Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9ST

FROM THE HEADMASTER . . .

Summer Term, Week 4

www.holmwood.essex.sch.uk

Happiness is the key to progress

Tel: 01206 574305

Friday 13 May

HOLMWOOD HOUSE

NEWSLETTER Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9ST

FROM THE HEADMASTER . . .

Tel: 01206 574305

In recognition of their demonstration of

one or all of the Golden Rules, the

following children have received Golden

Awards this week:

Reception:

Summer D-R

Ben B

Darcy C

Benedict C

Year 1:

Maximus S

Will G

Jeremy S

Savanna M

Year 2:

Delilah C

Ben B

Poppy M

DJ M

Year 3:

Rafe C

Archie L

WELL DONE!

GOLDEN AWARDS

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Saturday 14 May 9.30am Taster Morning for

Prospective Parents of new

Reception Year

1.15pm 1st XI & U11A Cricket v

The District (H)

Monday 16 May Year 7 & 8 CE Revision Week

S7 Scholarship Revision Week

Year 8 Mental Arithmetic Exam

2.30pm 1st XI Cricket (Jet Cup)

v Langley (H)

3.30pm U9A & B Rounders

v Ipswich Prep (A)

3.15pm U9 A & C Cricket

v St Joseph’s (H)

Tuesday 17 May Year 8 CE French Speaking &

Listening exams

12.15pm Year 2 ‘Picnic at The

Orchard’

Thursday 19 May 4pm Year 7 ‘Tea at The Orchard’

7.30pm Cheese & Wine evening for

all new Reception parents

SCHOOL NEWS . . .

which are a wonderful

introduction to life at

Holmwood.

Details of the School Ball

will soon be sent out via

ClarionCall. Regarding

dietary requirements and

pre-ordered wines, please

ensure you reply as soon

as possible. With only

two weeks to go I hope

the men have their dinner

jackets pressed and ready

and that ladies have

enjoyed a shopping trip

or two! The evening

promises to be a lot of

fun.

Wishing you a lovely

weekend.

Best wishes,

Alexander Mitchell

Headmaster

Dear Parents,

The educational trips con-

tinued this week with a

trip to Layer Marney for

the Year 3s as part of

their project on the Tu-

dors, and for the Year 7s,

who visited the National

Gallery and a plastics

factory en route to learn

more about putting design

into production. Our

thanks to Mr & Mrs

Pullum who facilitated

this excellent experience

for the children.

Years 6 and 1 joined me

at The Orchard this week

for their tea and picnic

lunch respectively. The

weather was definitely

kinder to the Year 1s who

managed to share the gar-

den with me and my

guinea pigs rather than

squeeze into my living

room as the Year 6s had

to! Hopefully both year

groups enjoyed it as much

as I did.

Thank you to those who

attended my presentation

on the Holmwood House

Certificate last week.

Hopefully it has enabled

you to better understand

the direction the school is

going in terms of assess-

ment and entry processes

to senior schools. If any-

one has any further ques-

tions regarding the process

then do please arrange a

time to come

to see me.

We have our summer

Taster Morning tomorrow

for children looking to join

the Reception classes

either this September or in

the next couple of years.

These events are always a

lot of fun. My thanks go to

all the staff who put in so

much effort to plan and

organise the sessions

We would like to let parents know that

there is a locked postal box in the

front hall for any correspondence.

However, for any cheque or cash

transactions we would request that

you give this to a member of the front

office staff who will provide you with

a receipt.

Useful revision guidance and advice

for upcoming tests and exams can be

found on the school website, together

with exam timetables on the Revision

page under the Academic tab.

Correspondence Revision

ELEMENT NEWS . . .

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Mrs Thorpe gave the notices. We then read out the stars for the week. We had some

amazing totals, so well done everyone. Mrs Wild and Mrs Apperley’s tutor groups

won.

We then introduced our replacement Sharky, Delphine the dolphin.

For our activity we had a quiz and if you got the answer right then you could have a go

at a mini ten pin bowling set.

Mrs Thorpe made a riddle for us to guess. The answer was that it was National Limer-

ick Day!

Lottie L

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AIR Miss Godman started our Element meeting with a demonstration of resourcefulness in the style

of a pig trying to get a box of biscuits in various different ways.

Then we sang Happy birthday to James P as he will be 10 on Saturday.

Star awards winners of the week were Mme Aravinthan’s tutor group. Well done everyone!

We then played a game of sleeping lions, which lots of people were very good at!

Eddie S

In our Element meeting this week we had limericks because it was National Limerick Day!

We said happy birthday to Julia K and William W who both had birthdays this week.

The stars of the week were Noah T and Theo L’E.

For our entertainment we played a French game a bit like “duck, duck, goose”, it was great fun.

The quote of the week was from Malcolm X:

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace

unless he has his freedom”.

Oyin A

Nicky C - 8

WATER CHARITY PHOTO COMPETITION . . .

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Many congratulations to the winners and runners up in the Water charity photography competition and to everyone

who entered. The quality of photos was outstanding.

Will G - 1L

Holly S - 3K

Rufus C - 5

Runners Up

Adam D - 1L

Benedict C - RH

Winners

PUPIL NEWS . . .

YEAR 3 VISIT TO LAYE R MARNEY TOWER . . .

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On Tuesday Year 3 set out for their visit to Layer Marney Tower. The

weather was dreadful but this didn't dampen spirits! Everyone looked

amazing in their Tudor costumes and even the staff joined in! The day

was packed with super activities and the children learned a host of

interesting facts.

Congratulations to Nico B who recently won the a

golf competition at Dunstan Hall in Norwich. He

was the only junior in a group of men (including his

Dad) and he managed to beat them all.

We have some budding golf players at Holmwood so

we hope Nico’s achievement will be an inspiration to

them all.

YEAR 7 TRIP . . .

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The Year 7s went to Wenbar Plastics Factory in Maldon where they make stands

for cosmetics displays and plastic boxes for signage.

Our thanks to Mr & Mrs Pullum for allowing us to visit.

Then they went to the National Gallery in London and looked at

some incredible landscapes.

Poppy A said; “It was eye opening”. Tammy E said; “I liked

watching how they did the screen printing in the plastics factory.”

Jasmine W said; “It was interesting to see how many machines

there were to make plastic.” Henrietta C said; “I saw art from a

different perspective”.

YEAR 6 TEA AT THE OR CHARD . . .

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BOARDING . . .

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As Olympic season begins to kick off, Wednesday evening boarding

has taken on a competitive edge. In our first Holmwood Olympiad,

boarders have been divided into 3 teams, each representing a

'country'.

This week saw a “Bake Off” style competition with the teams having

to make Brazilian brigadeiros (chocolate truffles) and to present them

in a manner which displayed either elements of their country or of

the Olympics. Three intrepid judges voted for the entries based on

taste and presentation.

Team South Africa won the Gold medal, with the best tasting

brigadeiros displayed with a real Rio carnival theme. Silver went to

the beautifully presented truffles of Team Australia, which showed

the Olympic Rings and the Australian Flag. Bronze medal was

awarded to 'The People's Republic of Mersea' for a wonderful display

showing the island's maritime connections.

This week saw the Year 4s boarding for the first time.

They had a delicious supper followed by tuck and an

exhilarating game of 'Capture the Flag' on the field.

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SPORT . . .

TEAM WEEK

OF

THE

The Team of the Week is the

Year 6 Rounders Team

WELL DONE!

For up-to-date match fixtures and

cancellations, please visit the Sports Fixtures page of the school website.