Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Drop off & Collection times from 29th June

  Tue 30 Jun 2020

  To avoid congestion at the gates at the end of school please could we ask that, if you have two or more children at school, you collect all of them at the earliest of their finish times.

  Teachers will make sure that you are not waiting around for too long. 

   

  Start and finish times are as follows:

   

  Class	Gate	Arrival	Departure
  Nursery/Reception	Fordwich Rise	8.30 – 8.45	14.30 – 14.45
  Year 1	Fordwich Rise	8.45 – 9.00	14.45 – 15.00
  Year 2	Fordwich Rise	9.00 – 9.15	15.00 – 15.15
  Year 3	Welwyn Road	9.15 – 9.30	15.15 – 15.30
  Year 4	Welwyn Road	9.00 – 9.15	15.00 – 15.15
  Year 5	Welwyn Road	8.45 – 9.00	14.45 – 15.00
  Year 6	Welwyn Road	8.30 – 8.45	14.30 – 14.45

   

• Further school opening w/c 29/6/2020

  Fri 19 Jun 2020

  From the week beginning 29^th June, we will be opening up two bubbles for each class in the same way that we have already done for Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, each led by the class teacher and a highly skilled Teaching Assistant.

  One bubble will attend on Monday and Tuesday and the other on Thursday and Friday; school will continue to be closed to all except the children of key workers on Wednesdays.

  We can't wait to have you back!

  

• Stay in touch with our parent communications regarding COVID

  Mon 08 Jun 2020
  https://www.hollybush.herts.sch.uk/letters-sent-home-to-parentscarers/

• PARENT NOTICE: INSET DAY & END OF SCHOOL YEAR

  Mon 25 May 2020

  Due to current circumstances, we have postponed the INSET day that was due to be on 1st June. This will now be on 20th July.

  The last day of term will therefore be 17th July as you will now see on our school calendar.

  Sorry for any inconvenience that this causes.

• Hollybush School is now on instagram!

  Thu 26 Mar 2020

  We have recently launched on instagram to promote our school and our pupils' learning within the local community.

  Please give us a follow at hollybush_primary_school_herts

   

  Please note that at no point will your child's image be posted on any social media outlets unless we have parental consent.

   

   

  

• COVID 19: PARENT NOTICE

  Sun 22 Mar 2020

  You should only send your child to school on Monday if you have to, because your work is critical to our COVID-19 response.

  If you are able to keep your child at home, you should.

  #StayHomeSaveLives

  

• COVID-19 Home Learning

  Fri 20 Mar 2020

  Please follow the below link to all COVID-19 information including home learning packs for your child.

  https://www.hollybush.herts.sch.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/

• World Book Day 2020 - Friday 6th March

  Mon 02 Mar 2020

  Reading Morning & Dress up for World Book day - Friday 6th March

  Week commencing 2nd March we will be celebrating World Book Day On Friday 6th March.

  Children are invited to dress up as their favorite book character for the day!

  We are also running a Share and read session first thing in the morning. We would love for parents or grandparents to come and read with their own child and/or others at the beginning of the school day.

  

• Hollybush is going paperless and we need your help!

  Fri 10 Jan 2020

  This term we be starting to transition towards being paperless with information and letters being sent electronically.

  For this to be possible, please can all parents ensure they have registered and e-mail with the school.

  We will also be looking to use the School Gateway app for consent for trips, sports games etc so we are encouraging all parents and carers to ensure they are set up with the app ready for this.

  More information and a deadline for when we will be fully paperless will be sent out soon but in the meantime please do register and download the mobile app via the link below and ask the office staff if you have any queries or need further help. If you still do require a paper copy please let the office know and we can accommodate it.

  https://login.schoolgateway.com/0/auth/register

  Link to app & help guide on our website:

  https://www.hollybush.herts.sch.uk/online-payment/

• Please help collect tokens for the The Sun's Books for Schools

  Mon 06 Jan 2020

  We have registered for The Sun’s books for Schools collaboration with Harper Collins.

  We are collecting tokens from The Sun and The Sun on Sunday and need to reach 3500 tokens!

  With these tokens we would be able to get free books which cover a diverse range of subjects from fairy tales to football, from camping to crocodiles and from wild cats to worms - there is really something for all ages and abilities!