DEAR Week 2024
We look forward to welcoming pupils back next week to begin the DEAR Reading Challenge! Students in the Thirds and Lower Fourth received a [...]
Empathy Day 2023
"Show of hands, who's heard of Empathy Day?" An awkward silence followed; students shifted in their seats and teachers looked apprehensive - the assembly, [...]
World Book Day
Celebrations were well underway last week for World Book Day at FHS Regent's Park and around the globe. Our students can be inspired to enter [...]
Drop Everything and Read Fortnight
During the first week of Drop Everything and Read fortnight, we have received a number of thoughtful and creative responses to the books that our [...]
2023 Reading Challenge
A new year, a new reading challenge. This Spring and Summer Term, Lower School students will be challenged to read 20 books and complete 20 [...]
Bookmarks and Reading Trees 2022
Three, two, one... blast off! The FHS Summer Reading Challenge 2022 was launched this week as every student received a house-themed bookmark. Each book [...]
Upper Fourth Talk by K. L. Kettle
On Friday, we welcomed Carnegie nominated author K. L. Kettle to talk to our Upper Fourth about building dystopian worlds in young adult fiction. [...]
FHS Literary Festival
This week marked Francis Holland School's first Literary Festival, co-organised by the English and Drama Departments. On Monday, as part of our Women of [...]
Holocaust Memorial Day
Today, Thursday 27th January, is Holocaust Memorial Day, a day when we reflect on the scars that genocide has left on this world and [...]
D.E.A.R Fortnight 2022
Drop everything and read. From 10th to 21st January, our students will not receive traditional homework but will instead be given time to read. [...]
