gratitude, which we call the happiness attitude,...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, It has been a busy week across all year groups. Year 11 had an intense week of exams with English and Maths PPEs, alongside PE practicals and for some girls, prep for the music concert. The girls have been brilliant pacing...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, It was lovely to welcome back our three sets of travellers this week. Firstly, the Year 12 French students returned from a great exchange and work experience week in Fougères, France. Exchanges are a great way to get to know real...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, The unseasonable weather is uplifting along with the lighter mornings and evenings – fingers crossed there is no Beast from the East waiting in the wings! I hope those of you who had a half term break enjoyed the time with your...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends So, another half term whizzes to an end. Once again, it has been busy with lots going on inside and outside the classroom and the students and staff are all ready for a well-earned break. Last week Mrs Bernadotte announced the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, I hope you were allowed to work from home and enjoyed the snow day as much as our students and staff did – it was a real Brucie Bonus! Joel Park filled up with children, parents and teenagers soon after 9am to get the best fresh...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week’s blog is about “getting involved”. We have had a relatively quiet couple of weeks in terms of whole school events due to PPEs, but speaking to individual students; it is clear there is still a lot going on behind the...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends A life coach came up with a formula that shows the 3rd Monday in January is when we are most likely to feel a little more miserable than usual with the frustration of failed New Year resolutions, credit card bills, dark evenings and...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, As Mrs Kennedy reported last week, the focus of our assembly for this term was Challenge. Hemani Rull in 9C, pictured below, certainly challenged herself last week as she took part in the local elections for the Youth Parliament MP...