Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Advanced warning……….. this week’s blog brings you lots of pictures…………happy pictures of our Year 11 leavers, our Year 13 leavers, our lovely celebration Spring concert, and more……… Firstly, Mrs Whitehouse is delighted to let us know...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Cllr Lynn Forbes (well done for the re-election!) invited some of our students to apply to become student members of committees on the Wokingham Town Council. Following a rigorous interview procedure, a big congratulations to Hemani...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Last Thursday, Soulscape came in for a second day to work with our Year 9 students as part of their PoR GCSE work. We invite Soulscape in because they have first-hand experience of some of the topics covered at GCSE such as...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, I hope you all had a lovely Easter break! As always, it was good to welcome our girls back to the summer term, which is a bit lop sided with five weeks this half term and then seven weeks from May half term to the summer holidays....

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends So the hour rolled forward on Mothers’ day, what a mean joke that was. I don’t know about you but I spent Sunday chasing my tail, wondering why I was running out of time! The advantage of...

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...