Thank you to all of the families that donated food for our Harvest Festival.  

The food that we collected have been taken to our local food bank to support families in our community.  

Dear All at Holdbrook, 

We are really looking forward to welcoming all of our children back to Holdbrook on Monday 6th September 2021.  

Children in years 1 to 6 should enter the school via the main entrance at 8:40am.  In order to help the year 1 children with this new routine parents are welcome to walk the children to their line until Wednesday.  All other year groups will be able to walk to their line on their own.  They did this so well last year and all of the adults will be available to help.  The children will then be collected from this playground at 3:15pm.  

Our new reception children will enter the school using the EYFS gate at 8:50am.  They will be collected from this gate at 12:00pm on their first day.  

Have an enjoyable weekend and see you bright and early on Monday.  

Kind Regards,

Charlotte Angeli  

We got GOLD!

Congratulations to everyone at Holdbrook.  Today we found out that we were awarded the Gold SMSC award for all of the wonderful work we do to develop the children’s Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural understanding.  Thank you to Mr Tucker for putting together the application and to the parents, governors, staff and pupils that spoke so highly of the school. 

The report can be found under the curriculum tab.  

Today, we hosted our own Holdbrook Olympics.  

All children from Reception to Year 6 were split up into different teams.  Each team represented a country.  They worked hard as a team to earn as many points as possible.  

Once all 3 bubbles had completed their Olympic games we added up the scores to find out the winning team.  

1st place:  Japan 

2nd place:  Brazil 

3rd place:  France 

Congratulations to all of the children, they all demonstrated our Holdbrook Hero values and were awarded with an Olympic sticker.    

There are more photos on the gallery page under the children's tab.  

On Monday we launched Olympic Week with a dance workshop.  

All children took part in a dance workshop, learning a different dance style.  

We had children doing the Samba, Flamenco dancing and many more.  

They all had a lovely time.  

We were so lucky to be able to visit the Lee Valley white water rafting centre and watch the Olympic Athletes at their training session.  

The Hertfordshire Mercury were taking pictures and some of our children were interviewed by the BBC news.  

We are so proud of everyone.  

Good luck TEAM GB, we hope you come back with lots of medals and come and visit us.  

As part of our feeling good week, the children participated in a skipping workshop.  

They have been practising in the playground ever since.  

The children in years 2 to 6 have been receiving cricket coaching from a special cricket coach from Chance to Shine.  

We look forward to working with the Coach this half term and hopefully next half term.  

Tuesday 2nd March 2021

Ofsted Report

Dear Parents & Carers,

I am delighted to be able to share with you our Ofsted report. 

This was an additional monitoring visit to assess whether leaders are taking effective action to provide an education under the current circumstances. 

I am pleased to say that we are providing an effective education for the children at Holdbrook. 

Some of the highlights include: 

• There is a consistent understanding among the staff about what needs to be done to maintain education.
• All year groups have a range of learning activities for the day.
• Teachers provide regular and helpful feedback to the pupils
• The parents that spoke to the inspectors or completed the survey were positive about the school and the education that the children are receiving
• The pastoral team works closely with families . 
• Leaders have a strong understanding of children with additional needs.
• Pupils with SEND are given support and guidance from staff to enable them to learn effectively

The last year has not been easy for many of us, but this report reflects how hard the staff have been working for your children.  We will continue to develop and improve as we strive to get a Good at our next full inspection. 

Kind regards,

Charlotte Angeli & Caroline Jenkins

Headteacher and Chair of Governors

27th January 2021

Dear Parents and Carers,

FREE FOOD PARCELS

We have made a link with a charity called Jedidiah who will provide free food parcels for all families that are in need.

The charity say: 

“Jedidiah was set up to provide food support to struggling families.”

“Everyone needs help sometimes. We are dedicated to providing a helping hand to those who are going through a tough time especially worsened by the pandemic. We are committed to standing alongside families whilst they regroup and get back on their feet.”

More information can be found on their website. 

https://www.jedidiah.org.uk/

This is a fantastic opportunity for our families at Holdbrook and we warmly encourage you to take us up on this offer. 

How do I order a food parcel? 

Speak to Miss Bull our Family & Pupil Support worker. 

You can do this by calling 01992 716 789 or emailing pupilsupport@holdbrook.herts.sch.uk

When do I need to order this parcel? 

We need to order these by Monday 1^st of February 2021. 

When do I collect the parcel? 

When the parcels are ready and have arrived at school we will text you to say they can be collected.  Parents will be expected to follow the one way system we have in school and to wear a face covering in school.  The exact day and time is unknown at the moment but we have been told the parcels should arrive by the end of the week.    

If parents take us up on this offer, the charity will be able to provide parcels fortnightly. 

Please don’t be shy, we are here to help!  

Kind Regards,

Charlotte Angeli

Headteacher