The Learning Hub 8.11.24

National Poetry Day 2024

Whole School initiative!

All the pupils from Reception to Year 8, and the staff, took part in National Poetry Day. The national theme was ‘counting’.

Inspired by Kate Wakeling’s poem Paean* (or Eleven Uses for a Garden Pea) everyone was asked to imagine a use for a garden pea!
All the ideas were compiled into a class list poem.
Here are everybody’s individual suggestions which have been linked together and are on display all the way from Pre-Prep to the Prep School. The idea being that every person has been ‘counted’. Catherine Duncumb

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TWO UPCOMING EVENTS; FOR EARLY YEARS AND YEAR 7 & 8

FRIDAY 16th JANUARY 2026 NURSERY AND RECEPTION – SMALL GROUP TOUR FOR PARENTS

Please join us on Friday 16th January at 9.30 for a tour of our Nursery and Reception classes and meet our wonderful Early Years staff.

To book your place click here or contact admissions on admissions@holmewoodhouse.co.uk

THURSDAY 22ND JANUARY 2026 YEAR 7 & 8 INFORMATION EVENING

Hear from Head, Ruth O’Sullivan, and guest speakers James Priory, Head of Tonbridge School, and Jesse Elzinga, Head of Sevenoaks School. Explore our Year 7 & 8 academic classrooms, as well as other departments including Art, Design Technology and Digital Innovation. Chat with pupils and Heads of Department and learn more about our Scholarship Readiness Programme and bespoke Holmewood Horizons curriculum. ⁠

To book your place contact admissions@holmewoodhouse.co.uk