Zoe Wiltshire
Changes in Language Around Autism and Neurodivergence
As Autism Acceptance Week draws near, we wanted to highlight the importance around the language that is used around autism and...
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Zoe Wiltshire
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Our New Site at East End Road!
I am very excited to announce that we reopened our East End Road (EER) site in September in order to extend our provision offer to the...
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Zoe Wiltshire
Jun 16, 20233 min read
Slip, Slop, Slap - Sun Safety
Bridget Young is the Head Teacher at Holmewood School, an independent day school for neurodivergent children and young people. As an...
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Zoe Wiltshire
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Stimming - what is it and why do we do it?
We sat down with several of our students to discuss what stimming is and how it presents itself. We originally recorded our student’s...
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Zoe Wiltshire
Mar 16, 20234 min read
Autism and Us
Here at the Holmewood School, we are always striving to be at the forefront of autism practice. This also means we aim to push boundaries...
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Jay Gorasia
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Regulate, Tolerate and Resolve
Holmewood’s Head of Upper School, Ms Bridget Young, discusses how best to help autistic young people handle disagreements… It is so...
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Lisa Camilleri
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Lessons learnt at Forest School
19.11.21 On a rather damp Friday in November of last year I did a Forest School fire cooking session for one of our 6th form classes. I...
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Jay Gorasia
Oct 12, 20212 min read
Reuniting
After a long time apart it was so touching to see the whole Holmewood community being able to reunite at our fun packed, rescheduled...
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Jay Gorasia
Sep 16, 20213 min read
What Is Forest School and How Can My Autistic Child Benefit From It?
Forest School is a Scandinavian concept developed in the 1950’s and which is still very much alive and relevant today. We spoke to Ms...
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Jay Gorasia
Sep 13, 20211 min read
Holmewood Students Show that Autism Does Not Prevent Exams Success
This summer Holmewood students achieved astonishing success in their exam results. When taken into account what a challenging and...
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Lisa Camilleri
Sep 9, 20213 min read
Enjoy the Little Things
It’s the first day of a new school year and on this day every September I stand before the students and staff and bring them a message...
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Lisa Camilleri
Dec 17, 20204 min read
Autism and Festivals: Surviving or Thriving?
By Lisa Camilleri Christmas-time and other festivals can bring unique challenges to autistic people including disrupted or broken...
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Lisa Camilleri
Oct 16, 20203 min read
Running on empty - what are we doing to help ourselves?
Written by Lisa Camilleri Nearly half a term into the new academic year, and I have found a few moments of calm to reflect on how we are...
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Ms Bridget Young
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Homework... how best to support your child
Thoughts on Homework by Ms Young, Head of Upper School The definition of school is an institution for educating children. The definition...
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Naj D'Silva
Sep 27, 20202 min read
The Science of Wellbeing
by Naj D’Silva, Assistant Head In the midst of lockdown I stumbled across what arguably turned out to be the most useful nineteen hours...
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Gemma Doyle
May 1, 20203 min read
Advanced Autism Accreditation awarded to The Holmewood School
It is with great pleasure that I can inform you that the Autism Accreditation Award Committee has awarded The Holmewood School an...
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Lisa
Feb 9, 20192 min read
The Holmewood School wins Senior Leadership team AND special needs initiative of the year
The Holmewood School wins Senior Leadership team AND special needs initiative of the year at the prestigious Tes Independent School...
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Lisa
Sep 21, 20185 min read
Two Years A Head
Earlier today I was very proud when a 12 year old student came to see me with a special award from one of his teachers for standing up...
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Lisa
Sep 21, 20182 min read
Finding that little bit of magic
Lisa Camilleri, Head of The Holmewood School London was asked to contribute to a winter well-being blog, as part of a coaching and...
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Lisa
Mar 11, 20173 min read
National Autism Professional Award for Most Creative Community ProjectMarch
‘Taking Steps to be the best you can be’ We are delighted to announce Footprints Life Camp in partnership with The Holmewood School won...
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