Contact Details
- 01753521811
- enquiries@pennwood.slough.sch.uk
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School, Penn Road, Slough, SL2 1PH
English
Our Subscriptions
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Spelling Shed - all classes |
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Oxford Reading Buddy - EY-Y6 |
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Reading Planet online - all classes
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First News - KS2
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For parents seeking more support for helping children to read and write at home, please visit this area of our school website:
Non-Screen Activities to Support Writing
Top Ten Storytimes
Authorfy
Join Authorfy for free and get access to free author videos and writing resources!
The Ickabog - a new online fairytale from J.K.Rowling
Read about the story here: https://www.theickabog.com/home/
Read the chapters here: https://www.theickabog.com/read-the-story/
Get involved with the illustration competition here: https://www.theickabog.com/competition/
What Happened When We All Stopped
**New** Set 5 now available- Talk for Writing Home-School Booklets
Talk for Writing have very kindly produced the following booklets to support children's learning in reading and writing at home.
Penn Wood has made a donation to Great Ormand Street Hospital and the NSPCC, as requested by Talk for Writing.
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Set 1 |
Set 2 |
Set 3 |
Set 4 | Set 5 |
| Reception | Reception | Reception | Reception | Reception |
| Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 |
| Year 2 | Year 2 | Year 2 | Year 2 | Year 2 |
| Year 3 | Year 3 | Year 3 | Year 3 | Year 3 |
| Year 4 | Year 4 | Year 4 | Year 4 | Year 4 |
| Year 5 | Year 5 | Year 5 | Year 5 | Year 5 |
| Year 6 | Year 6 | Year 6 | Year 6 | Year 6 |
| Year 6,7,8 | Year 6,7,8 | Year 6,7,8 | Year 6,7,8 | Year 6,7,8 |
Sharing the Love of Reading - The Open University
Storynory - Audio Stories for Children
Access lots of free stories read aloud via the website above!
Phonics lessons at home
Read Write Inc. Phonics lessons on Facebook and YouTube for children to watch at home.
We will release three short Speed Sound lessons with one of our trainers every day for the next two weeks. The films will only be available at the times below:
- Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
- Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm
- Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am and again at 1.30 pm
Please note: the films are streamed live and won’t be available at other times.
We will also release a film of a teacher reading a poem for Reception and Year 1 children to join in with at 2.00 pm every day. The poems will be available to watch again and again on YouTube. A great opportunity for children to learn these by heart!
Visit Slough Libraries on Facebook and Instagram!
Radio Blogging with Pie Corbett
Four teachers are offering to teach your children over the internet each weekday morning at 9:30am for free!
Radio Blogging is a fun-filled show with all resources online and a blog on which children can publish their work.
There will be guest authors, a poem of the day shared by poets and the opportunity to share writing - stories, poetry and non-fiction.
Super Sentence Stacking with Jane Considine
Follow Jane Considine's YouTube channel, The Training Space, where she will be streaming live English lessons for children of all ages - starting Monday 23rd March at 9:45am.
The National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust's 'Family Zone' is full of wonderful ideas in which to engage with your families.
Storytelling and Reading
Oliver Jeffers
Oliver Jeffers is live streaming stories each day at 6pm. Access via his Instagram account.
David Walliams
Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories, so sit down, take a break, and enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun!
CLPE
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) have a series of videos on their YouTube channel including stories and poems read by their authors, as well as sessions with the illustrators.
Audible
For as long as schools are closed, children will be able to stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, which will help children to continue to dream, learn and be children. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, tablet or phone.
Michael Rosen
Follow this YouTube channel to access a wise range of poems and short stories.
Book Trust
The Book Trust has a range of books which can be read online.
CBeebies
Access a range of books read aloud by celebrities.