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School Closure

Fri 18 Feb 2022

Due to the red weather warning today, we have made the decision to close the school site and move to online learning. Your child/children's teachers will be in touch regarding online learning.

Author Visit with Lisette Auton for Y5/6

Wed 09 Feb 2022

This morning, Years 5 and 6 had the absolute privilege of taking part in an author event with Lisette Auton. Lisette introduced us to her debut novel: The Secret of Haven Point. This book celebrates the joy and importance of disabilities, inclusion and acceptance. Mermaids, kittens, heartbreak and beautiful friendships all wrapped up in a safe haven from Outsiders. The event was covered by a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter and it gave us an opportunity to talk about being inclusive of those with disabilities.

What an amazing story telling workshop; all children enjoyed drawing their very own beards filled with sentimental or inspiring items that they would like to keep close by them at all times.

RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch

Wed 09 Feb 2022 Mrs Davis

We participated in the RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch. We enjoyed finding out about the different birds living in the UK and we worked hard with our partners to identify the birds that we spotted around the school. We mostly saw seagulls and crows but some classes were lucky enough to see two red kites circling our school field. Some children also spotted a green parakeet, which wasn't on our list of birds! When we stood quiet and still in the woods, we could see some smaller birds like sparrows flitting around from tree to tree. It was lovely to see so many children getting outdoors during the Birdwatch - a perfect mindful activity to lead us into Children's Mental Health Week.

Children's Mental Health Week 2022

Mon 07 Feb 2022

Miss Hullait and Mr McCollum shared an assembly this morning about Children's Mental Health Week. The theme this year is 'Growing Together'. We have sent families an email today linking to some resources so that you can support your children at home.

Action for Happiness - February

Mon 07 Feb 2022

We need each other more than ever right now! This month let's focus on reaching out to connect with others and doing our best to be a good friend. Our acts of kindness and connection ripple out and impact so many more people than we realise - and they also boost our own happy hormones too! In stressful times people around us may be feeling the strain, so let's try to keep calm, take time to listen and show compassion.

https://www.actionforhappiness.org/february

Celebrating Chinese New Year

Fri 04 Feb 2022

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is the main Chinese festival of the year. As the Chinese use the lunar calendar for their festivals the date of Chinese New Year changes from year to year. In year 3, we have spent the Spring term learning all about Chinese New Year and the Shang Dynasty. We were lucky enough to have Chinese New Year fall during the term time and thought it would be a great way to bring together all of our learning.

To celebrate Chinese New Year, we took part in a variety of activities including:

Making tiger faces as we are in the year of the tiger. We also found out what the year of the tiger means.
Making our own oracle bones out of clay and writing messages in Mandarin.
Creating red envelopes with special messages written in Mandarin. We even got to put a special gold coin inside!

World Book Day 2022

Thu 03 Feb 2022

We had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day. All of the children made a corner bookmark that they can use at home to mark their page in their books - the children got very creative.

The children dressed up as their favourite book character and brought their linked book to school. They could also wear their own brightly coloured clothes if they chose to - this reflects the light and brightness that books bring to our lives.

We love books and reading at Penn Wood!