Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends After the fond farewells for the Year 11s on Wednesday, it was the turn of our Year 13 students to leave us on Friday. As per Holt tradition, on Thursday the Year 13 students along with Mrs Thomas and Miss Hornblow came dressed in...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   Coach Bennett, from the Nike Run Club app, defines a ‘starting line’ as more than a race marker; it is a metaphor for any moment of beginning, change or courage to move forward, regardless of readiness.  He emphasises that...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends,   Often the “new year” is cited as beginning in January, whereas for schools often it’s September. Here at The Holt, we have a “new year” after Easter too when the old House Year ends and our new one begins with points tallies...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends Firstly, we want to thank our wonderful parents for donations so far to the Friends of The Holt Wishlist. We have raised around £4,000 including gift aid which is a fantastic amount. Below are photos of some of the newly purchased...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends, I trust you had a restful and refreshing Easter break. The holidays offer a valuable opportunity to pause, recharge, and enjoy quality time with family and friends. While I was fortunate enough to get away, I was reliably informed...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends   Last Friday was the Spring Equinox, that time of the year when the day and the night are the same length, this signals the start of astronomical spring and from our point of view lighter mornings and evenings, daffodils and...

Dear parents, guardians and friendsHow else might I start but to mention that it is show week? Months of rehearsals, planning and producing have led to this week’s shows which will be well underway by the time you read this. Year 7 enjoyed a matinee performance on...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends The PoR department certainly made sure they had booked the weather when they organised the annual Year 7 walking tour of the Wokingham churches last Thursday. It was a beautiful day as Mrs Barker, our head of PoR took half of Year 7...

Dear Parents and Guardians   Since the last blog some of our students have been on a residential, Year 11 and 13 are sitting PPEs (aka mock exams), Year 12 Philosophy students debated about who was responsible for Evil, the Made in Dagenham cast are refining...

Dear Parents, Guardians and Friends,   As I sit here typing on this glorious sunny Wednesday, it truly seems that the tendrils of spring have just begun to properly take over from winter’s somewhat firm grasp- our school grounds have definitely started to look...