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World Book Day

Fri 08 Mar 2024 Mrs Mann and Miss Allen

What a wonderful World Book Day we enjoyed yesterday at Penn Wood, with children and staff parading as their favourite book characters. We certainly spent the whole day with big smiles on our faces! A love of books and reading is one of the most important gifts we can give our children and books are a central part of the excellent curriculum that we provide here at Penn Wood.

All of the children read 'Our Tower' by Joseph Coelho, and explored the book with discussion and some lovely written outcomes. They were a pleasure to read!

The older children visited classes from the lower school and some wonderful sharing of books and paired reading melted the hearts of the staff.

We thank you for supporting your child's love of reading and for encouraging them to read and share books. It was also delightful to see so many parents and carers attend Nursery's reading session yesterday morning.

'Books are the Golden Thread of Penn Wood'. Keep reading!

PEnn News Vol.3

Fri 26 Jan 2024 Mrs Downer

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

PEnn News Spring Vol 3

Please enjoy reading the latest success and highlights of PE!

Thank you all for your support; we are truly grateful.

Many thanks,

The PE Team

Student Voice Representatives

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Penn Wood have voted for their new Student Voice Representatives! A huge congratulations to the children who have applied for the position, been short listed and given a speech to their classes. The children are very excited to represent the views of their classes.

ESFA Pokemon Football National Cup District Round

Wed 01 Nov 2023 Mrs Downer

Football Fever!

We were able to take a team of very talented footballers from year 5 and 6 to Bishopsgate School, to partake in a district round football league for the ESFA Pokemon National cup. The children faced some very tough competition, but their resilience and determination kept them striving for results. One of our players managed to score a fantastic goal in the final match and the whole tournament roared! Our spirits were high, but it wasn't quite enough to get us through to the finals.

A great day was had by all and Penn Wood are very proud of them. Well done!

Mrs Downer

Y5 Fire and Rescue Brigade visit

Tue 31 Oct 2023 Year 5 team

This afternoon Year 5 had a visit from the Slough Fire and Rescue service. Children looked inside the fire engine and asked questions about how things work and what equipment is used for. They also got an opportunity to use the water hose!

We had a talk about the different types of emergencies and what to do if there was a fire. We learnt how to keep ourselves safe and even got to use a thermal imaging camera!

Year 3 Stone Age Day

Fri 20 Oct 2023

Year 3 participated in Stone Age Day to help consolidate their learning this term. They had the opportunity to take part in a Stone Age workshop where they went back in time and experienced what life was like in pre- historic times by looking at different artefacts. They also created their own cave paintings and made their very own clay pot. Everybody dressed up and looked fantastic!

Discovery Swim Event

Mon 16 Oct 2023 Mrs Downer

Just Keep Swimming!

These little fishes enjoyed splashing around at the Discovery Swim event by SSSN at Eton Pool. They competed against local schools, completing a range of water skill specific races, using a range of strokes, techniques and most of all, using TEAMWORK!

I think it’s safe to say the day went swimmingly! Super effort!

Mrs Downer

PE Lead

Smash Badminton Festival

Tue 10 Oct 2023 Mrs Downer

On Tuesday 10th November some of our year 3 and 4 pupils had a smashing time at the Slough School Sports Network (SSSN) Smash Badminton Festival. The Royal Racketeers put on a super circuit for all to enjoy. The children were able to take on a range of team and individual activities and score points along the way.

Many local schools participated and the morning was a huge success!

Mrs Downer

PE Lead

Year 5 Anglo Saxon Workshop

Fri 06 Oct 2023 Year 5 team

Year 5 enjoyed an Anglo-Saxon Workshop to bring to life our History topic!

We explored the weapons and tools that were used in battle and created a shield wall.

We listened to the story of Tyr and Fenrir and created illuminated manuscripts of the initial of our names.

We explored daily items such as a cone, lumps of silver and religious symbols and ended the day with a Pagan King's Burial!

SSSN Girls Football Festival

Wed 04 Oct 2023 Mrs Downer

Football Fever!

The girls who attend the Penn Wood after school football club had a special treat this term at Eton College. They took part in the Slough School Sport Network (SSSN) girls football festival and were able to develop their skills by participating in a range of games and they even had some friendly matches against other local schools from the Berkshire area. Fantastic footwork girls!

Mrs Downer

PE Lead