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Year 5 visit to West Wittering Beach

Tue 08 Jul 2025

Our Year 5 pupils headed to the beautiful West Wittering Beach for an exciting and educational day by the coast. This trip offered children the chance to explore the natural environment, take part in team-building activities, and learn more about coastal geography in a fun and engaging way.

We enjoyed the golden sands, shallow waters and beautiful weather!

Singing club performing at The Hexagon, Reading

Mon 23 Jun 2025 Miss Evans

On 23rd June, Singing club performed a number of songs from the movies at a special Slough Music service concert at The Hexagon, Reading. Singing alongside pupils from twenty-two other primary and secondary schools, pupils from Penn Wood had the opportunity to showcase their hard work to a packed auditorium. The pupils loved it. A year 3 child remarked, "it was like a dream come true."

It was also a wonderful opportunity for the young performers to sing accompanied by a full orchestra and a live band.

Kindness Day

Tue 17 Jun 2025 Miss Allen

A fantastic Kindness Day was had by all at Penn Wood today. All of our children showed kindness, worked together and made our playground even more exciting. What a fabulous day. Thank you so much for all the donations.

We worked as a whole school community to achieve excellence by:

- being kind to each other

- respecting each other and equipment

- washing tyres

- tidying

- making gravel small work areas

- playing with children from other year groups

- helping each other

- making a tyre track

- PLAYING and having fun

Happy Kindness Day everyone. Spread a little love and kindness EVERY day and enjoy our wonderful playground.

Year 3's trip to Windsor Castle

Tue 20 May 2025

Year 3 had an amazing time on their trip to Windsor Castle, made even more special by the sunny weather. The highlight of the day was taking part in an engaging workshop called All About Castles, where the children learned about the different weapons used in defence and attack during medieval times. They were fascinated as they explored the grand State Apartments, seeing real-life belongings of past kings and queens, as well as portraits and artefacts that brought history to life. The visit to St George’s Chapel left everyone in awe, especially with its intricate architectural details and stunning stained glass windows. Pupils also enjoyed tracing the timeline of British monarchs, going all the way back to William the Conqueror. It was a truly memorable day filled with learning and wonder.

Year 2's Trip to Oxford Science Centre

Tue 20 May 2025

Year 2 had a fantastic trip to Oxford Science Centre earlier this month and were fantastic representatives for Penn Wood School. We were met by some wonderful staff at the centre who led three activities for the classes. In the Exploration Zone, children could work like scientists by developing their observational and testing skills - some favourite activities from this were the flying ball zone, the wind tunnel, electrical circuits and the stop-motion station. Next up was a show in the Planetarium which provided children with an immersive journey into space, preparing them for their upcoming astronomy unit in their science lessons. Finally, a woodland walk was the perfect opportunity to consolidate their learning on plants and animals, identifying and classifying different plants and leaves. It was a fantastic day for all and we hope you have enjoyed hearing about their stories from the day!

OPAL Week 2

Thu 08 May 2025 Miss Allen and Miss Green

Week 2 is in full swing and the children are loving playing across both Green Gables (formerly KS1 playground) and Rivendell (formerly KS2 Playground). There is an excited buzz outside and the children are learning, risk assessing and developing during every minute of playtimes.

Any donations of Lego, toy cars, trains or train sets would be gratefully received.

Dance club at SSSPAN Festival of Dance 2025

Tue 29 Apr 2025

On Tuesday 29th April, Dance club performed in a Festival of Dance at The Curve Venue in Slough. This special event coincided with International Dance Day.

Alongside other Slough primary and secondary schools as well as Creative Academy, pupils from Penn Wood school were given the opportunity to showcase a dance that they had choregraphed with their dance teacher to an audience of parents and teachers. Two Faces, based on the story of Robert Louis Stevenson's, Jekyll and Hyde, explored different characters. All pupils performed brilliantly.

A child in year 5 remarked, "It was so much fun taking part. It was amazing to watch the older pupils perform from Creative Academy too."

OPAL

Tue 29 Apr 2025

Our Outdoor Play and Learning Scheme has launched this week. Check the OPAL section of the website in 'Key Information' to find out more. The children absolutely loved the first day and are eager to see what is coming up!

Eid Celebration Community Event

Fri 04 Apr 2025

Members from our Muslim community created and shared a wonderful Eid celebration for our children today. The children were gifted with a balloon and a gift.

Thank you to all of the families that made this possible and the wonderful volunteers for their time to make this event possible.

Y5 visit to St Paul's Church

Thu 13 Mar 2025

Year 5 were invited to attend Easter Cracked at St Paul's Church. The children developed their understanding of the Easter Story and its importance in the Christian faith.