House Groups
All children at Holywell are allocated to one of four house groups: Centaur, Phoenix, Pegasus or Aquila, also known as the yellow, red, green and blue house groups. House teams play an important role in school life, promoting a strong sense of belonging, teamwork and healthy competition.
Pupils can earn house points by demonstrating positive behaviour, making good choices at lunchtime, and consistently showing good characteristics. These include qualities such as perseverance, resilience, creativity and problem solving, as well as compassion, kindness, respect, empathy and co‑operation.
Each half term, the House Cup is awarded to the house group with the highest total of house points.
Pegasus, in Greek mythology, winged horse that carries the thunderbolt of Zeus. He sprang full-grown from the neck of the dying Gorgon Medusa. With a slash of his hoof, he created the Hippocrene, a sacred spring of the Muses on Mt. Helicon. Hence, he has often been associated with the arts, especially poetry. Pegasus was captured by Bellerophon, who rode him through many adventures. His name indicates a pre-Greek origin.
Phoenix, fabulous bird that periodically regenerated itself, used in literature as a symbol of death and resurrection. According to legend, the phoenix lived in Arabia; when it reached the end of its life (500 years), it burned itself on a pyre of flames, and from the ashes a new phoenix arose. As a sacred symbol in Egyptian religion, the phoenix represented the sun, which dies each night and rises again each morning. According to Herodotus the bird was red and golden and resembled an eagle.
