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Latest News

• Tan Dhesi MP

  Fri 22 Nov 2024 Student Voice

  The right honourable Tan Dhesi MP came to visit Penn Wood today. He told Year 4, 5 and 6 about Prime Minister Questions, the Houses of Parliament and how elections work. Our Student Voice Representatives used fantastic oracy skills to ask their class questions. We were honoured to have Slough's MP with us, we learnt a lot and the children asked very important questions about Slough, crime and the education system. 

  

• Year 2 Hindu Priest Visit

  Thu 21 Nov 2024

  Year 2 were delighted to welcome Mr Naresh Saraswat, Priest of Slough Hindu Temple, to Penn Wood School. Mr Saraswat gave Year 2 an engaging talk to enhance their Religion and Worldviews curriculum topic of Hinduism, where they are currently learning about the story of Rama and Sita and why Hindus celebrate Diwali. Mr Saraswat was very impressed with the children's knowledge of Hinduism and how many questions they wanted to ask him at the end!

  

• Workshop with the Grundon Team

  Tue 19 Nov 2024 Emily Green

  Children from Year 1 and Year 6 participated in a workshop from the team at Grundon. Children in Year 1 have been learning about transport so they enjoyed learning all about the safety features on the vehicle and how to be safe around trucks on the roads. They learnt about why recycling is important and had a go at choosing the right bin to put some items in, such as aluminium cans.

   

  Year 6 linked their Geography learning around their impact on the environment and learnt lots of interesting facts. The children engaged in important discussions and enjoyed having a turn in the cab!

  

• Grunsdon Recycling Visit

  Tue 19 Nov 2024

  On Tuesday 19th November, several people from Grunsdon came to visit Penn Wood. They gave an assembly about road safety and recycling and led some workshops with Year 6. Year 6 learnt about Grundson's efforts to offset their carbon footprint and got a tour of their electric vehicle. The volunteers were very knowledgeable and the children has a memorable experience. 

  

• Slough Music Service Recital

  Tue 12 Nov 2024 Miss Evans

  On 12th November, Violin club performed four pieces of music at a special recital concert celebrating the musical achievements of pupils receiving instrumental tuition from Slough Music Service. Alexandru Bogatu, as a violin student of Mr Bango, also performed a piece as a soloist. All pupils played beautifully together demonstrating wonderful skills such as bow control and use of the fingerboard. Well done to all the performers and to Mr Bango for his enthusiasm and talent at bringing out the best in our pupils! 

  

• Toscana Strings and Ballerina performance of The Nutcracker

  Fri 08 Nov 2024 Miss Evans

  On 8th November, Toscana strings performed excerpts of The Nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky to pupils from years 1 to 6. The story was acted out by a ballerina and pupils were encouraged to move and dance at key moments in the story, responding to the expressive changes in the music. A year 2 pupil exclaimed how much they loved it. The performance was well received by everyone.