Dear parents, guardians, and friends And so, we reach the end of our first half term of the new academic year. For some. it may feel that it has gone in a flash; for others, it may have felt rather slower. For our Year 7 students it has been the first half term of...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends With the unseasonably warm weather coming to an end, it feels more fitting to be talking about autumn days and our Harvest Festival. Following on from Mrs Martin’s blog last week, our Harvest assembly on theme of water was led by...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends This week at The Holt we celebrate our annual Harvest Festival.  During this time, students are encouraged to reflect on the importance of supporting our local community and helping those in need.  Thank you for the donations that...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends At The Holt we value our traditions and the links we have with the past.  This was seen on Saturday when The Holt Association held their biannual reunion lunch party.  As always, the event was very well attended and an opportunity...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends It was lovely to see our students basking in the glorious sunshine at the end of last week. Our grounds are lovely areas to sit with friends and enjoy………although we were joined by some buzzing “brown burrowing bees” on one of our...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends We were able to give a very warm welcome to all our students over the last week! Year 7 and 12 were in school on Wednesday for their induction days and were joined by Year 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 on Thursday.  Year 7 have settled in...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Welcome to our final blog of this academic year! The long summer holiday beckons for students and staff at the busy end of a busy term. As we say farewell until September, I will leave you with some updates from recent weeks. In our...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends I was pleased for it to be my turn on the SLT blog this week, because it has been a bumper week of events for our sixth form students. Last week we saw the final goodbye for our Year 13 students who had their leavers’ party at...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The Holt becomes a hive of activity in the final few weeks of term…Year 10 have been out on work experience, Year 8 went on a three day adventure to PGL and there have been many day trips and activities.  In this week’s blog, I have...

Dear Parents/Guardians and Friends Well summer is definitely here - blazers are left at home, the queues at water fountains are long and air-conditioned classrooms are very popular!  School, however, remains as busy as ever. Last week the summer music concert took...