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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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 28, 2020
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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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